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Your tracks a dog.You’re obviously scouting a road system that houndsmen are hunting. You have to decide where you want to trap and not lay in bed worrying about should you have set there. It’s not just catching dogs and pissin off your fellow outdoorsmen, it’s also havin a cat in a trap and the hounds baying it up. May not have a cat when you return.Back when hounds and traps were legal here, I caught a good number of bobcats. I never caught a hound or lost a cat to a hounds man.I caught my cats where houndsmen would not turn out hounds.
Quote from: Loup Loup on December 23, 2023, 12:47:13 PMYour tracks a dog.You’re obviously scouting a road system that houndsmen are hunting. You have to decide where you want to trap and not lay in bed worrying about should you have set there. It’s not just catching dogs and pissin off your fellow outdoorsmen, it’s also havin a cat in a trap and the hounds baying it up. May not have a cat when you return.Back when hounds and traps were legal here, I caught a good number of bobcats. I never caught a hound or lost a cat to a hounds man.I caught my cats where houndsmen would not turn out hounds. good advice. I run hounds and trap. I trap the places i dont want to let my hounds loose 😂. Anywhere leading into a big roadless drainage is not likely to get a lot of dog traffic. I had good success trapping bobcats last year, close to the road , but leading into bad country to let hounds go.
Quote from: idaho guy on December 23, 2023, 01:23:25 PMQuote from: Loup Loup on December 23, 2023, 12:47:13 PMYour tracks a dog.You’re obviously scouting a road system that houndsmen are hunting. You have to decide where you want to trap and not lay in bed worrying about should you have set there. It’s not just catching dogs and pissin off your fellow outdoorsmen, it’s also havin a cat in a trap and the hounds baying it up. May not have a cat when you return.Back when hounds and traps were legal here, I caught a good number of bobcats. I never caught a hound or lost a cat to a hounds man.I caught my cats where houndsmen would not turn out hounds. good advice. I run hounds and trap. I trap the places i dont want to let my hounds loose 😂. Anywhere leading into a big roadless drainage is not likely to get a lot of dog traffic. I had good success trapping bobcats last year, close to the road , but leading into bad country to let hounds go.Pretty much exact country I hit. We definitely have gorgeous area in North Idaho. I know most the hound guys in my area pretty well. Best advice one of my hound buddies told me was set near the hwy, I won’t let out in a spot my dogs may chase across it. Right now the dozen sets I have out are all into heavy deep drainages with no rds backing them or within couple hundred yards of the main hwy. (It’s a crazy busy hwy too, like 1 log truck every 10 min on it it 😂). Third year trapping in Idaho, 37th trapping and have yet to pick up a hound, knock on wood 🪵
They’re pretty feisty creatures. Caught one in a live trap last year in one of our work center buildings and she never came back. 😂If you were on fed ground I’d see if the local biologist wants a waypoint. They run hair traps up there and fisher sightings seem like a hot commodity to a lot of the Northern Idaho Bios.
Awesome animal! I love all the weasels. I haven't ever seen a Fisher but Pine Marten are fun to watch play in the woods. Saw a group playing one year near Tillicum Campground North of the Indian Heaven Wilderness. They were going nuts like little kittens who just maul each other, tackling each other off the tree trunks and wrestling. I heard recently that there are a few areas they are considering allowing Fishers to be kept in Idaho. Anyone hear anything like that?
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I had a lot of Fischer's hitting my bear baits this spring. really neat you got to see one up close. Was is pissed off when it saw you?
