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Trapper Talk
1 minute ago
sounds like a bit of truth stretching being told to the wife. Mandatory union meetings AND soft ball. been in a union my entire life and even when I was a sturdy meeting are not mandatory.
and never any other activities. Now guys have told their wife's they were so they could come or so they had a place to tell their wife they were at for the evening. Often meeting run late in the trades and are get together and drink things after the meeting..
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Trapper Talk
3 minutes ago
Happy belated birthday pal. Hope you had a great one.
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Trapper Talk
6 minutes ago
Originally Posted by Trapper Dahlgren
I'm eating mostly meat and Leafly green, very few carbs, and only eating for 6 hours a day, it's really a lifestyle change and really easy once you get into it after a while,



Yes, I fast 18-19 hours a day, eat at noon and 5, important to take in a lot of salt and electrolytes with water
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Trapper Talk
10 minutes ago
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Trapper Talk
10 minutes ago
Now I can see why my last ones failed. Thank you for posting.
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Trapper Talk
17 minutes ago
From your picture it looks like you have some perfect snairing condition there.
If that's an option for you that's the route I'd take.
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Trapper Talk
18 minutes ago
Used to meet an old Bayman every morning for coffee at a rowboat livery station to chat and watch the sporties go off to fish....He was a wealth of information and history of the area, but if you asked a direct question he couldn't remember. However, in the course of the story telling, something would click and you'd get a tidbit of info, IF you were paying attention.Learned a lot by accident that way. My only regret was not taking him with me once in awhile.
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Trapper Talk
19 minutes ago
Originally Posted by Gary Benson
That sonofagun was moving fast when it splashed down if I read that chart right
Edit....just read it goes orbital at 17000 mph and slows to 20 mph at splashdown. I never was a rocket scientist but that's impressive.

We all know you're a brain surgeon, not a rocket scientist, Gary. grin
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Fur Handling Forum
22 minutes ago
Great project and thanks for sharing with us. Will be watching for updates.
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Trapper Talk
26 minutes ago
neither, however I do wear suspenders to keep my pants up, lol
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Trapper Talk
26 minutes ago
Originally Posted by Gary Benson
You got to hold your mouth just right.....


Gotta stick your tongue out JUST far enough.....
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Trapper Talk
29 minutes ago
Really getting into the weeds here, flat earth, fake moon landing, what's next?, lol

Or maybe folks getting into the weed.... cool
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Trapper Talk
41 minutes ago
Originally Posted by waggler
Are you getting my PM's?

I’ll message you. I don’t think so?? My mailbox is always full hang on
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Trapper Talk
42 minutes ago
Good morning, 32f with sunshine here. Have a great day.!!!
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Trapper Talk
45 minutes ago
We go through so many fishing Perch that we buy minnows by the pound.My bait guy puts them in a bag of water(very little water) then fills the bag with Oxygen.They jump around like they were on speed.I keep them in the bag till I get to my fishing spot.Works great.
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Trapper Talk
46 minutes ago
Floats need to be on the edge or they don’t work. Or close to the bank. If you leave the float to far out the rat will swim between your float and the edge. When you see rats they are usually swimming on the edge of something. Could be a big pile of floating debris. Set the edges and try to avoid entanglement below your floats.
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Trapper Talk
51 minutes ago
Originally Posted by Gary Benson
I can't put tools back myself. I'm my worst enemy. Last night I couldn't fine my 1/4" drive SK set I bought when I was 18 back in 75. I got nobody to blame.

grin
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Trapper Talk
1 hour ago
Originally Posted by J.Morse
My grandad used to help the sheriff trap sheep killing bear here in Michigan before the houndsmen got it outlawed in the early 1950's. He used a log drag, he called it a "clog", always made of green oak, instead of fastening the trap down in one spot. Never asked why. I know that twice they trapped bear they didn't catch......one left the trap, along with the 8-10 foot oak clog, way up in a big White Pine with a toe or two toes in it. The other bear that gave them the slip was seen crossing a page wire fence......it was hugging the clog up next to it's body with the forepaw that was in the trap. They never saw it again, and never found the trap and clog. He said they had an awful time following that bear's trail because it didn't leave a hard drag trail. Most times he said the trails looked like they were made by a bulldozer. Sheep killing was a common problem back in those days. One time my Grandad was coming out of the barn and heard his sheep raising a ruckus over the hill, along with a loud squeaking type noise. He went to the top of the hill in time to see a bear in the process of climbing over a fence with a dead sheep held up tight to it's body......the squeaking noise was the page wire fence. Behind the bear were 13 other dead or dying sheep the bear had mauled. Some had their guts strung out and needed to be shot. He never killed that bear. All the above incidents happened when my mother was a kid. She was born in 1917. The only bear trapping I have done was in Maine, not far from BruceT's place. Although Maine outlawed old timey foot holds for bear trapping, I hope my Grandsons both get to foot snare themselves a Maine bear. Their dad foothold trapped one with my trap as well. I don't know much about my French Canadian Gr. Gr. Gr. Grandpa, first name of Ephraim, but his son was a bear trapper, that makes my boy a 6th generation bear trapper. That makes this wore out old trapper smile.

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Trapper Talk
1 hour ago
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Trapper Talk
1 hour ago
Thanks for the info.
Appreciate it.
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Trapping Only
1 hour ago
I try and mark the ones I plan to trap, but most are inaccessible until freeze up. Dave was saying that he worked hard for his beaver when he was younger, until he learned sounding and got himself a couple good tools for ice. He said it doesn’t have to be that hard. I laughed and told him
“Yes it does Dave, unless I can hang with you for a week on the ice! The sounding is trial and error until you get good at it.”…..lol.
Sound, chip a hole and see if it’s a run….repeat. He doesn’t even use bait. Sets right on the run usually with a swinging Susie type rig just hanging an inch or two off the bottom or tall stands. Usually a run on each side of the feed pile and sometimes one right in the middle. That’s where the big hook tool comes in handy, cleaning a spot for the set. I’m trying to get STA to get that 1/2 hour video onto YouTube somehow, it’s a beauty!
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Trapper Talk
1 hour ago
A new kind of wing shooting where a miss could cost you your life
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Wilderness Trapping and Living
1 hour ago
Here’s the trap I had the winning bid on at Saskatchewan Trappers Association convention last weekend. Not sure why, but I started putting my hand up half way to the $125 that I paid…lol, I guess that’s how auctions work. A number of years ago the STA stepped up for all Canadian wolf trappers to get some decent footholds certified. Up until them there was little on the list besides the Belisle foot snare, Rudy (love em or hate em) and little traps with extra coils that get ripped to pieces. They give one to the winner of the wolf handling competition along with a few hundred bucks and a plaque. This one was donated to auction off by Dave Beale…IIRC…which he won last year…(also won this year). They only have 8 or so left, so I told Don that in 10 years or so I’ll donate it back to the members of STA. I’m just renting it for my shelf for a while.
Here’s some info Don Gordon gave me on the story behind it…..

About 10-12 years ago the STA presented the FIC with $10,000.00 to be
put specifically to Wolf trap certification. In return the FIC sent us
33 of the #5 Bridger Alaskan that were used as the test models. They had
cut off the chains and drags and sent them to me and we use them for
anything related to Wolves. This trap was donated back to the STA and
auctioned off. We were always going to stamp or mark the as the official
test traps but so far have only told the story.

Still dirty with hair & sand…..lol
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Trapper Talk
1 hour ago
Good deal! I know you Indiana trappers have been working a long time on getting a cat season. Congrats!
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Trapper Talk
1 hour ago
My gun club and a camp I frequent both have heavy 3/8" or thicker EPDM (rubber) mats they use for backers. They are about 3' x 3' and heavy. Like the mud flaps GCP mentioned, they are self-healing for a long while.

I don't know where they get them.
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