Re: " A day on the line with...
[Re: LT GREY]
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02/22/10 08:43 PM
02/22/10 08:43 PM
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Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 620 Kegley, West Virginia
Flyman41
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trapper
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Posts: 620
Kegley, West Virginia
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Hey Lt Grey. I was going to send you a PM but it tells me your box is full.
I wont be wronged. I won't be insulted. And I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same. J W
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Re: " A day on the line with...
[Re: LT GREY]
#2047531
07/01/10 10:55 PM
07/01/10 10:55 PM
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Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 272 louisiana
biggen
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trapper
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Posts: 272
louisiana
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Any one else or is this going away?
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" -- George Santayana
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Re: " A day on the line with...
[Re: Possumslayer]
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07/02/10 12:04 PM
07/02/10 12:04 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 8,721 South Central Nebraska age 71
tmrschessie
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trapper
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 8,721
South Central Nebraska age 71
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I had the priveledge to have someone from on here run my trapline with me earlier this season. There realy is no great story there though. I had not had time to get all my traps out so I only had 20 or so traps out. I learned a lot from him, got some tips, found new places to set that I had never though of before, and was reminded of some of things I had forgotten over the years. After that we scouted some ground I was moving to the following week. We only caught 1 coon that day so there is realy nothing much to tell. Since then I have had the chance to join him in his fur shed and learn a lot about fur handling. I have learned a lot from this person in the last few months. Being 95% self taught, the rest being gained from 1 friend of mine a half of a season, T-man, and short conversations with other trappers over the years I have learned more than my small mind is capable of absorbing. I am not one of the greats, probably not one of the averages, but a fair trapper but I do welcome (almost) anyone on my line to watch, share ideas, and just enjoy running traps with me. Next time let's run a line together....LOL
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Re: " A day on the line with...
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07/02/10 01:53 PM
07/02/10 01:53 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 8,426 NWWA/AZ
Vinke
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trapper
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Posts: 8,426
NWWA/AZ
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Death threats,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Slightly used Shoes 4 sale……………
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Re: " A day on the line with...
[Re: Vinke]
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07/03/10 10:00 AM
07/03/10 10:00 AM
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Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 371 Ohio
whitfield
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Posts: 371
Ohio
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Re: " A day on the line with...
[Re: whitfield]
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07/03/10 04:44 PM
07/03/10 04:44 PM
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Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 0 hamilton MI USA
BUDnPIKE42
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hamilton MI USA
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i dont think theres any place id rather be after seeing those pics of alaska and all that fur. sure does make a guy dream...
Last edited by BUDnPIKE42; 07/03/10 04:45 PM. Reason: spelling
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Re: " A day on the line with...
[Re: LT GREY]
#2059692
07/13/10 06:36 PM
07/13/10 06:36 PM
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Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 17,384 Central Ohio
LT GREY
OP
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OP
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Joined: Apr 2007
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Central Ohio
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Well here's one that is actually scattered over a few days with Scott Balts, AKA 330Trapper, of Minnesota.Being in ADC full time, I often get PM’s from trappers across the country wanting to know how to “break into the biz,” so to speak. Many fur trappers have thought, at least once, they would like to do control work full time and have wondered what that would be like on a daily basis. I confess, growing up, I wanted to be a full time coyote and/or beaver trapper like so many of the “western trappers” I had read about . . . then I learned it didn’t pay as much as I wanted to make, although an ideal life style, no doubt for many. Today I run an ADC business covering five counties for larger animals such as squirrels, raccoons, coyotes, beaver, muskrats, skunks, groundhogs, bats etc. and up to nine counties on moles. Each year I take on a number of students to train them fully in the ADC business. Some of them have fur trapping experience, and some have never even set a trap. Many however, want to make the progression from fur trapping to ADC work. This year I celebrated 10 years of training, by heading first, up to central Minnesota. I was met by Scott Balts of Pine City, Mn. who was of course, my student. Over the next two weeks we went over everything from mice to moles and ground squirrels to bat exclusion, snaring beaver, making lures and snares. Scott I found out, was a fairly good beaver trapper in his own right with a 330-kill trap. He also had been working, prior to my arrival on the trap designs I had sent him and had made some six or seven dozen cage traps, some of the best ones I have ever seen. His traps were so good, I ordered several dozen of each, despite the cost of shipping. He also makes a fine cage trap “divider” and the best 660 I have ever seen. The weather was not on our side, as it rained more days than not. Even one day it ended up snowing. Odd I thought for May, but then, this is Minnesota!
In Minnesota, they have lots of mosquitoes and I mean BIG mosquitoes and they’ve got lots of friends. They also have way too many ticks and they have lots of friends too . . . All in all it was an enjoyable experience. I got to meet and spend an afternoon with Merlin Ladd, who I understand is a bit of a legend in those parts and had dinner with a trapper ( who goes by Lundy on T-Man) . . . never laughed so hard in my life. Scott passed my course with flying colors, of course and I look forward to hearing good things from him in the future. I have long left Minnesota of course and returned back to work here in Ohio. Below are ( but a few) pictures from my time with Scott. I will try to post more of them in the next few days. All animals trapped by Scott . . . of course! I highly reccomend any of Scott's traps, as his are the best in the business. LT
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Re: " A day on the line with...
[Re: LT GREY]
#2070617
07/22/10 05:37 PM
07/22/10 05:37 PM
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Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 421 West Central GA
JBR
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trapper
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Posts: 421
West Central GA
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If I had the $$ I'd like to go a day on the line with Slim Pedersen.
One day I'm going to shanghai Swamp Wolf into a trip to south Ga with him, but I'm gonna make HIM pay ME!! LOL
JBR
"Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom." Song of Solomon 2:15
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Re: " A day on the line with...
[Re: LT GREY]
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12/13/10 11:58 AM
12/13/10 11:58 AM
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Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 17,384 Central Ohio
LT GREY
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OP
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Central Ohio
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Ohio's raccoon season opener caught me sitting home still working on snare orders and of course also working on my own snares, which I would be setting in about 30 days...right after Ohio's gun season( deer), which was the first week of December. Besides it was hot, almost 70 degrees, which is NOT my ideal trapping weather. When you trapped raccoons all year in town like I do, going out and catching them in the 70 degrees is not what you have in mind for fur season ! Still, Forrest London and I had a personal bet to go out and catch 20 'coons the first day. I had told him to go on without me that as soon as it cooled off a bit, I would set some traps. Having a good many cage traps, I desided to just go out and set a 'few' of them and after a few days it did cool off to about 50 degrees, so I headed over to Miami county and set 38 cage traps out using either my fish paste bait or one of my my fruit paste bait inside them. Nothing too fancy, just set on location. My first check was well over 20 raccoons but I did have some small 'coons, which would not be worth harvesting, so they were released on site. I did keep 18 of the best ones and stopped by Forrest's house to see how his season was going... and perhaps to make good on 'our promise' of 20 on a first day check. After that, I went back to work on my snares and my ADC jobs that I had out. December would be here before I knew it and I was way behind on snare making.
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