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Title: Josh's First Season
Post by: Josh_D. on November 04, 2016, 01:53:47 PM: I was able to set my traps on opening day but yesterday I took the tips of two of my fingers off with a tablesaw. I pulled my traps untill I get use of my hand back. Lucky me I had a muskrat in my colony trap! Very dark pelt even though he is a little guy.
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Post by: JakeLand on November 04, 2016, 02:54:05 PM: :tup: nice it's a good beginning and good bait for cats
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Post by: Kit Carson on November 04, 2016, 04:42:30 PM: cool! (except for loppin' off a few digits) :tup:
Congrats & hope u can get traps back out soon!
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Post by: Norman89 on November 04, 2016, 04:52:47 PM: Congrats on the first one! Heal quick and get back to it!
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Post by: jasnt on November 04, 2016, 07:20:58 PM: Congrats bud. Good luck with the hand. Gotta be a story behind that! Hope ya heal fast!
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Post by: Josh_D. on December 12, 2016, 09:25:22 AM: My fingers are back in action! Most of the fingernail will grow back and doc said in a year or two the cold sensitivity will go away. This morning I caught a huge muskrat! Caught in Jesse (Ouchfoss's) marten trap baited only with some beaver castor. I made a spot in the bank look like a beaver had broken through the ice and slid up on shore. Thats where my trap funneled the rat in. The beavers keep dodging my cages. I really wish we could use conibears under water.
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Post by: Josh_D. on December 12, 2016, 09:26:02 AM: In the trap
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Post by: Norman89 on December 12, 2016, 11:46:15 AM: right on bud that one looks like it will go XL for sure
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Post by: jasnt on December 12, 2016, 12:28:42 PM: Glad your back in action. Congrats on a huge rat
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Post by: bear hunter on December 12, 2016, 06:59:14 PM: :tup: nice huge rat congrats
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Post by: Kit Carson on December 12, 2016, 10:08:19 PM: Nice!
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Post by: JODakota on December 13, 2016, 01:51:24 AM: Quote from: Josh_D. on December 12, 2016, 09:25:22 AM
My fingers are back in action! Most of the fingernail will grow back and doc said in a year or two the cold sensitivity will go away. This morning I caught a huge muskrat! Caught in Jesse (Ouchfoss's) marten trap baited only with some beaver castor. I made a spot in the bank look like a beaver had broken through the ice and slid up on shore. Thats where my trap funneled the rat in. The beavers keep dodging my cages. I really wish we could use conibears under water.

I agree I wish I could go back to using them too, there is no better beaver killer than a conni. Nice work on the rat.
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Post by: ouchfoss on December 13, 2016, 06:13:05 AM: Nice! That is a pretty big rat! :tup:
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Post by: Trapper John on December 13, 2016, 11:33:29 AM: Those table saws .......... you have got to watch them. I know several guys that have lost fingers on them.
Glad you back in business.
Good Job on the fur :tup: :tup:
JC :hello:
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Post by: Triplej on December 13, 2016, 12:29:03 PM: Good work keep it up !
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Post by: Josh_D. on December 21, 2016, 11:20:20 AM: For those not on the Washington State Trappers Association FB Page:

Today was my first beaver and first coon day! I also got a muskrat to top it off! Beaver was caught in Ouchfoss (Jesse) swing door cage trap. Coon was in a standard have-a-heart trap. Muskrat in a colony set.
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Post by: Norman89 on December 21, 2016, 12:45:58 PM: Right on bud keep up the good work :tup:
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Post by: JakeLand on December 21, 2016, 01:08:32 PM: Right on!! Now you got cat and marten bait. The castor is the best for cats as a lure
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Post by: Kit Carson on December 21, 2016, 01:32:48 PM: Nice work :tup:
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Post by: Triplej on December 21, 2016, 02:48:30 PM: Good work ! :tup:
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Post by: bear hunter on December 21, 2016, 06:20:56 PM: :tup:
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Post by: jasnt on December 21, 2016, 06:56:04 PM: Good day for sure. Hope that skinning knife is sharp
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Post by: ouchfoss on December 21, 2016, 07:33:30 PM: Nice! :tup:
I love days like that where you get several animals. Makes up for all the days where you get skunked.
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Post by: Machias on December 22, 2016, 04:13:58 AM: Awesome, very exciting!!!
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Post by: blnelson on December 22, 2016, 07:13:10 PM: Nice catch keep @ it.
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Post by: Crunchy on December 22, 2016, 08:12:05 PM: Curious how you dispatch critters caught in a live trap. 22 cal to the head?
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Post by: JakeLand on December 22, 2016, 10:02:06 PM: .22 short
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Post by: Josh_D. on December 24, 2016, 09:37:36 AM: Beaver #2 46lbs
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Post by: Josh_D. on December 24, 2016, 09:38:49 AM: He beat the cage up a bit, but caught him with just a bit of ground lure from a beaver several days before.
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Post by: JakeLand on December 24, 2016, 10:11:56 AM: Nice catch
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Post by: bear hunter on December 24, 2016, 10:59:26 AM: :tup: nice job
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Post by: ouchfoss on December 24, 2016, 11:48:47 AM: :tup: Now your hooked!
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Post by: jasnt on December 24, 2016, 12:29:32 PM: Awesome
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Post by: Josh_D. on January 20, 2017, 09:45:39 AM: Another big rat! Still chasing smart beavers who know what a trap is.
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Post by: Norman89 on January 20, 2017, 10:41:41 AM: Good job Josh :tup:
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Post by: bear hunter on January 20, 2017, 07:02:48 PM: :tup: great catch
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Post by: jasnt on January 20, 2017, 07:37:54 PM: Best part about rats is little work putting them up. Congrats
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Post by: JODakota on January 20, 2017, 09:14:02 PM: Quote from: jasnt on January 20, 2017, 07:37:54 PM
Best part about rats is little work putting them up. Congrats

Rats have always been and always will be my favorite. They have such wonderful fur!
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Post by: Josh_D. on January 30, 2017, 08:50:08 AM: Another beaver! This time in one of my new swim through horse panel traps. I bought the 5'x16' horse panel that has 4"x4" mesh from North 40 outfitters. The trap is 1'x1'x4'. The 4" mesh worked great and held this little 15lb kit. I do not think they would hold otters.
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on January 30, 2017, 09:00:00 AM: Looks like it might be a tight fit!!
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Post by: Turner89 on January 30, 2017, 09:06:11 AM: Your right.....otters would have a free pass.
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on January 30, 2017, 09:28:14 AM: So true Ethan
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Post by: jasnt on January 30, 2017, 12:06:08 PM: As many rats as I've caught in my swimthrews I think I'd be racking my brain wondering how my traps are getting set off
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Post by: bear hunter on January 30, 2017, 06:56:17 PM: :tup: good job josh
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Post by: Turner89 on January 31, 2017, 06:13:19 PM: Quote from: jasnt on January 30, 2017, 12:06:08 PM
As many rats as I've caught in my swimthrews I think I'd be racking my brain wondering how my traps are getting set off
:yeah: you may get frustrated with an Mt trap.
It could be a good trap to just target Beaver, and leave the otter, and rats alone. Wouldn't take alot of effort to wrap the cage with 1x2 wire also.
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Post by: Josh_D. on February 07, 2017, 02:35:28 PM: Another beaver today in my bobcat cage trap made by ouchfoss. My horse panel swim through traps are 4 foot long and the only ideal spot I can find for them are den entrances. Of course now that I have the traps I cant find any live dens. Just a bit of castor made this guy mad enough to get caught.
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Post by: bear hunter on February 07, 2017, 05:32:18 PM: Nice catch... :tup:
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Post by: Trapper John on February 07, 2017, 06:57:52 PM: :tup: Nice job on all of your catches
JC :hello:
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Post by: Norman89 on February 07, 2017, 06:58:32 PM: Good job Josh!
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Post by: Machias on February 08, 2017, 10:45:28 AM: Nice!!!!
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Post by: ouchfoss on February 08, 2017, 04:23:05 PM: That's cool your catching them in live traps. Are they beating it up at all? I have yet to ever catch one in a live set.
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Post by: Josh_D. on February 08, 2017, 08:57:03 PM: My larger 46lb beaver did his best to tear at the cage but the damage was minimal. The really tall bobcat traps work super well for this because they can swim/wade in and not feel claustrophobic in my opinion. I think if they were drowning there would be a lot more struggle and potential damage. I can try to get pics when I pull this location friday.
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Post by: Josh_D. on February 19, 2017, 10:51:47 AM: 3 more beavers in my traps! All caught in my 1'x1'x4' horse panel traps. Some have 2"x4" mesh, some have 4"x4" mesh. Both hold beavers just fine. Simple conibear trigger. Works underwater and on land.
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Post by: bear hunter on February 19, 2017, 11:00:36 AM: Great job Josh. Your doing amazing job your first season. Crongrats
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Post by: Norman89 on February 19, 2017, 02:00:52 PM: Right on! That's an awesome catch! :tup:
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Post by: JakeLand on February 19, 2017, 06:07:14 PM: Right on !! I dig the canoe set-up
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Post by: Cultusman on February 19, 2017, 07:01:29 PM: My boat is never that clean when I get back from Beaver Trapping.
Nice Catch :tup:
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Post by: Machias on February 20, 2017, 09:39:44 PM: Nice job!!!!
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Post by: Triplej on February 21, 2017, 06:39:05 AM: Nice catch !