I get itchy during summer and try and get things ready for season. I am degreasing a couple dozen MB alphas that a local guy bought and never set and will get them waxed and ready for season over the next few days. Have some dry dirt put up which is easy to find with the drought and will make waxed dirt with it soon. Next, I will talk to some more landowners for additional permission. What is everyone else doing trapping related.

Still trapping, lol.

I only Trap during late fall early winter. Kind of jealous of the guys that can do it year-round. Retiring in four years maybe then.

Yep me too. but I am starting to pick my weekends with this triple digit temps/heat index they are not bothering me as bad.lol

Trust me it ain't much fun trapping in the summe other than what you can do with the money charged lol. Especially coyote, muskrat and beaver work

I’m just trying to get a little more in before hip surgery. I’ll be missing out on a month or two worth of extra $$$ during that time. Already let my son hit one of my places during my turkey trip and he racked up some dough on that place.

Just pulled the last of my woodchuck traps.
Got paid and got a nice tip.
Also got three ticks on me and two in the trap bucket.
Time for making waxed dirt next dry hot spell

Sometimes it doesn't even involve trapping and you get paid to sit on your arse.

Snake wrangling last week and next. Walk through give the all clear and wait for 14-15 hours.

Pays well but is the most excruciating work I've ever done. At least they feed well, steak on Friday.

I'll follow that up, after the crew clears out, with some actual snake trapping.

With so very little rain here in months, putting up lots of dry sifted dirt. Will wax it later.


Also started inventory and seeing what I need to buy/replace. Might be selling some older traps I don’t plan to use. Convert those to a little cash for more supplies.

Jim

I’m in the process of finishing all my beaver jobs for landowners that wanted the dams cleared. I do it all by hand as our business is new. Also starting to sift and dry all our sand and sifted topsoil in preparation of making waxed material for our own personal use over the next year as well as material for retail. It really never ends here as we both work full time.

Making some predator bait and tuning traps

Even though I've quit coyote trapping doesn't mean that I'm done trapping. I'm back where I was a dozen years ago trapping/snaring beaver(through the ice) so my attention and ideas have changed direction to beaver & otter and more efficiency than before. Here's what I've been doing this summer-
For those who do not subscribe to my Youtube channel-

Making body grip safeties safer
https://youtu.be/TrR9N58syu4

My Beaver Skater Stabilizer for RBGs
https://youtu.be/pVP-0b9M6bY

How about some take-down drowning rods
https://youtu.be/lql8FuqI62s

Bring things up to date, Beaver Floats my way

Got skunk job going, and making up snares.
A lot of cover here this year, plenty of rain

I'm educating beaver, except for the few that step on the trap pans or crawl thru the snares.

Seldom,
Just watched your videos. Very good content! I'd sure like to sit and talk with you about trapping, but Michigan is a ride from south Ga.

Btw...do a video on them beaver floats.

You will find my phone number on my Youtube home page by looking & clicking on the “about” tab. I’ll gladly talk with any trapper!
Thank you for the compliment!

Come spring, I can tell you there will be some videos on the floats. .

Seldom
I’ve been trapping beavers for 40 years and still learned from your videos. Thank you. Quick question. Do your floats work equally well in both Fall and Spring?

My Gosh Seldom, you are one creative guy. Really like the idea of drowning rods. Very neat.

Mac

I don’t know 080808 but I’m figuring spring when the 2 year olds get run off and are on the move. Also in the spring on the bigger rivers the floats will always allow the trap and lure to be available regardless of rising water levels.

I’d bet they’d work in the fall as well if you were on the colony and the fact I don’t have the rapid water fluctuation which is really the purpose of a float.. Just like any other caster mound but not on shore.