A buddy sunk one in the Abitibi river,years ago,in 30 feet of water.Had to grapple it and build a tripod on the ice to lift er out.

That right there is funny

Use to be easy once you got them out of the water you could pretty much get them up and running right there then once you got them home drain the chain case etc. Now days you need a shop just to get at the carbs if you get water in them you are darn near looking at towing it home just to get it running again. I like the new comfy rides but I don't like the inaccessibility when it comes to working on them in the field

I got it going. Drain carb, take off muffler and drain, take out plugs and turn over 1000 times forcing water out of cylinder's, and get it rolling before it freezes up. I still had to take it to shop but at least we got it home.

Great pics Bushman

Conditions are terrible for trapping right now. After record snows we've now had record high temps for a couple weeks. A trail I broke last week still hasen't set up and was fun to follow yesterday. I broke a couple miles of new trail but decided it wasn't worth the inevitable work that would surely come.

Shouldn't set for wolves as the snow is wet and packs…but I still put out three fotholds. very thin layer of crusty snow over the trap so we'll see.

Here's a montage of the last dozen marten I caught. just a real world look at my sets. Not every catch is perfect and the ones that have a marten with a bait bag in its mouth always make me wonder. i tie those bags tight to the back of my boxes so those marten are really tugging, yet head catches. I've used wires across trap triggers and doesn't make any difference to me. bottom line is I rarely come to a sprung trap and no marten so i'm happy.

Be thankful you have some white stuff. Been three weeks since I've checked my sets. Not enough snow to go, too much to drive.... Ugh!!

The mouth bags are interesting. Could it be that weasels are pulling the bags out within reach prior to the marten coming. You have to wonder sometimes just what is going on when you leave. At least you have a bit of margin for warm weather to work off with snow. Are margin has come and gone. Well come to think of it it didn't really ever come.
What a crazy year.

I've noticed that the marten that have a bag in their mouth are smaller. I think they squeeze in the box and only nail the trigger as they tug on the bag. I always have to pry the bag out of their locked jaws.

How about this flying wolverine

Great pictures , I'm glad to see someone is catching some marten in Alberta ,,, I sure am not putting a dent in the pop's this year....
Our snow is settling to about 3 feet now and has a 6 - 8 inch hard crust making things a bit easier to get around on in snow shoes but still bad for breaking trail. With this hard thick crust it's gonna be another tough year for the deer ,,, the wolves and coyotes are running on top now.

Wow that is a great photo.

Jimmy it's killing me. My arms are sore from fighting the crust and my legs are sore from pounding down the snow to get some sets in. that heavy wet crust takes some stomping for sure. It's hard to see tracks if the light is wrong. Lots of moose around but deer are non existent and elk in small pockets. A death winter for ungulates

Here's another one for you Len

Cool photos!

Man, those are some amazing wolverine pics! Nice!

A big male that was captured today. Alberta Conservation Association / Alberta Trappers Association/ University of Alberta

Hey did you recognize him from any of your photos?? ;0)

Do you have any picture of the trap design? Interested in the trigger mechanism. It must be deep enought to prevent crushing the wolverine. I bet the inside of that trap is nice an polished after catching a few!

Nice Pictures and thank you for sharing your adventures.

Len - These sets are in different location. We're heading there Saturday to film the captures and releases live. This is the first time this guy has showed up to my knowledge. He was mad, slamming into front of log trap and smashing beaver around. Nothing like some meds to calm you down though.

Kass most wolverines are mellow inside but it's important its dark as they'll work at making a hole where ever they see light.