Team USA,home town kid Brock Nelson had a great game today 2 goals a disallowed goal and a pipe,his grandfather won gold in 1960 along with his great uncle,then David Christian uncle was on the 1980 team,be nice to get a metal,hopefully the gold......

How's the State park pier and beach surf bite? Any Pomp being caught?

I heard something about cats too, but nothing official. First sale is usually the best with the most buyers…….until it’s not. Like with skunk last year…lol.
No PT sales again.

Paying by the pound for beaver is a new one on me. Used to be by the length plus width.

Good deal! Thanks for the update Sam

Good work Crappiekiller.

Keep after ‘em Savell!

White Marlin,
No the other guy was Alden Taxidermy over on the coast of Washington. Not even sure if he is still alive, the business may still be around, I'm not sure, but I know the old man is no longer doing it. thirty years ago when I was a young he was priced as high as most taxidermists today, but his stuff was in a class by itself. About that time he got in some trouble with the Game Department and lost his license for a while, but his wife got her license and he continued to work under her license.

Lazarus,
I forgot about Phil Soucy, he is pretty dang good also.

A little history on that site. I've trapped it for about ten years now, a gated single street twenty house community off a major thoroughfare. First called in for red fox before the community was even finished. Caught nothing but reds the first few years, nothing but coyotes since.
It's a crossing site with a small drain running north south through it and crossing the road. The drain is wooded and the only gap in the fenced back yards. A city "forest" to the north of the property and a city golf course and park to the south. The rest is all residential.

Ten years and my client still texts me that I caught a fox or a wolf, lol. And that set is right in his front door.

Looking for a couple replacement springs. They don't have to be in perfect shape, just have some strength left in them. Thanks for looking.

I use the same approach, but often don't get too particular about building much of a slide. A notch or indentation in the bank, guarded with a snare, where its easy for a beaver to get in or out of the water will do, with the castor mound built behind it. I think some of those beaver are caught getting back into the water instead of climbing out.
And by castor mound I mean a quick handful or two of whatever is handy with a little lure on it. Like Les said, nothing elaborate.

You've probably already considered this Marty, but on my line, those hot spots can change from year to year depending on the crop rotation and if the fields have been harvested and plowed.

boiling already made snares in lye is a good way to have broken snares. lye will eat aluminum ferrules.

How heavy are you putting spray paint on your snares that it flakes off? A very light hit is all you need on the snares. Remember you're just trying to break up the outline of the snare. Covering doesnt have to be perfect.