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Other Activities => Trapping => Topic started by: pnwmtnmn on February 16, 2013, 07:59:32 PM

Title: Warm sunny day to set traps
Post by: pnwmtnmn on February 16, 2013, 07:59:32 PM: On this warm sunny day I decided to set some traps out. I have acces to 160 acres of private ground behind a locked gate that is mostly swamp now and the owner wants beaver removed so he can find his road again, told him I would and got to trap anything else I wanted. So this is what I did today
First trip 3 beaver swimthroughs and a funnel trap, the funnel trap made a round trip(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv487%2FGLSmith%2FDSCF1170.jpg&hash=c5dfe86e2754021b095eaae45226281874c2d1b3)

Second trip 12 colony traps for muskrats
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv487%2FGLSmith%2FDSCF1173.jpg&hash=7f7192b9898bf8ce12d5bf36931d961753f3925f)

Third trip 12 more colony traps
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv487%2FGLSmith%2FDSCF1172.jpg&hash=92b4802906a4317a9ad239f5d10000e0ffa22df5)

Fourth trip the last 12 muskrat colony traps
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv487%2FGLSmith%2FDSCF1171.jpg&hash=7afdd8b253c5985512de534fbb918efc38deb298)

Most of the swamp is still frozen solid but there is open water in spots around so I had walk more than I wanted.
Title: Re: Warm sunny day to set traps
Post by: big wood on February 17, 2013, 12:23:19 AM: cant wait to see the return on the hard work.
Title: Re: Warm sunny day to set traps
Post by: 70sdiver on February 17, 2013, 05:14:15 AM: hope the rats are moving.great pics.I'm very happy with the colony traps got a triple in one lol .Please post a few pics of you catches.
Title: Re: Warm sunny day to set traps
Post by: 3nails on February 17, 2013, 06:20:17 AM: Quote from: 70sdiver on February 17, 2013, 05:14:15 AM
hope the rats are moving.great pics.I'm very happy with the colony traps got a triple in one lol .Please post a few pics of you catches.
:yeah: Hope you do well!
Title: Re: Warm sunny day to set traps
Post by: bob maier on February 21, 2013, 11:43:50 AM: So what did you catch? You should have run those traps by now.
Title: Re: Warm sunny day to set traps
Post by: pnwmtnmn on February 22, 2013, 12:22:45 AM: Had a bad head cold the last few days, todays catch 45 lb beaver and 2 rats, Still got 4" of ice there! Every place else is open.! Pics in the morning.