Dang, that is a hog of a fox. I'll be willing to bet it's not BS like those 60 pound coyotes from Pennsylvania! My biggest red is a 21 pound dump pig!

my biggest was 23lbs and it looked like a pig.

That's the real deal- 24.4 on our digital bathroom scale using the fat guy deduction method. I don't think they are going hungry.

That's a monster fox! I got this lynx today feeling lucky this year.

Nice kitty!

Nice Catch!

Back to the fox though is that a normal size in your area? Never seen one that big before amazing.

Pretty cat! I would say that is a little on the high end for a mature male. The fully grown males seem to run between 18 and 20 pounds on the average. It takes a few years for them to really max out. The heaviest female I have weighed was about 21 lbs but they average closer to 15 or 16 lb. I have seen and not killed a few that appeared to be a lot bigger. One cross I called in and never got a shot at a few years ago was enormous. Very tall and very long, coyote size.
Finally got to shoot in my modified Ruger 96/.22 mag. Couldn't get into the rifle range so I had to shoot off a rock. Very pleased. I shot 5 types of ammo through it and they all shot good, but the 30 grain Hornady V-max and the 30 grain Federal Sierra HP's essentially shot in the same place and dime size groups at 40 yards. Should be able to get to the range next week to test at 100. The paint job I did on the stock wasn't hard enough so I stripped it down and refinished it dark walnut. Looks good and shoots awesome! And no miss fires... We're cooking with gas now!

Nice cat. You may want to anchor that trap with cable instead of what appears to be tie wire.

Ya 22 mag is a accurate round when you get it dialed in. Loved mine when I had it. Made some unbelievable shots. Upgraded to a 204 ruger since. No animal i point at is safe. But the 22 mag you describe is a beauty. Love ruger arms. Also you guys got some big averages for fox that's the biggest I ever seen, ever! For the wire part I learned to use it from another trapper you all know yukonjeff. He showed me the way. Traps wire flagging and wings. I asked the question will it break? I tried my self to yank it off a tree first year I used that trapper wire and never got it off pulled jerked tried it all for about 20 mins so I'm sold you know both feet on the tree and both hands on the trap. Be nice to use cable but trapper wire is fast set up. Just gotta make sure it spins. Jeff got 80 plus one year same set up 14 gauge on bridger #3. Can you take a pic of your cable set up. I'd like to see. Cable yes is strong but how do you secure it with out some sort of tool? With trapper wire just twist 4-6 times and done.

Cable is way faster. I'd have to post a picture, but a cable with a double ferrel and a stop is the way to go. You can have the trap and the cable together zip tied and it rides in your tote without becoming a mess. No special tools required. No wire, no mess, no fuss. I think if you catch a wolverine in one of the those traps, it would spin the wire off and be gone.

I agree with Kusko,very fast, easy to atach to tree or drag and if it is 8-10' of cable they tangle up pretty fast. Then if you catch something you weren't suspecting you can still hold it.

Here is a quick way and no tools on the line. Much better than wire.









-TJ

IMO, what i use. Works for me. May not be prefered by the next. Adjustable Cable loop with DBL ferule and Two Stops. Works for me. I prefer short cable 3-4 foot and swivel on trap side of cable. Having it stronger, i caught/held a young female wolf in a lynx set with a two coiled #3 bridger with 3'of cable. I don't recommend using two coiled #3 bridgers for wolves, but i am glad i used cable on that set.

I dont have wolverines or wolves on my line so use 14g wire doubled and never lost anything yet.

its just for lynx sets.

I wire at home so no tools needed.

Wolverins will munch cable and snares as well.

Nice setup TJ ! the only thing I use wire on is hanging marten bait..other than #9 on wolf snares.


I found that another downside to using wire is that the cut end likes to flip around and take your eye out while you're twisting a long piece. Cable is the only way to go IMO

If I was trapping with wolves and wolverines as a possible target I would not be using that cheap cable they love to chew that stuff like bubble gum.

I would be using chain and a ring to go around a tree.

I am lucky and still have both eyes.

I went to Alaska Range Trapping Supply last weekend and learned that they have until May to close the store. The Dept of Transportation is going to widen the Parks Hwy north of Wasilla, so they bought Abby's property. Since they just dealt with moving the store a few years ago, they don't want to do it again, and are looking for a buyer. The long and short of it is that if you need any trapping supplies at a reasonable price, you shouldn't wait too long.

But you only need one to wink.



Never had any critter chew a cable that I know of.

lol...

I have had them chew twist break the good thompson wire even.. kusko lost one just a couple weeks ago on a snare.