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Re: Life in the delta [Re: wy.wolfer] #7586146
05/18/22 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by wy.wolfer
Originally Posted by Ryan McLeod
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Big ram freshly killed by a lone wolf. They battled all down the side of a high mountain. Wolf hadn’t even fed yet. Just got it opened up.

Looks like there could have been enough cape left to salvage. They bring more than a wolf or wolverine.


I thought about taking the cape but it was losing hair by the handful


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Re: Life in the delta [Re: Ryan McLeod] #7586176
05/18/22 12:00 PM
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Strange how only Bobbys homework fell behind the bed

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Kids always like running for birds


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Re: Life in the delta [Re: Ryan McLeod] #7586513
05/18/22 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Ryan McLeod
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Got home last night from 11 days at the geese camp. Did a little rat trapping with 120s and 1.5 drown sets. Sure didn’t want to come home

I see a little ice in the bodygrip pic....sometimes I use to lay a 1 1/2 longspring in the bottom of the run, especially a mudrun, for that dog paddlin rat.
Some folks will say that's obsolete since the conibear came along, I say it's forgotten technology.


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Re: Life in the delta [Re: Ryan McLeod] #7586545
05/18/22 09:34 PM
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Hi Les. It got cold that night and froze a little. I like the 1.5 for muskrats. I usually chisel the feed bed to barely hold a trap so as soon as it snaps it falls in. This was my first time trying 120s


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Re: Life in the delta [Re: Ryan McLeod] #7586556
05/18/22 09:55 PM
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The day we left town

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I grabbed the stick to dispatch the live rat. I was pretty surprised to pull up the second. First 1.5 rat trap double for me


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Re: Life in the delta [Re: Ryan McLeod] #7586562
05/18/22 10:10 PM
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Looks like good times out in the land!

Re: Life in the delta [Re: Ryan McLeod] #7587056
05/19/22 05:23 PM
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Ryan is the rat shoot on yet? My nephew works on the slope and has some friends in Fairbanks and they told him it was no problem to shoot 1000 rats now , it that real?

Re: Life in the delta [Re: Ryan McLeod] #7587111
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Quality rats right there. Sometimes I want to think I'd go to Alaska just to live through rat shooting in the spring


"Those who hammer their guns into plowshares will plow for those who do not."
Re: Life in the delta [Re: Ryan McLeod] #7587112
05/19/22 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Ryan McLeod
Hi Les. It got cold that night and froze a little. I like the 1.5 for muskrats. I usually chisel the feed bed to barely hold a trap so as soon as it snaps it falls in. This was my first time trying 120s

I put Wild River pans on all my 1 1/2 Dukes...big mink pan with half the tension, much better trap for everything, in a 1 1/2 coil. I dont always have the opportunity here to set a pile of them, but right now, Lake of the Woods is flooding and on the Canadian side I hear the dams are wide open because there's record levels again, just like 2014, I expect a good rat fall coming up. I hope I'm healthy and feel good when that happens 5 months from now.


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Re: Life in the delta [Re: Ryan McLeod] #7587268
05/19/22 11:51 PM
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Good deal on the geese and rats!!!! Did Bobbie bust any geese?

Re: Life in the delta [Re: Guy Johnson] #7587299
05/20/22 04:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Guy Johnson
Ryan is the rat shoot on yet? My nephew works on the slope and has some friends in Fairbanks and they told him it was no problem to shoot 1000 rats now , it that real?


I could be shooting rats and running traps at the same time right now. I’m sure I could shoot a couple thousand. Id like a hired skinner for that though so that I could just hunt every night.


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Re: Life in the delta [Re: trapper les] #7587301
05/20/22 04:22 AM
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Originally Posted by trapper les
Quality rats right there. Sometimes I want to think I'd go to Alaska just to live through rat shooting in the spring

It’s a great time of the year. I love pulling into a new lake and seeing rats sitting all over the edge of the ice and little waves all around the edges of the flooded willows.


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Re: Life in the delta [Re: HFT AK] #7587303
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Originally Posted by HFT AK
Good deal on the geese and rats!!!! Did Bobbie bust any geese?


Bobby tried a couple times but didn’t hit any. It was a slow spring so he didn’t shot as much as we planned. I’ll take him north on Monday and let him shoot until his arm hurts. I’ll be flying back to my camp tomorrow for a couple days to catch the later than usual migration then I’ll be ready to start ratting and taking some beavers out. Enjoying as much of the best time of year as I can.


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Re: Life in the delta [Re: Ryan McLeod] #7587503
05/20/22 11:19 AM
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Good to hear he got a little shooting in! I am sure he will figure it out and I am willing to bet he will be a dang good shot when he does! Hope you guys have a blast on your next adventure!

Re: Life in the delta [Re: wy.wolfer] #7589059
05/22/22 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by wy.wolfer
Originally Posted by Ryan McLeod
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Big ram freshly killed by a lone wolf. They battled all down the side of a high mountain. Wolf hadn’t even fed yet. Just got it opened up.

Looks like there could have been enough cape left to salvage. They bring more than a wolf or wolverine.

Are you sure that's not an argali? Did you take any measurements? Is his right horn broken or is it the same length as the left side?
Amazing ram.


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Re: Life in the delta [Re: Ryan McLeod] #7589110
05/22/22 10:31 PM
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The coat is amazing, as well.
I remember seeing a ram that was taken a long time ago, in January, that was in Gary King's. The cape was incredible.


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Re: Life in the delta [Re: Ryan McLeod] #7597113
06/03/22 04:11 AM
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7am waiting for the chopper on the last geese hunt.
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Got a few good nights of rat hunting in close to town. Haven’t done much all nighters due to work.
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Going to try get 200 more this weekend then shut it down for the year.


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Re: Life in the delta [Re: Ryan McLeod] #7597115
06/03/22 04:20 AM
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My friend James jus happened to be in town at the right time and jumped on the chopper with me. We hunted dry land until it all went under then hunted flooded willows until strangely the water dropped and we could once again hunt on land.


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Re: Life in the delta [Re: Ryan McLeod] #7597470
06/03/22 05:02 PM
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Good deal on the geese and rats!!!!! What is your game plan with the rats? They going to auction or do you have someone local that sews?

Re: Life in the delta [Re: HFT AK] #7597850
06/04/22 07:24 AM
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Thats awesome on the rat hunting Ryan

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