Just got back from line did over 100 miles of some of the worst snow drifts I have had in awhile and I will tell you I love trapping on a mountain snow go . The days of trapping on the 60 hp utility snow go days are over for me . There were spots well over 4 feet deep and 100 yard long all I had to do was grab a hand full of throttle and go wile towing a sled .

With the the handle bar riser ,tall seat, tall windshield and forward riding position my back feels good to day . I ran in to some water on trip no problem zipped over it . Not saying it is for every one but we're I trap it works good for me . The fun factor is also there I had a blast and love the power here is a few pics i was running short on time so did not take to many . The last pic I call party in a sled . The black wolf was held by less then a toe it has caught in the jaws between the leaver and the offset .

Nice pictures!

Way to go, Team V

Way to go Team V, glad that sled is working out for you. Like that picture with the big black in the background!

That's terrific!

Osky

awesome pics! more snow than use, getting itchy to ride around more parts of the country here, no one got wolves yet this year. Waiting to get deep enough snow to not worry about logs or tundra wrecking our rigs.

That is a awesome pic!!! Congrats!

Congrats Team V! Good to see he didn't make a break for it while you were taking the pic and pop that toe off. I've had both a red fox and a lynx do that to me before, all I had to show for it was a couple of pics. Good to hear your machine is working out so well!

Me and my partner always stop about 30 yards back and put a set of cross hairs on them then the other goes to investigat if caught bad they drop . As soon as I saw it was bad I yelled and he dropped .

That's a good plan! I'm running the line alone most of the time, so I now make sure I always have my rifle ready just encase it happens again.

Way to go team v!

good job don't you love it when the big dogs want a ride home in your sled

Way to go John, nice work on the dogs. Put your skinning apron to work and love it. Thanks a lot.

Awesome V! What caliber do you use to drop the poorly caught ones?
mt

When we arrived at that one my partner was close enough to use his pmr30 but we pack 223 with us if needed . We both have pmr30 so we have 60 rounds of 22 mag on hand .

Thanks for the pics i am the guy that talked to you about trapping in sentry hardware last summer .good job

What is a pmr30 TeamV ? Im looking for a new trapline gun

Thanks AK TRAPR small world .

Yukon ,a pmr30 is a 22 mag semi automatic hand gun with a 30 rd mag all kinds of fun . Made by kaltec pretty accurate

Good gun I plan on getting. Where'd you find yours team v? I went looking but nobody I went to stocked them in anchorage.

Sportsmen warehouse just have to watch they go quick . I got mine on sale for $320 last Christmas my partner bought his on gun broker and payed a lot more .

Need to move back to the states to own one.

It is common knowledge that Keltec is less than candid in regards to numbers produced. Good luck finding one, unless you want to pay inflated prices - such as found on Gunbroker and other sites.

I have been looking for one too, I have a single six, it is an awesome gun. My cousin was selling one but I didn't have the money to buy it then. I may have to bite the bullet sometime and get one on an auction site.

They're catching up with production I'm seeing more become available at retail stores . I would just keep my eyes open and be patient and you will get one at a good price .

Man these thing keep plugging up the wolf sets .

That's a real bummer!

If you'd set your pan tension a little stiffer, you wouldn't have to deal with those worthless smelly wolverine. If you don't want to deal with them, bring them over and I'll board the worthless critters for ya. Looks like a good one though. Congrats and keep it up. Did you guys get any of that snow up there.

Got about 6 more inches and lots of snow drifts witch put most sets out of commission . No wolves on trip but had them run over a few 9 but to deep to fire .The Wolverine made multiple trips over till he got caught . That one hand seter I got from you is great love that thing . We got another wolverine but can't get pic to load . We have one running line eating marten and bait so I hope we got it . We also got a coyote man them things stink .

Well was a little cold this weekend but got it done . Took a friend who has never been on a snow go or a trap line was a little fun I told him not to poke the sleeping wolverine but he had to do it . I am just glad I was there to save his life it was close but I got him in a sleeper hold.

Way to go! Nice looking gulo....good to see Im not the only one getting the cold temps!

Wolves are nowhere to be found this year in 117 miles I cut one set of tracks . I am in a wolf control area and they are doing a good job . In the beginning of winter we had a pack of 5 witch we took 3 sence then nothing . I talk to fish and game and they said great so I ask when they did there last survey and they were not sure . Dont get me wrong we need predator control but as a trapper it sucks not having them around to catch kinda takes the challenge out of it .

Beautiful wolverine John, how was your overflow with those cold temps?

Not bad but I would be carful landing a plane on the river a lot of spots with water under snow .

I had a weird thing happened on this trip in the middle of my trail about 50 miles out I had a 12 foot pole 6 inch around cut by chain saw laying on my trail . No one has been down my trail and have no idea how it got there had no snow on it so it was fresh . Only thing I can think of is it was somebodys wolf drag that fell off a plane .

It was probably the same aliens that borrowed my trail groomer. They didn't put it back in the same place where the got it either

I got 3 above at my house and it is raining pretty good . What the

Congrats on the wolverine! It would have been a quicker dispatch if you would have had your paper bag, maybe White has some extras he can send you.

For serious???

Yes serious . Did not rain to much but now it is 31 above and suppose to rain this evening . Sence Sunday are weather has had a 70 degrees change .

You don't know the paper sack method of dispatching wolverine?
mt

Well went and pulled line and had two wolf traps left at far end of line and had this guy in the last trap . I can not get it to turn up right

Beauty blacky!

He was big will post more pics when I get them off phone . Having problems with eather phone or iPad . I have some trail camera pics and video of a airplane trapper putting wolf sets on river then you can here there conversation when they see my marten box/wolverine set on bank . They were there for a wile setting up and after seeing me stuff they pulled all there stuff .

Wow! That's black! Cool!

Sweet ! Always nice when the last set holds something !

Any body no who has this plane . If you do pm me

Here you go Team V....beauty!

Awesome looking wolf!!

Is it just the picture or does it have something wrong with its right eye?

No must be pic eye look good

Beautiful wolf John

Wow, that guy looks like he has some black bear genes! Nice one!

Pretty good of the airplane guy to pull his stuff after he saw your stuff there.

Wow that,s a beauty john

Going to say its Zack Knaebel of Tok Air Service. You may want to call and discuss. I've had a lot of trappers contact me about how this has continually happened. I don't want to be in the middle, so make the phone call. 907 322-2903 will get you in contact with him. I'm guessing if you post a thread on this here, you will find a few situations just like yours! Good luck!

That is a sweet way to end the season! Congrats!!!!

Just got my hand on a new bs wolf trap going to give it a try this year seems pretty well built .

Looks very similar to the Koro, be interesting to see how it works. Price ?

Tannery up here is going to offer them for 85 each last I herd . Available in black or white .

I will be running the BS Canine Extremes for wolverine this year.
I am very impressed so far, as to quality of welding, trap speed, and overall design.
Of course, only time will tell.

Does BS Trap stand for anything Team V?

Not sure what BS stands for

I thought the line of traps were called “No BS”.

http://no-bslures.wixsite.com/nobslures

I thought Kusko and possibly Cav Scout used the wolf version and gave a review.

Beautiful wolf !!!! He does look like he's got some Black Bear in him lol

Here is a comparison from Left to right MB750 , bridger 5 , Ak #9 , BS trap

Is that thing legal? Looks wider than the #9, and I thought that was about the size limit for foot hold traps in AK. Just curious if it goes over the 9" jaw spread from corner to corner of those bends.

-TJ

That Wolf is beautiful.. Congrats..

This is off Kendalls site .
Wolf - 8 x 8.5 jaw spread .
He also has the Beaver 7 1//4 x 7 1/4 jaw spread .








K9 -XTREEME and a mb- 650

So how many miles per tank of fuel does the 600 Cat get? Oil too? Im curious, Id like a carbed machine and was I seen a few with low miles on Craigslist.

Nunamut not sure on the exact gas mileage its hole life it has been attached to a heavy uhmw sled. But with the sled it gets about the same gas mileage as my partners skidoo 550 fan . It does use a lot of oil two gas tanks to 1 oil tank . I bought it because of overflow and It rides way nicer then the old stuff and is pretty easy to work on compared to some of the newer stuff it is also EFI so it starts 2 pull every time . So far pretty happy with it .

Nunamuit

I have a Bearcat 570 with a 18 gallon tank and get close to 150 miles to a tank. The 550 fans I have had get 6 to 8 mpg, pulling a sled.

I have had several 4 stroke machines and having a simple 2 stroke non computer machine is my choice.

Thanks team v
After 5 years with the ACE, Im thinking I want a simpler machine. I went out a couple of winters ago with 2 guys riding Cat 570 widetracks. I was impressed with the fuel mileage they got even pulling loaded sleds. Not the best in the world, but good enough for what I do.

One of the things I like about the cat is the hood lifts strait up and the motor is right there still tuck down in chassis but pretty easy to work on . I had a skidoo rev but the motor is crammed in the front and you have to try to work on it from the side .

You have to work on your Cat? Must have over 30,000 miles on it, Team V :0

The reason they make Cat engines so accessible is cause you always have to work on them, and why Skidoo is not accessible. HAHA

Go ahead and rag the cat it is ok I am not a brand loyal person . I belive in buy at right price and drive till it dies I bought the cat for $1800 with 416 miles on it at 2500 miles now with only doing slides and belt I can live with not spending $12000 on a new one .

This is my first cat in 15 years and so far pretty impressed I have friends with them with some pretty impressive miles on them .

My 2009 Arctic Cat M8 turned 10,200 miles last winter. That Suzuki engine has never been torn into, never hardly hiccupped, and still has 125 psi in each cylinder. That Cat hater don't know chit! With 2,500 miles you're just getting started!

A friend loaned me one of his 570 Bearcats to see if I liked its ride. One of the throttle cables broke and when he picked it up he said I have never touched anything on this machine. He checked the miles and it had over 16,000 miles on it. He rides hard and long trips, Whitehorse, Nome and Prudhoe Bay several times. Sold me!

Had a 4 stroke SWT. I was told when the amber light comes on you better get to where your going!! Amber light came on and went to Cat!

Haven't posted in awile but just got back . Somebody else ran down line and help me out with some dispatch to bad I was not there to bring it home so the Ravens would not tear it up. At
least it was there

Had a few other problem but nothing a little money can't fix

Welcome back, V.

I don't like the pan size on that No-BS trap ! I can see that creating marginal catches

Not a fan of people trying to help out, but like you said at least it was still there. How in the heck did you manage to do that to your sled? Good to see it is in the shop and from the looks of the 9 wire you didn't have to walk out !

White I will cut it down like I did to the bridger 5 . Pan is to big for me to

HFT I found one big bolder that brought me to a compleat stop real fast . As I went through the windshield and kiss the bumper I said to self this is going to hurt

I am testing the B.S. canine extreme for gulo this year.
First thing I did was cut down the pan.
Only one wolverine so far, but certainly not just toes! Entire back foot.

Have some B.S traps out for Wolves right now waiting to see how they do

Team V ....
I've been testing the KO wolf trap for a couple seasons now. So far have been pleased.
Here is the last two from this season in the KO wolf traps..

Had a new bs trap dropped off with bigger springs this thing has some power now. Going to order some and try out . Biggest worry with old one was the ability to come through crust . Top pic is old one bottom pic is new one

Sweet.... they just keep getting better!

I’m using the no BS traps and the wolf I caught this year in a trap was an awesome catch. High on the foot I was thinking when I walked up to it man I wish I had a camera to show Kendall how welll his trap worked!!

In this day and age they should be getting better I would hope.
Great news

Well some bears are out had my nephew bring one home will go back next week for some more .

Nice!

Rolled it back on it's wheels for you, TeamV, hope that's okay.

My pic it is on its wheels was your pic up side down

Yes it was, and still is. Gremlins?

Here is a few big boys to bad it is not open . Looks a little upset. There are 2 there just can't get pic to upload

Those are some nice ones!

Thanks Team V. I sure enjoy running trail cameras, and never get tired of looking at bear pictures.

Here is a big old boy. Look were my head is and were his is I am 5"11

Hey TV, do you cut the pans down on your BS traps? I got a few of the 'yote version to try. Heavy duty traps, but seems like that huge pan might be a little overkill. Might trip the trap before the foot is in the sweet spot. Also, i think I might soften the inside corner of the jaws a bit. As strong as they are (coyote version) they might cause undue damage on a cat with the sharp edge.

Nice bear pics!

Are you referring to the canines extremes? I bought a dozen for wolverine last year, and cut about 1/2" off the end, then rounded the corners. Only had one encounter, but worked flawlessly.

Only problem I had with the trap was that being dog-less, the pivot point of the pan is very prone to freezing down.

Yes, canine extremes. The potential freeze down on the pan has been mentioned with this trap as well as with the Koros. No experience with either one yet. How did you try to prevent it, bed with dry moss or something, or just make sure your wax paper was wrapped around there?

Keeping traps in the ground working here is always a challenge, but the last couple of years, especially difficult. Little snow, but rain for days, then clearing and 50 plus mph wind for a week and zero degrees temps. The ground is then like a frozen rock. Chip out all the sets, bed in either dry moss or hemlock tip, cover with same. Weather repeats itself, and so do I.

I can tell you that they fit a large wolverine's back foot perfectly.

Didn't mean to hijack your thread, Team V. Sorry.

Took my nephew up the steese on opener and bagged a few bou . He took his after a long hike up a ridge at 207 yards and I took mine at 456 . There not the biggest but good eating. There was lots of people but we found a area with only a few 4 wheeler on other ridges so not bad . Can not get pics to turn

Woo hoo! Glad you got some meat.

Took one of the neighborhood kids moose hunting this year and told him if he sees a bear yell at it and if it dose not leave shot it. I think it went like this get out of here bear boom . He was happy no moose yet going back. Sorry I have tried everything to turn this pics some time they will some time they will not

Was moose hunting this year at my cabin and doing some work clearing brush and notice a old marten pole so I got looking and could see a old trail. Started following all the old sign I could find and it lead me to a small lake were I was looking around and right next to lake was a trap with chain going into water. Picked it up chain broke from rust but hey a free 114 Newhouse I will not gripe about. Talk to locals last person trapping there was in 80s

Good deal for that young man getting a bear! Nice find!

Ok did it might of not been my first choice but price is right with 2 year warranty . Hope it does ok will not have the power of the m6 but I think I will live.

wow thats a good price! I saw a 98 tundra advertised today for $3900 canadian pesos

Good price and nice garage/shop to keep it in! I have one just like it but a year older. I think it is a pretty comfortable ride compared to my skandic. Not as good of gas mileage though. Ended up getting a bigger windshield as the factory one is pretty small.

That’s what I had before my expedition. Nice machine. Light and nimble. The weak point will be the shocks. Look into some wind deflectors for your knees. I don’t have them on mine but my grandpa does and they do make a difference on cold days. If you can find good gas shocks on eBay etc that will fit at a reasonable price I say buy them. A frog skin kit for the front vents wiould also be good. Again don’t have it mine but other guys have them and it helps keep snow out from under the hood.

Yeah get the frog skins especially if you are going to be bush whacking. Sticks will fill up your manual starter and wreck it.

You should have just coughed up the extra 8 grand and bought a new Titan. I seen the country you trap on your videos and the 550 with a 144 might not be enough machine for you.

I Got a few traps out last week and did a run to check after eating to much holiday food . Not bad for just a few traps out not after cats yet but found one of my wolverine sets

Nice!!!! Congrats on the fur! Wish we had that snow down here!

Nice catch!

Got my new trapping snow go finished and used on 60 mile run yesterday work pretty good. Box bolted windshield extended bags built and 10 mm holder front windshield and a few studs in track

Looking good John!

That is a sweet looking ride! Hope she runs well and lasts a long time for you!

Not taking a lot of pics this year still a little slow can only run small portion 18 miles of line do to open water. Here is a few pics also 2 cats in bag being de bugged . Small wolverine

Good looking lot of fur! Nice looking wolverine! What did you catch him in?

HFTgot it in a 4. Have had a Wolverine running the line eating bait and marten so about every 4th trap put a #4 under box she had just eaten a marten at previous box and went down trail to next box where she was caught . Was little but can't have them eating my marten

Nice work and some good looking fur John. How are ya liking your Polaris? Do you guys got any snow up there yet? Be safe and keep your track down

Howler Polaris is working pretty good would like a little taller track but at end of day back feels pretty good and so far it has enough power to do what I need . We probley have almost 2 feet but no cold so rivers and lakes are not freezing up witch is not conductive to my trapping .