Writing a letter. Sharpening a hoe with a flatbastard file. Hoeing strawberries. Clean skinning and putting up beaver. Making a fire in the wood stove with kindling. Making meals from scratch and then sitting down with your family to eat them.
Like everyone's been saying, the forum is dying, and it'll only actually die if we let it so from now on i'll post as much as I can with trap success, and trap story's if they come up. so I'll be doing that more regularly, starting now. today I caught a beaver, only around 25 pounds, but still a beaver.
foxkidd44 , A quick search online will show you serpentine belt tools for sale. A lot of them are sets of multiple pieces to adjust the tool longer , shorter , offset , on an angle or whatever to get the tool to fit the car/engine. The one you rented , as you said , it was too long. Not made for your car.
Found a vid with a bit of info. The guy is able to get a 6"? flex head 3/8" breaker bar on it , but very hard and tricky. It will take some work to get a breaker bar in there , poking with a long screwdriver to get it place will help. Might take a few minutes to get it lined up and in the square ratchet hole.
Best parts of the video for you , 2:40-3:30 and 5:53-6:25
When I set traps for coyotes, I pack the dirt outside the jaws with a hammer and nothing moves when I’m done. Inside the jaws and under the pan he can use fiberfill, or a product called an under all, or a pan cover. Most of the time I use a heavy screen that goes over the pan but under the jaws. Same with fox.
In this case, no news is bad news. I pulled my shack after Sunday's sit with no action. One of the younger guys in our group of 4 with tags missed one Sunday and that was it. I pulled my shack off the lake Sunday and threw in the towel, a couple of the guys speared through 10am Monday then pulled. We got rain last night and the ice is hot garbage right now. There's a massive ice fishing tournament, Battle on Bago, that announced today they're canceling the fishing part of the shindig.
Lots of fish speared this year with the good water clarity, but even with some cooler temps coming, I don't know that many will get out later in the season. If the caps aren't hit the season will go to March 1.
What the idiots forgot about is.....feeding their pets. How are you going to put beef, lamb, pig etc.. byproducts in the cat/dog food without slaughtering it first? Wackos
Not a problem , as they'll just ban all pets, like they do in the other " NO GO CITIES "!
Yes, Beslisle traps are a tad larger out-to-out due to the roll on the jaws. I bet those buckets would indeed be the ticket for wolverine buckets and Beslisle #330s. Problem for me would have been I never could convince a wolverine to stick it's head in a bucket...or a milk crate either.
Telephone lines, powerlines, railroad, etc. more power than all but the dnr. I try to find a way to make it all come out and cost them dollars in some way shape or form!
Well, we must acknowledge the fact that the Department has had some excellent results with transplants. Consider Kodiak, here the introduction of Sitka Blacktails and Rocky Mountain goats has been a smashing success, and the benefits to both Alaskans and the Department itself, (think licenses and non-resident permits). Then there are the many elk and moose introductions that have also been successful and appreciated by many. And of course, the bison that are currently hunted and would be a dream hunt for most. And musk ox are once again seen and hunted in traditional areas that were void of musk ox for decades, until successfully re-introduced by the Department. So while the recent introduction of Wood Bison might not be everybody's cup of tea, and there are many other issues the Department could allocate resources to, those funds and how they get spent is a very complex process, and with such a diverse set of wants and needs out there and the pie getting cut into so many pieces, it's unlikely everyone will be happy. We could get into predator control....but that's another topic!