as the first year you started?

I'm still up thinking about the sound of chain jerking in the morning ...... absolutely

Probably not quite that excited. I don't even get as excited over women as I did my first year dating.

I do yes...its like a passion that grows with each year of learning

Not this year.
Started out well but soon became too many miles and no results. That combined with very low prices
42 coon 1 cat 2 rats and 4 possum neted me $225.00.
A tank of gas every 3 or 4 days
just

Yes I think I enjoy it more now than when I was just getting started. I like the anticipation of what I might catch and how many .I like the satisfaction of making a good set and catching what I made the set for . Now adays a large part of why I trap is because of all the things I get to see while running my line that most people never see. I caught a coyote last week and I got so excited I lost a day !!

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Yes and I'm more confident now. When I started close to 40 years ago trapping beat me up didn't catch much but I learned. Probably more excited now

I certainly look forward to it every year. I've enjoyed connecting with landowners, but mostly the time I've spent with my boys and also the time alone checking traps.
I love running sets at 3:00AM. Clear night, stars, and flashlight beams looking for eye reflections coming from the next set ahead. Just plain fun.
Jim

I get more excited , because I know more about it than I did back then

Oh Jes--almost like a war-me vs them and i hate to lose.

Not sure, I still get all giddy when I get near a set or think about a certain set but I can sleep through the night with traps out so not quite as excited but awful close. I used to sleep in the corn field while trapping summer coon so I could get em right away. I was probably 10 to 12 at the time. I'm not that excited anymore I swear.

No, at my age I don't get excited about anything.

Not really, I do WCO work all year so the opening day is just another day.

There was a day I'd be waiting for opening day like it was christmas. Now, neither day excites me.

It's in my blood.

I can't wait for season to start, am sorry to see it end and spend a lot of the off time reading and preparing for the next season. So I guess the answer is yes. I still have restless night wondering what I might find in my traps on the new sets. Enjoy finding a catch in a trap from muskrat to Bobcat. Besides, at my age if I quit I would probably get get.

I'm excited before the season and first few weeks. By now I'm tired. In March Ill look back amd wished I've done more amd start looking to next season.

IM 56 AND BEEN TRAPPIN SINCE I WAS 8 AND STILL IF NOT EVEN MORE GET SO EXCITED LAYIN IN BED GOING OVER EVERY SET IN MY HEAD.

I use to...when I saw 150.00 otter in the trap....or a 160.00 fisher. Trapping for me Is like a scratch ticket....who gets excited with a 2.00 Winnah ?