Re: South Dakota 2018/19 trapping season
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12/02/18 05:09 PM
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Coon, skunk, grinner today seen a yote crossing a field at one place should of had the rifle, deer season ends today so I will toss the mini 14 in the truck for the rest of the season. Lots of drifting some places bare ground other places snow up to the running boards but only was stuck once. Checked the river breaks but chickened out driving the slide areas so I drove around the short cut.
Dropped off another road kill the other in the big draw the other ones was gone except of some hair/bones, will go in Tuesday and set snares on the trails crossing the hills into the draw station area. It's a thick cedar draw with a open area I put the station once I get snow I can backtrack the cattle trails to where they go through buckbrush, cedar trees, tall grass and fence crossings.
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Re: South Dakota 2018/19 trapping season
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12/02/18 07:26 PM
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These adapted South Dakota grinners don't seem to be put off much by snow and temps in the high teens and 20s. This guy must have been out running Friday night in the fog before the storm came in. Not the best color but he has good size...
"And God said, Let us make man in our image �and let them have dominion �and all the creatures that move along the ground". Genesis 1:26
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Re: South Dakota 2018/19 trapping season
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12/02/18 07:39 PM
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Seems like when the coon and skunks are down the grinners are up then. Took 4 badgers out of the freezer to thaw for tomorrow along with that coon from today should keep me busy, I need to make some snare supports also for the draw station snares. Big coon there at least they don't mess up the coni sets they really screw up my cages ice/mud frozen to everything. I had to pour warm water to get that coon out of my truck the fur was stuck to the tailgate.
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Re: South Dakota 2018/19 trapping season
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12/04/18 10:11 AM
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i saw on some other thread rats would average 5$ finished...if thats true i should probably throw some 110's in the stock dams i drive by everyday anyway That quote was on fully prime winter rats which won't happen until almost early February. You are probably looking at a 2.50 - 3.00 for a Dakota finished rat right now from what I have heard
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Re: South Dakota 2018/19 trapping season
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12/04/18 10:45 AM
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Our reddish commercial rats here are not as popular as other places, pull them out from under the ice and they look like they are on fire around here! LOL
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Re: South Dakota 2018/19 trapping season
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12/04/18 11:48 PM
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Badgers popping out in a few places today set 6 snares on some active holes. Checked the big draw station (2nd deer in the same spot) no hits on it yet but the yotes were around it. Dragged another road kill into another deep draw to see if I could get a cat to work the station before the season opens to see if one is around even. I get down there and I see cat tracks going up a finger draw, checked and made sure my cubby did not wash down the draw it was still there so I'm good to go. Walked into a river break spot a old road leading down into the bottoms it was too wet to drive it and as walk down the road I see tracks heading to the sets looked like the yote circled the top sets and worked the one at the bottom. Only had the old girl by 2 toes and what a muddy mess. Found several active mounds today this one was huge. Yote I followed the tracks to the set in the river breaks. 2 toes in a O/S (MJ) Draw Station cedar draw location open at the bottom but thick areas all around it and lot's of cattle trails going through the buck brush!
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Re: South Dakota 2018/19 trapping season
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12/05/18 11:18 AM
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Gumbo mud is even more fun so I'm sure you are enjoying it...!! Way to have that trap keep her there!
"And God said, Let us make man in our image �and let them have dominion �and all the creatures that move along the ground". Genesis 1:26
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Re: South Dakota 2018/19 trapping season
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12/06/18 06:19 PM
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Badgers all over popping out a little now if we get a good sunny day/days they should be all over the place. Picked up 1 yote today but ya really slow on the yote working sets the last few weeks but next week is looking good if a guy can still get around or it's 4 wheeler time. LOL Have yet to see a all around good dog this year. Not bad belly was reddish. A little snow in the foot hills today.
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Re: South Dakota 2018/19 trapping season
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12/06/18 10:54 PM
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I wonder what our forest dwelling folks think when they see a pix like that last one...?
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Re: South Dakota 2018/19 trapping season
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12/09/18 11:37 AM
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Law Dog you need a song such as, "Rolling up the diggers..." (?)
"And God said, Let us make man in our image �and let them have dominion �and all the creatures that move along the ground". Genesis 1:26
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Re: South Dakota 2018/19 trapping season
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12/10/18 09:51 PM
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Yep most of my sets are froze down but NOW they are getting hit in several places! LOL Moving to snares until they thaw out, I checked 3 draw stations and they are getting hit now but I did notice no large groups of yotes this year lots of singles and pairs and they are spread out more then past seasons.
Put out 20 snares today and will set up a few other places tomorrow so I have something working that will take yotes/badgers at least.
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Re: South Dakota 2018/19 trapping season
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12/11/18 11:05 PM
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I've been on a lean streak for over a week. Its been cold here and the coons aren't moving much. Only have about 10 of my box 160s out that I can check on the way to and from work. Put out 6 dps at my friends place closer to town on Sunday but no action there yet. Cold this morning but warmed up by noon and highs will be above freezing through the rest of the week. Hopefully, the masked bandits will move again. I had a cubbie under a low bridge that's an easy 45 seconds check from the road but its fairly exposed if someone looks under the bridge. I half expect it to be gone any given day but so far people have been cool. There is a frozen sand bar against the bridge wall with some old (but big) coon tracks on it so at least they had moved through this area in the past. I had the box's back perpendicular to the bridge wall. The coon moved the box 6-8 feet and ended up in the creek channel. Unfortunately, I couldn't find my real camera and took this pix on my dinosaur cell phone. Doesn't do the scene justice. One of thrills of trapping, never know what will really happen until it does...
"And God said, Let us make man in our image �and let them have dominion �and all the creatures that move along the ground". Genesis 1:26
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Re: South Dakota 2018/19 trapping season
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12/11/18 11:44 PM
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Big coon are what you want they say. WTG Slow all over I went to snares at the draw stations and in the CRP in trails I make with the truck so will see what that brings. Heading down to check trail cams cards in cat country and see if Groney will "rock" my coons. LOL
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Jerry Herbst
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