It depends on your snow, the humidity in the snow, is the trap in the sun, it the trap black, is the trap in coal or frozen earth. Is it going to be cold tomorrow, windy, shady, sunny? All these make a difference.

Yes, a snow spoon can work great if the conditions warrant it. You can slide a thin layer over your waxed paper by SLIGHTLY moving it into and out of the pan or spoon. Don't move the snow around.

If you throw snow into the air and let it fall back on top of the trap it should freeze a layer over the wax paper or the trap covering. You will probably not like this. Looks good, works horrible. You have to have the right set of conditions to move snow and not have it lock up together like cement. Using your dirt screen with snow will get the same results, because you moved all the snow crystals and then they refreeze back together into one clump. While the snow you didn't move 3 feet away stays soft and fluffy.

Pick up the snow like it's fragile and set it down like it's going to break. That is the best you can do if you don't have good conditions.

If you have good conditions, swipe a broom full over the trap and walk away, using a broom to cover your tracks back to the snow go. If it's snowing, do not cover the trap, let nature do it for you, best there is.

A gentleman named Jim Hamilton used to take a wall gun like that to Martin's Station in May of every year in for "The Raid on Martin's Station" event. He would fire it several times during the battle scene. Unfortunately Jim passed a number of years ago.

I think I have seen those before, though I never used one. My wife has one in the closet with a small handled broom.

…. Used to love it when Hal would show up in here

… Bill Bill was a joy as well

I used a lot of small bluegills for this years ago. Found two flat rocks (or cement they used for erosion control at bridges) and put a bluegill between them and exposed just the edge of the fish on one side, at the waters edge, guarded with a trap. It caught mink and coons. Minks love hunting through rocks.

That looks gooooood!
Pressure cooking some rabbits right now actually!

Bobcat

You and Vinke roommates ..??????

I just sold some beaver that I caught in Oct. I got $20.00 for the large beaver and $6. 00 each for the small ones.
I would start right now. All my beaver were put up.

I had 31 grinners and Guy bought 5 at a $1.00 each. I said I would give him the other 26 for $15.00 he said NO. And they were all put up.

Best thing for chipmunks is a weasel box with a rat trap inside.

This is the sawzall blade I like to use. I think I got a 3 pack years ago on Amazon.


We vacuum seal most stuff then wrap about 1/2 of it in freezer paper. Other half of unwrapped gets stacked on top of wrapped ones and used first. Ground meat and sausage we wrap in plastic wrap, squeeze air out then wrap in butcher paper.