1st check today after setting 10 traps (six 330s in channels, 1 snare, & three dam breaks with footholds) on a nuisance job yesterday.

Been slow getting back going since b4 Christmas...

Have had fluid drawn off both knees & steroids shots in both starting b4 Christmas. Been on-going knee problems for a couple years or longer. Doc finally decided to test the synovial fluid last week for evidence of gout. Positive confirmation for gout. Started some meds couple days ago. A little better today but still annoying pain with unsteadyness when walking....especially in mud and muck.

And to top the knee problems, I had about 6 episodes of vertigo from last Friday thru last Monday. I'm not talking about just a little dizziness....these were full blown world spinning so fast around me I came close to passing out. Didn't know which way was up or down for a minute or two. Only got vomiting sick once, so that's a blessing.


Anyway....it sux to get old and these issues pop up and put the brakes on the fun stuff. But, I always try to be positive. Many, many people have way more serious problems that me. I'm just glad I'm blessed with a great wife and sons that help ol hubby & dad out a little...lol. Never thought anything would slow me down getting in the woods.....hah...not true. Sorta sad when I realized this..

Stay tuned for a few more pics of my returning beaver work...

Btw...I found another great use for my tater rake.....a very necessary walking cane....lol. it has saved me 3 or 4 times past 2 days from sitting down in the beaver pond...lol

Get em Uncle Swamp ! … hope your knees feel better soon

Thanks Savell.

Predator trapping (as in down on 1 or both knees to make a dirthole set) has not been a reality for me this winter. I miss it greatly....after looking at your recent pics.

… maybe that medicine will get you right

… I’m basically water trapping myself at the moment lol

Way to go.Nice catch.

Keep on keeping on sir. Laying around the house aint no good

Swamp, you don't think that the meds you are taking for the knee are causing the vertigo do you?

Health problems and beaver trapping don't go together lol. I been hinting at getting old the past few years myself and like you never gave it a thought id not be able to fall around in the woods one day in the future. I guess we can go to wal mart and run into people with those little rascal scooters when it is time to call it quits.

Swamp you need to get you a kid apprentice to relieve the work load. Good luck on the beaver.

Mike,
I despise taking any meds. So, I've bounced around from ibuprofen to Aleve to Meloxicam over the past few years for the knee pain. I'd go many weeks and not take anything for the knee pain.

My 1st vertigo episode was about 2 years ago. Then...not another until last fall. Now, this bad few days last weekend. I do think there is a connection to my sinuses and inner ear problem.

We could go to the same Walmart and play bumper cars!!!

That's 4 sure, but have no grandchildren yet and my sons are 40 and 39.

There are no young'uns around here that have any interest in the woods.

We could go to the same Walmart and play bumper cars!!!

Id rather do jousting tater rakes in the plant section, haha

Swamp, I get reoccurring vertigo too. Usually starts in bed with me, roll over and twist my head. I haven’t had the bad nausea in a while, but when I get an episode of spinning, I’ll have a low grade headache for a while. I found that sleeping on my right side often causes problems. In 2023, I got vertigo the night before my first day of moose hunting. That morning was horrible. Shook it off the evening. Best of luck to you.

Any chance someone could have slipped you some drug in one of your drinks?When I was working as a DSP in Bangor taking care of the handicap people I had another worker slip me something that caused me to have vertigo for a few months.

Like that idea, but we might better put some rubber tips on the tater rake prongs.

My 1st two episode were triggered the same way as yours. Got out of shower, ready & into bed, turned head to left and here we go. A month later...happened again.

Not unless it was my wife. I'll ask her...lol

I don't go to restaurants or bars. I drink bottled water, a little sweet tea, and 2% milk. No soft drinks, no alcoholic beverages.