Haha yeah, it's rough trapping in southern Nevada. There are some days I need a light jacket, but I normally have to take it off by the time I get to my set.

But for reals, it's nice. I delt with trapping in cold weather and deep snow a couple years in Idaho while going to school and that was enough for me. We do get a couple weeks where it barely gets above freezing but normally I'm in a t-shirt at some point during the day. And when it does snow, it seldomly stays on the ground for more than a couple days. The mountains near us get it worse but thats why i trap the valleys this time of the season. It would be nice to use snares, but that's not practical down here.

I do trap nuisance in tee shirt weather,only problem the bugs will eat you alive here,lol,cold weather trapping is much more pleasant in the swamp.
Looks like nice country up your way.

Crazy and frustrating check last night. I started the late afternoon with expanding our line and did find a toilet that had a fresh turd on it. So my night started off great until I checked the first spot. 2 of 3 traps were stolen. Then while headed to the next spot a notice a truck parked in the dark were I pull off. Not sure if they were waiting for me or not, so I drove past them till they couldn't see me then walked around from behind to check my set (in the dark). When I got there it had a big rock in it. So I pulled that one.

Then for checking traps, I did have one of those coyotes that really wants to be caught. I had a flat set in the main wash and up a side wash I had a very flashy exposed walk through set. Well the coyote never made it to my flat set because it got caught in my heavly blocked and very flashy exposed trap set. Some coyotes just aren't the smartest. I also had a kit fox in my last set.

I did get a cool picture of the Vegas lights. Just the way I like it, when you can't see the city haha. It was a clear night but today was raining all day. Hopefully that gets the cats moving.

Sorry to hear about your stolen traps. It’s happened to me quite a bit too. Always sucks.

A better check than last check. Got another dozen sets in a new area then got to checking. Ended up with a kit fox, Grey fox, and young bobcat that was released. I'm having a ton of fun with my kids. My youngest loves to carry stuff to the truck so a kit fox is his favorite.

No fleas on your fox down there?

The kit fox do, but I hardly find any on the greys. Some parts of the state get fleas on the greys really bad but I find more on the bobcats than the grey fox down here

It was a long and cold check tonight. We had a big northern wind come thru for a few days. 20 degrees up high, and 15 degrees on the desert valley. Thats beyond cold for someone who is used to it being warm enough to trap in a t-shirt for most of the season. It did get things moving, but also messed up about half my sets. So tonight had a lot of set remaking. The grey fox were on the move. I picked up 4 tonight with one of them in a cage trap. I also caught two big Tom's, both of them having really good bellies. One might even be my best cat ever! It nice to see some good color and bigger sized cats after having a spell of either small cats with good bellies or big cats with casty bellies.

Very nice,look forward to seeing those cats put up and seeing the wide bellies,thanks for sharing.

Great pics !!!

Are you running bait in the cages (for cats ) or just lure and attractor?
Thanks

Just lure and attractors. I never have much luck with bait and bobcats. I believe most cats caught with bait are caught because of the curiosity of the smell over the desire to eat. There's not shortage for food out here and cats are pretty efficient hunters. If they are hungry, they just go catch something.

Great catches. Isn't it something how the right weather front can not only make them move but put their mood for checking out a set in overdrive.
You and the boys are certainly adding them up and making memories

My guess is the wind kept everything hunkered down, then the 30 degree temperature shift made them a little more errgent in hunting, plus more eager to check out the female situation.

Thanks for sharing! A couple beautiful cats!!

Thanks for continuing to post the updates! Fun to see everything about trapping in different areas of the country.

I forgot to weld one of your expanded pans on the one trap. I ended up switching it out so I can weld it on.

Great fur handling!

I’ve always ran bait but we also have to use cages but I’m going to set 2 cages by each other one with a chunk of beaver which is my go to and the other with lure and a attractor.