I love December Reds
Here's a 'dark' from today...


Last week, I pretty much caught mangy Reds & mangy Coyotes.
Another mangy Coyote this morning, along with 2 decent Reds.

My canine sets are in grass because of the wet weather. Critters don't get as muddy...lol. sometimes

Big clumps of grass caught my eye here when scouting.
Here's a Red in the middle of a farm lane...#3 here


Grassy cross over between fields... #2 Red here plus a double on Possums


1 of 4 Coyotes at this spot. Each mangy. This was grassy. It's a mess now. Trying for the Olympic rings


mangy 4 of 4, same spot...

dang thats a bummer on the mange.haven't saw any here but the ticks on the fox and mink have me ready to cut my hair and shave my beard.how much rain we gettin this time??

... but the ticks on the fox and mink have me ready to cut my hair and shave my beard.

I saw a picture of you on here.
I was talking to Santa at the mall the other day.
I told Santa to give you a Flea Collar for Christmas

i swear i have felt 100 on me and yet to find one.i spray them in burlap coal bags to dry and kill the bugs and one of the bags had to have a 100 dead ones roll out when dumping my mink out.thats when it started.at least they are dog ticks and not deer.

I’m going to set some tonight finally I hope the rain holds off until I at least set some. A farmer friend of mine had two of his sheep attacked the other night I’m thinking bobcat because of the claw marks on their rumps and bite marks on their necks. They’re still alive but the one is limping badly.

got this guy today, 28 lbs male

Nice pics fellas.keep them coming

Expecting over 3 inches of rain in the next 24 hours or so, should put the water line in good shape.

3 inches of rain is no good on the k line

not good,my ditches are running pretty good and the Oswayo is ugly.lotsa melting and rain not a good combo.

No catches for me today

Got 7 sets out Monday and 5 on Tuesday. Haven't caught anything. I have 4 areas set where I had cat and fisher tracks about 2 weeks ago. I built my sets pretty blocked down so I don't expect K9s.

I put everything in waxed dirt.... heading out shortly to see how they survived the rain. Going to rebait and relure everything. Going to carry my remake gear incase they need some work. Haven't used waxed dirt before. Hopefully they faired decently...temp is going to fall and the critters were probably mostly holed up last night... maybe the next couple nights will be good.

Still optimistic that they moved last evening right before the storm came.

man,2 days of pullin traps was a good choice.not sure how much rain but the word ALOT comes to mind.and believe it or not the ground is already covered in snow again.lotta shop catchin up the next couple days then after it again.lotsa beaver up here when and if anyone gets the urge let me know.

Just got the wood burner going in the garage. Got the truck loaded. Sipping some coffee. 4 days off in a row so gonna make the most of it and put in a few more sets. Not very often I have this many days in a row to check and set in daylight, but gonna enjoy it. Almost like Christmas morning every day checking sets. Luckily I only need to remake six sets(working every day puts the damper on a bigger line) and then can get some new ones in. So muddy everywhere, wish Mother Nature would make up her mind.

Having my coffee and getting ready to finally pick up were I left off the first 2 weeks of the season. Hoping to get at least 2 dozen coyote sets out that I'll run till the end of season. Would love to break past last year's number 30 but with the shop booming this year and little time for multiple properties to have sets on I'll settle for half that. Good luck everyone and stay safe out there.

Happy Holidays to everyone on here.
My best to you and your families

Nice pics guys, keep them coming. I'm trapping through you all for a few more days. Than the k-9s are in trouble. Lol.
Hern the Olympic logo catch circle is a hard thing to achieve. I had one going this year, but a back foot catch ended that. Par for the course.
Good luck to everyone.
Tight chains
And full boards
And stay safe out there

livin up to your nane this year.