Gibb- It was definitely dehydration plus being damp for a few hours. I usually carry lots of Gatorade and that helps but didn't take any this trip. I sweat a lot tracking down 1 martin that ran away with a trap.

That fool- the otter was a male. top 3 big ones ive gotten.

Very nice run Ryan that's quite a collection of fur. That wolf wasn't going anywhere, it will be a great looking ruff for someone I'll bet. If you get a chance to take a picture of it on a stretcher I'd like to see it.
Stay Safe out there.
Allan

Great story on your trap check Ryan.

Be very careful with Gatorade. You need to drink about 4 water to 1 of Gatorade. Some of the new Gatorade bottles are already diluted now. It adds electrolytes but is not a total re hydration such as water.

You need a texas mickey of rye whiskey at camp for medicinal purposes.

Hot 100 helps sooth my sore muscles sometimes. Mix some with hot tea and it's like buckleys, tastes awful but it works.

Not a whole lot of time left in the trapping season...

Yup the clock is ticking for King of Da Swamp. Hopefully some lynx start moving

First time coming home with 5 lynx the last trip.

awesome! we will be getting more lynx next year, lots of rabbit signs appeared this year. Will probably start setting traps for lynx next season

No martin this weekend. Picked up 4 lynx and 4 mink though and crossed 3 fresh wolverine tracks over my day old trail on the way home. 2 big ones and a smaller one. I reset everything and I am looking forward to checking traps again mid week.

Had a bunch of last years foxes go for over $50 so I'm kicking myself for not trapping fox this year. Usually have 50-60 by this time of year.

4 lynx, 4 mink and a martin last trip. Made a new trail to set up next weekend. I gave my nephew his early Birthday gift yesterday, a case of federal waterfowl 20 gauge shells for May geese hunt.

Ryan are you required to use steel shot on waterfowl ?

Good price on those fox Ryan! How far are you from Old Crow ?

Yeah smith we are supposed to use steel. I actually don't mind steel though. I've been using the same loads for ten year or more so I have them figured out pretty good.

Y254- not the greatest price yet but more than enough to add up nicely. I had a good deal going on for a few years when prices were high selling rough skinned undried foxes for 125. I have gotten more from auction but 125 straight across was pretty nice. Not sure the distance from old crow but it's about a 45 minutes plane ride I believe. I spent a lot of time there when I was younger and my great grandmother was living. Its west of us over the mountains and you can make it there with skidoo, haven't made the trip yet but I have an inherited cabin roughly half way.

Thats nice country up there. I flew into Old Crow years ago on my way to Fairbanks for the Quest. Steve Frost was sitting there at the airport so had a good chat with him. Sure wish I had the muskrats those guys do!

Nice country for sure! I've fished king salmon and hunted caribou there but haven't trapped with the old crow family. My grandmother grew up there, she flew to aklavik for a skiing event and met my grandpa at the old Cafe. The rest is history. She always says the rats in the delta are lower quality then she was used to growing up. I'd sure like to hunt one of the big Salmon fed bears over there some day.

Well they say time flies and I sure believe it. I cant believe winter trapping is almost over already. Today will be the start of the last weekend check and then everything will be getting snapped on Wednesday with next weekend for cleaning up the line and putting the 330s, 120s and #3s away for next season. I plan on trapping rats and wolves though so its not like I'm going cold turkey! I'm actually looking forward to pulling the traps and having some time to do other things such as tracking some wolves and doing a caribou hunt. I'm busy with planning and getting stuff ready for the whole spring including rat hunting, bear hunting and of course my favorite, the good ole' geese hunt! My Dad has some time off this month and we plan on finishing the geese hunting tent frame, hauling wood for the geese camp and getting a few things such as the freezer and generator hauled out. Shells are all packed and I'll start cleaning my shotguns over the next month or so. Looking forward to seeing my Dad use his new shotgun that I bought for him last fall too. Last year he came out to the geese camp for 1 day and shot once, knocking down a speckle belly with my nephews 20 gauge. Hes been reminding me that he shot 100% on geese last spring so I'm looking forward to seeing him miss a few times, I doubt he will though because he's one of the better shots I've seen so far in my life. Really hoping to get more family involved on this annual hunting event. Mostly for help with plucking!

awesome, I haven't had much luck this year with trapping, no snow for half the winter. Wasn't able to head all around the country until the end of february. Hopefully we get snow next season. we usually start getting birds about the middle or end of april. can't wait for spring bird hunting. hope to see picture of wolves. I am going to head out this weekend to track some wolves this weekend. would of had last weekend but it got white out and windy, had to turn around to the lower parts of the valley.

Pulled my back on Friday and waited until today to go to the ER. Turns out I have some muscles stuck in spasm mode and they are swelling. Ouch! It sure slowed me down this weekend on the trapline and instead of setting a new lynx and wolf line I pulled traps and started shutting things down on the season. I might still set a couple wolf traps and for sure some rat traps at some point but I think I'm done with lynx and I have been done with martin for close to a week I think. I took a few pictures of my last real check for the year.

I think I get 1 lynx a year like this and always in the same area.

I spent most of this season exploring and finding new spots. This will be a favorite spot in the coming years I think. Nice big lynx.


Further down the same trail. One of the darker ones this year.

Couple traps later...

I look across the trail to the second box and I can see the springs aren't sticking out the sides.

Double!!

3 martin, a mink and 2 lynx out of this new country. I'll be back in there next Fall.

COMING UP ON 6000KM from that seat, I don't feel like I have even been buying much gas!

1st line...

2nd line, and 2 lines came up empty.



Hangem' then skinnem'


My camera doesn't work so well in the daylight these days so I had to take a creative selfie while checking my 5 rat traps that produced 4 rats. Shutting down winter trapping is the end of that great time of year but it's also the start of Spring. SPRING. SPRING I TELL YOU!! Cleaned my shotgun yesterday and my 150 grain core lokts are waiting patiently in the storage room... but I won't need those until I get some muskrat and wolf harvesting done. If only my back can heal up quickly.