Last winter I took a few days off work to trap. I don't get much time out in the woods these days due to long work hours and having a young family. I always make sure to set at least a few traps though. I haven't missed a trapping season since I started trapping 20 years ago. This past year was a bit special. We had just closed on our first piece of land about 3 weeks prior and I had just set a few traps on it. I also decided to take my 2.5 year old son on his first trap check.


We caught a coon. This was the first animal trapped on land I own. It was also my son's first trapline catch he's seen.


We caught a second coon on my parents farm.


I decided to tan the coons at home using Rittels EZ 100 tan and make up a hat for my son. I've never sewn anything before so it's far from perfect but it works and was a fun project to add to the memory of that trapline check.




Hopefully he can wear that hat out on the trapline again this winter. He's still talking about the raccoons on the land and how we need to go catch them.

That is very very cool. The Trapline, your son, and the hat. Thanks for sharing

Nice going!

Great little adventure! Making lots of memories

Very nice,,,

This post made my day. Thank you!

good stuff

That is fantastic…..ALL OF IT!!!!!

this exactly.

Awesome post!

very nice , he is going to wear that hat out
going to be very special to him.

That is very cool !!! Great story, great hat. Congrats on the land.

So Awesome

Cool

Very cool. That hat is better than anything you could buy.

Awesome story. Love it!

Fantastic content from good people!! Love it!

Great memories made

MAN THAT IS GREAT!!!!!!, thanks for sharing, NOW how are you going to top that this year???

Excellent Job