Otter caught in deepwater channel at culvert.

I should have snapped a picture this morning. In addition to running my coyote line I’m doing a badger complaint for an irrigation district not far from my line. I checked it at 0630 and no badger. Got out on the line checking coyote traps and got a call from the district foreman asking if I had checked this morning. I assured him I had. “Well you got one after you left this morning.”

I finished checking where I was and ran over. Sure enough. There’s a badger that wasn’t there 2 hours earlier. And it had done a pretty good job of tearing things up in just a couple hours. I dispatched and reset. I doubt I’ll get another there but I’ll give it another week and then pull my traps. The foreman was pleased to have the dike digger gone.

Fox on the board for tanning.

This guy has eaten his last chicken, about as dark as they get around here.

A few pics from my PA line so far.

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Nice catch of fur.

Have been fortunate to have some of my good buddies ride the line with me and even got the wife out a day. Been fun so far.

First timber wolf of this year couple weeks back

Nice wolf Boco. What's a good average of weight for those wolf's?

This morning's catch, 1 beaver and 5 coon.

My season is off to a pretty good start. Took a week off from work to bowhunt and trap. My first canine this season was my first fox ever.

Vacation back home at the family's farm I totalled 2 fox and 7 coyotes with a bunch of coons, possums and a couple skunks.

Since vacation it's been slow going with a handful of traps in our yard but have caught 2 more coyotes and my first cat of the season. I'm hoping to Starr this next week removing some problem coyotes for a coworker.

Nice catches.Look at all that nice bare ground

Nice job cookie. Looks like you did pretty darn good for a week!

Thanks Longbeard, it's was a good week for sure and only a dozen sets out for the canines.

WTG cookie. You on drags those last three pics or just trapping in tight to cover?

Thanks Turtle, that first coyote in that last photo post was on a drag the other two were set along trails that enter our yard and are in cover. The ones I have on drags are in an effort to get them to cover as there is a lot of farm traffic along the road we live on. Never had one messed with but would rather not risk it either.

PA double. Don’t get much closer than that! And another coyote at that set.