Post by: Blsum on January 31, 2018, 11:45:03 AM
I decided to go and check out a spot I trapped a couple years ago to see if I could catch anything out there. I didn't catch anything after the first check but on the next one I caught a nice 44 lbs beaver.
I've also gotten 4 otter so far this year. 11lbs male. 12 lbs female, a 22lbs female, and a 21 lbs male.
I decided to set a couple traps next to where I'm doing the nuisance job. One for bobcat and one for mink. I didn't think I would actually catch a bobcat at this location but figured why not. So far I've only gotten 6 possum and one of the neighbors cats.
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Post by: Trapper John on February 16, 2018, 10:35:09 AM
Nice :tup: :tup: two thumbs up
JC
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Post by: Trapper John on February 17, 2018, 11:40:56 AM
That reminds me of Chuck "Bobcat" Bailey.
He caught a female mountain lion in a MB750 in a cubby set with beaver on day. He's working with the Tribes and the Wildlife Department.
So they knock the cat down / tranquilized it, weigh it, took blood samples, measure her teeth, put a radio collar get as much data as they need on her and let her go.
Three days later chuck is driving down the road with snow on it and runs across this cat track heading for his set. He told me you could see the tracks walking in a straight line stops turns and leaps 20 feet into his set and get caught. :yike: He check it and its the same cat they caught three days ago.
Now you would think that if you had a trap on your foot, radio collar on your neck and it was because you went in for this beaver carcass hanging in a tree you would stay away. :dunno: But nooooooooooooooo way! :bash: The department Researcher comes up and records the data and lets her go.
JC :hello:
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Post by: Trapper John on March 02, 2018, 01:23:50 PM
Finally caught cat number 2. Decent size cat that had some decent markings. But I'm pretty sure it was a female so I let it go. Same trap as the last cat only 2 weeks later. At first I thought it might have been the cat I missed the day after catching the first one. However when I looked at the trail camera video it looks like this cat was actually smaller then the one I missed.
Nice work :tup:
It looks like your having a good season. :tup: :tup:
More and more guys are releasing the females ......... mink, pine marten, bobcats
JC
Post by: Blsum on March 02, 2018, 05:40:05 PM
Finally caught cat number 2. Decent size cat that had some decent markings. But I'm pretty sure it was a female so I let it go. Same trap as the last cat only 2 weeks later. At first I thought it might have been the cat I missed the day after catching the first one. However when I looked at the trail camera video it looks like this cat was actually smaller then the one I missed.
Nice work :tup:
It looks like your having a good season. :tup: :tup:
More and more guys are releasing the females ......... mink, pine marten, bobcats
JC
Thanks. I have no problem releasing females. She was even bigger then the one I caught a couple weeks ago, only the third one I've caught but the largest. The first one I wasn't 100% sure if it was a female or not, but she had some really nice markings. It wasn't until after I had dispatched her that I was really able to tell for sure. Had I been sure the first one was a female I would have released her as well. Got to keep the breeders out there. Especially since I know at least a couple other guys are trapping in the same general area. We all talk regularly and try to stay out of each other's general locations, but I still want to have cats to trap in the future.