We got a ton of rain here too. I literally had to fish out my dog proofs under 6 inches of water next to a pond. Maybe a muskrat or beaver will find my dirt holes lol

Despite all the rain I did ok today, I had 8 rats, and one of them had a white tipped tail. Got my first rat in a top edge set too.

Some of my sets in the big stream were kind of flooded but we had a lot of terrible wind last night and I think that kept the muskrats in their dens. I only got 5 out of 26 traps. It was terrible out there this morning checking. To keep warm I was actually running some of my line. I was really moving. lol I just finished my skinning.

I only got 8 out of 70 traps, but I knew most of sets would be empty because there is a lot of baited sets and like you said I think they were staying in their dens.

I had a lot of baited sets too. They were mostly in our pond. The dens are way too deep for me to get to even wearing my hip boots. I found baited sets work best there. I think maybe I want to get more foot hold traps. Feed bed sets work in the pond too.

Got another red fox last night. Had a cow and a deer set off two others, then somehow some sorta critter managed to pull out of a brand new mb550 offset. It looked like a bomb had gone off at the set, the dirt hole was dug all up, the chain and swivels were just a ball of grass. I'm thinking I had a small coon that managed to slip out of the offests after rolling around for awhile.

Rifle seasons over and i started setting a line tonight. Didnt get too much out cuz its dark so dang early. Should have a few coon though. This is new ground that hasnt been trapped in my life at least

Had a trap flipped up, unsprung so that was probably a fox, had one sprung and coon tracks around it so he probably set that one off. But I got coyote number two in my last set, real pretty male.

Heres my mixed bag so far although I did get another opossum that i didnt get a pic of although I kept it.

Got coyote #3 and a pretty good sized coon last night. Of course Mr coon walked right past the trap I set for him and got in my bobcat/gray fox set. Might try to get some pictures up tonight.

It’s been a pretty good season for me. 16 muskrats, 21 coon and a red fox so far. Unfortunately, I had what I think was red fox stolen from my set this morning. Luckily I had the quick link really tight and they didn’t make off with the trap too. Besides the thieves and cold weather, it’s been pretty good here.

I've been having a good season too, 5 coyotes, 1 red, 3 greys, 6 coon, 1 fisher, and 24 muskrats. I am working on pulling rat traps for deer season, but I have a nasty cold that laid me up pretty bad. Hoping I can still go deer hunting on Monday.

I can't wait to start... still waiting till deer season ends.

Things are goin awesome for me so far. Im back at it. Up to 79 coons and got another yote today. Tryin to make it to 100 coons before the end of the month





Them tracyor tracks were from wenesday. They put on anhydrous and that was thrusday when i set it. Them yote tracks were fresh. They dug uo my traps ladt night but i got em fixed and beded solid. Hoping to connect in the next few days

You got a heckuva coon population possumcatcher. My mom saw a guy on Facebook who is buying green coon for $4 a hide. I have school tomorrow but Tuesday I might get all my coon traps back out. If I can pick up 20 or 30 with minimal effort that's several tanks of gas.

Pulled the rest of the traps today for deer season, finally caught the first mink of the year.

Nice mink and hat. Id love to wear my coon hat but its just a little warm for it here. And ya coontrapper i got a heck of a population. Most of these places that ive hit havent been trapped in 20+ years. Trappin is a thing of the past here. I know coons are 2 a piece on the carcass but i had a buyer tell me 10 for good finished ones so im goin that route. It might take me a while tho...

I was gonna ask if your putting up the skins or selling green. Are you skinning and then freezing? Or just freezing the whole animal? I can't imagine how much freezer space you'd need to hold 70+ coon.

I'm gonna go ahead and start stringing out a small coon line. It's been 3 or 4 years since I trapped any coons for the live market so hopefully the population is pretty strong.

I skin and freeze. I got a big freezer and its filled to the top. Very thankful for a friend letting me use his freezer right now lol.

Got my first double on yotes today. They were about 300 yds apart.