Well I am considerably more excited for this season than ones in prior years as I have been too busy this year to set a trap yet. Normally I have caught a handful of beaver, k9 and coon but not this year.

I also have three cages on the way along with a couple of dvd’s and some lure for cats. Pretty excited about this addition to our line and the possibility of catching our first cat!

One week from today we’ll be in the fur shed at the cabin preparing for the morning set!

One week from yesterday the young men from the metro area will be up to set up camp. I don't have a lot of my prep work done either, but I am setting great for bait. I will say that in the area we trap the marten/fisher sign is way down. Last year was crazy, so this will be a more normal year I think. Good luck to anyone going after them!
Jim

K9 good luck hope you guys can get a cat,work is keeping me busy this year,hoping to catch one or two cats close to home and maybe a marten.Think I will be able to get out this sunday and look for a little sign.Jim good luck to you and the young men again,330 was planning on coming up this year a few things changed God willing we will try to get 330 a cat and marten,I should have more time next year as well.Good luck trapper's.

I have been out looking for sign and have put in a couple of cubbies. Looks like we have a few fisher in the area this year and have found some pretty good size cat tracks. Going to try and get things prepared this weekend so it goes a little easier next weekend. Good luck everyone.

Home from work,heading out to see what cat sign I see might put out a couple of trail cams out as well.

I've caught and released 4 martin so far this year, all nice large males. Tough to keep them out of my coyote sets but probably won't be able to come close to catching one once the season opens. Been seeing some cat sign and hope to catch one here around home. Rick helped me catch my first one last year but hope to catch one solo this year. I put out two bait piles this week but not sure if anything will hit them with this warmer weather. Still going to make a good show of it though!

Has anyone in NW Ontario sold any marten to GFW this weekend when they are making the rounds; to see what the base price is ? (CND is 84% of USD now)

Checked the 3 baits I had out Tim the one that we had 2 cats on it last year nothing yet birds and a coyote,2nd bait had a fox,coyote,marten and a cat,3rd bait just birds so far.I put a trail cam on each one so I might get a photo or two of some critters,saw one place where a marten crossed the road 3 times in about a 150 yards,a friend of mine son might be interested in trying to catch a marten.It's within a mile of there house so it would be nice for him to check after he gets off the bus.Tomorrow i'm going to check my one and only coyote bait I have out been 2 1/2 weeks or more since I started it,might be a yote or two on it.

Things have been awful slow around here with little if any sign. Warm weather predicted this week probably won't help much. Checked out a new place today with some older cat and fisher tracks so hauled out deer carcass. With any luck I hope to see some action later this week. Had one of my cameras die on me so am relying on the old fashion way of telling whats going on.

Went back out today, checked three baits and surprised there is nothing on any of them. Found some coyote sign and put in a few snares. No new fisher or cat sign. Things have slowed down here also. Snapped the traps I had out in the open. They keep drifting over. Need to move back in the timber now.

Well I managed to catch a fisher in a mink set I put out yesterday. That's #6 so far this season. Murphys law will come into play next week when I'll be putting a few sets out for fisher and won't catch anything but fox and coyote. We need to increase the limit on them as well as extend the season. They are thick around here!

That's what I here a lot. There are more fishers in the farming area more than in the big forested area. Years ago I couldn't keep them out of canine sets. Now I am happy to find a set of tracks.

Getting my cat traps and weasel boxes ready. Putting out the weasel boxes and some beaver traps on Friday and then laying out all the cat traps on Saturday. Thinking it's going to be a good season.

Good luck K9man shares a good thread with his kids trapping each year,I will not make a bobcat,marten thread this year as I will have the smallest line out ever.Hope everyone will post there success on this thread,looking forward to some great adventure pictures,6 days and counting!!!

Well, I did a check tonight and we have 4 baits being hit hard by cats, and about the same number hit by just marten so far.

Found a road kill deer that made it back into the brush. The cats have found it also and looks more like mama and kittens. Probably will Stay away from that but keep an eye on it to see if a bigger cat shows up.

Think I will check the trail cams thursday,only one bait is getting hit by a bobcat,only 3 baits out.Trail cams are almost as fun as trapping.

Friar, that’s good news!

Rick, I agree with you on the cams, We run a good amount of them for deer and I get a lot of satisfaction from getting the pictures of mature deer!

I will definitely be running cameras next trapping season when I can get a few baits out.

Getting closer guys!
First load ready to haul to camp Thursday.
MB alphas, drags, Snares, 120 boxes, 160 boxes, 120 belisle, and 160 belisle.

Looks like FUN Jim,you and the young men will have a blast again.I was able to get around this evening an check trail cams one bobcat and a fox on one,nothing on the other two yet,saw 4 marten tracks in my short little loop.