Slow last couple days. Got two more mink today, 6 so far trapping rats. Today both were on the same river stretch about 10 sets apart, young male and young female.

Bryce

WGT guys keep at it , i pulled my line

With the plus 1" of rain coming tonight, I'm thinking of pulling my line today. I have a lot of sets back in on farms that get really greasy when it rains and I don't want to risk getting stuck or tearing up the farm roads. I exceeded my goal of 30 coyotes but had now hoped to hit 40 since I'm so close. I could hit that today but you never know. I do have to return to work Monday so would have pulled anyway. Continued good luck to all of you. After deer season, I'll probably put in some water sets for a change of pace.

I pulled my last two longer river lines. Wow were the coon moving, hit two family groups and released a half dozen smaller coons!. Got 3 rats. Yesterday I caught my 7th mink on these 5 sections or the line, the most in years. Rat numbers wound up being almost exactly the same as last year with more or less coming from different sections, I am finding the sections that have crops near the banks have the most rats. Those areas with a lot of reed canary grass bottom land do not.

Bryce

enjoyed the pics folks

It ain’t over, some of us haven’t even got started yet😃

got 5 rats and 3 beaver today ,

Well I'll add my adventures from last weekend.







Checked a couple traps on a fox depredation job and got a bobcat. That was a first for me, took some time to get the catch pole around his head and leg but was able to release it without incident. Then The Boy and I stopped at a farm I have permission on checked a couple coyote sets and hunted squirrels with the dog. Got a call to go look at a few fiah ponds I've trapped for muskrat for a few years but found no sign of them this year. No fur, but a great autumn day and glad I could enjoy it with The Boy and our dog.

Nice pics trap setter!
I got an otter yesterday and 2 beavers in an area where their causing problems


Skinning with my little guy now!

That is a nice very dark otter Deerfly. Now the work starts. I have handled a few for others and they make coon and coyotes seem easy for me anyway. I tried one beaver once with a homemade tray and when I was done I decided to use the hide as a sieve. lol.

Bryce

Great pics of you, The Boy, and the Dog, Trap Setter! Looks like it was one of those golden days for you guys! Enjoy them fully!

Moosetrot

That looks to be a good size otter Deerfly? Did you weigh it?

Trap Setter, it was a good sized otter, never weighed it but it was the first male otter I've caught in a couple years. I've filled all otter tags the last couple years and this is the first male I can recall since 2017.

I have a short water line going with colonies, trying to improve my catching in streams with those traps. We have less water in the smaller runs then last year. Last year 6 locations had 29 rats, this year 8.

Bryce

Running a small line in a marsh. Catch was low during warm temps but after temps dropped catch improved. I usually catch some small or medium muskrats this early but this year they are large and XL.

I like your trap weights Deerfly. They can serve double duty.

Got a call from a friend who has some live traps around his place to say he caught a mink and asked if I wanted it. So I head over there Sunday evening after hunting and was surprised to find this:





He does live next to a mink ranch and I suggested he call the owner to see if he wanted it back. My friend said it has been running around for over a year and he want's it gone so in my truck it went. Never know what will show up next!

Tight chains everyone!

Dave

Keep the pictures coming guys really enjoy seeing them. I'm living vicariously threw you all. LOL!

Mac

Cant believe that albino ranch mink survived a year outside and fat wow.....must have had a good food supply.

Agree!

Dave