It does, if you are trying to catch marten. Almost as bad as squirrels.

I suppose so Dirt. I don't have marten around here but used to have a decent population of weasels back in the day.

You dont miss marten by catching weasels,lol.Often catch several of each in the same box.They know where the bonanza is at.
Plus the little guys are $25 bucks a pop.
I wouldnt wax my 120s if I wanted to exclude weasels.

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Checked a few sets today.











Caught one cat at the snare fence.
I built the bush cubby with snare fence last year as a tutorial post but never set it up.

I activated it about a week ago by putting a bait in the cubby and hanging snares,4 on each side.
A jackpot is basically a curved snare fence,but the snare fence is quicker and easier to set up in an open type bush.

You are doing well, thanks for the pictures.

How long do you thaw those critters before you skin em?

Marten hanging in the cold room will be thawed out by tomorrow.
One cat is froze solid,he will be ready to skin tomorrow morning if I leave him hang at room temp.If I hang him in the cold room 2 or 3 days.
The other cat was caught fresh so only his feet,legs and head are froze,I will likely be able to skin him tonight.
The weasels thaw out at room temp in a couple hours or less.

Great pics Boco!

That sure is a TOTALLY different world than down here in the tropics...

First run with the snowmachine,got about a foot of snow now,with accumulations daily.
Was sure nice to run the trails with the snowmachine instead of the bike,Much faster and not near as bumpy.
Gonna make the first run on the north line tomorrow or day after.I will be able to access much more country on the snowmachine.Hopefully be able to set up some more marten boxes and a couple or 3 jackpots if the trails dont need too much work.

I'll second that! Very neat to see.

Love the snare jackpot. Got to try that when the lynx come back.

That snare fence is a very old set,muskrat.It works good in the more open country,probably be good in your country.
You can set one on each side of your skidoo trail when cats are using the trail with a cubby on each side with a foot trap and the snare fence parallell to your trail.Multiple catches prevent cannibalism and much better than hanging snares on your skidoo trail.
You can make up a few ahead of time,then activate the ones you want by putting bait in the cubby and hanging snares.
Some trappers here use their snare fences that were made 20,30 years ago,just a little mtc here and there.

I think the overflow finally freezing up. Ill look for good location for snare fences when I go to bust out the trail to my camp. I think busting out the trail going to be an all day thing as the willows are really hanging over the trails.

Looks like you'll being needing new skinning knifes from all the resharping from all that skinning. Great pics keepem coming.

Nice! Our forecast is looking warm with no snow in the foreseeable future. Gonna start ice beaver and get some boxes up with the quad next weekend after my call shift. It’s so quiet, I might sneak out with the truck tomorrow morning and hang a box or 2 on foot.

Checked a few sets.
Picked up another wolf on the trail.

Went for a skidoo ride today on the driftwood line to check out some new country,Found a good spur to make a few new sets.
Checked a couple sets on the camp trail.

Checked a few traps on a short spur this afternoon.



Caught the cat in a trail snare(no bait),snare was hung in the opening on the right where cat was using to hunt rabbits.

Thanks for sharing. Really enjoy the variety of fur you catch Boco.