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Title: Trapping apprenticeship
Post by: Ridgeratt on March 01, 2022, 10:02:08 PM: I started trapping 4 years ago for some thing to do after I retired. My 1st year was a bust. The 2nd year I had the corner on skunks. Any time I set I had a skunk. I was able to roll over the traps and release them. Last year I ran a saw across the end of my finger and didn't set any traps.
This last labor day I had a mini stroke and wasn't sure if I could get out.
Had my cameras still out.
Checked them a month ago and had a bobcat on one. So I hauled a trap up and set it. The first couple of hikes were almost a bit much. I was thinking about pulling them. But I refuse to just sit in a chair and so I persisted.
This morning I went to check them and after the fresh snow yesterday I had 3 different sets of bobcat tracks crossing the hill on my way.
When I got close enough to see the trap the door was down. :tup: Thought oh boy I hope it is not a skunk.
When I got close I saw a paw. Got up and looked inside. Success!!
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Post by: Ridgeratt on March 01, 2022, 10:03:54 PM: :IBCOOL:
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Post by: callturner on March 01, 2022, 10:15:28 PM: Great job !
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Post by: Cylvertip on March 01, 2022, 11:25:48 PM: Now you've done it!!! :tup:

Very nice Rick. Congrats.

:hello:
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Post by: pashok23 on March 01, 2022, 11:43:33 PM: Nice job :tup:
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Post by: Turdle on March 02, 2022, 12:01:10 AM: PurrrrrrrrrrFect :tup:
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Post by: HillHound on March 02, 2022, 02:19:52 AM: Congrats. That’s awesome. I got my first bobcat this year after being skunked my first year too
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Post by: JakeLand on March 02, 2022, 03:36:04 AM: Well hell about time !!! Good job 👍
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Post by: Ridgeratt on March 02, 2022, 04:26:01 AM: Thank you to all the people that I bent their ears when I was getting started. I bought traps from teacher man's father and spent about 2 hours sitting on his porch in Northport. I'm sure he was asking. Is this guy ever gonna leave. 😆
I ran several of my thoughts past him and others. Enough of that.

I will say that skinning a bobcat is like cutting tissue paper off a grape.
Title: Re: Trapping apprenticeship
Post by: Bigshooter on March 02, 2022, 04:59:57 AM: Quote from: Ridgeratt on March 01, 2022, 10:02:08 PM
I started trapping 4 years ago for some thing to do after I retired. My 1st year was a bust. The 2nd year I had the corner on skunks. Any time I set I had a skunk. I was able to roll over the traps and release them. Last year I ran a saw across the end of my finger and didn't set any traps.
This last labor day I had a mini stroke and wasn't sure if I could get out.
Had my cameras still out.
Checked them a month ago and had a bobcat on one. So I hauled a trap up and set it. The first couple of hikes were almost a bit much. I was thinking about pulling them. But I refuse to just sit in a chair and so I persisted.
This morning I went to check them and after the fresh snow yesterday I had 3 different sets of bobcat tracks crossing the hill on my way.
When I got close enough to see the trap the door was down. :tup: Thought oh boy I hope it is not a skunk.
When I got close I saw a paw. Got up and looked inside. Success!!

Congrats. That's pretty cool. What else I find pretty cool is a friend and I built that trap. We sold a couple of dozen to teacherman. I assume that who you bought it from? Or maybe our old traps are really making the rounds now.
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Post by: Ridgeratt on March 02, 2022, 05:05:19 AM: :yeah

I was picking up the traps from his dad's house in Northport. Before he went up to Alaska.
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Post by: Jingles on March 02, 2022, 05:26:20 AM: Good job and congrats on a nice looking cat persistence paid off.
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Post by: Ridgeratt on March 02, 2022, 06:28:34 PM: Pleased with the way it is turned out. Do like the color.
Still on the stretcher.
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Post by: Blacktail Sniper on March 02, 2022, 06:50:52 PM: Congrats, nice cat!
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Post by: Gobble Doc on March 02, 2022, 07:07:45 PM: Congrats! Lots of things there to be thankful for. Nice cat.
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Post by: Machias on March 03, 2022, 08:50:03 AM: Awesome, congrats!!!
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Post by: 3nails on March 03, 2022, 09:49:57 AM: Great job! Nothing like that first cat!
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Post by: Elkaholic daWg on March 04, 2022, 06:26:12 PM: Great Job neighbor!
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Post by: Ridgeratt on March 24, 2022, 10:25:30 PM: Grandma and her dawg were out for their walk today. Meet a new neighbor and her new puppy. She was saying that a week ago she lost a dozen new cheeckens to a bobcat. I've picked up traps for the year. But if she gets a visitor next year.
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Post by: KFhunter on March 24, 2022, 10:33:03 PM: how'd I miss this? Awesome!

now you're gonna stack em deep next year