Re: TYT's 2023-2024 trapping season
[Re: Lance Squires]
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12/09/23 02:01 AM
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Congrats! You'll remember that fox forever. Thank you! It's getting tanned as well so that'll be fun.
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Re: TYT's 2023-2024 trapping season
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12/09/23 02:02 AM
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Congratulations on that first fox. And yes you will always remember that one. Nice looking red for sure. Thank you! It's a very nice looking fox, very grateful to have caught it.
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Re: TYT's 2023-2024 trapping season
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12/11/23 12:56 PM
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Looks like you have some skinning to do!! Nope, those all went to the contest and they dispose of them, I'll take the ones my dad shoots that are nice.
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Re: TYT's 2023-2024 trapping season
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12/15/23 12:06 AM
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Well, pretty lackluster day again today. I went up north and checked my 5 rat traps, had 1 alive rat. I did pull all of these as it's going to start thawing out again this next week. I just want cold temps now and I'm surprised I'm saying that, I want to trap rats and weasels. Went and checked my spot out west of town which is the 1st property and had nothing, just reset a couple of knocked over snares that the wind knocked over. Also, set a snare in a dry drainage that the coyotes travel like crazy. The 2nd property had nothing on it, really surprising I haven't caught a coon out there yet with that big slough nearby. I did pull the weasel box as it's getting too warm and they will spoil since I don't check every day. We did work on the skinning machine tonight and got it mounted in the rafters and power ran and everything. Also got my rts speed gambrel and chain gambrel in the mail today from Funke trap tags and supplies, only took 3 days to get them. I'm going to be going with them again if I need something again. Anyways, enough rambling, here's the pictures. ![[Linked Image]](https://trapperman.com/forum/attachments/usergals/2023/12/full-56390-200091-1_rat_12_14_23.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://trapperman.com/forum/attachments/usergals/2023/12/full-56390-200095-image_2.png)
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Re: TYT's 2023-2024 trapping season
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Also, has anyone had a coon, skunk, or opossum pull up a wolf fang that's sunk about 12" into the frozen ground through tree roots? I had a dogproof that I thought just got knocked over and covered by snow and I would reset it when the snow melted, well I went to go reset it today and it was gone. I caught a skunk there before and that was the only catch, I did notice scratches on a tree branch that I didn't notice after the skunk so I have a feeling that I caught something. The only reason I still think it's an animal is because there was duff from the catch circle shoved down the hole like something had dug down and pulled the anchor. I didn't find any signs of cable or trap or anything. It also makes me think that I have a trap thief on my hands but the thing I don't get is that there was a trap about 5 feet away that's untouched. I just don't see it being possible since there was nothing to get that much leverage on. This is about 100+ yards off a gravel road and the tall grass I was using to cover the trap up got destroyed after the skunk got caught so is it maybe a possibility someone took the animal and trap and just dug the anchor out?
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Re: TYT's 2023-2024 trapping season
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12/15/23 01:15 AM
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If you "set" that anchor, I highly doubt any of those 3 pulled it out. Without a visual it's hard to say though.
Looking forward to seeing your machine when it's done!
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Re: TYT's 2023-2024 trapping season
[Re: Yukon John]
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12/15/23 01:36 AM
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If you "set" that anchor, I highly doubt any of those 3 pulled it out. Without a visual it's hard to say though.
Looking forward to seeing your machine when it's done! I set all my anchors, I just find it weird. I have one of my friends who lives nearby keeping an eye out in case he sees a coon running around with a 20$ bill on its foot.
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Re: TYT's 2023-2024 trapping season
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12/15/23 08:44 PM
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I just use H.D. Berkshire anchor, drive them in 15"-20" . Only tug an set the one's that go in Rocky or hard ground. Otherwise the critters do a good job of setting the anchor.
Only have had trouble with the 2 legged COYOTES cutting them off.
Did have a very energetic thief once that dug up a anchor. To take everything, that's hard up. Heck I've never dug one up, I just pull by using bolt cutters on the j-hook. Don't let it get you down, we lose 3-5 percent a year to scum bags.
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Re: TYT's 2023-2024 trapping season
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12/17/23 02:04 AM
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Heck, back when we could trap in the roads I once had two traps on chained earth anchors with welded j hooks stolen. Had them set in a gated road, driven right through the shot rock, at least 18" deep. Had boot tracks going through the snow drifts on the way in there (March) two catch circles and no traps or anchors. To this day I wonder how the heck that thief got those things out of the ground up through a rock road. Half a mile to hike in, and only one set of tracks going in and out, so it isn't like he went out and came back with tools. I didn't figure on being able to pull them even with a puller, figured I would have to use a bolt cutter on them. They must have been very determined then. But that's really odd.
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Re: TYT's 2023-2024 trapping season
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12/17/23 02:05 AM
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I just use H.D. Berkshire anchor, drive them in 15"-20" . Only tug an set the one's that go in Rocky or hard ground. Otherwise the critters do a good job of setting the anchor.
Only have had trouble with the 2 legged COYOTES cutting them off.
Did have a very energetic thief once that dug up a anchor. To take everything, that's hard up. Heck I've never dug one up, I just pull by using bolt cutters on the j-hook. Don't let it get you down, we lose 3-5 percent a year to scum bags. Yeah, I know it's just a part of trapping. Just really mind boggling
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Re: TYT's 2023-2024 trapping season
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12/18/23 10:55 PM
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Youth, if your trapping in SD and are not catching coyotes, your doing something wrong. Wish you best of luck but you need to re evaluate things. I'm just guessing here but I'm gonna. To much lure,to much blocking.
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