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Bunbun's Norton Sound Adventures
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11/12/24 01:53 PM
11/12/24 01:53 PM
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Joined: Dec 2023
Posts: 32 Alaska
Bunbun
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trapper
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OP
trapper
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Alaska
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Hello all, welcome to my thread. This will be my main thread to post updates and pictures of my outdoors adventures. A little about myself, I have lived in the village for most of my life and enjoy living a subsistence lifestyle. My family and I work very hard to gather and put away food throughout the year such as: moose, caribou, birds, seal, beluga, berries, greens and many others. I've also been a commercial fisherman for most of my life. Salmon is a very important resource for rural Alaska whether you're a commercial fisherman getting a dollar amount for your product or a subsistence fisherman putting away a food that will feed and provide nourishment to your family for the winter. As for trapping, I will admit I have a lot to learn. I've made a few small "lines" in recent years that have resulted in some success, but I strive to become a better trapper and will take all the advice I can on this website. To start, here are a few pictures to introduce you to my Norton Sound adventures. [img] https://trapperman.com/forum/attachments/usergals/2024/11/full-58175-236459-20240102_155439.jpg[/img] [img] https://trapperman.com/forum/attachments/usergals/2024/11/full-58175-236460-20240107_145450.jpg[/img] [img] https://trapperman.com/forum/attachments/usergals/2024/11/full-58175-236461-20240314_132211.jpg[/img] [img] https://trapperman.com/forum/attachments/usergals/2024/11/full-58175-236462-20240314_132216.jpg[/img] [img] https://trapperman.com/forum/attachments/usergals/2024/11/full-58175-236463-20240402_173613.jpg[/img] [img] https://trapperman.com/forum/attach...-58175-236464-20240611_072632000_ios.jpg[/img] [img] https://trapperman.com/forum/attach...-58175-236465-20240628_071144459_ios.jpg[/img] [img] https://trapperman.com/forum/attach...-58175-236466-20240820_170859402_ios.jpg[/img] [img] https://trapperman.com/forum/attach...-58175-236467-20241008_230523000_ios.png[/img]
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Re: Bunbun's Norton Sound Adventures
[Re: Bunbun]
#8260544
11/12/24 04:46 PM
11/12/24 04:46 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 3,677 Moved to Fbks, Ak.
martentrapper
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trapper
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 3,677
Moved to Fbks, Ak.
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Awesome pics. Trying my best to guess which village you’re in. Checked out your previous posts. Figured it out. I lived there in 2000-2003. Miss trapping around there.
Last edited by martentrapper; 11/12/24 04:55 PM.
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Re: Bunbun's Norton Sound Adventures
[Re: Bunbun]
#8260788
11/12/24 09:12 PM
11/12/24 09:12 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,388 Mt.
g smith
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BB I sure thank you for those pictures .Doubtfull that i will ever get to see that country in this life so you filled the gap !!
You can ride a fast horse slow but you can't ride a slow horse fast .
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Re: Bunbun's Norton Sound Adventures
[Re: broncoformudv]
#8261187
11/13/24 12:28 PM
11/13/24 12:28 PM
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Joined: Dec 2023
Posts: 32 Alaska
Bunbun
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Thanks bronco.
Caribou don’t travel down to our village anymore so we have to travel a ways to hunt them. I think about 260 mile roundtrip is what we were doing last year. We have some burbot in our river here but you only see them in the late fall. The bigger fish we catch through the ice are dollies and the smaller ones we fish for right by town are tomcod and smelt.
Last edited by Bunbun; 11/13/24 12:52 PM.
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Re: Bunbun's Norton Sound Adventures
[Re: Bunbun]
#8261406
11/13/24 06:35 PM
11/13/24 06:35 PM
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Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 5,573 Oregon
alaska viking
"Made it two years not being censored"
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"Made it two years not being censored"
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Posts: 5,573
Oregon
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Is that huge animal, (with the woman in the picture working on it), a walrus?
Just doing what I want now.
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Re: Bunbun's Norton Sound Adventures
[Re: Bunbun]
#8261591
11/13/24 10:09 PM
11/13/24 10:09 PM
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Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 8,592 western mn
bucksnbears
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trapper
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western mn
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Welcome BunBun.
Will be fun tagging along with you here.
swampgas chili and schmidt beer makes for a deadly combo
You have to remember that 1 out of 3 Democratic Voters is just as dumb as the other two.
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Re: Bunbun's Norton Sound Adventures
[Re: Bunbun]
#8262160
11/14/24 08:35 PM
11/14/24 08:35 PM
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Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 5,573 Oregon
alaska viking
"Made it two years not being censored"
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"Made it two years not being censored"
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Posts: 5,573
Oregon
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Thanks. Those Bearded Seals look huge. Don't have those in southeast.
Just doing what I want now.
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Re: Bunbun's Norton Sound Adventures
[Re: Bunbun]
#8264993
11/18/24 12:54 PM
11/18/24 12:54 PM
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Joined: Dec 2023
Posts: 32 Alaska
Bunbun
OP
trapper
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OP
trapper
Joined: Dec 2023
Posts: 32
Alaska
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Update time. I pulled some gear that I had set for a quick early season soak. Got a marten and a couple beaver from that area. I started to expand my other line that picked up another marten. I've got some high hopes for my next check, saw some promising sign. I think I will be setting my boxes with the trap facing down from now on. I had a trap that was snapped that caught a marten last check in a trap facing up box. It looked like there was short marten hair from the head pinched in the corner of my 155. I've never had that happen with the trap facing down sets.
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