Patents are great, but don't mean squat to the Chinks. They have no honor.

Can't say how many PM's I've sent warning folks about rule #8.

Went out early, deer hunting
Forgot about that morning greet
Good afternoon , 42 now - 32 at 6 am
Good luck guys , the deer hunters

… got the same weather here Rock…. I’m drinking a couple of cool ones and watching A&M get whipped on

… good luck to yall in the woods

I trapped southeast Alaska for about 35 years and certainly couldn't count how many marten I caught over the years. 100s, anyway. I have taken them with small longsprings, 110s 120s, and even much larger traps set for wolverine and wolves, not to mention the odd few setting off 280s set for otter.
Early on I started trapping them, and mink, with 110s. I found several marten and large male mink still breathing with those traps, including traps using elevated vertical flowerpot sets with the trap secured to a tree or limb. One was even clinging to the tree bark, taking a breath every 10 seconds or so. I was snowshoeing that line and assumed I had just caught that marten and that it would succumb to the trap shortly, so I continued up the line and would retrieve it on the way back.
About 3 hours later, I arrived back at the set only to find the marten still clinging to the tree and still gasping.
That was it. I ordered several dozen Belisle 120s, retired the 110s, and never looked back.
I also evolved my techniques over the years, rarely using flowerpots, and very few vertical sets, mostly relying on leaning and horizontal poles and boxes, ALWAYS in such a way that keeps the dead marten off the ground.
I also went to about 90% wood pedals for both marten and mink, which reduced refusals to nearly none, and almost always either a neck strike or perfect suitcase.

Great guy!! and a great trapper too.....jk

My 80 year old hands cant set with the small spring eyes plus almost need elephant to set off triggers.
Any advice appreciated.

Are you talking California ground squirrels? I catch a ton of them in live traps. They go right in.

wws

Sold

Yep!" Opportunity" was the magic word used when Beaver moved from Nov 10 to Sept 25th. A Sept beaver ain't too prime.

It should be way cheaper. It’s only higher due to the additives for low sulfur emissions.

Good catch Hutchy that will keep you out of trouble.