Re: 2021 Mn Marten/Fisher Season
[Re: K9man]
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12/18/21 07:07 PM
12/18/21 07:07 PM
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Well it happened. Caught my first legal fisher of the season in a coyote set this morning. As a result I didn't set as many fisher boxes as I had originally planned. Set up my Olson mine field around one of my bait stations in hopes of scoring a cat or coyote. New snow last night didn't show much for sign but they'll be back and I'll be ready!
Common sense is a not a vegetable that does well in everyone's garden.
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Re: 2021 Mn Marten/Fisher Season
[Re: FriarTuck]
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12/18/21 10:58 PM
12/18/21 10:58 PM
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Had a great experience today, not because of anything I did, but because of another trapper that traps in the same general area. As the years are going by, the young men that I trap with are doing more and more by themselves. Over Thanksgiving they came up and put in a few baits. When they told me where they had set, I told them that they would have to move one of them, because it was too close to where another trapper usually has a bait. Even though he had not placed any baits, I asked them to move it so it would be open for him. Fast forward to this afternoon. I had to leave the woods to get ready for church. I received a text from them happily telling me that they ran into that trapper shortly after I left and that he gave them some more beaver for bait. Without knowing it, he reinforced for them the need to work with those trapping in the area instead of working against them! Lots of cat sign today, and got a few cat sets in, and a good amount of fisher and marten sets in. Jim It’s always good to work together!
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Re: 2021 Mn Marten/Fisher Season
[Re: K9man]
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12/19/21 12:13 AM
12/19/21 12:13 AM
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"Made it two years not being censored"
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"Made it two years not being censored"
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I love this thread. It exemplifies all of us that insist we don't trap for the money. Of course we like to follow our pelts through the process, and hope for a good price, but that is really a very small part of the whole experience. With all due respect to those that actually depend on trapping to make ends meet, the recreational trappers know the joy of success, the heartache of dis-appointment, and the sleepless nights thinking of the next check. Good luck to you all!
Just doing what I want now.
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Re: 2021 Mn Marten/Fisher Season
[Re: K9man]
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12/19/21 10:38 AM
12/19/21 10:38 AM
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Bacon is frying and I got the heat on in the boathouse warming up today’s trapping supplies and drying gloves. Excited for today’s set, have never caught a marten on the line we are going to set today and excited to try and change that. We are expecting to set 2 weasel boxes, 2 fisher sets, 3 cat cages, 3 otter sets and 7 marten sets Good luck to all that are checking today! Yes pictures please!!! Alaska Viking, not sure how many people in the lower 48 still trap to make ends meet but it can’t be many, this is a passion of mine that I got my father and kids into and I hope my children keep the tradition going long after I am gone. We can’t risk losing this part of Americas past
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Re: 2021 Mn Marten/Fisher Season
[Re: K9man]
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12/19/21 04:29 PM
12/19/21 04:29 PM
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Nothing here and very little moment here as well. Went for a long walk today looking for sign but again no sign. Did put out one more trap and a few more snares. Stopped by a farm I had planned on making a few sets for cats but found out the place has been sold and the new owners have politely declined permission for now but said they would be in touch. Unlikely to get in this season. Hope others had better luck today.
Common sense is a not a vegetable that does well in everyone's garden.
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Re: 2021 Mn Marten/Fisher Season
[Re: K9man]
#7435995
12/19/21 04:30 PM
12/19/21 04:30 PM
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Nothing here and very little moment here as well. Went for a long walk today looking for sign but again no sign. Did put out one more trap and a few more snares. Stopped by a farm I had planned on making a few sets for cats but found out the place has been sold and the new owners have politely declined permission for now but said they would be in touch. Unlikely to get in this season. Hope others had better luck today.
Common sense is a not a vegetable that does well in everyone's garden.
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