Re: If you could trap only one animal
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Cats , but if It were legal I would love to trap a bear
Also if it were legal I'd like to trap a thief using a bear trap
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Re: If you could trap only one animal
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03/13/18 12:56 AM
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Not sure I can pick just one.
I sure do envy those guys who rack up piles of mink and muskrat... Both are rare here.
If they existed in good numbers here... Marten.
I do have good numbers of beaver and coyotes here. Decent cat numbers too... Hard to narrow that list down to just one.
Still can't decide. Lol
Mike
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Re: If you could trap only one animal
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03/13/18 01:11 AM
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Probably beaver...there is near 7 months of season here .
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Re: If you could trap only one animal
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03/13/18 02:28 AM
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Wylee
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Beaver or muskrat can't decide....
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Re: If you could trap only one animal
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03/13/18 02:38 AM
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Fox... if I lived in MD or PA. If not, I'd have to with coyotes, even though it would break my heart not to trap otter.
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Re: If you could trap only one animal
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I have to say coyotes. Just about everything else will show up in a couple set so yes I have to say coyotes! Jim
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Re: If you could trap only one animal
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Due to the numbers right now.... and almost always.. it would have to be coyotes. Love to catch them kitties, but they would not last long if everyone targeted only them. We just don't have that many. Coyotes offer a self satisfaction feeling that you can be proud of. A job well done is you can outsmart a few.
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Re: If you could trap only one animal
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03/13/18 06:52 AM
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I got into trapping to thin out coyotes, but now I think it would be really hard for me to choose. Very few animals give me the satisfaction that I get from catching an old male yote, but I really have a soft spot for cats and fisher now, but we are only allowed one fisher and three cats in our state.
If I were to trap for money, it would probably be coon even though the market is in the tank. Coon is what we have the biggest population of, and the majority of the coon in our area go 2x or bigger. If we had a better muskrat population, I would say rats for sure, but I think coon is the best bet to turn a profit in our state even at $6 for a 2x.
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Re: If you could trap only one animal
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Beavers. Followed closely by mink and coyotes
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Re: If you could trap only one animal
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03/13/18 08:03 AM
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Wolves. They irritate me, and that's never a good thing to do.
Osky
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Re: If you could trap only one animal
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03/13/18 09:14 AM
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Beaver first, good quantities of them, large pelts to make anything you need from hats to blankets, the meat is edible if handled properly and cooked well and every part of the beaver is sellable (except guts)and they are just plain fun to trap. I would love to trap wolves also.
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Re: If you could trap only one animal
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03/13/18 09:36 AM
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For me, I really like fisher trapping. However, it isnt a huge challenge where I am. Just a matter of how many you want.
Other than that, likely beaver, just because its a bit more of a challenge.
If I was limited to only one though, I dont know if I would trap. I love all of it. From the challenge of footholds for canines, to snaring fox,...I love otter in crossovers, muskrats are fun, Beaver under ice are an awesome challenge, especially when you need to get 30, 50, 100 a year for quota here in Canada. Even snaring rabbit in winter. Seeing that first fisher in a 160. Even a coon in a trap excites me. I feel like only one animal would suck in a big way!
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Re: If you could trap only one animal
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03/13/18 10:10 AM
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Can't trap a cat here ..or a Wolf...or a Marten.....So these would be nice !
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Re: If you could trap only one animal
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For me, it would be a spotted up cat. Seeing as I've never caught one, none here in my area, I may have to take a road trip next fall so I can.
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Re: If you could trap only one animal
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I have caught all the beaver and otter I want. If I had to pick one It would be rats.
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Re: If you could trap only one animal
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03/13/18 04:02 PM
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Since I was a boy, I went trapping with my dad and he always let me set a few weasel traps. I still enjoy trapping them. But, since they're not really worth anything much, I won't trap them.
We are told not to judge all Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but are told to judge all gunowners by the actions of a few.
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Re: If you could trap only one animal
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03/13/18 04:08 PM
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I sure as heck ain't going to say possums!... It would have to be Bobcats.
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Re: If you could trap only one animal
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Wolverine for me, also. No question.
Just doing what I want now.
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Re: If you could trap only one animal
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03/13/18 04:29 PM
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I would have to say Lynx.They have the softest and thickest fur of all the animals. Nothing like a big pile of puffy lynx pelts in the Fur shed.
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Re: If you could trap only one animal
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That'd be number two. For the challenge, not the disdain as in number one. Osky
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Re: If you could trap only one animal
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Beaver, I love being in their habitat. Most people will never experience what it's like being in the middle of the swamp with no one else around.
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Re: If you could trap only one animal
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Marten, with wolverine, wolves, and lynx close seconds for Alaska. For Florida it's bobcats.
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Re: If you could trap only one animal
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I'd have to go with grinners, they're the fastest animal on earth and very elusive and you can't over trap em.
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