Highway robbery. Make me mad when you know they just jacked the price up cause they go the last of them.

FT- Thats a mean looking Pick, beavers gonna fear you when you are chipping the holes! I have to get a quality ice pick. Jus got a junk one.

Yukontrapper, two come to mind one the Jiffy ice picks are suppose to be real good another that the guys around here have been getting lately are the Eskimo ones both are made by the same Companies that make the augers

I had the Jiffy Mille Lacs Ice Chisel . Gave it away. It was the short version but decided it wasn't what I was looking for.

The welding class in Aniak made some great ones many years ago. Wish those were still available.

I had a spud a fellow in Port Alsworth made using a grader blade for years. It was heavy and really cut the ice, but it disappeared from the house while I was off hunting spring grizzly on the Upper Stoney in early April. Probably gonna make up a couple in Naknek this summer as the storeboughts are to light.

Yea, i bet a heavy leaf spring with fairly heavy long handle will work well. I should ask the school to make a few if they have time in welding class.

cool fox

I use a jiffy, but it is a little light. Yukontrapper if the school makes a few over there I would be interested in one I am Right over in Huslia. I will actually be in galena around the 18th of January on a basketball trip.

I still have to call the welding teacher and check if they'd be interested in making them. I'll let ya know though.

Does anyone Freeze their trap chains in Ice? For setting out in open place. Jus a thought i see alot of critters cross open lakes and down rivers. Been thinking about trying something else. I bought an 1 1/2 Auger bit. Thinkin i'll freeze the chains down about 7 1/2 inches. Bed trap over twigs. basically the same set in the ATA Wolf Book. Any pictures of wolves in these sets. Only problem i can see is the possibility of overflow.

It doesn't take much to freeze a chain down. i chip a hole, tie a knot in end of chain and put in hole, pack a bit of snow in hole and pour water until you have saturated snow, keep packing snow and pouring water. A big thermos of hot water can do a chain easy. Be prepared when its time to pull trap though, they are froze down hard!

Thanks bushman, do ya prefer short chained or long chained trap when ya freeze em' in? I have quite a few wolf traps i wanna prep for the next time out. I always have a big thermos in the back of my sled. Thanks for the info.

Finally warmed up to -35° yesterday, so ran a short line of only 7 sets,... but they're good ones,...

Nice!

That is an awesome photo.

WB- That is a Cool photo. How is your Gas Mileage so far with the 600 Ace Expedition?

Well, the rain is here and all our pretty snow is going fast. Maybe this system will blow up north and give you guys a little trapping snow. WB, looks like you are good to go! Great catches and pic!

Sure hope so APP. Be good to get around a little more. What do ya predator call with? I got a foxpro spitfire and only got lucky the first time out. 10 other stands were quiet. Called in rabbit areas, fresh sign, night, morning, and daytime. Called where folks saw critters recently. 30-40 minute stands each time out. Any pointers.

I pretty much do the same thing, but not much at night, just once in a while. I have the same caller too. Sometimes I'll call a dozen stands before I get a response and sometimes it's every other stand. So many variables as far as the critters go. I try to get a little elevation over the area and put the caller where I can see it clearly. I set up cross wind from the caller with the best view down wind when possible. Ideal set up for where I hunt...
Note: Both of these came in from upwind... go figure!

Caller is center right, wind from left to right, a little elevation over the stand, good cover nearby and dead fox laying by caller.

Caller is bottom left 15 yards to left of the spruce tree. Wind here is from right to left, fox came from trees on right and ran in to about 50 yards then turned around and headed out. Stopped about a hundred yards out. Dead.

Good day, two in three stands.