I thought about the possibility of seeing an animal in rough ice so I was going to carry my 270 and have my22 mag for backup. Next time I will have my rifle. I'm sure I would've got him with one of my scoped rifles.

One lynx you're in the big time. I got three traps and one snare on mountain road, If I can get 1 anything I'm doing real good. Might haul a load of wood to John Martin on the weekend for you.

Load of wood for wolf hunting would be awesome.

Went for a late load of wood for my house got 1 mink on the way.

Checked traps yesterday. Came home with 3 lynx and one beauty of a cross fox. Best sign of the trip? I have wolves on my line. Put out a couple surprises for them. One small set of wolverine tracks. Hmmm, got slapped by a 330 luckily the safeties were on but still got a pretty nice slap. My son is going out for ear surgery today so it's just me and my girl at home this week. Good time to have a fur skinning marathon.

I got a wolverine at my moose guts on Saturday and one black wolf got away. Might start trapping lynx on the weekend, Sam brought some caribou home so lots of fur for bait with a drop of Hot (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) should be sucking them in for miles.

I was going to put up some new pictures but my memory stick is corrupted. Just came home with the 6th, 7th and 8th lynx out of a family bunch that's been around my town traps. Caught another yesterday but it was eaten. Cant wait to see my camp traps.

Good on the wolverine but bad on the wolf muskrat. That's one more that I might see when I get out to my happy wolf hunting grounds.
You shot the wolverine or trapped it?

Fantastic journal, Ryan. I feel like I'm right there with you. Here in Pennsylvania we are allowed one bobcat and one fisher, in very short seasons, plus unlimited fox, coyote, raccoon etc. I'm heading to our family cabin to get the traps ready for the fishers and bobcats. We have no snow up north, very strange this time of year. Wondering what it'll do to our trapping. Stay warm and stay safe.

Lynx activity has been picking up this week. Its really great to be catching and it sure makes me want to set more and give it more effort. Had a marathon skinning session these past couple days. I did 19 lynx, 6 fox and a wolf. 8 more lynx going on stretchers tonight, flip tomorrow and off to my camp for a couple days of setting and wood hauling.
A couple pictures that I recovered from my corrupted memory stick.




Remember that snare my nephew and daughter set?
Got 3 lynx out of it so far!


I really like this picture. The good old trap/snare combo.


My style of a bucket set that I've been using for a few years now. The 330 is sitting on a flat piece of driftwood and the bucket has two forked sticks on opposite sides and then buried to keep the set rock solid. Brushed in so much that the trap is barely visible. Its been working well on foxes but just one wolverine with this set so far.


These are a couple picture of me this fall doing what I have to to pay the bills. Super hard unenjoyable work. Awful scenery to boot.

Your doing awesome! Congrats on the fur and thanks for sharing!

those Char or dollies?

nice pics!

well done ,you are living the life Ryan.

Thanks fellers. The fish are dolly varden char from the rat river. Yes the same rat river made famous by one Albert Johnson.

Great pics and awesome lynx catches.
Show us a pic of your fur when put up,love to see it.

I didn't take any pics of the first batch that I sold yesterday. Eight lynx and a wolf. I'll take a picture later of the next eight. I'm sure you can all guess that I have eight stretchers to use right now. I should've took a shot of me and the biggest lynx so far this year. Probably top 10 for size that I've ever caught. And no bugs!! Promaxx makes a wicked effective flea killer.

Every time I do fur they end up looking over my shoulder. Morgan does some skinning this year.


How I do my lynx. The leg veins are easily pulled off and I will scrape that remaining fat with a spoon knife ulu whatever I feel like using.

His big sister used to fall asleep watching me work with fur too.

Awesome, Ryan

Sold another batch today. Forgot to take a picture with the whole works but I did get this pucture of a big lynx. It's the one I picked on the two wolverine check. Eight days of skinning and two hours to spend it all. Merry Christmas !!!

Thank you Ryan for giving us a glimpse into your life on your line as well as the chance to watch your kids grow up. Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy New Year.
Allan