When trapping season opened here in MN, it was already making ice so after I saw everything freezing in while I was setting the first day, I decided to pull everything I had just set. It stayed cold for a week or so and I decided to put the boat, motor, and all of my trapping stuff away until spring. Well, along came a warm spell and I could not contain myself and dragged everything all back out and used 6 traps for beaver and 6 for the muskrats. I caught 15 of the 22 beaver in 3 days in the 6 traps and all 20 of the muskrats were caught since Wednesday on my shoreline with six 110's in bank runs. Man, was that ever fun! I felt like a kid again and have them loaded up to sell on the carcass today. I did not have time to finish and dry all of the rats before the buyer came so left them as is.

I was going crazy without having traps out. I also caught one otter in a beaver set , so I just made a few otter sets to keep the anticipation going.

Awesome Doug.
Nice work!

Thats the way to do it.
You know your trapground very well.

Fantastic and what a percentage per trap caught

Nice work! Hunting trips seem to keep interrupting my trapping time. I will get back home later Friday night before the cat and fisher season opens so hope to put out a handful of sets before I leave again.

You did well!!!

How many years have you been setting the same spot ?

Probably 40. Over 50 on my shoreline for the muskrats

That is a mighty good haul Doug. Hats off to you. You know how to run the gauntlet.

You were likely living there when the shoreline was invented.

That’s like my fisher poles that always produce....set the same poles ,year after year..Makes it easy ,once you put the early work in.

Popped a couple Doans pill for ya,,,,,,,

Great catches. You sure know your trapping territory.

Nice

Before dirt for the shoreline was invented .

Great Job

Nice catch for sure! congrats!, any offers on prices?

That is great, I am about ready to try and get my 2 otters and I always snag some beaver in my otter sets. The river is super low and most of the beaver in my favorite sets walked to somewhere with more water.

It's pretty much 20 bucks nose count on carcass beaver and 2 bucks on carcass rats. these days.

Just checked those otter traps this morning and had a male at each of the two locations. One more to go.

Nice

Remember when they were 150.00 each !

You are gonna be rich

I sure do. That's when I had two at a time once in a 330.

I am now. I sold what was in the truck yesterday.

Just caught the 4th and final otter this morning. Glad to not have to get in the water any more. Made a few fisher sets and am hopeful that something might happen there.

It was a nice dark 23 1/2 pound male. Good way to end it.

Nice otter catch.

congrats

Trapstickman was always there to lend support.