Caught a big black lab in a cage trap set for fisher deep in the woods. Not close to any homes. Dog had a tag on so we were able to find the owner. When I first saw the trap I thought I had the biggest fisher ever caught or a small bear. Really surprised to see that he could fit in the box trap. He was some happy to get out

Wasn't scissors but would have been hand held. Just can't figure if it washed down the ditch from the neighborhood at the north side of the ditch or just flung out the window while driving down the highway.

Dang, must have been hungry.

1.While running my mink line on a snowy day, I was pleasantly surprised to find a nice male red fox on the deep end of my drowning cable.

2.During a tough point in life; divorce, custody battle, limited money etc.. I was running my trapline on a cloudy, bleak day when I heard a bald eagle’s shrill whistle call while walking across a beautiful high knoll. At that time bald eagles were pretty uncommon, so I was tickled to see the bird soaring about 80 feet above me. Upon looking up the eagle dropped a 12 inch herring that landed 20 feet from me, still alive. I took it as sign, and ate the fish that evening. The event really uplifted me on a bad day.

3. While running my coon line after coming home from college for Thanksgiving break, I entered That was on a Friday, so I presume she went to confession on Saturday

I used to mark traps along the road with beer cans.
We called it the Indian set…..

Found similar one day scouting for deer. This one was strapped to a tree at the appropriate height for inappropriate behavior.
Bout jumped out of my skin.

A beaver in a dirt hole canine set. A fisher in a 330 guarding a castor mound.

Caught a small frog by the head in a 330 conibear

I see alot of them birthday balloons from the big cities

I've caught my share of strange critters over the years. Caught a porcupine at a muskrat feedbed at the end of an old log 20 ft from shore. Had rat lure at the set and the porky was drowned. The weirdest catch I've seen was by my
brother and l wouldn't have believed it, but he showed me a picture he took. He had a 110 body grip set in a rat den
Under the ice. When he pulled the snapped trap up their was a live but very slow moving garter snake in the jaws. I still scratch my head on that one.
I mentioned in another thread about catching 2 star nosed moles in a BE set for mink.

Caught a barn rat ( Norway ) in a conibear set in an under water bank den for muskrats.
Caught of course a wolverine.
Found a dead man, his face blown off!
Found a tile trap that had two sets of jaws , so it would catch coming or going.
Someone stole it from my Grainery .

Lately the weirdest thing on my trapline is a profitable day.

I walked out to a low maintenance road about 30 years ago and spotted some orange clothing. There were 4 jumpsuits stuffed in a clump of brush that were from a local State Prison. I was glad I didn't walk out to the road any sooner as there were 2 cigarette butts on the road still smoldering. I called the prison and had to meet a couple guys to show them the uniforms. They said the group had escaped 3 days prior and evidently somebody picked them up on this road. They were very grateful for the tip, and glad I didn't run into the 4 inmates either. I never did hear any more about it.

WS

Until I saw Swamp Wolf's quote I thought the second pic was a possum

Butcher Birds stick all finds of things on pointy things around here. Thorn bushes, barb wire, etc

Found a check book my wife's uncle lost a couple of months earlier riding horse in the woods full of cash and other items. He was happy to get it back.

Big rain a few years back and was pulling a few traps when I looked up there was a refrigerator bobbing along headed for Iowa. Rumor here is Iowa is interested in buying the bottom row of counties in MN. I would be willing but it will Not happen