Another tough trip upriver. A wild winter with crazy temp swings. The record snows quit a couple weeks ago and were replaced by above freeze temps for a solid week. River opened up and ice is rotten. I hauled a big load of building material but was unable to make it all the way because of open water. But temps have dropped -21 today so I'll take another crack at in a couple days. I was able to access one of my trail cams though and had a good cross section of animals wolverine-lynx-wolves-moose.

That wolf sure has a nice coat, and looks like a full belly, too!

Took me two looks to see that nice black one up close. A bit creepy even. Always enjoy your updates. Send me some of that cold please. Id rather not worry about rotten ice.

More great pic's , thanks Brian.

The twilight wolves, do look creepy

our marten season closes, picking up sets tomorrow

Lynx and wolves are still open though, life is good.

Yup , still have a little time to try and redeem a lost season for me.
I'm just starting to see a fair amount of lynx sign , as for marten my season was a bust ...
Congrats to a fine looking table of fur , probably some of the hardest earned fur you have in a while .

That's quite a variety of fur. Congratulations, and may the auction be good to you!

Today was a great day on every level. My eight year old grandson Aiden, came on the line with me. I ran one of my shorter loops, 20 km, as it was -23 when we started out, and i don't want to make it an endurance contest at his age. Once the grandkids hit 13 I work them like a rented mule.

We set a goal of three marten and I told him I'd bonus him up $5 for every fur we caught, except for squirrels. He had to bring me luck and follow my instructions all day to earn his loot. We hit the first set and had a marten, big smile all around. We picked up a couple more marten in short order and Aiden was adding up the $15 in his head.

Then we hit a marten dry spell as we got into a lynx hotspot. The lynx walked through three trail snares without getting caught. The warm weather had caused the snow to drop a couple feet and my fencing had fallen over. I fixed them up with some advice from him. We had a trailside fire and lunch and continued on. We hit one of my cabins after picking up only a weasel, which he insisted was worth $5 as it wasn't a squirrel, now he's at $20.

We only had five sets left before we hit the truck and he was concerned the payday was over. I told him not to worry as one of my favourite sets was just ahead, but when we pulled up it was empty. Now we were both thinking it was a three marten day. But when we hit the next trap we had a marten, and the next one, and the next one ,and the next one. We ended up with seven martens and one happy grandson, $40 richer. But I'm the one who really hit pay-dirt, spending a day with my boy.

congrats on some nice looking furs,nothing better than getting the kids involved,way to go.

Great write up, he won't forget that in a long time. Especially the weasel he got $5 for!
Thanks for sharing.

Thanks guys. mountain bound tomorrow, I'm sure those creeks are froze tight. Hope to have some interesting photos when I return. I notice the lynx have started rubbing their faces on shrubs and cut logs. Starting to feel frisky I'm thinking.

That's awesome to get the kid out, thanks for sharing. Be safe out there!

Thats great I love it when my grand kids get to tag along they make even a bad day on the line enjoyable

Great day for sure.

Nothing better than a kid on the line with you.

Love the excitement of having kids on the line. When I was mentoring a young fellow a few years ago it was like winning the lottery every day. The excitement on his face when he caught his first lynx, fox, wolverine etc. was priceless.