Hunting Washington Forum
Other Activities => Trapping => Topic started by: TeacherMan on December 18, 2017, 11:00:30 AM
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Deer season has finished and we have had a chance to get a few beaver so we got our cat line started and it hasnt taken long to start connecting! Here are a couple cats from this weekend. Only one pic of the second cat. I got it in a text from my dad this morning since I'm at work. He sent an awesome video but cant figure out how to post it. The last pic is from the cat in the trap today, cat #2. You can see video on my insta @cmb_ak. Thinking of doing a double mount fighting.
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Nice big one. :tup:
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Good looking cat nice work
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Nice color.
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Nice job ! Good size too
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Pic of the first kitty in a cage 8)
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Congrats on a couple of nice cats. Curious to know what you have on the floor of your trap? Looks like it might be a deer hide? What are you using for bait?
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we started with the hide and some scraps from this years deer, then added a bit of beaver for bait.
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Congrats on a couple of nice cats. Curious to know what you have on the floor of your trap? Looks like it might be a deer hide? What are you using for bait?
that was a chunk of deer hide that was rolled up and frozen with wire around it to tie up in the back of the trap. After you get a cat with that setup they will shred the hide. I just put it behind the pan at that point with a chunk of beaver and use the shredded hair to cover the bottom of the trap. Plus they will crap everywhere in it. At that point its a dynamite setup.
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Beautiful cats.
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Beautiful cats :tup: Nice work
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Now with the proper stretcher board and put up those cats could be worth a good chunk of change !! Great coloring nice spotted belly and legs !
Do the Nevada stretch and bam you got a hell of a put up
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these two are at the taxidermist and will be turned into a fighting scene :P
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these two are at the taxidermist and will be turned into a fighting scene :P
nice !!!
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Sweet looking cats nice big ones congrats
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Beautiful cats!! Congrats!!!
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Good looking traps ;) And nice looking cats.
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Great job on the cats.
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Season is still going great. Took a week off to travel a little for the holidays. Got home a reset everything and boom kitty cat :chuckle: Another really prime and awesome colored cat! FAT!!!!!!!!
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:tup:
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Very pretty cat!
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Nice looking cat :tup:
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Nice Cat!! :tup:
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Some awesome looking cats!
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Great spotting on those cats $$$$$$
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Nothing like checking in the dark. Picked up some cat bait :tup: Nice layer of fat on this guy.
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Wow, that's a huge beaver. You guys are killin' it with those animals. :tup:
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Great pair of cats congrats
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so far 3 cats, two are toms. :tung:
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Nice!!!! Keep at it!!
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Jesus George Teach, how much did that thing weigh?
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Jesus George Teach, how much did that thing weigh?
4 full box traps lol. No idea.
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Another fun day on the line. Marten tripped two of my boxes but still managed to pull one pretty kitty.
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Keep it up ! Another great cat
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Historic picture 8)
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Nice work ! :tup:
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:tup:
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:tup:
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Nice Cats! :tup:
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Any trappers on the Eastside have extra beaver or muskrat carcasses let me know ;)
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Another one in the books today. Yes I’m long arming him but he’s a piggy of a bobcat. Big tom.
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Nice!! :tup:
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That's a nice looking Tom :tup:
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Checked 5 sets today and snowboarded rest of day on the mountain with my girls. Tomorrow we will check 13 more 8)
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Checked 5 sets today and snowboarded rest of day on the mountain with my girls. Tomorrow we will check 13 more 8)
Sounds like an awesome day. Nice to check traps and hit the slopes in one trip :tup:
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Cat #5 Another pic from today.
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Nice cat !! I can't wait to get a new line out next week!
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Good looking cats! Nice work
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Gorgeous day on the line! Lot of deer and elk.
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No service for pics butbthe days getting better ;)
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Been enjoying the journey.
Why don't you join f4wm and trap wolves by Priest Lake. $1,000 bounty each. I could possibly be helpful if you're interested.
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Been enjoying the journey.
Why don't you join f4wm and trap wolves by Priest Lake. $1,000 bounty each. I could possibly be helpful if you're interested.
All about time... I’m actually pretty good at wolf trapping too it just requires very specific gear that I don’t have have with me in the lower 48. All my wolf gear is at my place in AK.
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Today ended pretty good, saved a few more fawns this Spring. Can you spot the cat :chuckle:
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That's an awesome day right there!!!
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That's an awesome day right there!!!
:yeah:
You’re cleaning them up. :tup:
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That looks like a pretty one. Good job!!!
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:tup:
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Nice work !
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A few pics from the weekend of one of the spots I set. I added a smaller box trap 10x12x30 (coon box really) to see if I can get the marten that is taking my bait. I've got gray squirrels in them before so figured its worth a shot... Who knows maybe an over zealous cat will try to get the bait in it :chuckle:
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Nice cat trap what area do you normally trap in with snow, its been warmer then normal down this way.
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Up in the NE corner of WA near the Idaho and Canadian boarders. Still in trapping from 12” to 4’ of snow but it’s been in mid 30s so not making for fun conditions.
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Very nice wish we would get some snow down here instead of this hot rainy crap weather makes it hard to even catch a cold.
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I’ve always wondered if a cougar would try to go into one of our bobcat boxes. My dad and I were out checking the line today we had this guy stick his nose into one of the boxes last night. I think his foot was 1/2 as wide as the opening on the box :chuckle: It warmed up last night/today so there’s a little melt in this track but it is a HUGE CAT. I’m a really big guy and the tracks make my hand look small.
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Did it feel like someone was watching you. :chuckle:
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Did it feel like someone was watching you. :chuckle:
Seriously felt like it! I only had little 22 revolver on me too lol.
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Wait 'till you are stumbling around in the dark looking for a trap you know a bear has made off with and all you have is that .22.
Really common to have cougars steal the bait out of my cat cages, ho hum.
That is a monster track though.
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Wait 'till you are stumbling around in the dark looking for a trap you know a bear has made off with and all you have is that .22.
Really common to have cougars steal the bait out of my cat cages, ho hum.
That is a monster track though.
I see tracks all the time but this track was huge! I’ve had bears in AK destroy my line. I know we will be checking the line now with more than a 22.
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Great looking cats. Congrats
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Looking at the WDFW cougar quota's appears 113 could still be open.
https://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/cougar/
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For those complaining about not having enough snow :chuckle: today on the line...
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The line has been really slow lately with the weather. Moving things around a bit to see if a new area might help. :P
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Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr boy does that look cold
You have some nice looking cats. :tup: :tup:
Nice work
JC