Made a dozen marten boxes this aft out of some scrap lumber I have piled up.
Just have to staple the screen in the back and bring them out to camp.




I keep a stockpile of boxes at the line cabins in case I want to set up a new area or to replace boxes that are too bad shape to wire up.

Nice job Boco, just did a bunch for fisher, cat, coon, skunk, mink..

What size traps go in them? 120s,,,,160s ?

I made some boxes a couple times. 175 on this load headed to camp. I made 250 that year.

I probably got about 400 marten boxes out in the bush at any time on 3 different trapgrounds.Each trapground has 3 to 5 marten lines on each.
I never set them all the same year.Most I would have set in one season would be about 80.
Every time I go into a line that has sit fallow for a season or 3 there are boxes that need fixed and some that need replaced.

Couldnt imagine hauling around hundreds of boxes each year.

120s Upstate.
I like using old wore out beaver boards to make marten boxes.
When you cut them with the skill saw you can really smell the castor scent of beaver in the wood.lol.
The key to a good marten box is the deep 1/4 inch slots.

I was setting 300-400 every year and picking them up when I was done. I could pick them all up in two days with the ATV and a small trailer behind it.

All set on the ground?

Yes all set on the ground. 80% are not within a half a mile of a tree. There are not many trees in the plains. All staked with rebar.

I'm about to start making some more muskrat floats over here.

Good idea with the beaver smell impregnated wood.

Nice Job

I like to set them like this if I have the time.
The boxes last much longer in the bush set this way

metric or Imperial?

Plus a little Beaver Grease in natures... Thompson's Water Seal

There are marten in NoDak??

Yes we have a few marten in ND. I was not trapping marten.

Boco, is that 1/2 inch material your using?

I use whatever scrap wood is available,old fence boards 1/4 inch ply 1/2 inch and the wore out beaver boards which are 5/8 or 3/4.
When using the 1/4 or half inch ply I use that for the sides where the slots are cut.You need to have the thicker ply or fence boards to nail or screw those to.
The only thing I dont use is chipboard(OSB) or that stuff made out of sawdust.They dont last more than a couple seasons.

Do you have problems w/ porkies chewing on them?

That was always a problem when I left fisher boxes out, which we can no longer do on public land.