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CT New Member #7613342
06/26/22 05:36 PM
06/26/22 05:36 PM
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skipperpgm Offline OP
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Hello, new to the site, long time lurker. Just a little back history. I can now say I am getting older but trapped in my younger days in the Connecticut salt marshes. Back then got a good many of the large black rats (good money) , coons, red fox, and mink. Most of the salt marshes are now preserves and no longer available for trapping. I now see mink everywhere along the salt coast and islands around where I live in SE CT. Coyotes have taken over all the woodlands. I have not trapped in a few years but currently hunt in CT and out of a camp in New Hampshire.

Re: CT New Member [Re: skipperpgm] #7613352
06/26/22 05:45 PM
06/26/22 05:45 PM
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Welcome to trapperman.Sounds like everything has gone to heck by you don’t feel bad it’s like that everywhere.

Re: CT New Member [Re: skipperpgm] #7613356
06/26/22 05:47 PM
06/26/22 05:47 PM
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NNY
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NNY
Get your land permission early. I grew up trapping in Ct. Also be aware of all the antis. Good luck.

Re: CT New Member [Re: skipperpgm] #7613368
06/26/22 05:57 PM
06/26/22 05:57 PM
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 1,144
Ohio
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Ohio
Welcome! Sounds like you have a beautiful place! Hope you share lots of pictures and your knowledge here.

Re: CT New Member [Re: skipperpgm] #7613390
06/26/22 06:14 PM
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Welcome to the clan !


We have met the enemy and the enemy is us!
Re: CT New Member [Re: Ohio Wolverine] #7613402
06/26/22 06:20 PM
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skipperpgm Offline OP
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CT
I do have enough of my own land for hunting deer and turkeys but trapping is tight. I am also next to large tracts of state forest but I'm out of the loop other than for the fishing and hunting reg's.

Re: CT New Member [Re: skipperpgm] #7613449
06/26/22 07:12 PM
06/26/22 07:12 PM
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welcome smile

Re: CT New Member [Re: skipperpgm] #7613460
06/26/22 07:25 PM
06/26/22 07:25 PM
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W NY
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W NY
Welcome aboard, salt marshes must have been good trapping back in the day. Would like to hear more about it sometime in your posts


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Re: CT New Member [Re: skipperpgm] #7613699
06/27/22 07:51 AM
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Welcome to trapperman.


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Re: CT New Member [Re: skipperpgm] #7613800
06/27/22 10:05 AM
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Welcome, you can learn a lot, even about things you didn't want to.

Re: CT New Member [Re: skipperpgm] #7613801
06/27/22 10:08 AM
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So true. lol

Re: CT New Member [Re: skipperpgm] #7613904
06/27/22 12:53 PM
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Welcome

Re: CT New Member [Re: skipperpgm] #7613921
06/27/22 01:37 PM
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Welcome, I was introduced to trapping when my family relocated to Old Saybrook Ct as a kid. We moved there during the peak of the fur boom in 79 and muskrats were bringing 8$-10$ . Easiest money I ever made. The fur buyer liked the saltwater rats as he said the hides were thicker as they had more territory and more feed in the tidal marshes. I left Ct. in 88 and returned to Missouri. Lots of good memories running around in those marshes. Good luck this year.

Re: CT New Member [Re: skipperpgm] #7614509
06/28/22 09:35 AM
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Nice to meet you. smile


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Re: CT New Member [Re: skipperpgm] #7614530
06/28/22 10:06 AM
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Minnesota
Welcome to Tman


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Re: CT New Member [Re: skipperpgm] #7614683
06/28/22 02:24 PM
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Have you joined the club yet. Membership is simple. Set a 330 and stick your bare hand in it. Welcome aboard.

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