Re: When are you going to start trapping this season?
[Re: Wild_Idaho]
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08/01/20 04:32 PM
08/01/20 04:32 PM
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Posts: 4,497 PA
PAskinner
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Probably by the second week of November I won't be able to stand it anymore. Haven't sold much fur on the "regular" market lately. Foxes that I caught in early November last year look fine once tanned.
Right now I’m having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I’ve forgotten this before.
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Re: When are you going to start trapping this season?
[Re: Wild_Idaho]
#6952229
08/02/20 11:19 PM
08/02/20 11:19 PM
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JOCO1995
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JOCO1995
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Dec 1 as thats when fox season opens in my county
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Re: When are you going to start trapping this season?
[Re: Wild_Idaho]
#6967280
08/17/20 11:10 PM
08/17/20 11:10 PM
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Joined: Oct 2019
Posts: 2,874 Kentucky
KYtrapper2005
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Opening day nov 16 we have too many possums I’d be glad to get some
Trapping is what built North America, why take that away?
pro second amendment-- pro God-- pro Trump-- Pro America!
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Re: When are you going to start trapping this season?
[Re: Wild_Idaho]
#6967300
08/17/20 11:38 PM
08/17/20 11:38 PM
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Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 23,611 New Hampshire
Nessmuck
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I’ll staaht trapping when the phone rings....( Nuisance Beaver)....
It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
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Re: When are you going to start trapping this season?
[Re: Ornery Salmon]
#6967306
08/17/20 11:48 PM
08/17/20 11:48 PM
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Joined: Oct 2018
Posts: 5,570 Dunbar, Wisconsin
Pike River
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New to the sport here.
I have some questions obviously.
Do furs on different animal come in prime at different times? For example, do raccoons have a better coat in October vs muskrats in the same time period? Do people focus on different animals at different time? I'm a coon trapper. I hit them between the deer rut and thanksgiving here. I then hit them during their rut in early February. There's usualy a thaw around that time.
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Re: When are you going to start trapping this season?
[Re: Wild_Idaho]
#6967429
08/18/20 07:13 AM
08/18/20 07:13 AM
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Posts: 8,344 Firth, Nebraska
jabNE
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I have a couple farms that raise sweet corn for their income and count in me keeping coon numbers way down. #1 enemy of these guys is coon. They would kill them all year long just to save crops. I get to go in and at least get something of value if there is any market for coon. He has other stuff on the property too, beaver, coyote, mink. Got a cat there last winter too. I worked really hard for 40+ years to keep relationships strong with landowners on some of my ground and I don't want to lose any of it if I sit out a season either. A few guys around here would love to move in and take over if I sit out. Also, got a kid coming back from college with a long winter break and is looking forward to running traps all day when I'm at work. No better way for him to spend his day with couple of his college buddies, right? Jim
Money cannot buy you happiness, but it can buy you a trapping license and that's pretty close.
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Re: When are you going to start trapping this season?
[Re: jabNE]
#6967560
08/18/20 10:46 AM
08/18/20 10:46 AM
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Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 11,179 Armpit, ak
Dirt
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I have a couple farms that raise sweet corn for their income and count in me keeping coon numbers way down. #1 enemy of these guys is coon. They would kill them all year long just to save crops. I get to go in and at least get something of value if there is any market for coon. He has other stuff on the property too, beaver, coyote, mink. Got a cat there last winter too. I worked really hard for 40+ years to keep relationships strong with landowners on some of my ground and I don't want to lose any of it if I sit out a season either. A few guys around here would love to move in and take over if I sit out. Also, got a kid coming back from college with a long winter break and is looking forward to running traps all day when I'm at work. No better way for him to spend his day with couple of his college buddies, right? Jim Turf defending is going to be awful expensive this year. Last year was bad enough.
Who is John Galt?
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