Lovin it right now! Got a little snow, the temps dropped, ran today and cut 4 sets of yote track and 1 set of fox. 2 of the yotes ended up in my gear, the other two from the looks of it are in the AO and it is just a matter of time. The fox was obviously a little one, side stepped two snares and hopped through a yote snare, not to worried about getting him. Picked up a nice mink, dang thing blew by a 330 and 280 set for otter, jumped the wires on a 220 and got into through the hole of a beaver house, blew by a bucket with salmon head, and finally hit a blind set at a entrance into the ice.
This one was in a 3/32 1x19 cam loc. The other baffles me, hip caught in a freaking fox snare. 1/16 1x19 slim loc

Way to go!

Well the weather has been kicking my butt pretty good this year. This past week and a half we had clear skies, full moon, and high winds. But I still love being out



Picked up this pretty cross it ran the wrong bunny trail. Lucky for me it wasn't a yote. The dang thing managed to pull the tree out of the ground and it about 15 yds before hanging up. 1/16, 1x19 slim loc.



Caught this yote at a bait station, side stepped on snare and hit another 1/16, 1x19, slim loc.



This fellow ran the wrong trial. I always drop a snare on my foot trial leading into my marten sets. After marten season the trail is packed and with a light snow the fox and yotes run it. 1/16 1x19 slim loc



And this has been the story of my life this season. See that nice flat spot to the left of the track, in front of the hole, that is where I wanted it to step....



Between last week and today I have picked up 3 moose from F&G, time to stock the bait stations

Wow you are the bait man I gotta say! Just out of curiosity, how many miles are you running?

I wish I had that earlier in the season! But I know that when I pull my gear the end of this month the ones I didn't get will be fat and happy and hopefully produce more for next season I didn't get to run my whole line this due to open water and lack of snow, so right now it is roughly 18 miles, full it is 36.

That's good production.

Been a tough week, the CDI went out on my sled running my line, at least the trail was packed and it was only a few miles. Recondo was kind enough to give me a hand and recover it. So now I am stuck running a Bravo that Frozen Okie gave me before he headed south, it is a beater with hand warmers
We got some pretty crappy weather that blew though, it snowed then rained and then snowed again. I had 2 inches of crust on all my fox and yote gear, and of course the jokers just had to tap dance all over traps But everything is reset for them.
At the end of kitty season I seriously thought about shutting down a spur line I run on a creek. I freaking hate overflow and have a 330 completely submerged in ice right now. But I knew the otter would eventually come through so I took a chance and it paid off
I found this chock point early in the season and have been patiently waiting to see this

Nice otter John, you gonna be around next weekend for the Fur Rondy? How about coming up for the ATA auction and Fling in Fairbanks?

Yep I will be around hit me up and we will go have a beer!