Re: A few pics from the traplines.
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It is unique allright. Has a pure white head,bright orange body,and the tail is bright orange underneath and white on top,with a dark band near the tip but the tip is also white.
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Re: A few pics from the traplines.
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11/04/23 05:15 PM
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Re: A few pics from the traplines.
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11/04/23 06:57 PM
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Nice! What do you do with the 2 tone weasel? I like the white & caramel look, I tanned the one I got late last season. Makes me hungry for ice cream or something when I look at it.
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Re: A few pics from the traplines.
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11/04/23 08:57 PM
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They sell right along with the rest when tanned.Some people like the greybacks better than the ermine weasels. I havent shipped a weasel to the auctions in probably 30 years. So easy to tan and always sell out no matter how many I get.
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Re: A few pics from the traplines.
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11/05/23 11:18 PM
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Excellent job, your having a good season
Let me sugar coat this
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Re: A few pics from the traplines.
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11/07/23 04:13 PM
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Bob do you turn your boxes down facing when the snows come heavy? No Bob,i got them every which way.The ones turned up I just give the bait a whack with the axe on the bottom to knock the snow off. Animals enter the box even when it is full of powder snow to get at the bait. The biggest disadvantage to the boxes that open up is that the bait diappears quicker from shrews and mice,but I normally have no shortage of bait,and I change it or chop it every week or two anyway.
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Re: A few pics from the traplines.
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11/07/23 06:34 PM
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Not much damage from rodents as long as they are up or hanging. Sometimes fisher or other marten will eat the odd marten.This almost always happens before the catch has frozen hard.After an animal is frozen hard they are much less attractive to scavengers. After freeze up I will run 3 or 4 day checks but it depends on how many traps/lines I have out.I dont run near as many traps as I once did-too tough at my age now. When you have a lot of lines out the check times will be longer of course. 5-7 day check is fine in winter when running 5 or 6 different traplines,that gives you a day or two off for skinning (with lethal sets of course).Much more than that then you run into other problems.
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Re: A few pics from the traplines.
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11/08/23 06:48 PM
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Only seen that on beaver in open water nuisance, if they dont make it under water. The ravens plucjk the hair out but have a tough time opening the skin unless the beaver is belly up.
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Re: A few pics from the traplines.
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Awesome pictures sir! Your trap line always fascinated me.
Real name Eric The sharpest hammer in the box of crayons.
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