I hope we don’t disappoint this year!

Karl K, this is where you can follow allong!

We will start on January 1st!

Boogie man on the 2nd floor..............buba yega!

Good luck to the both of ya! Great pics Mark and Joe!

Butch

I am praying for dry weather for the next 36 days!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I got 120 gallons of waxed dirt packaged i. Individual gallon bags yesterday. Today i assembled the skinning rig to make sure it will be functional. I took it back apart into manageable sections for the trip.

I am counting down the days!

The weather has been great for a while now. But I'm a bit nervous about what will happen when you guys show up.

I remember the weather got pretty rough last year while you were here!

Glad you guys are coming, hope you do really well.

Yeah the past 4 trips have all been different. The first year we found most of the nights at or below zero and the days at or below freezing.
Last year we had a ton of wet conditions and were shut down once the sun took the frost off each day.

Final preparations are under way as we are in the last week before departure. I am studying my logs from previous trips and already planning some of my first sets! It’s starting to get real again!

We hit the road about 6:00 AM Yesterday. The 14 hour drive went very well. We were able to get unpacked and got the skinning rig all set up.. We got camp set up in the lodge and had a little time to relax before bed.
It is now 5:30 AM and I can hear the wind roaring outside . I haven’t peeked outside yet but I know the winter storm is dumping on us. We will brave the single digit temps, 30mph winds and snow today. We will get as many sets in as we can. I cant wait until the weather breaks and we can make some real pregress.

Oh yeah Happy New Year!

A little part of me wishes u guys would stay home.... lol . It seems you guy's traveling partner here recently has always been a winder storm of some kind. Lol Definitely look for the deepest most cedar choked draws if your going to be setting today. It's a bit cool out there. At least you made it here before the weather. Looks like another strong front later in the week also. Good luck.

Five degrees now, headed for a high of seven, Mark. Prolly can’t move the trip back a couple days!

Edit….I see now that your already here. Good luck to you fellas!

hope you pile em up

Thanks!

The snow total was probably 2-3 inches here. The 30+ mph winds and the single digit temps were the only struggle. We managed to get in 20 sets each. This was at 11 different locations on 8 different properties. Without any visible sign we had to set locations. Many are areas we have history with so we are on likely travel paths. Starting tomorrow morning we will get a good idea how many target critters are around and where they are traveling.

This morning we had a nice breakfast before it got light enough to see. We really had no idea at that poit how bad it was going to be. .



It was cold but not near as much snow as we expected
We were prepared for some difficult weather.

I grew up in Minnesota and let me tell ya Kansas cold ain’t no joke. It’s been 6 degrees all day with 14 mph winds at 85% humidity it does bite at ya.

Good luck out there and have a safe trip !

Y'all have fun and hope y'all catch a bunch.

January 2nd was the first check day and we continued to spread our net. Joe put is on the board with a nice male coyote on a great first night catch. We found a ton of sign finally so we set where we added a few to property we were already set on. We added traps to some other properties on our list. We explored a new piece that shows a ton of potential and eill likely set some more new property today. My set total is at 34 traps with 3 snares. Joe is about the same. Temps are still cold and this check will be the first full night after the wind stopped. We are excited to see what check #2 will bring.

Camp life has been good with many great meals and some much needed sleep.

Atta boy Joe!