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Re: A GREAT Wolverine Mount [Re: 330-Trapper] #7155793
01/26/21 03:49 PM
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See now, this is turning into an amazing subject just as the marten thread has . Besides marten, wolverine, another favorite discussion !

Re: A GREAT Wolverine Mount [Re: ] #7155794
01/26/21 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Twolines
I was trying to hint that I’d rent a cabin to the right trapper if he wanted to jump through all the out of state hoops.


I'm a pretty swell guy and someone here may vouch for me...if I buy them off. Tell me more.

Re: A GREAT Wolverine Mount [Re: 330-Trapper] #7155810
01/26/21 03:58 PM
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I do not have any wolverine mounted in my house to share. Here are a couple, male and female I sold to a guy in Idaho a couple years ago.

[Linked Image]


I agree with W17 about the snarling face almost ruining the mount. It does seem to be popular on mounts though.


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Re: A GREAT Wolverine Mount [Re: 330-Trapper] #7155817
01/26/21 04:03 PM
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No hoops to jump through here! Just book your trip and come catch one. Actually lots of guys on here have and we appreciate their business.


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Re: A GREAT Wolverine Mount [Re: yukon254] #7155819
01/26/21 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by yukon254
No hoops to jump through here! Just book your trip and come catch one. Actually lots of guys on here have and we appreciate their business.


How much time does a guy need to have a decent shot at catching one? Two weeks? I want one bad enough I'd consider doing it.

Re: A GREAT Wolverine Mount [Re: white17] #7155825
01/26/21 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by white17
I also believe that higher wolf populations result in greater wolverine densities.


Cleaning up the scraps?

Re: A GREAT Wolverine Mount [Re: 330-Trapper] #7155827
01/26/21 04:09 PM
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Just my opinion......if you were to go into an area that was unfamiliar, you might want to budget a month. But if you had someone like Dave with you it could possibly reduce that considerably.

Location is even more important in wolverine trapping than canine trapping IMO.


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Re: A GREAT Wolverine Mount [Re: white17] #7155838
01/26/21 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by white17
Just my opinion......if you were to go into an area that was unfamiliar, you might want to budget a month. But if you had someone like Dave with you it could possibly reduce that considerably.

Location is even more important in wolverine trapping than canine trapping IMO.


I'd go with anyone you would recommend. Seems crazy to book something like that when I once lived there myself but limited experience and the opportunity to get into good country kept me from catching one when I was there. I would do it if it wasn't a super expensive deal. There's not much else on my to-do list.

Re: A GREAT Wolverine Mount [Re: 330-Trapper] #7155842
01/26/21 04:16 PM
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Is this a BYOT type of thing?

Re: A GREAT Wolverine Mount [Re: 330-Trapper] #7155876
01/26/21 04:39 PM
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Dave is a lot closer to you than Alaska is............well, parts of it. I have no doubt he could put you in the right area at the right time


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Re: A GREAT Wolverine Mount [Re: 330-Trapper] #7155878
01/26/21 04:46 PM
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That is some nice work

Re: A GREAT Wolverine Mount [Re: white17] #7155882
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Originally Posted by white17
Dave is a lot closer to you than Alaska is............well, parts of it. I have no doubt he could put you in the right area at the right time


Thanks, white. Never considered such a thing before but I'm going to pursue this.

Re: A GREAT Wolverine Mount [Re: Posco] #7155884
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Originally Posted by Posco
Originally Posted by yukon254
No hoops to jump through here! Just book your trip and come catch one. Actually lots of guys on here have and we appreciate their business.


How much time does a guy need to have a decent shot at catching one? Two weeks? I want one bad enough I'd consider doing it.


On our 10-day trips your chances are very good. Much better than striking out on your own. Im out there most of the winter so that helps too. I never set a wolverine trap anymore unless I have clients. They are that popular. Lots of hunters I guide in the fall come back up to trap. Also just a lot of trappers from the lower 48. They are by far my favorite animal to trap.


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Re: A GREAT Wolverine Mount [Re: yukon254] #7155889
01/26/21 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted by yukon254
Originally Posted by Posco
How much time does a guy need to have a decent shot at catching one? Two weeks? I want one bad enough I'd consider doing it.


On our 10-day trips your chances are very good. Much better than striking out on your own. Im out there most of the winter so that helps too. I never set a wolverine trap anymore unless I have clients. They are that popular. Lots of hunters I guide in the fall come back up to trap. Also just a lot of trappers from the lower 48. They are by far my favorite animal to trap.


That sounds great. Sent you a PM.

Re: A GREAT Wolverine Mount [Re: 330-Trapper] #7155931
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What a mount like that cost ALL in tags license everything. 5 grand? 10?

Re: A GREAT Wolverine Mount [Re: yukon254] #7155955
01/26/21 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by yukon254
A client of ours took this one a couple years back. Real crazy story about this wolverine that I wrote about in FFG. We got two at one location which isnt that unusual, what was unusual is that a bowhunter I was guiding had taken the mother of these two 6-weeks previously off of a moose kill. The two yearlings never left the kill site in all that time. We didnt know there were three of them when we were hunting as all we saw was the big female. She was the prettiest wolverine I've ever seen.

Males will kill the cubs so I think its likely that they do fight occasionally.

Im throwing a picture of the lynx the same client caught on that trip. His taxidermist told him it was the best furred lynx he had ever seen. I guess he has mounted some from Russia that were close. Anyway the client is from PA and a taxidermist there did the work.

[Linked Image]
[Linked Image]

That is a great wolverine mount. I'm also in favor of a more subtle look over a snarling mount. [Linked Image]

Re: A GREAT Wolverine Mount [Re: jbyrd63] #7155974
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Originally Posted by jbyrd63
What a mount like that cost ALL in tags license everything. 5 grand? 10?



Roughly 6


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Re: A GREAT Wolverine Mount [Re: yukon254] #7156016
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Originally Posted by yukon254
Originally Posted by jbyrd63
What a mount like that cost ALL in tags license everything. 5 grand? 10?



Roughly 6


Plus what you could have sold the animal for ?

Re: A GREAT Wolverine Mount [Re: 330-Trapper] #7156026
01/26/21 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by jbyrd63
Originally Posted by yukon254



Roughly 6


Plus what you could have sold the animal for ?


I'm trying to beat him down on price, would you please stop encouraging him?

Re: A GREAT Wolverine Mount [Re: white17] #7156213
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Originally Posted by white17
I agree. I think they move enough that you can find them in most habitats. BUT, they vary temporally. As long as there is food around they will usually stick with it. I also believe that higher wolf populations result in greater wolverine densities.


Based on that I would expect them to start showing up in Minnesota soon.

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