Super pictures

All the lynx(and the bobcat) are snared.All at a jackpot set except one at a blind trail set.
Snaring cats is as easy as snaring rabbits,I find a suitable place where lynx hunt or on the routes where they travel between hunting pockets.
I will wire up a beaver carcass,or just toss it on the ground in agood thick spot of saplings,preferably dead,then I will block the north side,and hang 8 snares on the other 3 sides.The jackpot for cats will be about 20 feet in diameter roughly.If you are running a bunch of jackpot sets,always set the same amount of snares at every one,because if you have different numbers of snares to check at every jackpot you will miss some when checking,especially after it snows and covers a catch.
When animals approach a bsit they move low and slow,so we hang our snares 6 inches from the ground and a 6 inch loop.
At a blind trail set I will hang a snare for cats higher,about 8-9 inches off the trail and abit bigger loop maybe 7 inch.
Cat jackpots will take every fox that comes along in winter.But we dont have a whole bunch of fox here most years especially in the areas that hold lots of cats.A jackpot is just a variation of the standard Snare fence, (basically just a curved snare fence)

Thanks, the last lynx pic looked like he was almost up the tree standing on his hind legs...after the bait I'm guessing....

Thanks for taking the time to do this. Very informative and interesting!!

That is just the way he wrapped himself up on the killstick.

Do you set any footholds for wolves or cats at all?

Havent set a foothold for wolves for years.
I set a foothold once in a while for a cat if I can check it every day,which is rare.
I dont like dealing with live animals on the line or messing with re setting snowed in traps.Time is a rare commodity in the north in winter.

Thanks for taking the time to post your line Boco.
You sure do have some nice areas to trap.
Plus a variety of fur also.

I’m trying to find where you were talking about mink sets on your open water beaver travels. You could tell the fur was near prime by the tail? I got a couple mink and was reading the big bible, and comparing a Jan 22 tanned mink to the female I just got. Kinda tough to tell unless I got the actual graded fur in front of me.
This is the tanned Jan 22 one, underfur/guard hair doesn’t really blend in, yesterdays mink seems to be more of a contrast

An early mink caught before it primes up will have a ropy looking tail,You can tell a prime mink by the long guard hairs on the "bottle brush" tail.
The last part of a minks leather to turn creamy white(when dry) indicating prime is on the tail.
It makes little difference in what you will get in the current wild mink raw fur market.
The only reason I take any mink at all right now is because I have a market for tanned mink and they are easy to tan,and are there for the taking when trapping beaver.
I have not shipped any mink to the raw fur market for about 3 years now.

Thanks all for looking at my trapping journal.

Thanks for posting & all the tips!
I might try phoning GFW Dave to see if he’ll pay anything for them. The 2 I sent to FHA are still in their cooler and I guess there’s still 15 million over seas in warehouses from the ranches there. I’ll have to try tanning one, for some reason I’m always tanning beaver and they ain’t easy…lol

Heck Boco, this is one of the better journals out here.

Thanks Boco for the pictures. You are having way to much fun.

:Looks like your doing pretty awesome this year! Sweet on getting the wolf!

Another run on the driftwood line.Got one marten with orange toes on 3 of his feet,and two nice xdk's

If Boco's trapline pics don't get your juices going nuthin' will. Keep 'em coming.

Latest check,not much moving,need a cold snap.
Good time to chop up a beaver and replace the old stuff in the boxes.






The last marten was a big bugger,Be interesting how he measures on the board.

Never gets old seeing the ermine.

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How often do you freshen them up with bait? How about lure?
Trying to catch a fisher here and not sure what to do with bait frozen solid. Was lucky enough to get a deer the other day so freshened the boxes with liver and lung. Also have some older beaver chunks in them.
Thanks anyone for any advice.