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Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6 [Re: white17] #3611431
02/03/13 03:53 PM
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Maybe share the wolverine story sometime WB! Glad he didn't get away!


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Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6 [Re: white17] #3611537
02/03/13 04:40 PM
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My pole rides along on the trapline every day with me.(much safer)

I believe it was Fisherman222 that did the Lynx rodeo with a snare and had one climb his coveralls smile


Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6 [Re: white17] #3611548
02/03/13 04:47 PM
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We went to a catch pole last year too. This was after too many close calls and Fish222's experience.


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Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6 [Re: white17] #3612957
02/04/13 02:58 AM
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Pole is the ONLY way to go, i will NEVER EVER NEVER EVER take a snare around a lynx's neck and pull again after that one attacked me. I didn't think it was possible for a grown man to scream like a little girl, but with a lynx literally attacking you, I can only imagine what I sounded like.


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Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6 [Re: white17] #3612962
02/04/13 03:13 AM
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So am I the only one that shoots lynx and coyotes with the .22? If I get a real docile one I thump them and stand on there chest but that has back fired on me a couple times too. A lynx can make short work of a pair of Refrigerwear bibs. Seem easier just to shoot them and get it over, safely from behind cover while holding a backup weapon preferably with the machine running.


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Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6 [Re: white17] #3612964
02/04/13 03:17 AM
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if you use a catchpole it is slick AKHowler, they expire very quickly once you tighten that snare.


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Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6 [Re: white17] #3612984
02/04/13 05:07 AM
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Howler a 4 foot piece of 16 gauge wire with a simple sip loop on the end of a 4 foot alder is all I use. Didn't worry about keeping it longer than the day or if lost I just made another. Always had what it took. I like wire better than a snare as once the animal limps out you can quickly wind it on a branch and leave hang on is weight to do the rest of the choke hold. Harder to do with cable. You will be surprised at how fast it is. And no blood. I like the pole as it gives me more options when things go bad too.

WB that brought back some good memories.
Like you I always am looking first at how it is caught. What happened. The two toes were nearly through and you could not tell?

Once when I was a kid in Montana it happened to my dad and a bobcat. He pulled on the snare and up came an unattached mad kitty. He kept him at bay at arms length but it cost him the front of his Arctic cat parka. ;0) It was pretty shredded up in front. He managed to get to his pistol and finish it. We all laughed when he got home and the stuffing was coming out all over the front of his coat.

I had one caught by a couple toes when I lived in Mt Village. Had my son and another boy with me. They hollered and said it was barely caught. I told them to just hold the 22 on it and shoot if it started fighting or got out. I got there and put my choker on it. Out it came. There happened to be a head high leaning pole right near me and I went up and over the top and put some distance between me and the cat. That was close.

Funny one was getting up to a cat that was snared by the back feet in a 1/16 snare. I was selling to taxidermy market and wanted photos. Actually had the video going also. Was just walking up to it and pop. There it went. My 5 year old daughter, on the video even. "Lynx run away!" Memories some time come with a price. ;0)

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6 [Re: Family Trapper] #3613002
02/04/13 07:18 AM
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Originally Posted By: Family Trapper
Howler a 4 foot piece of 16 gauge wire with a simple sip loop on the end of a 4 foot alder is all I use. Didn't worry about keeping it longer than the day or if lost I just made another. Always had what it took. I like wire better than a snare as once the animal limps out you can quickly wind it on a branch and leave hang on is weight to do the rest of the choke hold. Harder to do with cable. You will be surprised at how fast it is. And no blood. I like the pole as it gives me more options when things go bad too.

WB that brought back some good memories.
Like you I always am looking first at how it is caught. What happened. The two toes were nearly through and you could not tell?

Once when I was a kid in Montana it happened to my dad and a bobcat. He pulled on the snare and up came an unattached mad kitty. He kept him at bay at arms length but it cost him the front of his Arctic cat parka. ;0) It was pretty shredded up in front. He managed to get to his pistol and finish it. We all laughed when he got home and the stuffing was coming out all over the front of his coat.

I had one caught by a couple toes when I lived in Mt Village. Had my son and another boy with me. They hollered and said it was barely caught. I told them to just hold the 22 on it and shoot if it started fighting or got out. I got there and put my choker on it. Out it came. There happened to be a head high leaning pole right near me and I went up and over the top and put some distance between me and the cat. That was close.

Funny one was getting up to a cat that was snared by the back feet in a 1/16 snare. I was selling to taxidermy market and wanted photos. Actually had the video going also. Was just walking up to it and pop. There it went. My 5 year old daughter, on the video even. "Lynx run away!" Memories some time come with a price. ;0)


Yeah, I guess so,... all I could see is what you can see in the picture. I have no idea how many cats I've choked off over the years that were only caught by one toe, without issue. Once in a while I'll shoot one if it looks marginal,... but I just hate getting blood on stuff. I've even choked a couple cats caught in #1 marten traps,.. altho I wouldn't reccomend that,... I have used poles before, but since I rarely drag a sled around, packing a choker pole is kinda out of the question. Last year or the year before, I had 3 wolverines in one day, and my rifle had jammed itself out of commission, so I had to choke all 3 of them off,.. 2 in the dark,... that can be a rodeo. I think I have a picture or two of the one that got pulled out,... but I think it's on a slide,... in the 70's & 80's I was taking all slides,... but now I have a machine that converts slides/negatives & prints into digital,... so maybe one of these days I'll see if I can find them. I guess I'm not really too worried about a loose cat attacking me,.. if it tried, I think it's not too hard to swing it around & keep it off me,...but again,... I'm not looking for trouble. I would never have tried to choke this thing if I knew it was that close to escaping.

Here's a wolverine I caught earlier this winter that was caught by only 2 toes, but it wasn't doing much, it kept trying to balance on this small log sticking out of the bank, so with rifle in my lap, I still got some good pictures first,...



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Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6 [Re: white17] #3613181
02/04/13 10:16 AM
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Nice color on gulo !!


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Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6 [Re: white17] #3613756
02/04/13 04:06 PM
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HEHEHE, ol' blister, thats funny! I'll try to find her, while then I hope that I'll get to visit over there soon! wink laugh crazy crazy

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6 [Re: white17] #3613774
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Neat pose on the wolverine WB!

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6 [Re: white17] #3613801
02/04/13 04:38 PM
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awesome pic, must of been scary to be that close to it with a couple of toes caught. I have only had them in body-grips. All were dead when I arrived.

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6 [Re: white17] #3613825
02/04/13 04:48 PM
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Cool pic, what trap is that? Looks pretty good sized.

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6 [Re: smalltimetrapper] #3615427
02/05/13 03:48 AM
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Tonsina, Alaska
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Originally Posted By: smalltimetrapper
Cool pic, what trap is that? Looks pretty good sized.



Yeah, that one just kept trying to climb up on stuff,... each one has a different temperment, just like everything else. The trap is just a #4 Victor DLS,... nothing special. On the next check I had a nice tom lynx in this set.





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Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6 [Re: Wolverinebait] #3615438
02/05/13 04:14 AM
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And speaking of wolverines,... and odd-colored ones in particular,... a couple weeks ago I got one that is colored like none other that I can ever remember. It's actually a rather poor-quality specimen,... dark & not furred too well,... even damaged to some degree. I don't know how many of these things I've caught over the years, but I can't ever remember getting one before that did not have one single white/yellow/orange hair in his neck/chest area. Most taxidermists that I have dealt with have been as interested in those markings as much or more than the diamond. This just looked pretty weird compared to "normal" gulos,...





Even in the set, I could see he had a serious eye wound,... and it was badly infected, which no doubt affected his sight,... which would probably have contributed to his poor condition. I think this was the result of a fight, as I found no porcupine quills in his face when I peeled him.




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Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6 [Re: white17] #3615450
02/05/13 04:35 AM
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Yikes! To your trail and the eye. Nice pinch point for a set though!


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Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6 [Re: white17] #3615451
02/05/13 04:39 AM
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His teeth don't look too busted up.


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Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6 [Re: white17] #3615478
02/05/13 06:10 AM
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Outstanding WB. I take it that water is relatively shallow. Yowza. I think I can see rocks. Does it make you pucker? A little warm spell might make it interesting. You seem to catch most of your wolverines in foottraps. How many gulos do you get that nibble on their toes? In those long chains do you ever get one that wants a piece of you? And nearly succeeds? ha ha. Do you walk the chain on the ones you choked out? Your reputation is growing by the photo. ;0)

Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6 [Re: white17] #3615485
02/05/13 06:27 AM
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Great pics WB, beautiful wolverine. Your trail makes mine feel safe. Good luck and be safe. That 4-stroke won't be near as easy to get running after it drowns as the 2-strokes.


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Re: The Almighty Alaskan Thread #6 [Re: white17] #3616001
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Good point WB - never saw one without a blaze of some sort.

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