Re: The Great Northern New York Spring Muskrat Thread
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03/25/21 07:24 PM
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A good read every year. Are you allowed colony traps? I used to catch a few but they have been wiped out the last two years. Was a lot of push-ups this winter on the big water when I was coyote trapping this winter so hopefully they are making a comeback. No colony traps allowed in New York State. Our trappers association won't advocate with the DEC Bureau of Wildlife to make them legal. w
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Re: The Great Northern New York Spring Muskrat Thread
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03/25/21 07:35 PM
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A good read every year. Are you allowed colony traps? I used to catch a few but they have been wiped out the last two years. Was a lot of push-ups this winter on the big water when I was coyote trapping this winter so hopefully they are making a comeback. No colony traps allowed in New York State. Our trappers association won't advocate with the DEC Bureau of Wildlife to make them legal. w Well that makes no sense. People always worried about a pet/person or whatever being caught in “so called” dangerous traps. I’ve yet to see anyone get caught in a colony trap. Would be interesting to see how many rats you would have caught in that run with the three conibears. Why are they against them, worried you are going to make NY rats extinct? I think we had some of the better trapping regulations where I am. Always interesting hearing what other people can and cannot do. Keep after them!
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Re: The Great Northern New York Spring Muskrat Thread
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03/26/21 09:14 AM
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No colony traps allowed in New York State.
Our trappers association won't advocate with the DEC Bureau of Wildlife to make them legal.
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Well that makes no sense. People always worried about a pet/person or whatever being caught in “so called” dangerous traps. I’ve yet to see anyone get caught in a colony trap. Would be interesting to see how many rats you would have caught in that run with the three conibears. Why are they against them, worried you are going to make NY rats extinct? I think we had some of the better trapping regulations where I am. Always interesting hearing what other people can and cannot do. Keep after them! Certain elements within the DEC Bureau of Wildlife are hyper-sensitive to "fair chase" when considering trapping regulations. They consider colony traps an unfair advantage and therefore, NOT FAIR CHASE, Makes no sense. Meanwhile Our trappers association is a non-factor when advocating for proactive trapper friendly regulations. NYSTA is always worried about asking the State for anything that might upset the status quo and so they do nothing. Democratic politics also pay a major role in trapping regulations as they control both houses of the state legislature and the governor. If they had their way, trapping would be banned here. We are living on borrowed time here in New York State. walleyed
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Re: The Great Northern New York Spring Muskrat Thread
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03/26/21 10:42 AM
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The whiners whine-that is what they do. They never step up and volunteer their time and effort to the organization responsible for advancing trappers rights and opportunities. Too much like work. If their views were so popular with the membership they would be voted in with a landslide.
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Re: The Great Northern New York Spring Muskrat Thread
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03/26/21 10:47 AM
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The whiners whine-that is what they do. They never step up and volunteer their time and effort to the organization responsible for advancing trappers rights and opportunities. Too much like work. If their views were so popular with the membership they would be voted in with a landslide. We don't need your advise here.Wasnt there a guy arrested up in Pakistanada for calling his daughter a girl?Did you stand up and do something about that,,or was it too much work for you?Take care of your own issues,,never mind us.Bozo
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Re: The Great Northern New York Spring Muskrat Thread
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03/26/21 10:51 AM
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You're the biggest whiner on here. Now go suck on a bat. Oh by the way-our girly man leader is now more manly than your leader,lol. And maybe you should start hiding your guns,lol. To quote Savell-OOHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLYAAAAAAAAAA.
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Re: The Great Northern New York Spring Muskrat Thread
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03/26/21 11:00 AM
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You're the biggest whiner on here. Now go suck on a bat. Oh by the way-our girly man leader is now more manly than your leader,lol. And maybe you should start hiding your guns,lol. To quote Savell-OOHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLYAAAAAAAAAA.
Enjoy your Curried Beaver Scrapings at supper tonight.  PAKISTANADA
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Re: The Great Northern New York Spring Muskrat Thread
[Re: walleyed]
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03/26/21 11:12 AM
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Got a late start today due to a Doctor's appointment.
Checked my two new spots that were set on Tuesday.
Was 5 for 8 at Sandy Island Beach channel to the South Pond and added a couple beaver sets there. Saw rats swimming every where with the high water from snow runoff.
Was 6 for 9 at Skinner Creek Estuary so we had a total catch of 11 rats from 17 sets with a couple 3 fired but empty sets.
Have a bunch of rats to flesh & stretch tomorrow and those 11 rats to skin after their fur drys before the fans.
Supposed to blow tomorrow so probably won't get any more traps set but we shall see.
Stay Tuned.
walleyed
Waters gonna be even higher after today Im thinking.Good job so far.
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Re: The Great Northern New York Spring Muskrat Thread
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03/26/21 06:23 PM
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"Meanwhile Our trappers association is a non-factor when advocating for proactive trapper friendly regulations.
NYSTA is always worried about asking the State for anything that might upset the status quo and so they do nothing."
I don't believe that's an accurate statement Bob. I urge you to get involved in your local club and go to the NYSTA Board meetings.
I disagree Robert. But everyone is entitled to their opinion. I'll be at the next board of directors on April 17th. We don't have a local club in Jefferson County that is active and holds meetings. I offer the lack of action on the adoption of snaring regulations as an example of non-action by NYSTA on trapper friendly regulations. NYSTA was pretty proactive in advocating for the elimination of a week of our Northern Zone muskrat trapping season, though. walleyed
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Re: The Great Northern New York Spring Muskrat Thread
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03/27/21 09:30 AM
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walleyed, good luck with your end of season run
I looked at NYSTA website and fb page just now and I saw nothing about the upcoming BOD meeting. Seems like the last entry of anything is from mid Feb. Maybe it's there, but I didn't see it
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Re: The Great Northern New York Spring Muskrat Thread
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03/27/21 12:50 PM
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For your information the cable restraint bill was torpedoed by the New York Conservation Council.. How long ago was that, AL WEST ? 8 to 10 years ago ? So that's it, a snare bill never again to be resubmitted in perpetuity ? Sounds like just an excuse to provide cover for the real reason. NYSTA leadership, JTI Chair Rockwood, and his master, who happens to be a major regional NYS fiurbuyer, didn't want a snaring bill in NYS to begin with behind the scenes. As long as Rockwood remains JTI Chair, there will never snares/ or cable restraints, or however you want to sugar coat them, used in New York State. Prove me wrong AL WEST. BTW this is a spring muskrat trapping thread. If you want to argue, start your own thread and argue with yourself. I don't want my thread deleted because you want to argue. walleyed
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Re: The Great Northern New York Spring Muskrat Thread
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03/27/21 01:01 PM
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As upstateNY predicted, all the local stream emptying into Sandy Pond are at flood stage, or have overflowed their banks and are chocolate milk in color.
Many of my traps today were completely submerged and unreachable.
I did catch four rats and two beaver from the ones I could reach out of 18 conibear and 2 330's.
The walleye spawning run is on between Sandy Pond and the South Pond in the YMCA creek which connects the two water bodies.
Saw 3 to 4 dozen walleye with some around 10 pounds on the gravel with my polarized sunglasses.
It will be a few days until the water recedes and I can set a few more traps.
Time to flesh & stretch some more rats to get caught up.
Stay tuned.
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Re: The Great Northern New York Spring Muskrat Thread
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03/28/21 09:12 AM
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As upstateNY predicted, all the local stream emptying into Sandy Pond are at flood stage, or have overflowed their banks and are chocolate milk in color.
Many of my traps today were completely submerged and unreachable.
I did catch four rats and two beaver from the ones I could reach out of 18 conibear and 2 330's.
The walleye spawning run is on between Sandy Pond and the South Pond in the YMCA creek which connects the two water bodies.
Saw 3 to 4 dozen walleye with some around 10 pounds on the gravel with my polarized sunglasses.
It will be a few days until the water recedes and I can set a few more traps.
Time to flesh & stretch some more rats to get caught up.
Stay tuned.
walleyed I know where them Walleyes are.Carefull,,the DEC don't even like you LOOKING at them when their stacked up like cord wood in there. 
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Re: The Great Northern New York Spring Muskrat Thread
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03/28/21 11:06 AM
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Foolish ,having used cable restraints in the past ,NY is missing out big time .And their animal friendly No snares or colony traps either. 
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