This was my first year trapping and I just started in late January and ended up with 5 coon and 7 muskrats. I love trapping but only was out for a few weeks and didn’t set many but it was still awesome. Now the seasons over and I’m wondering what I can do while I wait for next year. Also what all did you catch this year

You can of coarse prep all your gear for next season. You can also get out on your line/trapping ground and do some prep and management.

Start rounding up more property permissions.

It's a good idea to do some scouting a couple weeks before the season opens. Look for sign and spots that look good to make a set.

I didn’t trap this year...work has me chained up. But I still prepped and still ran my little line up my back yard river.
Another thing I like to do is test lure, whether homemade or commercial. Set up some game cams and kind of get an idea of who’s in the woods.

In the off season I try to buy up all the traps I see on Craigslist and fb market place in my area. I resale some and hang the rest...with the exception of handing some out to kids. Sounds crazy but it’s another weird way I try to stack the odds in my favor. Can’t set traps you don’t have.

Like said above trap prep and property. You have a lot of months to get each trap firing just like you want. Good job and good luck.

You can always do things like trap pocket gophers and skunk to help gain some more trapping properties. Helps me take the edge off in the off season. Lot's of things you can do like the others have said and once you start, it seems like you find other things to do too.

I like to make a few stretchers in the off season.

Way to go.Congrats