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Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6 [Re: white17] #3469480
12/08/12 07:51 PM
12/08/12 07:51 PM
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Bethel, AK
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Nice critters WB and AKPP.

We are finally, finally getting some snow, in fact, it's a blizzard. SWEET!


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Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6 [Re: white17] #3469563
12/08/12 08:41 PM
12/08/12 08:41 PM
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Alaska
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Alaska
Good deal Kusko! Fish will be happy too! The pics are from near the end of winter last season (before all the deer died). I like to call when they are hungry...lol!


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Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6 [Re: white17] #3469970
12/08/12 11:49 PM
12/08/12 11:49 PM
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Galena Alaska USA
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Galena Alaska USA
Thanks APP for the pointers, i'll give the elevations stands a try. I have .17 HMR i been using. Gets frustrating when i get skunked but its part of the game though. I bought an XLR 250 red lense light for night hunting but kinda sucks in the cold. Also i mounted an HD camera on my rifle but never had time to get it on there when its time to shoot. Be cool to video alot more often. Thanks and GL calling and trapping.

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6 [Re: white17] #3470044
12/09/12 12:22 AM
12/09/12 12:22 AM
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Alaska
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Alaska
Persistence and patience will pay off! It is discouraging calling day after day with nothing happening, then one day it's like you can't do anything wrong. We can't use lights here which means using moonlight. Kinda spooky sitting in the dark making dying animal sounds...lol! I would like to film some too and picked up a JVC Hi Def camera a couple of weeks ago. It's kind of big to mount so I am going to try it on a tripod. Will be a learning curve there for sure.


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Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6 [Re: white17] #3470107
12/09/12 01:02 AM
12/09/12 01:02 AM
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Alberta
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Alberta
Yukon my chains are 8' with a couple swivels in line . I've got a few setups where I have a long cable extension on my chains as well where I can't anchor close to my sets.

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6 [Re: white17] #3470142
12/09/12 01:23 AM
12/09/12 01:23 AM
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Galena Alaska USA
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Galena Alaska USA
After seeing a post on here, i picked up Contour Roam 1080 camera. I put it on my .17 and .223 jus have to score something with it actually on the rifle. I like that its really compact and fits in a pocket to keep it warm and functioning. Thats really the only time i call at night is in the moonlight. Once the weather warms up i want to try get out some more. I've been out in thirty below and sat for couple stands and held out alright. I want to get out in the far end of my trap line where there is alot of cat sign see if i can score another lynx.

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6 [Re: white17] #3470154
12/09/12 01:27 AM
12/09/12 01:27 AM
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Galena Alaska USA
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Galena Alaska USA
Cool Bushman, all my MB 750W's have 10' of chain. I use 1/4" quick links to add or remove chain needed. I am thinking about going with 2' of chains for the ice sets i want to make. I have to skin a red fox tonight once finished i'll bring them in and prep the chaing to 24". Should leave me enough to freeze in the ice and have a little bit of play with. If not a solid short set, they are always on drags.

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6 [Re: white17] #3471169
12/09/12 04:08 PM
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Petersburg, AK
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Are there any foxes in the seward area? how far north would i have to go? I'm moving out of the dorms after christmas so i'm bringing my guns back up with me and thought it would be fun to go try and shoot a fox.

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6 [Re: white17] #3472916
12/10/12 05:15 AM
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Galena Alaska USA
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Galena Alaska USA
Jus got in from boiling couple dozen snares, 2-750 wolfers and two 24" chains. Gonna go look around for a place to put the ice chains in. Quick link the 750's to them and set up a couple urine sets. I'll try to take a few pics of them tomorrow. I got in my ice auger bit. Try and put 5-6 links down and freeze them in. Hopefully i see some good sign out there. Thinking about bundling grass, I brushed out a couple wolves, insert down hair into bundle of grass add urine and move on to the next. See if this works on getting them to the set. I know of a few places they cross the slough. Only problem is when overflow decided to freeze it all down under...

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6 [Re: white17] #3473751
12/10/12 03:47 PM
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Fairbanks AK
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Good luck YT!


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Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6 [Re: white17] #3474665
12/10/12 09:48 PM
12/10/12 09:48 PM
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Kenai Penn, AK
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Kenai Penn, AK
Hey AKpawpincher, i think I saw your truck out and about yesterday. waited around a little but didn't see ya.

Will catch ya next time..
30Otter06


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Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6 [Re: white17] #3475317
12/11/12 03:32 AM
12/11/12 03:32 AM
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M.T.V. Alaska
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Picked up another in my lucky marten set today, its on my way out to my lynx line...at this rate I might get a half a dozen this year smile


Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6 [Re: white17] #3475327
12/11/12 04:44 AM
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Galena Alaska USA
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Galena Alaska USA
Well skunked today got a few lynx sets out, and added three wolf sets to the line. Still no marten in my area. Here is a few pictures. We'll see if this will load or not. I really have to learn to program my camera so i won't have to resize pictures so they'll load.
Drilled hole, dropped chain in, froze, added trap to chain via quick link. Changed my mind on jus the grass post set. Added trail markers since the wolves here love to chew them up and unrinate on them. So i made basically a trail marker with a touch of grass for eye appeal. I split the top of the stick and added wolf hair/down from the last wolf i brushed out, them add urine to the bottom. Any pointers or suggestions, feel free to chime in. Trying to get new tricks into the wolfin department.




Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6 [Re: white17] #3476248
12/11/12 05:07 PM
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SW Alaska
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I set this yesterday and when I punched the hole the water came boiling out overflowing like mad. That being the case I made the short ride out to it today 6 inches of water flooded all over it the whole creek overflowed then it froze just enough to not hold you up. When I punched the hole open today the water started a whirlpool going down the hole! Gees I love through the ice beaver trapping


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Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6 [Re: white17] #3476490
12/11/12 07:03 PM
12/11/12 07:03 PM
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Fairbanks AK
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Fairbanks AK
Man, you bring waders to check?


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Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6 [Re: white17] #3476582
12/11/12 07:47 PM
12/11/12 07:47 PM
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Bethel, AK
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Todd, is that bait on the trigger?


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Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6 [Re: white17] #3476726
12/11/12 08:37 PM
12/11/12 08:37 PM
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SW Alaska
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AKnative no had my muck boots on Kusko yes baby cottonwood wired to the jaw not the trigger then I put one trigger wire on one side and the other on the other side of the bait I take a lot of my through the ice beaver this way


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Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6 [Re: white17] #3477340
12/11/12 11:38 PM
12/11/12 11:38 PM
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Alaska
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Alaska
It's a drag baby... Ok, kinda big for a drag but I did have to drag it over to the set. Nothing bigger around than a pencil to tie off to...no problemo...







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Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6 [Re: white17] #3477344
12/11/12 11:39 PM
12/11/12 11:39 PM
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Homer, Alaska
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Homer, Alaska
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Wow going after bait already. How much interest do you find they have on the setup this time of year? What percent of bait sets do you suppose would catch this time of year? Do you have any photos of your setup?

Last edited by Family Trapper; 12/11/12 11:40 PM.
Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6 [Re: white17] #3477498
12/12/12 01:01 AM
12/12/12 01:01 AM
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SW Alaska
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SW Alaska
FT, I generally do not have a problem getting beaver to go for a bait in Dec. when I chase them through the ice. Now a couple things on that. I am trapping predominately lilly eating pond beaver and in this case one that had spruce in the feed in fact the other house I set has nothing but spruce in the feed pile There is not any brush around for them of any kind. In fact there dam is made of spruce as well. Using cotton wood for bait is the key IMO. It is a simple set up I wire bait between the jaws on the free jaw right up as close to the rivet as I can get with a piece of cotton wood that fits between the jaws. Don't leave it hanging out past the jaws or they will grab at the end and you will have misses. All my 330's have cable on them the cable goes to a tie off above the ice. I use no supports for this set. The beaver tend to grab the trap as a result but when they grab the trap they are also helping to get themselves caught. I see a lot of them with one front leg partially in the trap by the head that leads me to believe this. I will get a picture when I can but the camera is dead and the dang charger is MIA.


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