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Re: Bfisch Journal 2021-22 [Re: bfisch] #7552864
04/09/22 12:36 AM
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Put out a few beaver sets until the weather starts warming up some more and the geese come back. It was -35 this morning! Anyway, I was slow to make any beaver sets as we got some real cold last fall before we got any snow and therefore more ice. Well, I chose three houses that had big snow drifts and although I had to dig through four feet of snow there was only an inch of ice. I will take four feet of snow over three feet of ice any day when it comes to beaver trapping.
Nabbed one so far.

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The caribou are further away this year, but my wife's parents came to visit and watched the kids for a day and a half so the wife and I took off. The first forty miles were smooth sailing. The next 120 miles were pretty rough with the drifts. The bou were 100 miles away, but we found them and put two on the ground. and headed back to a shelter cabin for the night. It was a 165 miles day. The wife did awesome and was up more making us a hot meal 10:30 at night when we got to the cabin. We slept in the next morning.

Going through the pass.
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Got the caribou loaded up.
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The cabin we stayed in.
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Made it home by 2pm on day two for a total of 201 miles.

Re: Bfisch Journal 2021-22 [Re: bfisch] #7552890
04/09/22 03:07 AM
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Good deal on the beaver! I would have to agree on it being easier shoveling snow then chopping through the ice smile Hope you connect with a few more! Awesome on the bou! Sounds like the whole family will have some full bellies smile

Re: Bfisch Journal 2021-22 [Re: bfisch] #7553166
04/09/22 11:27 AM
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Good hunt and nice pics Bfisch.


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Re: Bfisch Journal 2021-22 [Re: bfisch] #7553644
04/09/22 09:46 PM
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You got a good woman.


Made it almost 3 years without censor!

Re: Bfisch Journal 2021-22 [Re: alaska viking] #7554239
04/10/22 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by alaska viking
You got a good woman.


That I do. That I do.

Re: Bfisch Journal 2021-22 [Re: bfisch] #7554242
04/10/22 02:54 PM
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Checked beaver sets again where I had to 330s. Both were set off, but empty. I ended up putting in snares instead. Check tomorrow or the next day.

Re: Bfisch Journal 2021-22 [Re: bfisch] #7554480
04/10/22 07:53 PM
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Did you have bait wired to the triggers or were they set in a run? Either way that bites! I never caught anything under ice beaver trapping, not from a lack of trying but probably a lack of experience on my part. Your determined so I know you will connect with a few more! Any luck with the wolves?

Re: Bfisch Journal 2021-22 [Re: bfisch] #7554527
04/10/22 08:32 PM
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Bait was wired to the jaw. Tried it for the first time last year and I caught four that way. No wolf sign lately. Might pull the wolf snares sooner than later.

Re: Bfisch Journal 2021-22 [Re: bfisch] #7554637
04/10/22 10:25 PM
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Didn't you go through the Hot Springs trail? I don't recognise that cabin, is that at the hot springs?
Congrats on the bou. Not quite as good eating as the fall ones but still good.

Re: Bfisch Journal 2021-22 [Re: bfisch] #7556225
04/12/22 02:13 PM
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Yeah that is the trail we used but went a lot further and then came back past hot springs again to this cabin. It is a shelter cabin.

Re: Bfisch Journal 2021-22 [Re: bfisch] #7556322
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No pics of soaking in the tub at the hot springs? That is an amazing place, hidden in a little timbered valley in otherwise mostly open country.

Re: Bfisch Journal 2021-22 [Re: bfisch] #7556470
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There were 7 skiers there and we were on a mission. We ate some beaver meat and crackers and moved on.

Re: Bfisch Journal 2021-22 [Re: bfisch] #7557510
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So this was actually done in early March. I just forgot to share it here.


Re: Bfisch Journal 2021-22 [Re: bfisch] #7557560
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Awesome job by both of you! Thanks for sharing your adventures! Look forward to next season!

Re: Bfisch Journal 2021-22 [Re: bfisch] #7557750
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Pretty awesome, Brandon.......and wife. With all the duties you have I think you did very well. Did you sell everything you wanted to here at the ATA auction? Hope it went well! Your wife needs her own snogo if she doesn't have one already!!!

Re: Bfisch Journal 2021-22 [Re: bfisch] #7558406
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Sold all but 3 out of 39 pieces I put in the auction. We have two machines for such trips.

Re: Bfisch Journal 2021-22 [Re: bfisch] #7580023
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A bit late but last month I did nab a few more beaver.

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Had a good day chasing geese!
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Re: Bfisch Journal 2021-22 [Re: bfisch] #7580311
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Glad you connected with the beaver! Some good-looking geese right there!

Re: Bfisch Journal 2021-22 [Re: bfisch] #7581781
05/11/22 02:36 AM
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Nice! Glad you got the little one out.


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Re: Bfisch Journal 2021-22 [Re: Aknative] #7582010
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Originally Posted by Aknative
Nice! Glad you got the little one out.


She had a blast! Kept saying how we were gonna eat the beaver for supper the next day.

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