people mistake confidence for cockiness. i do say, "i m the best !" but do i actually think i m the best trapper? no of course not. but i did train everyday for over seven months under one of the best instructors out there. i got put through the wringer and pushed beyond my limitations. because i have formal training in diving kickboxing and gymnastics i was tough enough to keep going.
Lt didnt break me though at times i was so mad i couldve killed him. those were long rides home. today i only trap part time and do health care for the elderly. my job where i met Lt. i still enjoy nuisance trapping and running turtle lines with hoop nets and have had a pretty good season. i m looking forward to running a trap line this winter. i am someone who is a quick study and wont back down from a challenge. should be interesting to say the least.

LT needs elder care already, now I know where his alias comes from, Life's Tough & Grey. Add Paul to your client list and you would have a full time job.

Now that we have all the bickering out of the way, again. I along with others would like to know if anyone has any tips on successfully caging reds on a regular basis as a target species.

Trapping roaming reds in cages can be challenging if limited to that trap only and costly in terms of time vested.

If they are deemed nomadic animals or those that have established regular hunting or travel routes thru the problem areas is a critera you need to establish. Catching them consistently beyond stucture areas in cages can pose challenges and problems.

Such as trap theft and interference just to name two big problems. Set up time, prebaiting at times when needed and prepping the cages for acceptance is time consuming to do on a large scale effort.

There is not an easy answer to this problem. You trapping skills are your biggest challenge in most cases such as this. Limitation of devices that can be used is going to be the largest issue for you to manage.

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well I for one sure hope you are able to help lt get his bladder problem under control. I always figured him for a bed wetter

ill guarantee you he doesn't spend any time in these parts, we don't take too kindly to his kind here. in that way I guess we are still segregated, only not by color. we let his type hang out in iowa and Wisconsin, we don't let them across the border.

Are you saying lt is a bed pee'er??

and if your saying he has been hanging out with my wife I can assure you that isn't the case. my wife is even more of a man then he is and she is pretty feminine.

all that proves is you have too much free time.

I've got to disagree with you Mike. I have never met LT but if I had to do it all over again, I would have replaced my brain with a decent camera a long time ago. There are so many things that I have done and seen that would actually be of interest to a lot of different people that have not been captured on film.

I guess it's probably because I now have a column in WCT, but I just can't stress it enough, TAKE PICTURES!

I agree with you Paul whole heartedly, I am terrible at remembering to take pictures. But when I do take pictures it is a lot easier to explain things that happened on a trip, adc job, trapline etc.

I've found it a PIA to take a camera with me, everywhere I go and 'maybe' be glad of it. I bet there's been a hundred times over the past few years when I slapped myself for not having the camera with me and another hundred times when I slapped myself for bringing it.

I have absolutely no interest in taking pictures of myself. That's just a little too weird for me. But sometimes I wish I had a picture of an animal that I trapped.

Sometimes I have the camera and get a good shot but most times I don't and that's just fine with me.

some of the coolest times ive ever had on the line and best catches were never recorded on film, and im fine with that. I know they happened, I remember them like yesterday, and I really couldn't give two craps to share them moments anymore.

I got lots of trapping photos over the years,but feel no inclination to prove anything with them.
Believe my posts or not -who cares?lol.

well besides that your Canadian, your people are just believable. its us southerners you gotta look out for! lol

How did you make out with the chip truck this summer Mike,did you go to any native pow wows,some of those here are a moneymaker.

we did well, we have a one day event Saturday again here locally, then one more 3 day later this month then hopefully I can stick it in the garage till spring. no pow wows but I know a few who do them, and they do well at them.

im going to try to get like 6-8 big events per year and focus on that. only drag it out a few times per year and do well at those events enough so we don't need to work it anymore than that. im plenty busy with work and we are only looking for this thing to fund college for the little guy and his soon to be brother or sister. anything more than that is pure gravy.

that said, my off season is in the winter, so if I could figure out a way to work it then I will.

mousie =,,,,,,,,. Best to just put him on "ignore this user" list...