Hunting Washington Forum
Other Activities => Trapping => Topic started by: TeacherMan on November 10, 2014, 09:35:09 AM
-
Well the season has started! Today is the opener and I'm excited to get out tomorrow and start setting up. I'll head from Wasilla to Cantwell tomorrow to set my long line. I may get out tonight and set a couple local fox sets as well. Should be a fun season with hopefully lots of fur! I'm wanting to get more marten and wolverine this season and maybe a few more wolves. I'd still like to put a black one on my wall. Lynx numbers are down but they are not out. Only issue I'm having right now is the lack of time I had prior to ice up to chase beaver for bait. I've got several buckets of rabbits and grouse parts to help make up for it hopefully! Look forward to seeing everyones pics from WA. Remember I'm in AK so I'm allowed to use real traps and even conibears on land, just a reminder when you see them in my pics. With that said any of my conibear sets that are on land are more than 100 miles from a house :chuckle: Not really worried about getting someones lab. They are about the best thing on wolverine! Make a giant leaning pole with a 280 and put a couple #4s under it for good measure. Good luck to everyone and hope to get pics posted soon!
-
Yehaw, one of my favorite threads of the year.
P.S. I'd still really like to buy a Kodiak red fox if your friend has any to sell this year. ;)
-
Yehaw, one of my favorite threads of the year.
P.S. I'd still really like to buy a Kodiak red fox if your friend has any to sell this year. ;)
I've got a couple from Kodiak that are not tanned. Id been holding out selling them waiting to get tanned. He will also be starting his line today.
-
One of my favorite threads also! Looking forward to it.
-
tag
-
Get anything yet? :hello:
-
Get anything yet? :hello:
Just going to be getting my line started tonight! We are warm again this yr starting. It was 46 last night and around 42 right now. My line is around 150 miles north of here and its been just below freezing up there with little to no snow so its a rough start. Hard not being able to get out the snow machine.
-
Few pics from tonight. Going to get a bunch of sets out tomorrow that are not as far off the rd. These are around an hr hike. Around dozen marten sets in plus couple double sets with traps beaded below the marten boxes.
-
Little change in plans today. Wasn't able to leave this morning early for my longline so I got my short lines started. Great day in the woods setting for fox and a few other critters! Lots of snares and diet holes with a few water sets.
-
Tag - love following along and seeing all the pictures.
How much do the wolf pelts usually go for? Or is that something you usually keep?
-
Great photos!!
-
Few more sets from today and a nice little surprise at the end of the day 😉
-
Oh ya the surprise lol. Fresh sign this morning so set it and checked it on the way home.
-
:tup:
-
Tagging, go gettum teacherman :tup: be safe, stay warm .and for Pete sake put up a pile of fur... :chuckle:
-
Teacherman
Great pictures! How did you get to be trapping out there 100 miles from a house?
-
Going with you! :tup:
-
Teacherman
Great pictures! How did you get to be trapping out there 100 miles from a house?
AK is a very very large place!!! 100 miles maybe a stretch to any home but not much of one. Some of my line goes 65 miles in one way from the highway via snow machine. With that said that trail head is 135 miles from nearest city. There are always cabins to be found but those are far and few between. It is nothing like WA. Remember AK is bigger than Texas, California, and Montana combined lol. Years past once it gets cold enough we've set fly out lines as well.
-
Messed up on posting pics earlier. More sets...
-
This is going to be a great thread, Good luck. :tup:
-
Tagging along!
-
:tup:
-
tag
-
And you want to move back down here........ :chuckle: WHY
-
And you want to move back down here........ :chuckle: WHY
Idaho, I'll trap there as well trust me ;) If I put a 1/10th of the effort into trapping and hunting down there as I do here nothing will be safe! Your population density of animals is ten fold ours, we just have huge vast areas to create overal populations. I need to come help you guys out with your little wolf problem lol.
-
:tup:
-
Love these threads! Thanks teacherman, hope all is well in the great white north
-
I am ignorant. what was the white critter in the big mouse trap thingy?
-
Living my dream here in Washington. Got the trap line running in the backyard (under my BBQ) See my post interesting triple. LOL
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,154386.msg2044031.html#msg2044031 (http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,154386.msg2044031.html#msg2044031)
-
I am ignorant. what was the white critter in the big mouse trap thingy?
It's an ermine, white weasel.
-
Didn't bring my camera tonight but got a dozen rat sets out. Check tomorrow 😉
-
Few rats. Not bad for a dozen sets. Glad to get the bait.
-
Nice!
-
Looking forward to the weekend to continue setting my line and hopefully get a few more critters. I'll be taking my younger girls out with me tonight on a quick check of about 1/3 of my line. They always get excited! :chuckle:
-
Tagging along
-
:tup:
-
Get to use my skills at work :chuckle:
-
Does that get you extra pay , or just get to keep the furs? :chuckle:
-
Funs just starting tonight... Super nice dark marten and another ermine.
-
The fun continues!
-
That is a pretty martin!
-
:IBCOOL: Marissa is a great shot with that pistol
-
You better get a handle on those trap line rustlers or their gonna clean you out, be careful there armed! :chuckle:
-
That is a pretty martin!
It's getting shipped to Michelle Nelson 😉 doing a mount with an ermine! Should be cool.
-
I don't think you could pick a better one to mount. That one sure is pretty!
-
I don't think you could pick a better one to mount. That one sure is pretty!
Darkest and biggest one I've ever seen! Size of a fisher lol.
-
Those girls are so darned cute. Love the pistol pic
-
Those girls are so darned cute. Love the pistol pic
Those girls have killed more critters than most grown men lol. Fox killing machines!
-
Few set pics today...
-
Couple more sets...
-
Playing on the ice today!
-
I really like your thread Teacher.
That ice looks fun.
Good luck the rest of the season.
-
Nice job, love to photos of the young ladies out there with you!!
-
That is some beautiful ice!
-
Love it....
Best of luck to you and yours this season!
-
Took the day off since both my kids had dentist appointments but like any good dad I'm going to use every minute we have to get them out in the woods. Got up early with my oldest and took her out on my trap line. She was able to get her first fox of the season. She totally took care of it, lol. "Dad give me the gun, give me the gun" lol. I calmed her down and handed her the pistol and she waited for an open shot and took care of business. One less grouse and rabbit eating machine!
-
Nice fox!
-
Reset...
-
Let's see some put up fur!
-
Let's see some put up fur!
I'll get some pics from my skinner, lol. I pay one of my students to skin. Great little side job for him.
-
Well the mouse traps worked and my alligator is happy! Look how fat the one on the left is. I'd say it was about to pop! Once a trapper always a trapper lol.
-
Holy Smokes that is a fat mouse, I thought it was a mole
-
dude where do you keep a gator up in alaska? lol..
-
dude where do you keep a gator up in alaska? lol..
In my garage lol. He's actually visiting my classroom right now. He lives either in a 180 gal tank or a 300 gal Rubbermaid water tank. Lol. Has a turtle for a friend that's always with him. During the summer I put a harness on him and let hi sun in the yard.
-
Holy Smokes that is a fat mouse, I thought it was a mole
Everything is bigger in AK lol.
-
Nice fox
-
Checked couple quick sets after work. Picked up another red ;)
-
Happy little girl :)
-
Damn thats a heck of a start to the season
-
I sure wish we had more fox around here. Trade them in for coyotes any day
-
I sure wish we had more fox around here. Trade them in for coyotes any day
I actually try and avoid coyotes up here. They sell pretty good but when I'm in yotes I'm usually out of fox and I just like getting them so much more!
-
I've seen one in elk WA few years back and I heard of a few since but I got so many coyote around my place its crazy! Sure wish we could snare here.
-
I've seen one in elk WA few years back and I heard of a few since but I got so many coyote around my place its crazy! Sure wish we could snare here.
That's my old stomping ground. Use to trap tons of yotes, cat, beaver and rats in that area years ago! Never ran into a fox but things change. Love that area, planned on moving back there until i594. Now I've been looking at North Idaho. Be better trapping anyway.
-
dude where do you keep a gator up in alaska? lol..
In my garage lol. He's actually visiting my classroom right now. He lives either in a 180 gal tank or a 300 gal Rubbermaid water tank. Lol. Has a turtle for a friend that's always with him. During the summer I put a harness on him and let hi sun in the yard.
This is awesome! Love it!
-
I've seen one in elk WA few years back and I heard of a few since but I got so many coyote around my place its crazy! Sure wish we could snare here.
That's my old stomping ground. Use to trap tons of yotes, cat, beaver and rats in that area years ago! Never ran into a fox but things change. Love that area, planned on moving back there until i594. Now I've been looking at North Idaho. Be better trapping anyway.
I told my wife the same thing. As much as I love North Dakota, there's still a lot lacking. We were really excited to move back to Walla Walla in a few years, but with I-594 passing, it's just not in the cards. So Idaho it will probably be.
-
I've seen one in elk WA few years back and I heard of a few since but I got so many coyote around my place its crazy! Sure wish we could snare here.
That's my old stomping ground. Use to trap tons of yotes, cat, beaver and rats in that area years ago! Never ran into a fox but things change. Love that area, planned on moving back there until i594. Now I've been looking at North Idaho. Be better trapping anyway.
I'm right there with ya. Been thinking of Idaho trapping. But non res trappers license is little over $300 plus all my fuel! I been chatting with your dad a little lately. He said something about bobcat.
-
I've seen one in elk WA few years back and I heard of a few since but I got so many coyote around my place its crazy! Sure wish we could snare here.
That's my old stomping ground. Use to trap tons of yotes, cat, beaver and rats in that area years ago! Never ran into a fox but things change. Love that area, planned on moving back there until i594. Now I've been looking at North Idaho. Be better trapping anyway.
I'm right there with ya. Been thinking of Idaho trapping. But non res trappers license is little over $300 plus all my fuel! I been chatting with your dad a little lately. He said something about bobcat.
I'm planning on trapping there as soon as I move down. Bobcats will be my main focus. I've already got all the traps a person could fathom for it. Along with wolf traps. I'll also run a 100% Snowmachine line, not many guys down there take it to that level. I'm coming down over Christmas for a couple weeks and plan on running his line with him in WA. Hoping to get a fat tom to send off to the taxidermist. Seems like most my furs end up decorating my house lol.
-
He wants to meet up and talk trapping. Maybe we can all get together when you come down. If I trap in ID it will be next year. Funds are short this year. I too planned on running my snowmobile lol that's what we call em here lol case ya forgot :chuckle:
bobcat and cougar are my focus this year!
-
Buddy just stopped into my place with a hog of a lynx! Making me want to get my cat sets out!
-
:yikes: that's huge!
-
Holy Batman. What a hog!!!!
-
Great thread. Thanks for sharing.
-
Look at them paws!!!
-
Just picked my daughter up a nice little trapping sled ;) '93 Tundra II long track. Now we just need snow lol.
-
Cats skinned left the skull in and feet in. Putting him on taxidermy.net. He measured 46" from base of tail to nose. Good sized cat!
-
Love it! That should fetch a good price!
-
What a cat!
-
Love the sled . That lynx is huge! What's the biggest bobcat you ever got?
-
tag
-
Love the sled . That lynx is huge! What's the biggest bobcat you ever got?
My dad got one that was 48" I believe. Game warden that tagged it thought it was a lynx at first. Monster tom!
-
Few more sets out today! Here kitty kitty! Few marten sets as well.
-
Wow that's huge! Biggest I've heard of taken over here was 42". I thought that was big. Was that taken near his place?
-
Wow that's huge! Biggest I've heard of taken over here was 42". I thought that was big. Was that taken near his place?
No, pass between west side and east side. Couple hundred miles from his place.
-
Nope, it was on the wet side :rolleyes:
-
:dunno: Teach and I replied at the same time. :chuckle:
-
I guess the 42" cat taken up by deer lake is still the biggest I've heard of from this area. wish I could have seen it in person.
-
Da stump. Pm sent
-
Couple more pics from today. Remade a set that I put out the first week. Snare cubby. Been thinking about it and once you add bait to a set animals go on full alert and don't barge in with the gusto I like them to on a snare. My best snare sets are blind trail sets. Still left two side entrances to the bait snared but opened up the front. Other is a new dirt hole in that same area. It's just off the trail at a spot three trails meet!
-
Man that is a DANDY cat.
-
that lynx is so cool, i think bobcats, lynx and wolverines are the coolest looking critters out there... hard part will be finding a taxi that can get a cats face to look like a cats face ... all though there are a couple guys on this very site that seem to nail it everytime they do a cat, it is rare in taxi work imho... keep the pics flowin teacheman :tup: :tup:
-
Checked a set tonight and found a squirrel in a #3 Northwoods frozen stiff lol. Took him out reset the trap and shoved him in the dirt hole. Cool looking set now!
-
Fun, but tense night on my cat line. Finally snowing pretty heavy today. No cats or marten. Had a marten eat a bird out of a trap. Reset the trap should pick him up soon. His tracks looked like they went into a stump about 15' away lol. Put all my baits in boxes now since it's snowing.
As I was cleaning the snow out of my cubby I had a pack of wolves start howling just down the ravine from me. Guessing since I was near a stream and that muffles noise they must been within 250-300 yds.
I put 4 snares on the main trail. When I head up next time I'll put in a couple 750s or #9s on scent posts. Always makes you watch your back little more when you know there right there ;)
-
Hey Teach...
I work with a trapper who lives in Fairbanks. He's starting to use a piece of #9 wire to hang his bait in front of his marten sets. He says it keeps him from catching birds. I don't think he uses boxes either, but I'm not positive about that. He primarily targets marten. It's fun talking with him.
Just a tip I learned that I thought you might find helpful.
-
Hey Teach...
I work with a trapper who lives in Fairbanks. He's starting to use a piece of #9 wire to hang his bait in front of his marten sets. He says it keeps him from catching birds. I don't think he uses boxes either, but I'm not positive about that. He primarily targets marten. It's fun talking with him.
Just a tip I learned that I thought you might find helpful.
Great idea! I'll give it a shot. Not a lot of marten in my area but love catching them. Only issue I can see is a magpie could clean my baits out really quick lol.
-
Few pics from today. Had a heavy freeze and snow. My footholds were iced in. Had a fox tap dance on one of them. Then go down a trail I figured for sure Id pick him up on and one of my snares was knocked over the other had an eaten bunny in it. Added a scent post/bait pile with what was left of the rabbit and reset snares. Next time!
-
That's what I'm afraid of here. At work right now, but it was 33 below yesterday and it's been teetering back in forth between extreme cold and melting temps. I think footholds for me might be out for awhile and snares will be the only option.
-
Out chasing moose today on an emergency opener up north ;)
-
Good luck and safe hunting
-
Great day up in the woods. We saw 4 moose, one legal bull, but he was on the wrong side of the river. We still had a caribou tag to fill and ended up busting a old sausage bull right at dark. Ancient and huge. We were able to get him out whole which was nice. A 6x6 can do amazing things. Before I skin him out I'm going to swing into fish and game and have them take a look at him in the morning. Nothing but skin and bones. Honestly wouldn't of shot him if I has a better look at him. One of his eyes was all filled with a cold as well :puke: Figured Id have them say yes or no. May end up with bunch of trapping bait. All part of hunting, I know some guys may have left him there but we started it so well finish it ;) Oh and still super cold, high of -5 low of -21. Makes for a long day outside.
-
Forgot to mention full on blizzard most of the day! And crazy good looking trapping area :'( I was drooling all day wishing it wS about 5 hrs closer. Pic of an old lynx cubby I found. We hunted along a trappers trail for about 15 miles at one point. Kind of cool seeing his marten sets and the old poles that were there from the old timer that probable cut the trail 40 yrs ago. Nothing like a hot Mountain House at -20 below with a wooden spoon made from a willow.
-
Few more cool pics from today. The first is of the Gulkana River. Frozen spot we found to cross. Looks like a black and white world. Next is One Mile Creek. Spot we seen the moose today but were not able to get across final crossing. You can see break in the ice from snow machines crossing just before us. Below the break it's about 3' to the bottom. Last pic is of the crack right at day light. Just needed another 1/4 mi to open hunting on that drainage.
-
Last pic of the night... Little scope kiss (what a bleeder) and some wind burn/light frost bite. Nice to be home and take a hot shower!
-
Ouch. I been there. Was so excited when I shot my first bear I didn't completely shoulder my 300wm. Last time that ever happened lol bled like crazy!
-
Ouch. I been there. Was so excited when I shot my first bear I didn't completely shoulder my 300wm. Last time that ever happened lol bled like crazy!
338 win mag 250gr Barnes heavy hand loads ;)
-
That'll do it
-
Little weasel action on our marten line.
-
Nice!!
-
Swung in and picked up part of that bou :)
mmmmmm...... Summer sausage, pepper sticks and breakfast sausage.
-
Little disappointed with my marten line today so I decided to go check some other sets I have down lower and BAM! Nothing makes me happier than a double and even better when there cross fox. Like pulling double aces.
-
Those are some cool looking fox
-
Those are some cool looking fox
-
Well today after church I had couple hrs before dark so I went checked one of my areas and had an amazing present! SILVER lol. Picked up a huge male silver fox. Then I got a nice little red that was all balled up frozen in a snare. Pretty good weekend of fur 😉
-
Happy little trapper!
-
That's a pile of nice foxes right there!
-
Man I really like that silver!
-
I love hunting and fishing but trapping takes the cake for me. Love spending time in the woods in the winter. We have less than 5 hrs of light right now up here so you have to be very intentional with your time. Pic of the sun setting in the woods and a reset I made after that silver tonight with a 1/16x19 camloc snare ;)
-
Outstanding looking fox!!! Great photos, I sure appreciate you sharing them with us!!
-
I really enjoy following this topic every year, thanks for taking the time to get all the photos and tell the stories. :tup:
-
I really enjoy following this topic every year, thanks for taking the time to get all the photos and tell the stories. :tup:
:yeah: thank you
-
I really enjoy following this topic every year, thanks for taking the time to get all the photos and tell the stories. :tup:
:yeah: thank you
:yeah:
-
I really enjoy following this topic every year, thanks for taking the time to get all the photos and tell the stories. :tup:
:yeah: thank you
:yeah:
:yeah: :yeah: are you sure you want to move back down here to the lower 48 :dunno: :chuckle: :chuckle:
-
I really enjoy following this topic every year, thanks for taking the time to get all the photos and tell the stories. :tup:
:yeah: thank you
:yeah:
:yeah: :yeah: are you sure you want to move back down here to the lower 48 :dunno: :chuckle: :chuckle:
If I hunted and trapped WA and ID like I do in AK nothing would be safe! I dont think many people understand how many miles I put on my snow machines, 6x6, and wheelers ea season :chuckle: Litterally over 500 miles on 6x6 this season, 2300 on my snow machine trapping last season and close to 20k on my truck since Sept hunting and trapping this year. Until I lived here I never had to run in 60 miles from the nearest road to find even a small population of animals. Alaska has a lot of animals but its also a stupid big place. The population density here is horrible low. Honestly I plan on hunting and trapping down there as hard as I do up here and I'm going to kills some big critters! There's a reason people like Bones get monster mule deer ea year. Most people wouldn't believe him if he told you how far in he goes for those. My first year trapping there I plan on really hitting the cat. Figure most of you guys are running 3-12 box traps. I like to have 75-200 sets out at a time :chuckle: Big goals equal big catches, or broken backs :o :chuckle:
-
I really enjoy following this topic every year, thanks for taking the time to get all the photos and tell the stories. :tup:
I'd say one of the top few recurring yearly threads. Enjoy following along.
-
Well I will tell you what, hit me up when you get here if your up for hitn the Westside for cats, beaver,otter, or whatever is legal, iI can show you some spots that hold alot of fur, I wish it was legal to trap my lion, I would be all over that..
-
Well I will tell you what, hit me up when you get here if your up for hitn the Westside for cats, beaver,otter, or whatever is legal, iI can show you some spots that hold alot of fur, I wish it was legal to trap my lion, I would be all over that..
Grew up trapping from about 38th street to Kachees Lake and up a couple other drainages with my dad on Snoqualmi. Use to do really good on beaver and cat. In fact we caught basically as many beaver as we wanted to skin. Really don't ever plan on trapping WA again if I don't have to. Drives me crazy that I would have to pack cages around. I can carry 5 dozen snares in my pack and go!
-
Keep them rolling... No school yesterday so I was able to check a few sets. Everything had a 1/4-1/2" ice over it, hints why no school. Pulled this guy. Furs really starting to fluff up.
-
Very nice Teach, the fox are starting to pile up. Good luck always.
-
just went through and looked at all the pict's. I sure enjoy following your adventures.
-
:tup: :tup:
-
Otter are starting to pick up and stack up in the fur shed! These grissly buggers are as plentiful in parts of AK as beaver are in Western WA.
-
Luv this thread every year
-
I love hunting and fishing but trapping takes the cake for me. Love spending time in the woods in the winter. We have less than 5 hrs of light right now up here so you have to be very intentional with your time. Pic of the sun setting in the woods and a reset I made after that silver tonight with a 1/16x19 camloc snare ;)
love that top pic
-
Hit my marten sets way up high and it was a desent day. Got a few good snares in on a pretty good sized bait pile as well. Not many marten around this year. Snow is still super patchy and max 4". Strange year but the fur is out there.
-
Not a lot moved in the last couple days but I managed a flying squirrel and a least weasel. They are tiny little guys. Lol. Jaws on my 1 3/4 coil were bigger than him lol.
-
Great day in the woods of Washington! Down visiting my dad for a couple weeks with my family so I took him out and set half dozen cat sets today in the NE corner.
-
that is awesome, cant wait for the pics.. :tup:
-
Looking good, good luck da stump
-
Well after a week of hitting the bobcat line with my dad we ended up with a lot of miles on the rig and no cats. Found some amazing area and cant wait until I'm here full time to hit it hard. Tomorrow well enjoy just getting out and chasing yotes. Also looking forward to getting home and tagging a few more fox.
-
So my trapline in AK is back under way and reset. Hopefully start pulling critters again soon. Had another mouse in my classroom today so I made a bunch of loaded 80 lb mono snares. They are on the upper wall lip so they will hopefully fall off and dangle lol. Kids love it ;)
-
that's hilarious! can't wait to follow more of your season :tup:
-
That's funny!
-
Only in Alaska do you run a trap line the class room! :tup:
-
Only in Alaska do you run a trap line the class room! :tup:
What do you mean they wouldn't do that in Seattle? Probable illegal lol.
Well had my first check yesterday and it was a little disappointing. I caught one squirrel and had something stolen out of one of my snares >:( by the lack of catch circle I'd guess a lynx which makes me more irritated. As if taking the animal wasn't enough they flagged my trail with marker tape. I'm a little stubborn, I didn't pull out of the area. I actually replaced the snare and added a second. It's on a main trail to one of my bait piles. Put a note on the trail not visible from the rd with AK state law notes on it and a reminder that now they are on multiple trail cameras so they should smile.
-
Only in Alaska do you run a trap line the class room! :tup:
What do you mean they wouldn't do that in Seattle? Probable illegal lol.
Well had my first check yesterday and it was a little disappointing. I caught one squirrel and had something stolen out of one of my snares >:( by the lack of catch circle I'd guess a lynx which makes me more irritated. As if taking the animal wasn't enough they flagged my trail with marker tape. I'm a little stubborn, I didn't pull out of the area. I actually replaced the snare and added a second. It's on a main trail to one of my bait piles. Put a note on the trail not visible from the rd with AK state law notes on it and a reminder that now they are on multiple trail cameras so they should smile.
friggin theives, they are a little ballsey to be stealing way up there, its a great spot to disappear from the face of the earth.. I hate theives... WITH A PASSION!!!!
-
Well good to be back in the routine of my trapline ;)
Pick this nice red in a blind trail set. Pretty prime fur and awesome color!
-
Very pretty fox.
-
Had to make a remake about 10yds down the trail yesterday because that fox made the entire area reek! If you look in the trail you can see old fox tracks. They tend to litterally fun the same footsteps. Can't wait to check those sets again should be good. Getting ready to start making hay sets as well ;)
-
what do you mean by hay sets teacherman?
-
what do you mean by hay sets teacherman?
Hey sets are the best K9 set there is :drool: :chuckle: Most K9s run your snow machine or ATV trails and this set makes it so you can set them quickly. I take hay (not straw to heavy, freezes easy and is yellow) and create piles that I put a whole in with bait or scent. sometimes both plus a shot of pee. These pics are not from me but the exact same thing I do. A guy I know in my area showed me this set and its dynamite; pics are from him. They keep your sets from freezing and make bedding a trap in nasty weather super easy and quick. I put most on drags so the animals get off the trail. Never set foot on the ground around the set either. Step from my snow machine into my sled. Once again we are in a strange winter. It was 42 this morning! Looks like I'm going to be back to my 6x6 checking my line :dunno:
-
Little dry slump this weekend. Buddy got a nice cat another shot a yote this morning and all I got on my line was a twist out on a fox set. Looked like I had a yote in it. 1/16 wasn't good enough. Did a reset scent post from the spot I snares that last fox. Put a #2 pee post in it's spot.
-
I'm surprised the hay sets haven't produced yet
-
Little guy watching me going down the trail today.
-
I'm surprised the hay sets haven't produced yet
That's my lower elevation line didn't have any up high.
-
Lines been slow and cold, hoping that the cold snap we are having will cause some animals to move. Ice is at least good now. It was a balmy -17 this morning in Wasilla lol.
-
Holy crap thats cold, I got my first taste of cold like that a few weeks ago when I went to north Dakota but it wasn't negative 42 thats for sure :chuckle: how the well do you keep your machines running in those temps??
-
Holy crap thats cold, I got my first taste of cold like that a few weeks ago when I went to north Dakota but it wasn't negative 42 thats for sure :chuckle: how the well do you keep your machines running in those temps??
You never turn it off lol. Second you run different plugs in the Tundras and the new machines don't even notice. But we still hardly ever turn anything off.
-
Well I pulled my sets on about 1/2 my line and put in a few new sets in other areas. This time of yr up here it always seems like I'm reaching into new areas looking for a magic trick.
Loved this set, it's along a frozen stream. Fox are running up and down it. I put a #2 Bridger in the snow just in front of the tacks. You can see the tuft of grass I sprayed pee on also. The two small logs behind are cabled to the trap as a drag.
-
Got board after the game yesterday and made a few compilations of kill pics over the last couple years lol. Didn't get all the pics in but it's kind of crazy how many critters I've taken up here. Better yet how many I've saved ;)
-
Awesome!
-
Little windy on the line today :o didn't get as much checked as I wanted didn't feel safe in the woods with falling branches. Be back at it tomorrow after church ;)
-
:yike:
-
30-40 sustained winds with gusts to 80+ in the Matsu valley. Going on 4 days now non stop. No breaks at night even :bash: checked a few more sets today and they were pretty much blown out of order. Reset what I could.
-
Looks like snow is scarce this year.
-
nice pics ! It looks like a great place to be trapping :tup:
-
Snow has been very minimal. I'm going to be pulling my line in the next week or two. It's mostly been just getting out enjoying the woods lately. Found this pic for you guys that wonder if that coyote you saw in the woods was a wolf lol.
-
Little windy on the line today :o didn't get as much checked as I wanted didn't feel safe in the woods with falling branches. Be back at it tomorrow after church ;)
We spent a couple days in Wasilla a couple weeks ago and that trailer was the first thing we saw the day we arrived. :yike: We also saw where a section of roof got torn off of the Grandview hotel. Crazy wind! We've decided that we're not going to live IN the valley, but just outside, if we choose that area. :)
-
Love garage sales!!! My $10 find of the day. Giant box trap! One step closer to WA ready.
-
:tup: