Not too much to note recently on the line. Very stormy and rainy recently and getting more gear spread out. Picked up three small beavers and packed two of them in as bait and set up for wolverine. Found some wolf sign in areas and got a few snares and footholds out; adding more every time I'm out. Also went to pull some gear and found where a wolf visited a set and danced around the trap, looked like he exposed some chain and bounced out of there before he got caught.

Good deal on the beaver! The little ones have the best fur IMO What gear do you have set around that beaver hanging? Hope the wolves come back and you connect!

I have a foothold underneath the beaver and one back off to the right in the photo on a trail going into the set. Also have a 120 on the leaning pole there.

I thought that might be a coni but hard to tell, I hope you connect with the wolverine!

Took a few days off while I dealt with a little black eye and split forehead earlier this week. Took a piece of 3/8ths chain to the face.. got wrapped around a spring lever and whipped up at me while I was adjusting pan tensions, won’t make that mistake again!

Plenty of rain until yesterday. Found a bit of wolf sign so I’ve been hanging some snares and packing bait to keep busy. Picked up two marten the other day. Had a friend with me and he threw them in his pack for the walk out. Headed home in the dark we stopped for a snack and both had fallen out of his backpack! We hiked a ways back and found one, the larger male, and decided we would come back for the other. Got that one home and skinned but it had dozens of small holes all over its body. None into the meat but just through the skin, Possibly ticks? (taking it into ADFG tomorrow; will take pics and share what they think it is).

Hiked back in and found that other marten, laying right on our trail, thankfully. Checked some wolverine sets, one leaning pole had been broken and the beaver completely ripped off the branch it was wired to... didn’t trip the trap or hit the cubby set right next to it... thinking it may have been a not so sleepy bear. Gonna put a game cam up there. But in the mean time turned the cubby into a double entrance cubby to keeps gear set. It was a very beautiful day and we are starting to see colder temps! Fingers crossed for more snow!

Good deal on the marten! That bites about the bear, you think it is a brownie or blackie? Hope he doesn't decide to come back, I played rodeo with moose before caught up in a snare, I could only imagine what it would be like with any size of a bear! Pretty country! Thanks for sharing!

Glad you found both your misplaced marten! That is quite the wolverine cubby you have there. I agree with HFT, moose are bad enough to deal with I don't want to wrangle a bear.

Likely a black bear where I’m at. We will see if it stays awake with temps dropping and snow on the way I’m hopeful it will cozy back up in its hole for a bit.

I had about a 5ft blackie find one of my cat sets last year. He popped the trap and stretched the cable out. Always worry about that in the beginning of the season till it does get cold. Hope he decides to go back to sleep and not mess with your gear! Thought for sure you would connect with that one set with the beaver hanging! Good luck out there and hope the weather cooperates!

Brought that marten into ADFG today. Got busy with some other things... they’re going to have someone look at the marten and I’ll be able to hear what they think it was within a few weeks.

Here is a picture of the martens leg with holes and the other marten all boarded up.

Probably another marten did the chewing.

Everything wants a piece of a dead marten, I swear. Other marten, voles, and avian peckers. In elevated sets I get marten biting the caught marten every so often. When it happens it is typically pretty severe.

I found it interesting that the holes were not into the flesh and meat of the marten at all but rather just in the skin.

I swear everything wants a piece of a dead marten. The little critters they normally prey upon and the marten kin folk take out their teeny aggressions on the dead one every so often. Even in elevated sets that suspend the caught free and clear.

That bites about the marten, no pun intended Hope you connect with a few more!

Beautiful scenery , I hope you get that wolf!

Well I haven’t updated much as not too much has been happening. The wolves seem to have disappeared off of my main area... for now.

Picked up a beautiful female mink the day before season closed for them. No luck on the wolverine front but pulled all that gear down as that season wrapped up. Had some wolves come by my gear but high winds had blown snow off of my sets and exposed gear so no dice on that go around.

Snared some snowshoe hare to keep me busy, going to try to tan them and make my own rabbit strips for fly tying!

Also been catching some crab and such for some on the water fun!

Hopefully more updates to come!

Lovely mink and jealous of the crabbing you get to do. I wouldn't mind going out on the trapline and coming back with some crab or shrimp as well.

I was thinking the same thing, but I love the interior.

Good job, O.J. way to stay with it. More good things coming your way.