30 lb black beaver

Beauty! That might be a wall hanger for someone...

2nd happy badger.

This is what our Illinois red and white coyotes look like. More to come.

Red and white number 2. The near one. Second double in 2 days, different location. I kept the back one in the picture.

Yup, another Illinois badger. They sure can dig with one foot in the trap.

I've been attempting to water trap and land trap at the same time.

I caught this one with the 20ga first morning of the first firearms season.

Nice catches 3togo. Using the pipe dream set on the 2 yotes in the waterway?

That red & white IL yote looked like ti had a nice skull...

Those were both old dirt holes.

However, I have caught 2 in pipe sets already. And with a MB550. It is easier with a dogless trap.
Yeah, NonPCFED that was a bigger yote. The back one I kept was a female. The double the day before at another location was a pipe and dirt hole, male and female.

I've thrown away about half of what I've caught so far due to poor fur quality. This time last year they all looked a lot better.

This was the double from the day before.

Found myself thinking something along the same lines.

Caught a long tail weasel today in a Duke 110 in a mink trail set.
First weasel I've seen in Illinois since moving here in 2004.

No color change started yet to white.

Outlaws

My son (14) has his very own mini trapline, had his first official double today, including his first badger! Couldn't be more proud!

He looks like a fine young man-good to see him out on the land at that age.