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Re: WI Trapping 2021 [Re: Green Bay] #7443159
12/27/21 08:59 PM
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Couldn't wait for tommorow, so my daughter and I went to check just before dark. We had a good time but the wind was a little chilly for my daughter. 56 percent with 3 misses in the mix. I'll run these traps until Saturday then pull, back to red lake for more ice fishing.

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Re: WI Trapping 2021 [Re: Green Bay] #7443174
12/27/21 09:10 PM
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I sure hit the sweet spot with this one trap Beaver #4 today. This one scaled at 48lbs making third largest of the 4. I've caught 4 or 5 beavers in the same set in the past. But I know I've never had 4 that were all 40 or heavier. Learned another lesson today about foot wear. Haven't worn my waders just knee boots last couple checks. Snow last night and the river came up again. So I could walk up see beaver in the trap. But couldn't kneel down in 4-5 inches over flow with just jeans on. To remove the beaver and reset the trap without getting soaked. Had run home grab my waders come back. Good thing it's only about ten minute round trip.
There were also coyote tracks in the snow looked like went right up looked in the hole where beaver was.

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Re: WI Trapping 2021 [Re: Macthediver] #7443295
12/27/21 11:17 PM
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Yesterday we had a large rat that was in a body gripper below the ice. We assume an otter dove down and brought the rat up and had a nice lunch! Today one of the small feeders was not tore up but the trap was out and all that was left was the blood in the snow and the otter tracks in the snow! 3-4 good rats and one has what one of those darn otters are worth today. I got the small mink stretched today. It is the smallest mink I have ever caught.
It was in a pushup and that was a surprise when pulling on the chain!!!
Bryce

Re: WI Trapping 2021 [Re: bblwi] #7443632
12/28/21 01:28 PM
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6 rats from two small sloughs today.

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Re: WI Trapping 2021 [Re: Green Bay] #7443705
12/28/21 02:54 PM
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Third day in a row this trap scores beaver number 5. Little one today only 15lbs maybe getting to end of them? Way this spot hitting going to leave them until goes several days no takers.
Snowing here right now so probably have more over flow to deal with tomorrow. Everything was pretty well frozen this morning except right by the hole traps in.

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Re: WI Trapping 2021 [Re: Green Bay] #7443756
12/28/21 04:46 PM
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Mac, you are a Beaver machine! Way to go!

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Re: WI Trapping 2021 [Re: nimzy] #7443765
12/28/21 04:56 PM
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Re: WI Trapping 2021 [Re: Green Bay] #7444709
12/29/21 02:06 PM
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Checked today solo, beautiful morning after the snow! Always neat seeing all the tracks in the fresh snow too. When my daughter and I were checking Monday in the dark she had asked me if there was any wolves or coyotes around. I told here no, but knew better. Today there were fresh wolf tracks crossing Monday's tracks. Hopefully we get back to a season for them. 39 percent 2nd check. All nice size rats, but they usually are this time of year. Hopefully this weather allows everyone a chance on the ice if they so choose, it's fun!
Nice job on the beaver Mac!

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Re: WI Trapping 2021 [Re: deerfly] #7444801
12/29/21 04:19 PM
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Pulled today. had a 25 % catch rate on the 4th check, which for us is better than most pull days. Several plugged pushups so rats were moving with the cold snap. Tomorrow we will be in a smaller area. We have an 1nch of snow froze to the ice now so bubble trails are not easy to locate. Hope to setup up some areas before enough snow covers up the pushups.

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Re: WI Trapping 2021 [Re: Green Bay] #7445518
12/30/21 09:48 AM
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I wish I still had the drive to go chase rats like you do..
I'm really only messing with these beavers because I want to make sausage and baloney. They are also cutting trees on people I know property. So access is very easy for me at their locations. The one we trapped earlier I could drive the truck to with in few yards of the creek. Fairly flat ground and not to big creek bank to climb. Plus I let my son do most. Heavy lifting. The place I have the traps now and have caught the 5 beavers. It's maybe a mile as crow flies from home. The guy who ask me to come there trap the beaver. His next door neighbor has a full size wheel chair lift goes up and down the hill to his boat dock. He said I will leave the key in it use it as you please. So I can walk 10 yards up his drive to patio. Load myself and gear in it and haul my crippled butt down the hill to the river. Otherwise I'm not sure I'd even agreed to try trap that spot. I could get down their hill if had sit on my butt and slide. But coming back up their stairs carrying anything much. It would been struggle I'm not so sure I would have done. Even it meant beavers for baloney lol.
So anyways no beaver yesterday. Has to be an end to them at some point. Going to skip checking today let them soak two night check tomorrow. I really think the land ower is getting a big kick out of checking traps with me each day. He gets more excited than I do and is really watching how I do thinks. He used to trap few rats years ago and still has his traps. But he has never trapped beaver.
It's all just been the go doing it for me. The scratch the itch.
Following this post watch everyone here has help me stay motivated.

Mac


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Re: WI Trapping 2021 [Re: Macthediver] #7445753
12/30/21 03:05 PM
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4 rats in the two small sloughs today. We did get out to a marsh we trap and we put in 3 dozen sets and will do more tomorrow before the snow comes. I am going to another small slough this afternoon to set before the snow comes.

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Re: WI Trapping 2021 [Re: bblwi] #7446801
12/31/21 03:37 PM
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Slow day 9 rats, set a couple dozen more feeders and pulled stakes where we decided not to set anymore.

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Re: WI Trapping 2021 [Re: Green Bay] #7447073
12/31/21 08:18 PM
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Skipping a day 48 hour check did the trick. Day 10 beaver number 6 in the same trap as last 5. This one scaled out at 55lbs so is now second largest of the 6. I never thought for a minute there would be this many big beaver in this spot. I don't know what kind of travel path I found for that 330. But I may well leave it there for whole winter. For sure until it goes several day empty.
Sure glad I don't have to carry them critters up the hill. Took picture up hill from where the trap is. But T-man prompt says files to big? Not sure how that happens when took the beaver picture then one up hill?
But anyway here is todays beaver. River dropped again so pulled two traps that were frozen in. This one traps been doing all work anyway. So I only have the two traps there now. Was lot tracks in the over night dusting of snow. Was coyote fox and mink tracks all came right up to the ice over the beaver. Guess should took picture of that.

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Re: WI Trapping 2021 [Re: Green Bay] #7447124
12/31/21 08:58 PM
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I love seein' all the snow and ice pictures. This was one of many I picked up on my driveway this morning, December 31,2021. Never have I seen this in winter here. If the wife was not sick with covid I would have went fishing.

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Re: WI Trapping 2021 [Re: Green Bay] #7447142
12/31/21 09:16 PM
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Stellar job Mac!Them bluff slough people will be throwing a parade for you.Funny how some colonies keep producing like that and others you can’t catch anything.

Re: WI Trapping 2021 [Re: Green Bay] #7447530
01/01/22 09:34 AM
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Way to keep crackin Bryce! A slow day is better than no day trapping to me.
Another nice beaver Mac!
I checked and pulled my small set up yesterday, my nephew wanted to help so I brought him with. Catch was down from previous, for 26 percent. Alot of area left on the table, maybe after ice fishing and Caribbean islands. I get the shakes after about 8 days without traps in so we will see! Good luck to all trapping and the new year.

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Re: WI Trapping 2021 [Re: deerfly] #7448100
01/01/22 06:49 PM
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The two sloughs on 5 check caught 3 rats. The marsh we finished setting yesterday we got 18. Bigger rats moving today with the cold coming. I am starting to do more 2 day checking and I like that. Won't be out Sunday with the cold and wind. Monday looks better. Keep at them Deerfly. I am getting ready to ship a couple dozen to FHA, our pickup is January 8th, 7 AM!! I will send my 8 coons and 8 mink tood.
Mac, what are you doing with the big beaver hides? Some of those should be super blankets.
Bryce

Re: WI Trapping 2021 [Re: Green Bay] #7448768
01/02/22 12:22 PM
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No beaver this morning in my now 1 trap trap line. Cold snap made some serious ice since Friday check. Was about 3 inches new Ice over my hot spot set. All the over flow on top from snow the other day is frozen solid. The other trap I still had there was so frozen in couldn't have fired if a beaver even manage to squeeze in it. So I'm now down to that one 330 in the sweet spot. Not going to look at it tomorrow will check Tuesday. Weather girl saying maybe balmy 30 on Tuesday. Be warm enough guy could check wearing Moosetrot's Packer Speedo.. LMAO.

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Re: WI Trapping 2021 [Re: Green Bay] #7448774
01/02/22 12:26 PM
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If you can get it off of me you can wear it, Mac! grin

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Re: WI Trapping 2021 [Re: Moosetrot] #7448789
01/02/22 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Moosetrot
If you can get it off of me you can wear it, Mac! grin

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I'm not coordinated enough to pry that off you with long sticks I'd want to use to touch it. Lol So feel free to carry on 😉...Cold today should keep Rogers covid toe from swelling up..
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Goooo Packers ...
I'm not really a football guy. But now that I'm an old whose and it's cold outside. I'll probably watch the game.. I don't feel like cleaning a closet..

Mac


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