It aint whining, tough year for a lot of trappers here in AK.

Glad you haven't blown away John, good luck getting your sets back in working order and critters in them.

Well the weather has calmed down a little and the critters moved hard

Ted's Meowch struck again for me



The shelf ice is collapsing, and I found a few spots were the otters are coming out



Hoping the weather hold and everyone gets some tight chains! Be safe out there!

Big cat !! Back foot catch ? Your population must be on an upswing ??

white yep back foot. I think last year was my areas peak this year winding down, the bunnys are really thin number wise this year.

Well at least they are cooperative !

Looks to be an exceptionally large cat, John. You get him on a scale? W#hen the lynx are on a downward slide, it's the adults who remain alive I believe!!

The scale says 26lbs but he is solid

Very nice cat, I'm hoping they moved for me when I get out on Friday.

scootermac I hope they do for you!!!

Last week I got a moose from the Troopers and since it was -20's I decided to wait to go get it until it warmed up a spell. Chainsaws and blood at freezing temps like that in the past have made a huge mess. So I headed out today +22 with the hope it was froze solid and the plan was to top off two jackpots and a bait station. Well the best laid plans dont always work. Had to call the wife and have her bring out another chainsaw as the one I had with me decided to blow a cylinder.

After I got the other chainsaw things went smooth and quick. Took the first load and topped off the jackpots. Went back and got the second load and headed out to my biggest bait station. When I walked in I saw something big off to my right and my first thought was "Oh great a freaking eagle,,,,, "

As I got closer through the spruce this is what I found



Now I might get lucky and have a wolf come through once a year but it is always random and never the same route, so this really tickled me



Well furred 70 lbs female



For my yote snares I run 11 gauge wire and not 9. The ones with pigtails I always do 7 wraps. This was a 3/32 x 1/19 with a slim loc and Senneker kill spring. I got lucky that she wrapped up quick!



Be safe out there guys!

Way to go. Congratulations!

Nice wolf HFT,good colour on the belly(no red stain).
I never trust wire to tie off for wolf,I always use cable extension safety.
But I guess you got him in a coyote snare?

Nice wolf, HFT! Congratulations!

Good deal John, that's awesome! Glad it hit the right snare, pretty cool to get her to stick its head in a yote snare!

Thanks guys

Boco yes it was a yote snare. I had raised all my snares up prior to the last big dump of snow that never happened and decided just to leave them alone instead of adjusting them.

smalltime, yeah she hit the right snare for sure! I got lucky with that one but aint complaining. Now if I can just get one to step in a trap....

Now that right there is awesome! Beautiful critter! Glad your snare held out.

Nice wolf John and I'm glad that pigtail held on. My experience has been that wolves tend to go down a lot quicker than coyotes since they're so much bigger they cinch the snare down so much harder.

Very nice !! Great belly for sure

Congrats John, that catch had to make your season!

Right on! Nice catch.