Boring "Old Trapper" ... UPDATE
#7418458
11/30/21 02:53 PM
11/30/21 02:53 PM
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Posts: 6,683 Newark, Ohio 83 years
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Well, I haven't updated my feeble attempt at trapping this year... So here goes !
With age, body wear, and old age ailments, for the last 21 days I have managed to set and run a small number of traps. I guess the largest number set at any one time has been 10. Have set in one location for first week & half then pulled them. First place was mainly for muskrats, but managed to harvest 2 coon and 13 rats.
Reset next day at another golf course location; Made a mink set and 3 coon sets. So far have caught and kept 2 coon and 1 really small coon, and 1 really small possum, both released. Still running them.
I also have set at another golf course, where I have 3 rat sets and one mink set. So far have caught 5 rats and 1 mink at this location. Still running them for a few more days.
I also have coon traps set at a friend's house, in the country, had 2 live traps set and added a 2 DPs yesterday, but have caught 2 coon so far. An interesting story from my friend... He checks the traps and send me a text if there is anything in them... so a couple of days ago I get a text... "got one ringtail in trap"... So, I stopped... at a distance I can see a ringtail... so get my weapon and walk to the cage... the darndest thing I ever saw. A large black and gray cat covered with lighter round spots on the back, a ring tail, just like a coons... had a collar with a name plate on it, but couldn't read it, because the cat wouldn't hold still long enough and all it wanted to do was get it's claws into me. SO I shook and jostled the cage good, (so it would remember the next time it saw one) rolled it over, door flopped open and the cat shot out of there like it was on a bungy...
Well, total so far: 18 muskrats, 7 coon, and 1 mink.
Nothing much else happening unless you count the number of times I have fallen down, stumbled when walking, or have to crawl up on to the bank and figure what to grab hold of to pull myself to my feet. I want to warn all of you now... "Getting old ain't for no sissies".
Garry-
Last edited by Actor; 11/30/21 03:35 PM.
“Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.”
Have been trapping 77 years…
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Re: Boring "Old Trapper" ... UPDATE
[Re: Actor]
#7418460
11/30/21 02:56 PM
11/30/21 02:56 PM
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kyfur
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Well, total so far: 18 muskrats, 7 coon, and 1 mink.
Garry-
And 1 cat! Keep up the good work old timer. I just started and I hope to keep doing it at your age.
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Re: Boring "Old Trapper" ... UPDATE
[Re: corky]
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11/30/21 03:33 PM
11/30/21 03:33 PM
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You are only as old as you feel. I'm 112. Know what you mean ... LOL! Garry-
Last edited by Actor; 11/30/21 03:34 PM.
“Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.”
Have been trapping 77 years…
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Re: Boring "Old Trapper" ... UPDATE
[Re: Actor]
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11/30/21 04:18 PM
11/30/21 04:18 PM
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Nittany Lion
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Sounds like you are having fun, that is the important part.
I got myself a seniors' GPS. Not only does it tell me how to get to my destination, it tells me why I wanted to go there.
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Re: Boring "Old Trapper" ... UPDATE
[Re: Actor]
#7418603
11/30/21 06:19 PM
11/30/21 06:19 PM
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Sounds like your still in the game Garry! At least your not sitting on the bench. Hope I can always put up a little fur till the good Lord takes me. Keep at it and take care
NYSTA, NTA, FTA, life member Erie county trappers assn.,life member Catt.county trappers
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Re: Boring "Old Trapper" ... UPDATE
[Re: Actor]
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11/30/21 06:38 PM
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Well done Garry-you will have some nice furs to tan later when trapping season winds down,if you dont sell them on the raw fur market.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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Re: Boring "Old Trapper" ... UPDATE
[Re: Actor]
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11/30/21 06:55 PM
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mole
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Good for you Sir Actor, I am pushing 72. still plugging along. dont do as much or as fast as days gone by but still doing. few rats , few mink, few beaver, otter , fisher , and bobcat. me and Pearl having fun. Good luck to you. Ed
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Re: Boring "Old Trapper" ... UPDATE
[Re: Actor]
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12/01/21 08:43 AM
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A side note... after my 3 coon catch... even though I have carts at the golf courses I still have to walk and carry the coon on an average of 20 to 25 yards... load them in the cart, unload and load into vehicle, (once home) get them up 3 steps, get them down 12 steps into the basement, hang them and skin them, pulling and tugging (no machine), carry carcasses up the 12 steps and get them back to the vehicle and loaded, unload them at dumping site.................................................... I had to wait until the next day to skin the poor little mink. Now I have suffered "severely" with back pain since then.
It kind of makes me wonder if I really want to catch any more coon... but still look forward to seeing them in the trap.
Holy crap... Is this really worth it?????????????????
I wish there were more rats around... much easier to handle all the way around.
Garry-
“Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.”
Have been trapping 77 years…
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