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Re: Live trapping Marten in Montana [Re: Nunyacreek] #7445239
12/29/21 11:46 PM
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When my daughter got done skiing we headed out and hung two more baits and set traps on 3 sets of new tracks. Cold and dark by the time we were done.

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Re: Live trapping Marten in Montana [Re: Nunyacreek] #7445255
12/29/21 11:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Nunyacreek
So after lunch I took a quick trip up to where I’d had the cameras last year.. Aha!,,

Those look like squirrel tracks.

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Re: Live trapping Marten in Montana [Re: drasselt] #7445722
12/30/21 01:59 PM
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Cool thread, what could be better than kids, conservation, and trapping.

Re: Live trapping Marten in Montana [Re: Nunyacreek] #7446266
12/31/21 01:44 AM
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When I look at the photo you are right they do look like squirrels but they are definitely marten. Big pads, offset. I checked today again and nothing new to report. It’s been very cold for here, ten below most nights. I definitely see more activity when it’s in the twenties. Our marten season goes from DEC. 1 to Feb 15 and it seems slowest in the middle of that time period for sure.

Re: Live trapping Marten in Montana [Re: Nunyacreek] #7446355
12/31/21 08:05 AM
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Haha I thought I'd seen those pics, Great thread and pics. I'll have to show Kodi.

Re: Live trapping Marten in Montana [Re: Nunyacreek] #7446924
12/31/21 06:19 PM
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Checked my first set this morning and … marten didn’t commit. Messed with the quarter and moved on. I’d bet it will be back. But man so close!

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Re: Live trapping Marten in Montana [Re: Nunyacreek] #7447361
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Checked one last trap at the edge of a meadow. I had made some scent posts (no trap) for fox and a marten had visited and basically gridded the whole area. I never give much credence to scent but this marten seems to have been very attuned to scent.

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Re: Live trapping Marten in Montana [Re: Nunyacreek] #7447363
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Marten got a ride back in the sled. We think it’s a female or juvenile male, it will get worked up and released in the Lyle Belts tomorrow. It certainly wasn’t as shy when got it the box attached to a trap in the garage where it will spend the night.

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Re: Live trapping Marten in Montana [Re: Nunyacreek] #7447369
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Lots of trouble getting pictures right side up but I’m trying.

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Re: Live trapping Marten in Montana [Re: Nunyacreek] #7447407
01/01/22 03:35 AM
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Cool Happy New Year when your picking pictures once it shows the little thumb nail picture down in the bottom right youll see left right rotation click on those then sce[roll back to the left to see if you rotated it the right way,hope this helps.

Re: Live trapping Marten in Montana [Re: Nunyacreek] #7447557
01/01/22 10:07 AM
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Good capture, thanks for taking us along.

Re: Live trapping Marten in Montana [Re: Nunyacreek] #7448103
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I think the girls are showing you how it's done.

Re: Live trapping Marten in Montana [Re: PineDoggin] #7453976
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Well I tripped traps for a few days and then reset them on Wednesday with another 12” of new snow. Checked tonight and nothing happening. It’s warmed up 40 degrees in the last 24 hours so I’ve got high hopes, and another 6” of snow. Makes me really appreciate a 120 hung in a vertical box on a tree.. nothing works harder in your absence than a kill trap in sub-freezing weather, just check at your leisure!

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