rats sure look good these day dont they deerfly great to get your kids out!
i couldn't operate without the cables haha havent caught a canine by the foot all year

another 7 today weird number i set 3 traps at that bridge yesterday was fully expecting a triple they must have not run much last night i guess it was a bit cold oh well!!

I see the canines were being drawn to a few runners.

i couldn't believe the amount of runners during the last warm up haven't seen as many during this warm up yet but im sure its coming

looks like someplace you should have a few cables...

Going to be a sloppy, slippery drive today so be safe driving.

Brian

Hope the raccoons will be moving despite the rain before it cools back down.

12 more what a mess of a day a real nightmare i must say haha also got a skunk kinda cool or smelly i guess haha

Running a short line but got three possums and a coon today.

3 possums eh? i have an order for some large possums for taxidermy an cant catch any to save my life haha well i got one today but it was just a small one never seem to catch many big ones

today brought 1 coyote 1 fox and 13 coon that overflow out on the ice is some bad stuff! pretty funny they still went for a half submerged dp! and the fox must have been carrying that rabbit when i got him kinda cool never had that before good thing i got him and not just the rabbit haha

CableAble, you're really loading up on the racoons

i was hoping to get another hundred or so im at at almost 60 so ive got a bit to go but we will see i needed this snow to expand and looks like its gonna be pretty warm for a while yet hope it will work out! so im at around 260 right now...im rich!! haha

How are you anchoring the DP's in the ice?

just a darn coyote today missed 2 fox that came down the trail i caught yesterdays fox on darn things

lance i anchor same way i do my cable restraints i use wolf fang earth anchors 18 inch long then i stake mthe trap itself into the ice with my hammer and wiggle it around and make sure it pulls up easy

Thanks Cable. I appreciate the tip. I've really enjoyed reading about your line this year. You've had a fantastic season, keep it going.

glad you've enjoyed it lance! man i tell you its hard for me to believe its already this late still some time left i guess and this year ill be doing some spring beaver trapping for the first time should be interesting!

I'm glad Lance asked that question. I was curious myself.

I wan't feeling good yesterday when I got home... Figured I'd take the coons out of the truck in the morning. I just wanted to get inside, eat and go to bed.


Well....That was dumb...I know its common sense but it left me momentarily.... I came out this morning to them frozen to the bed of my truck. I'm hoping it'll warm up enough to thaw them out today.

I picked up this beaver this morning. Haven't weighed it yet. It's nice that some of the streams are more open now that some ice has melted. With this snow, I can really tell where the best sign is. I got this 1 on a 330 Bridger (~75% submerged) @ the bottom of an active bank slide. I'm trapping a co-workers property. It's weird...the little stream is right by the road, but it's like no one's trapped it. The other day when I was at my truck, a neighbor stopped by and basically said 'there's beavers in there?' I said 'Yes, in fact I've now found 7 dams within a couple hundred yards of this culvert that we are standing on.' Sometimes the best spots are in unlikely places I guess. When my co-worker told me to go in there after an otter that she saw, I never imagined to find this kind of beaver activity.

Way to go on the coons! What kind of locations are working out the best for you? How is the fur quality? How many are rubbed?

You have to remember this. Just because there are lots of dams dosen't mean there are lots of beaver.