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Re: A few marten for the auctions. [Re: Boco] #6117797
01/08/18 12:27 AM
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Boco I know your lines are smaller than ours but looks like you can still get some good numbers. Whats a good average number of marten each season out there?? The most ever taken off my line was just over 300...but that was exceptional. I can average 150 if I go hard. The line that my daughter just bought east of me is higher elevation and the guy that owned it would regularly take 250 and sometimes 300.


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Re: A few marten for the auctions. [Re: Boco] #6117832
01/08/18 01:38 AM
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The bigger lines can produce 300 marten,likely a lot more if more than one trapper is working.These lines start just north of my Northern line and are around 1200 to 1800 sq km.These are mostly native lines and the natives who trap them trap mostly marten.For lines that are not trapped up there you can get authorization from the MNR to go trap them for management purposes if you are young and ambitious.Many of these lines are undeveloped so tough trapping.When fur prices were higher,lots of the northern lines were trapped by guys with aircraft.Paul Millette trapped with an aircraft for years when he put up his record breaking catches of beaver,marten and otter,trapping the northern lines under MNR authorization.There are still a few guys in the councils who trap with aircraft.
My Northern line is around 300sq km and I have taken 165 marten off that line on occasion when juvenile recruitment is good.The safe number for that line is 80.When I was younger I trapped 4 lines.There are some guys that trap 3,4 or more lines and pile up fur.One guy a few weeks ago set up a line just west of here and after a 14 day soak pulled over 70 marten on his first check.
At one time the lines were a lot bigger around here,but they came with large mandatory beaver quotas of 300 or more,and as trappers got older,and less people made their living off fur,the lines were broken up smaller.
The line my son bought last year is a part of a line that was broken into 4 smaller lines,quite a few years ago.
There is unlimited opportunity to trap here for anyone who wants to trap,trouble is everyone wants easy acess.
I could be trapping right now on at least 5 traplines that guys have offered me a licence on.I'm too old for that now,I only trap 2 right now,maybe 3 next year.


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Re: A few marten for the auctions. [Re: Boco] #6117835
01/08/18 02:06 AM
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Hey Boco ... nice pile!
I just finished doing the same thing. Sent 40 to NAFA and 60 to FHA.
Where are yours going ?
Good luck with your batch!

Re: A few marten for the auctions. [Re: Boco] #6117836
01/08/18 02:19 AM
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Sent a bunch to Nafa today,plus some mink,next week is the fha pick up.I split mine up also.I will ship cats,fisher marten and mink and other fur to FHA,for the Helsinki sale.I will have some fur for the later sales too and some for the tanner,as I am not caught up on drying fur in the freezers.
I got a bunch of beaver at the sale for the 9th,the lotting is up-good grades.

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Re: A few marten for the auctions. [Re: Boco] #6117877
01/08/18 06:07 AM
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Nice work Boco


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Re: A few marten for the auctions. [Re: Boco] #6118012
01/08/18 10:29 AM
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Great job Boco.. Congrats..

Re: A few marten for the auctions. [Re: Boco] #6118015
01/08/18 10:31 AM
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We used to be able to break our lines up too, but they don't allow that anymore. Lots of unassigned lines up here too, but its almost impossible to get Fish/Game to allocate them. Talked to a guy last night that is trying to get a trapline his neighbour owns. The guy has had it for 25-years and never set one trap on it, and its just north of town.


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Re: A few marten for the auctions. [Re: Boco] #6118444
01/08/18 07:21 PM
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Great job Boco, top shelf as always.

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Re: A few marten for the auctions. [Re: Osky] #6123722
01/13/18 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted By: Osky
Great job Boco, top shelf as always.

Osky


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Re: A few marten for the auctions. [Re: Boco] #6127607
01/16/18 05:44 PM
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Nicely done and good luck


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