What’s the most fur you’ve caught in one 24hr period

i'll never tell.

100

A few

Leftlane,

Does this help your plight?


CVS has antacids on special this week if y'all need a pocket full bro!

Less than I plan to this year. Coons 23 is our best in a night. Coyotes 4 bobcats 2 but I have faith we are only getting better

1 coon lol

Keep in mind I had 1 dp set out lol
(I only trapped 5 coons at the end of last season)
But I'm hoping to trap some real fur this season.

If you are over 65 and have trapped/fur hunted every year since the 60's this may hit home a little stronger. Rather than #'s of animals caught how about a Grand Slam of animals caught in 1 day. That is (to me) the true meaning of the word "trapper". A Grand Slam is at least 1 species of the common fur bearers in your area caught in one 24 hour period. I respect the outdoors man/woman who knows enough about each one to catch it during that time frame. Shows me they KNOW animal habits and don't have to have traps set behind locked gates. They are dealing with lower #'s, poorer access, thievery, different soils and weather fluctuations that others don't. Being specific makes for good photos but diversity in a day portrays a certain skill level not found in this "tube". Takes a lot of gear, knowledge and coordination to do it and sometimes the season dates don't coincide but an unintended otter, cat, fisher, etc, etc., would still count if they are considered common. Bobcats, otters, porkys, spotted skunks, grey fox, weasels are not common here ( although we did have a slight weasel pop. show up when we had 30,000 acres and 40,000 acres of CRP in adjoining counties for a short time in the early 90's but that disappeared when the corn returned). I have made this Grand Slam diverse catch twice since I started in the 60's. Here is my list of the common fur creatures all taken in 1 - 24 hour check out in this corn belt country: I'm sure yours would be different.....Muskrat, mink, beaver, coon, opossum, skunk, coyote, red fox, and badger (the hardest one due to habits). I had (in those different day checks) 16-19 coon as the most of 1 species and 1 badger each day as the least, 4-8 mink, 2-5 beaver, 9-10 rats, 3- to too many opossums, 2-5 skunks, 3-4 coyotes and 2-3 fox. Again they were 2 special days and I haven't tried to duplicate it for 20 years. Probably too old to!!!!!! But I applaud the person who who shows that knowledge and makes a diverse catch of species on public and private lands. IMO that,,,,,,,, is a real trapper.

Most trappers wont publish numbers because they will either be seen as a braggart or incompetent.

I was impressed with one guys daily catch of beaver-I think it was Goldy,that used to post on here had a daily beaver catch of 65 or something like that.
And it aint just the catch-its all the other stuff that comes with a beaver catch like that.

31 coons on the morning check of foot holds/dp's with another 28 on the afternoon/evening check of 220's in buckets. Not counting the skunks and possums as extras.

212 muskrats

My biggest catches in one day are puny compared to others...but variety makes trapping a lot of fun for me.

Water line catch 1 day


Mixed bag rats-coon-fox catch another day


Mixed bag rats-coyote-fox-mink-possum catch another day

Yall see what I gotta put up with? And from a neighbor no less!
Sometimes I feel like I am the Rodney Dangerfield of So Texas- I git no respect.

All the big catch numbers guys are Type A personality and Focused.
They all get out of it, what they put into it.
Many are not self motivated enough to do what it takes.

Warren Buffet has more money than I do too, but I am distracted easily.

Each pic is from a 24 hour check. I don’t catch anywhere near the amount of fur as others do. But man I have fun out there!

JP, you kinda remind me of that guy from Letterkenny.