Nice! I was hoping for one before the storm hit but no connection. We got about 8 inches then it started melting yesterday morning. Now it's -1 and frozen stiff. All my traps are iced in.

Started out as us gonna get 24 inches, then 10, 5, and 1, but at the end of the storm, we had icy roads and a light dusting of snow. I pulled all my traps before thinking we were gonna get a lot of snow... turns out I coulda left them and probably caught a cat or two. I started setting again saturday and only have about 30 sets out.

I only have like 15 sets out right now, and there's so sign of it melting anytime soon at negative 8 degrees.

I have 15 sets out as well! I have a funny feeling unless I use tons of antifreeze I ain't gonna catch anything! I can walk on top of the snow without going through. I don't expect a fox to go through and hit my pan!

I do my best to keep them cleaned off, but basically cables have the best chance of connecting with this much snow. I don't use any antifreeze at all, especially once it gets cold and stays cold.

I use non iodized table salt as antifreeze. Works great. But after the first of the year, Im done with coyotes and run exposed cat sets so I dont need to use antifreeze in this weather now.

I used to use salt and it worked great with new of the year waxed traps. But as soon as I caught anything they would start to rust. Or is non-iodized salt different cause I just used regular salt that the feed mill delivered.

You don't cover your cat sets? I always do, and plus you have the chance of catching k-9s when they are covered.

I would rather catch cats than k9s to tell ya the truth. Usually i catch possums for the first two nights then they sit idle til a cat comes through. And most of my sets are waaaaay back on a long walk and theres no dry dirt and im sure not gonna carry any in lol. But ya thats what i do. The salt jas nothing do do with rusting for me. It just keep the dirt no froze. The non iodized salt is something about the smellbi was told. Dont know how true it is or not but works for me

And if you dye or dip your traps that will protect them from rust too

I do the old style lye, dye, and wax. I had tremendous rusting issues when I used salt. I also was pretty sloppy that year and all of my trapping stuff was in a five gallon bucket or two. Including skinning gear. My salt bottle got a big hole in it and since I didn't need the salt for a few days I didn't notice it. On top of that I salted hides instead of drying on boards. If it was made out of metal, it was rusted, BAD. All of my wire stretchers were rusted too since I didn't have any fur on them. IMO salt just sucks for maintaining quality traps

I dye and wax all my land traps. I've never really used antifreeze, I've always just used peatmoss and dried grass. Neither of them freeze up to the point of needing antifreeze.

So you bed in dry grass?

Not exactly, usually I dig my bed just smaller than my trap, then line the bottom with peat. Then wedge the trap it and cover it with grass if I am in a hay field and peat if I am in a corn field or woods. I prefer grass on top, because even when it freezes it don't impede the trap enough to keep it from firing. Peat used to bed and cover by itself gets a thin crust on the top layer once it gets wet and freezes, pop that top layer off and it it's dry underneath. Before this year I used to use just all peat, but I tried grass and I really like the combination of both.

I didn't hear or think about dry grass until this fall when Hern told me. By that time the grass was all gone and dead. Next year I will make sure to collect some dry clippings.

Got kitty #6 today. Will post some pics when i get some time

Nice, I picked up another red yesterday, but not a lot of action despite the cold front.

Good job possumcatcher and PA_K-9_Trapper! I'm moving to a new property today and I've been seeing a fair amount of sign on it. Set up my game camera yesterday at a low concrete water tank were I found scat so I'll see if I've got any pictures today.

Not much going on here, it’s -30 out with the wind chill today. I’ve been doing some beaver trapping here and there, and managed to catch a few kits at a nuisance property. It must have been a late litter as they were really small.

Well, I checked my game camera today and this is what I had on it. We haven't been as cold down here in Texas! (yet)

I'm hoping to have a Grey Fox waiting for me this week!