Came in this afternoon, had a heck of a trip with lots of HIGHS and LOWS. Picked a couple marten and a beautiful wolf on the ride across the flats(HIGH).

Dropped down on the creek and was auger'n along thru the over flow and the Skidoo went left and I went straight. Right on my face sliding along the ice. That was definitely LOW. Had a hard time righting the Skidoo as the sled was jacked under her. Once everything was back on their skags, up the trail we went to the cabin.

+46 degrees. Unloaded, got a fire goin and took a couple asprin and washed it down with a good snort or two of E&J brandy and on up the line. My bait station had a couple coyotes working it and snagged one, that chewed out and only made it 30 feet. Nice big 35# male
Hung a few more snares and picked up a lynx on the next cubby
Went venturing around cleaning off traps for a couple days. Finally gave up with the warm windy weather and just went exploring.



Skun the wolf. 80# gray female caught in a #9 pee post
Built a new fleshing beam and mounted it in the fur shed/shop. Worked good, never used a horizontal beam and kinda like it. Built an ear turning attachment for it.


Ended up getting a shot on a beautiful 35# fat coyote and connecting
On the way back to the cabin the trail went away. Great trip over all even with a few bumps and bruises.

Those are some good pics ,congrats on some nice animals,this weather is been pretty tough be careful out there .It is getting pretty sloppy down here.

Sometimes the machines are like a horse, they just throw ya! What did ya shoot the 'yote with? Great work!

Beauty looking wolf and not so beauty of a nose. Take care out there, that looks like it hurt.

Ive heard about these here and dont doubt it, but have yet to come across one 45+. I still have many years to put into this park. Thanks for sharing. Its nice to look into similar lifestyles for once. I dont feel like such a hermit when I read the Alaskan journals.

Great pics, beauty wolf. Thanks for posting.

Beauty wolf and coyotes! Congratulations! Great pics!
To bad about the crash, glad you are ok.

Nice looking wolf, you are getting good ones this year! Were there more traveling with her? That snared coyote looks nice too, pretty cool that he laid down and died after chewing out.

Looks like you managed to do pretty good despite the sled crash and slide you did. You have some real nice looking country to explore out there!

That wolf is a beauty. So is that nose!! A great post as always.

Enjoyed the photos !

The color on the coyote that chewed out looks exceptional. Was it as pretty as it looks?

That wolf is a stunner and if that coyote is as pale as it looks you need to send that one to NAFA. Well at least you should have last year. LOL. That thing looks like a MT Pale. Great story and pics as always.
Mike

Congrats on the critters! Bites that you wiped out, better a nose then a dang leg or arm though! Hope conditions get better for you!

Your photo really shows the huge feet on a lynx. Thanks for the stories and pics.

With that much glare ice on your line, is your track studded or have screws? That wolf is a beauty!!

Weldnfella, I carry a Savage Predator .204Ruger
Smalltime, looked like pack of 6 or 7 and caught the 1st one and they went back.
Kusko, got a couple hundred screws in the track but in dire need of new ones. 4k on them and they are a little dull.

akhowler get these, i have 5K on them and they are still as good as new.

http://carbidetractionproducts.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22&Itemid=53

O and your face twin is here in Bethel, guy I know did the same thing on the ice this week, and his nose looks similar but he also needed 10 stitches on his head

Thanks for the journal Howler, I appreciate and enjoy all the photos and the time to put this up. You have a great thing going thanks for sharing.

Hope the nose heals fast. I did the same a few years ago on Ice crust snow and peeled my upper lip back below my nose for 26 stitches.