Well we checked 27 empty traps on our first check this season, 11 of them were set Saturday, 10 on Sunday and 6 yesterday. We had refusals at two of them, hopefully were females. Will check again on Friday. I always feel like less of a man when I come home empty handed. Good luck to the rest of you guys!
Whatever year it was that Tim Rose started making the Steel Rose is when I got rid of my necker. The "sharp" side got more use for pushing fat instead of slicing it.
OMG boys…as of late, I’ve been extra hungry and found myself needing a bedtime snack but wanted something light to keep my figure. I made the mistake of topping a salad (and I don’t do salad often) with G Hughes Sweet Chili Dipping Sauce. Good God!! I thought it was salad dressing…I’ve made some hot dishes in my life but this lit my world on fire! I guess my wife uses it in a reduced form for meat balls…OMG WOW!! I wasn’t about to throw out the half rotten lettuce so I ate it all…never again!!
Straight north of you but 20 miles from Iowa. Went to College of the Ozarks. Fish Roaring River every year and have canoed the James a few times. Some of my best outdoor memories are running my bird dog east of Branson 30 miles in the mid 90's when that area was really rural. But when I was down there I really missed being up here. Have always wanted to gig suckers and turkey hunt the true Ozark mountains.
when trapping mink you want to hug verticle structure it can be as productive on land as it is in the water if you know what to look for where it really shines is when you have established ice when you understand how they hunt and what time of year there after either mice or stageing white suckers in a creek it can be amazing to study the bottom of a creek and see a prominate run bumping the edge of verticle stucture under the water that you would have never thought to look there before if you really want to understand the set pickup the book by Kenny Smythe called the bottom edge its a good read and will answer any questions about the set that you might have take care
Nice! Your photos with the coons bring back lots of good memories. The creek on our farm where I grew up and started trapping looks alot like the one pictured. I really need to make an effort to do the same kind of trapping again. Its a shame when we give up the things that brought us so much joy, even if they are simple things.
Had a great deal with scratmandoo. Shipping was real quick and the trap was as described. Great communication as well. Will definitely be doing business with him in the future.
I think everyone with early American, European heritage is likely related to each other. Mostly distant and close family members came together and there wasn't many white people to find spouses from.