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Tonight’s game against Mexico was really good!!
That Witt kid sure brings the goods!!
Incredible range!! I’ve heard about him for some time,, never had the opportunity to see him play.

Our 2nd collection was 1065 gallons with a sugar average of about 2. We had a lot of ice in the majority of our buckets and we collected that as well as the smaller run. Hope we get better sap in the coming weeks.
Not a lot of sun the next days and strong winds. That combination seems to slow sap running also.

Bryce

Cool, I hope you guys have a good time.

Can you be more specific? Tanned? Green? What does she want it for?

Seems like a complicated situation without any standard being consistently maintained and then you have obviously disturbed people posting hateful things about the country, the president and other members. It almost seems like some people are happy to see the country have problems so they can blame it on the president. It is really a shame.
God Bless the USA and our president.

K snow is pretty good at referring to his sources. I've read tons of stuff but often have a hard time finding things I had once read. I know I read about a Hudson Bay brigade that had split up and one small group had trapped the Silvies river in north-eastern Oregon. They claimed to have caught several 100 lb beavers (weighed them the same way they weighed beaver packs)...but I have looked and looked and no longer can find a reference to that. Know I read it, and I believe it to be legit because it was a journal entry which Hudson Bay was very good at keeping; a requirement by the company.

I’m going to have to try to find that one

1. Quran 9:5 (Surah At-Tawbah, the "Sword Verse")
"But when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay the Pagans wherever ye find them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem (of war)."

2. Quran 2:191 (Surah Al-Baqarah)
"And slay them wherever ye catch them, and turn them out from where they have turned you out; for tumult and oppression are worse than slaughter; but fight them not at the Sacred Mosque, unless they (first) fight you there; but if they fight you, slay them. Such is the reward of those who suppress faith."

3. Quran 9:29 (Surah At-Tawbah)
"Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued."

4. Quran 8:12 (Surah Al-Anfal)
"I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them."

5. Quran 5:33 (Surah Al-Ma'idah)
"The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and strive to make mischief in the land is only this, that they should be murdered or crucified or their hands and their feet should be cut off on opposite sides or they should be imprisoned; this shall be as a disgrace for them in this world, and in the hereafter they shall have a grievous chastisement."

6. Quran 3:151 (Surah Ali 'Imran)
"We will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve for what they have associated with Allah of which He had not sent down [any] authority. And their refuge will be the Fire, and wretched is the residence of the wrongdoers."

7. Quran 9:73 (Sahih International)
"O Prophet, fight against the disbelievers and the hypocrites and be harsh upon them. And their refuge is (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman), and wretched is the destination."

8. Quran 47:4 (Yusuf Ali)
"Therefore, when ye meet the Unbelievers (in fight), smite at their necks; At length, when ye have thoroughly subdued them, bind a bond firmly (on them): thereafter (is the time for) either generosity or ransom: Until the war lays down its burdens. Thus (are ye commanded): but if it had been Allah's Will, He could certainly have exacted retribution from them (Himself); but (He lets you fight) in order to test you, some with others. But those who are slain in the Way of Allah,- He will never let their deeds be lost."

Keith

Many Thanks to everyone for the PMs and the travel info.

That's probably worth about $100.00 retail as is around here. Sliced into sections and buffed, you could probably piece it out for around $500.00.

Rock collectors, stone jewelry makers and people with fish aquariums would pay well for that.

I had a friend who managed a pet store. He used to occasionally buy a pickup load of pretty colored, glass slag, that was collected near some of the old furnaces in Ohio for $500.00, by "dumb hillbillies". In the stores it would sell for $16.00 a pound and net around $20,000.00 retail after being distributed to the other 36 stores in the chain. He thought they were dumb for selling it so cheap. They probably thought he was dumb for buying it for so much.

Keith

To fill the hole left by the screw I just fill it with roofing tar or sealant. ive heard some guys will put the screw back in after sealing it for extra caution not sure if that is necessary

I've found out how much I use these season journals for references on when I caught what and where so I decided to make one that I'll use year around for my trapping. From prep, to scouting, to the trapping season. A link to my last couple seasons is below

https://trapperman.com/forum/ubbthr...ts-trapping-journal-12-14-25#Post8541737

But now that the season is over, and its time to get ready for the next season. It was a record year for cat prices which is great, but also means the "fair weather" trappers will be out. Now I'm all for more trappers, but "fair weather" trappers are a different breed. Typically they set next to you, steal traps, steal fur, and worse of all, trap where they shouldn't. These locations typically are next to roads, near hiking trails, and other areas that are easy to get to. The kind of areas that people eating granola bars like to hang out. So the game warden will be busy and hopefully none of these "fair weather" trappers make it on the news.

But back to what I mentioned at the beginning. Record high cat prices got me already pumped for next season. Event though there is a 99.9% chance price will drop back down to where they typically are, I cant help but have hope. I did a little experiment with the few cats I caught. I caught an average sized Tom, with a good belly and put it on a Top Lot stretcher. I then caught a slightly smaller female, with a very similar belly and put it on a home made stretcher with a design I've been tinkering with the last few seasons. I ended up getting about 20% more for the female (I did perform a sex change on her). My two highest cats were both put on my homemade stretch, but one was by far my best cat of the season. So I decided its time to make more of these stretchers.


I made the top a little more rounded than typical to follow the natural shape of the cats head, but not so rounded that I lose inches. I also tapered it at the neck since that the biggest pain about get a cat on the stretcher. At the shoulders I made the stretcher so it goes more vertical than normal to avoid that A-frame shape that makes cats look weird and narrow on the upper part of the white on the belly. I noticed with this design im able to make the white on the belly wider. On this stretcher a 36" cat is 9" wide at the belly and a 40" will go 11" wide. I also used cedar because its less likely to warp and twist when the pelt dries and shrinks.

Im not saying this is the best at all. Just showing what I've learned and my thinking behind it.