Depends on the time of year, bucks or does, insect populations, shade and wind flow, thermal cover in the dead of Winter and proximity to their main food source.
BTW considering the recent foreign source manufactured disease outbreak it would not surprise me in the least if this isn't similar in origin and intent brought to us by the exact same persuation of people to serve their own political ends.
If you believe in cwd why would bait and mineral ? Don,t it spread eating out the same bowl ? We can't here in Va.
"Believe in CWD"?
It is a real thing, but I'm still on the fence about how it is spread and whether artificial feeding, baiting, or mineral sites really make that much difference in deer contact rates.
How many deer lick the same branch over a scrape?
How many deer lick another deer's rear end or touch nose to nose?
I'm not sure a bait or mineral sites makes much difference. Georgia DNR agrees.
Total opposite here. Greys everywhere and they thrive in town. To even see a fox you got to get out away from town and even then they're going to be on the field edges and open fields away from houses and structures.
Matter of fact in over two decades of trapping for hire I've never caught a fox squirrel in a trap of any kind nor gotten a call to do so.
Bdaniel. Those triggers will be all New Old Stock I believe Sterling Fur has all sizes. Call him is your best bet Schmitt and WCS also carry some of them
I had one like that when I trapped in SC. Put it in those small creeks and blocked off some of the creek to funnel the critters through into the trap. Never caught a beaver, but I just wore out a bunch of otter. If I remember the trap was 8' long with a 14X14 0pening. But I ran a 3" high section of fencing across the bottom of the opening. And it was placed 4" inside the trap opening. This allowed my doors to have a shorter closing distance. And that allowed me to build a shorter trap.
Yea the bolt gun is a CZ 527 Carbine with a set trigger in 7.62. Anchored the bear with two shots-one to the ribs and a quick follow up to the neck.About 150yd.shot spot and stalk.
So I guess you’re looking for a slim gun? Semi, bolt, scoped or open site? Long rang or short? Win M94 is pretty slim. I like my Ruger American Ranch in 556 scoped laying in the back seat. Can reach back with one hand and it’s at the ready pretty quick. My CZ 600 in 7.62x30 with a low power optic will be great too once I get er scoped and dialed in. If I lived 1 hour south, I’d slip an AR in my truck.
Setting on sign works great for resident marten,does not work for dispersing juveniles since they are dispersing.(travelling thru and are already gone). Dispersing juveniles is the main target for managing marten harvests so identify the trave/dispersal routes and have sets ready when they come thru.
I reckon if we are wanting .gov to stay out of the sand box of the middle east, we have know business telling those countries what they can and can't have. If we were going to be the world's police, we should have conquered the world when we were the only ones with the atomic bomb.
I used the Minnesota Plasti-Catch for years in eastern Washington to trap skunks in town. It works great. Only ever had one spray and that was when I hit a huge pot hole that jarred my fillings and his essence out. The only modification I make is to drill three 1/2" holes in the back up near the top to let air out for dispatch. I used a barrel of water in the back yard but a pond or creek works well, whatever is handy. I guess in Washington that method is no longer allowed so I'm not sure how I would deal with them in that trap. I live in Idaho now so I can use my old method. You can see through the holes in the front to determine your catch.
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