Scumbag might have gotten busted and was desperately looking for somebody to throw under the bus for brown nose points.

Dear lord. Been lucky to dodge that kind of a crazy bullet. Sorry to hear your troubles Aix

Had a guy pull my beaver set (conibear) up and lay it (still set) on top of the ice, then call the ranger. I got a ticket for a killer trap set out of water. Went to court and lost because the law says a killer trap must be set and MAINTAINED under water. Judge said because I was not standing by that trap 24 hours a day I did not maintain it underwater, fined me $65.00. Years later I was denied a seat on the NJ Fish and Game council because I had that violation on my record. Eric

Wow. You were not kidding the other day. Glad you didn't take the bait.
Got a story for you sometime very much the same.

Is this guy that set you up on trapperman?If so I think you should name him in case he screws up some poor kid in the future.

Glad I aint had that kind of mess happen to me, only thing that I can relate to is some Jack Wagon neighbors that have called LEO's on me for trespassing, which I didn't do, LEO's knew that, they asked them if they actually saw me do it, "No" well then you have no proof, they haven't messed with me this year, YET, they will I'm sure, so I kinda know how ya feel Aix.

Luckily for me, in my line of work, I'm actually good friends with (almost) all of the GW's in my area and they know exactly how I operate. They know where I put my sets, and how all my sets look, and also know that I am by the book always.

Have gotten a call once or twice saying someone was complaining about me breaking the law, only for him to tell me that he already handled the situation by shutting them down. Love it.

Back in the late 80s I had a traveling fur buyer try real hard to get me to trap and sell him some wolves or other protected fur bearers offered me big money if I would provide him more then I could legally trap, I had brought him 2 otters and a bobcat all legal and properly tagged and he gave me a better then fair price but wolves were totally protected then I never did go back to him even though he paid more then others.

About a year later there were a whole lot of people charged for illegally trafficking in protected furbearers

gettum

Cuts both ways.
I know a state game warden who had someone corn his blind on the river.
And call the Feds...

Several years ago Prune mentor someone who later pulled that stunt but it backfired and the guy ended up with many citations

Have seen it happen.You have both good and bad game wardens.

True story. One time got a call from a game warden. A local competitor called the game warden and complained that my partner and I had set 4" (inches) to close to the beaver house. The legal distance was 25' I believe. Four inches?? The guy took time to measure and find that our set was 4" too close.
Asked the warden what to do. He said, "Chop the hole out (all under ice in those days) and move the pole set back 5".

Love that type of competition as they are so caught up in what they can do to be a pain, they do not focus on what they can do to be successful.

Mac

You just described " grumpy " aka " The Gildford Legend " to a T.
Thats exactly how he opperates , he's been a loser all his life and hates to see anyone succeed where he continues to fail .He hides behind his keyboard on that blue site , with his hero bob w. Beware of this puke .

I been known to Troll, an enemy of mine saw a pic that I intentionally posted and called the local CO on me. I was leaving 1 cold morning to run my traps when the CO pulled up in the driveway and asked if I knew Ron Miller ? I said yea, what Took You So Long ?? He had the funniest look on his face after Id explained what I did, he left after checking my boarded bobcats and the ones I had in the freezer. He also asked before leaving if I would show his 16 year old son how to make a few sets ! lol

So you eventually gave in and took the bait??? Otherwise how do you know it was a setup?? What happened?

Yes. I was trapping public land in Arizona many years ago when it was legal. I was selling fur at a route pickup when a local trapper kept complaining that I was selling cats and that he could not catch a cat. One day he said "maybe I'll use bait." I just ignored the comment. Regulations required that bait not be visible at a 45 degree or above angle to the ground. I was complying with that restriction. Sand along roads clearly showed where I was pulling over to check traps. A game officer ran my line one day and uncovered forty something sets to check trap tags. He just left the traps lying on the ground. Not finding a violation, he moved tree limbs at one set to make a legal bait visible from above. He took pictures of the altered set, then stopped me and wrote a citation. I had out of state license plates on my truck and a had non-resident trapping license.

When law enforcement resorts to entrapment it just shows how lazy they are....atf does it all the time.

If this guy is such a conman i'm sure the wardens are onto him. They don't wanna be bothered by all this crap. To me it's funny how you come on a public forum and bash the crap outta this guy but won't even say who he is. What are you trying to protect??? Seems like a bunch of drama to me. Especially when you involve facebook. Facebook is one of the biggest jokes in america. The guy that is operating my crane on the night shift just got fired last night because he put pictures of the steelmill on facebook, and for what? To brag that he works in some dumpy steelmill, those pics cost him alot of money. I get the point he suckered you in as a new trapper, that does suck.

Yes it happened to me years ago. It was super competitive in the 80s when coon prices were really high. I preset snares in the days leading up to the season, then closed them and hid them in the grass. I could really get a gazillion sets out on opening day that way. A guy found some and opened them up. Then he checked them again the next morning, the day before trapping season and one had a coon in it. Called the game warden. Cost me $250 and a game law violation, the only one in my life. Still angers me when I think about it.