Re: Marten Attractions
[Re: E.J. Kelley]
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09/23/24 09:04 AM
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Blueberry jam, or any jam works. anis oil, paddle fish oil, old seal oil, sardines, fish sauce, and the list goes on. Just about anything will work. Sometimes something new, that the marten has never smelled before will attract them. good luck
Life is hard. It's even harder if your stupid!
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Re: Marten Attractions
[Re: E.J. Kelley]
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09/23/24 11:18 AM
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Fish has always worked great for me especially if it's a little green. Grouse and duck carcasses work good too with a dab of lure. I saw a guy using those little cans of cat food with a hole drilled through it to run the wire, not sure how successful he was with it.
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Re: Marten Attractions
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Any good sized chunk of meat that creates lots of activity around the set will work.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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Re: Marten Attractions
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My first fisher was caught with a piece of squirrel hide that I tanned with the cheap orange bottle stuff. I just dabbed some marten lure in the fur. Just about anything should do. When my coworker had a line up north, all he used was fish guts in his marten sets.
Wind Blew, crap flew, out came the line crew
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Re: Marten Attractions
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09/24/24 10:27 AM
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Ryan McLeod
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I use fish. last season I found out marten cant pass up bear meat
If you take care of the land the land will take care of you
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Re: Marten Attractions
[Re: E.J. Kelley]
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Ryan McLeod
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yes. for wolves too. I found that after a fall bear hunt the wolves or wolverine would stick around until the carcass was gone so i started taking meat for bait.
If you take care of the land the land will take care of you
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Re: Marten Attractions
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Good to know. Thanks. Black and brown bears? Or one or the other.. I have some bear fat/scraps/bones for this year.
As for marten attractants I've just used ptarmigan wings/carcasses and some anise/berry/skunky lure.
But admittedly catch them in my 330s more often than not.
Last edited by Alder; 09/24/24 12:28 PM.
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Re: Marten Attractions
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09/24/24 10:19 PM
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A piece of tainted bear fat the size of your thumb best marten bait I ever used.
Chocolate chip cookies never made it to be bait with me, What a waste
I love the smell of burning spruce---I love the sound of a spring time goose---I love the feel of 40 below---from my trapline I will never go!
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Re: Marten Attractions
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09/28/24 09:19 AM
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Get on a set of marten tracks and follow them. They'll go to and investigate any and all leaning poles. It's a way (underneath the leaning pole) for them to get access beneath the snow. Just the leaning pole, with no bait, is an attractant.
Jack
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