yukonjeff thats the hardest I laughed all day!

Personally, I don't find marten crashes all that funny. Lot of people got it a lot worse than me and their chance of rebounding in a short time frame is probably less than mine do to poor self management and ethical practices.

Taking a crap here, also.

Now we should not find humor in Dirts plight..me being a Lynx trapper I know my day is coming.

For the record we did miss you Dirt..and need the stink stired every now and again

And I dont harbor any hard feeling towards the guides on here they serve a purpose as long as they are not over running my moose hunting area..now Bravo wranglers...thats another story

I wish it was just my plight.

Yes, I also understand Jeff's feelings toward guides. I might have similar feelings towards non-local Alaskans, but I try to suppress them.

So Dirt since you have rejoined us...how have things been in your neck of the woods...aside from the marten population being low!!

Refresh my memory. Are you Jim's kid? and if so what specific things are you interested about? Maybe a PM would be appropriate?

Yes I am....don't hold it against me please. lol. Nah just wondered how things were out on your line...

12 inches of snow and melting. Bumpy and brushy. Mostly pulled to protect the marten. Poor beaver sign. Amazingly,still some Lynx. Two wolf tracks once down by Alexander. Moose hanging in the woods pawing up ferns to eat. Good lowland moose sign SE. Little lowland moose sign NW. Lot of river silt on everything from wind, flood and no snow all of October and the first part of November. If I remember right you would not recognize this place with out at least four or five feet of snow.

Is that what you were looking for?

Funny thing I was reading your dad's moose management report from , I think, '89 just today. Got to go to battle at the BOG in Feb. unfortunately.

Perfect!!! Thanks. I did a moose tagging program with him in 88 or 89 there on snowmachines...feel in love with Joe's elan for pushing them out of the alders and willows. Amazing machine.

At least there is someone battling!!

I'd love to have a copy of the study, and Montifori's ( I don't think I spelled that right) Someday I'll have to see if I can locate it at ARLIS.

Next time he and I chat I will see if he knows or has a copy of either

thanks !

I don't guide or drive bravos.

I won't hold that against you. Now if you was a biopolitician, that could be trouble. Both Jeff and I ain't real big fans of those.

Enough trouble making! I better go. LOL

Easy Dirt, your re-aquaintance to trapperman may take a few days of adjusting before the pot stirring :-) Happy new year to ya.

I hear you Dirt on things not being funny! Laughing at the jab, not the fact that the critters are not around. I've seen 1 marten track all season, and that was on the 20th of Nov. Nadda since then.

No, no hard feelings for I realize my mistake of questioning a veteran trapper, for that I am truly sorry for stepping on his toes. As with every youngster known in every part of gods green earth we know it all.

Wow, the last couple days of posts on this thread were a roller coaster, LOL...

I've been away and busy working on a super secret cloning project in my basement. I'm cloning marten, hides only, as soon as I can do it for less than $100 each, I'm gonna flood the market and flush all you bush trappers out in the open...

(just listen for the distinctive buzzing of bravos drifting up from down river )

Happy New Year to all you guys... welcome akassasin, dont sweat it, we'll forgive you, this time

did 9 miles out of 55 on the line today before the flooded creeks forced me to pull a U turn and head home I can't even get to marten country yet to see if there are any there