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Looks just like an 870
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. . . Hated them always tangled up with traps,and never held the trap solid. . . . . Before transporting them, tie your paracord to the stabilizer and through the coil of the spring of the #150. Lay the #150 flat on the stabilizer, and wrap the extra cord around the unit. Tie the cord off to a part so it says in place. Load these up in a bucket or packbasket and away you go. Time to make a set, reach in, grab a unit, unwind cord, set #150 on stabilizer and tie off to something nearby. No tangles. You can pack dozens of these together without a problem. Perhaps you tried to anchor a #110 size trap on the stabilizer. That is not a good fit, as the bend in the jaws does not allow the trap to set evenly on the stabilizer. The #150 takes care of this with the wider jaws. Sidenote: I've used this stabilizer on traps from #150s up to #330s. Anyway . . . they work for me.
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7 minutes ago
We will be neighbors in the same building for this one Paul, along with Sterling It will be good to see y'all again.
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9 minutes ago
After using the skaters I cut the legs off and added a pair of 6” legs. I liked them that way better so I could just stick’em in rather than sit on. The principle of offsetting a coil spring properly was the trickiest part of making them work correctly.
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Junk? Hardly . . . bring yours to the fall rondy, Gary, if you've got any left. I'll take 'em off your hands.
KB stabilizer with a #150 bodygrip tethered with paracord. The bottom edge dream set for mink and 'rats on non-rock substrate.
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16 minutes ago
We will be neighbors in the same building for this one Paul, along with Sterling
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Thanks, guys! We had a great day. Weirdly quiet in the morning and then groups of people coming through after noon, which is the opposite of most years. I don't have many photos due to the usual things keeping me busy, but here are a few. This is just a small portion of our indoor space where we had some nice vendors. ![[Linked Image]](https://trapperman.com/forum/attachments/usergals/2026/06/full-4649-294578-vendors_1024.jpg) And to keep emphasizing that we cannot be rained out, here is our demo shelter. ![[Linked Image]](https://trapperman.com/forum/attachments/usergals/2026/06/full-4649-294579-demo_shelter_1024.jpg) We had five great demos . ![[Linked Image]](https://trapperman.com/forum/attachments/usergals/2026/06/full-4649-294580-demo_shelter_2_1024.jpg) We had Denny Knuth, Dan Carroll and Mike Bryant doing great demos. Here is Mike Bryant. ![[Linked Image]](https://trapperman.com/forum/attachments/usergals/2026/06/full-4649-294581-mike_bryant_1024.jpg) We raised some money for our district, and our vendors all said they did just fine, despite the slow start to the day. I cannot say enough about the Reedsburg Outdoor Club and their fine facility, food and people, and thanks to everyone who came out and contributed to a really nice day!
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Yup, wolves are the one animal I don't put up as fur. They all get tanned and sold or sold green direct to a taxidermist. They are worth more as wall hangers or taxidermy than fur market, and are easy to move. Even summer hides and ones with an open back (shoulder mites) sell well to Easterners. Only those with bad mange are worthless, and even them I cut the feet off and sell them and the skull.
A few years ago I had two brothers as spring bear hunters, I got two wolves back from the tannery and went to hang them in the shop with prices on them, although caught the same day, one was a nice hide, while the other was badly rubbed (spring wolves) the one brother grabbed the good one before I even hung it up. The other brother didn't say anything, but looked at the prices I had on them (1/2 the price for the rubbed one) and went in to town that day and checked prices Moscow Hide & Fur, and called me from their parking lot and said he would take the rubbed one, figured he could live mount it with the rubs not showing to obviously where he was going to put the mount. I was always curious how it turned out, but while he said he would send me a picture, I've never got one. That's the way to do it. The auction can't come close to what you guys make on wolves there, especially when you tack on the F4WM reimbursement. I asked Paul A why the auction didn't get any wolves from the lower 49, then he told me what he all got, and tanning only cost him $60 a wolf. I could do the same here, but I'd be sitting on the fur for a long time. They're a lot easier to find here, but a professional tan is about $200ish. Even the junk fur late caught ones get used. Head mounts, gauntlets, fur ruffs, claws, skulls, tails, digestive tract, even the other bones are wanted by the gothic types...lol.
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25 minutes ago
I have a storage unit in Alaska that is full of traps, hundreds of them... belisle 220 and 330s, wolf snares, #3 4 coils... no idea the exact inventory but it is a full storage unit that also includes ammunition and shelving units and who knows what else. Personal items will be kept as they are uncovered but all of the traps and all the other stuff is for sale.
Please send text to Jose 907 223 1974. He's a good friend of mine who will be facilitating the sale . He is not familiar with traps or trapping and won't be able to help you with any questions of those like.
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I trapped a lot of mink back in the day and averages on at least 2 seasons were a lot better then they are now. I was averaging around the $60.00 range. Gas was under $2.00 a gallon and I was driving a chevy cavalier on the road line. And working a full-time job and taking off one day a week and checking on Saturday and Wed. Caught some coon and rats along those road lines. Never set less then 6 traps at each ROW location. I you may not believe this, but theft was just about nonexistent. But I can also remember when fur was worth just about zero and old johnny sneakum was tossing out the fur and just taking the traps. The good old days. If I was 40, I would become a good mink trapper again.
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29 minutes ago
Thanks Paul. Will do.
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29 minutes ago
Walt, just wanted to say impressive catch and very nice fur handling. It is obvious that you take pride in what you do.
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39 minutes ago
You might want to contact Sterling Fur. They have a wide variety of trapping stuff. If they don't have it, they could point you in the right direction. They will be at the PA convention. 330-939-3763
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42 minutes ago
Use some tap oil.
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43 minutes ago
As you are breaking through the hole your heat is concentrated in the thinning metal. Use a lubricant and slow down your rpm. If your chips are blue your rpms are too fast. I have drilled holes for a living for 35 plus years.
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50 minutes ago
Some of the finest lure I have ever used ! RIP
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![[Linked Image]](https://trapperman.com/forum/attachments/usergals/2026/06/full-46476-294575-1000004890.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://trapperman.com/forum/attachments/usergals/2026/06/full-46476-294576-1000004892.jpg) Sure wish I had these mink to sell in the current market. Had 52 and 65 mink, each bunch was from accumulating in the freezer for a couple years waiting for prices to go up. Ended up selling for very low average. The bundles of rats were seasonal catchs. These were from several years ago.
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I had both done at the same time, they were so bad I could barely walk to the mailbox and back, it was time...If one doesn't hurt then put it off, you'll know when it's time...That's what the surgeon said, lol
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56 minutes ago
I bought a half dozen of those once. Hated them always tangled up with traps,and never held the trap solid. I was going to trash them a couple years ago until I heard a local trapper used them so gave them to him. I consider them junk.
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58 minutes ago
Bill Binkleman, or Babe Winkleman? Bill Binkleman. Babe grew up near my cousin's place by Duelm, MN. When we were kids we fished Stony Brook, the same creek where Babe grew up and mentioned fishing as a kid.
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1 hour ago
I had to promise my kid a morning of fishing to get him to mow. You big softy.
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1 hour ago
A lot of people who have strokes have no symptoms prior. He could have afib (irregular heartbeat) which can cause a stroke because many who have it aren't aware they do. I have it and take Eliquis for it. Is this Stoplight you are referring to? Prayers sent.
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1 hour ago
Being 63 is tough some days. Wish I was 20 again. Where does the time go. The gout can be a killer.
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I had to promise my kid a morning of fishing to get him to mow.
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