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Bunbun's Norton Sound Adventures #8260436
11/12/24 01:53 PM
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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.

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Re: Bunbun's Norton Sound Adventures [Re: Bunbun] #8260544
11/12/24 04:46 PM
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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.

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Re: Bunbun's Norton Sound Adventures [Re: martentrapper] #8260554
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You should be very familiar with this village Mike.

Re: Bunbun's Norton Sound Adventures [Re: Bunbun] #8260788
11/12/24 09:12 PM
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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 !!


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Re: Bunbun's Norton Sound Adventures [Re: Bunbun] #8261162
11/13/24 11:46 AM
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Great pictures and welcome aboard Bunbun! Looking forward to seeing more of your adventures and life out there.

How far do you have to go for caribou and burbot? What fish are you catching through the ice?

Re: Bunbun's Norton Sound Adventures [Re: broncoformudv] #8261187
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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.

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Re: Bunbun's Norton Sound Adventures [Re: Bunbun] #8261204
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Good update this morning.

On the board for fur this year with 2 marten from last nights check. I use mostly bridger 155's for marten with wood boxes. I've been experimenting, setting them different ways and looks like they all work.

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Re: Bunbun's Norton Sound Adventures [Re: Bunbun] #8261232
11/13/24 02:12 PM
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Looks like you are set for winter with that variety of meat! Congrats on being on the board! Look forward to reading about your adventures and thank you for sharing!

Re: Bunbun's Norton Sound Adventures [Re: Bunbun] #8261406
11/13/24 06:35 PM
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Is that huge animal, (with the woman in the picture working on it), a walrus?


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Re: Bunbun's Norton Sound Adventures [Re: Bunbun] #8261591
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Welcome BunBun.

Will be fun tagging along with you here.


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Re: Bunbun's Norton Sound Adventures [Re: Bunbun] #8261693
11/14/24 06:47 AM
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Nice catches


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Re: Bunbun's Norton Sound Adventures [Re: alaska viking] #8261954
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That would be a bearded seal. That picture is up in Kotzebue when I went hunting with my brother and some buddies. Up there bearded seals are gutted then put back in the boat and then processed at home. Where I'm from I like to break down most of the breaking down and cleaning on the ice. Just an example of how different regions and villages do some things differently.

Re: Bunbun's Norton Sound Adventures [Re: Bunbun] #8262160
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Thanks. Those Bearded Seals look huge. Don't have those in southeast.


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Re: Bunbun's Norton Sound Adventures [Re: Bunbun] #8262334
11/15/24 04:35 AM
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Will be fun to watch your adventures. I spend a lot of time on the lower Yukon area. Buying antlers and trapping again this year.

Re: Bunbun's Norton Sound Adventures [Re: Bunbun] #8264993
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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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Re: Bunbun's Norton Sound Adventures [Re: Bunbun] #8265037
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Your boxes look good. Are they stackable?

Re: Bunbun's Norton Sound Adventures [Re: Bunbun] #8265076
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Perhaps you should use some footholds.

Re: Bunbun's Norton Sound Adventures [Re: milkcrate] #8265119
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Thanks milkcrate. Yeah they stack. I'm making another batch of boxes with my new and improved design. Like the username btw, milk crates are one of my go-to wolverine sets.

Re: Bunbun's Norton Sound Adventures [Re: Bunbun] #8265125
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Nice marten


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Re: Bunbun's Norton Sound Adventures [Re: martentrapper] #8265203
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I started out using footholds and there's no doubt they do the job. I favor the coni's though because they're so efficient and easy to set. Also, I was getting a lot of bycatch with the foothold even though I had my bait under the pole and trap in the right location.

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