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Fox trapping 70's and 80's #8359192 03/06/25 07:45 PM 03/06/25 07:45 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 49,458 Northern Maine Bruce T OP trapper
Bruce T OP trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 49,458 Northern Maine	With no pan tension.Cototes just come into the picture in Maine.$80 dollar fox NRA,NTA,MTA,FTA #1 goal=Trap a wolverine

Re: Fox trapping 70's and 80's [Re: Bruce T] #8359197 03/06/25 07:50 PM 03/06/25 07:50 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 49,458 Northern Maine Bruce T OP trapper
Bruce T OP trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 49,458 Northern Maine	NRA,NTA,MTA,FTA #1 goal=Trap a wolverine

Re: Fox trapping 70's and 80's [Re: Bruce T] #8359201 03/06/25 07:52 PM 03/06/25 07:52 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 49,458 Northern Maine Bruce T OP trapper
Bruce T OP trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 49,458 Northern Maine	NRA,NTA,MTA,FTA #1 goal=Trap a wolverine

Re: Fox trapping 70's and 80's [Re: Bruce T] #8359210 03/06/25 08:02 PM 03/06/25 08:02 PM
Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 927 Western New York T Tony1967 trapper
Tony1967 trapper T Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 927 Western New York	Cool pics! Wish I knew then what I know now……

Re: Fox trapping 70's and 80's [Re: Tony1967] #8359214 03/06/25 08:05 PM 03/06/25 08:05 PM
Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 17,346 ny U upstateNY trapper
upstateNY trapper U Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 17,346 ny	Originally Posted by Tony1967 Cool pics! Wish I knew then what I know now…… LOL,dont we all. the wheels of the gods turn very slowly

Re: Fox trapping 70's and 80's [Re: Tony1967] #8359216 03/06/25 08:07 PM 03/06/25 08:07 PM
Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 25,701 New Hampshire N Nessmuck trapper
Nessmuck trapper N Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 25,701 New Hampshire	Originally Posted by Tony1967 Cool pics! Wish I knew then what I know now…… It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

Re: Fox trapping 70's and 80's [Re: Bruce T] #8359252 03/06/25 08:43 PM 03/06/25 08:43 PM
Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 1,566 PA P panaxman trapper
panaxman trapper P Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 1,566 PA	1982 11 miles from Philadelphia. Suburbs have more red fox now than back then.

Re: Fox trapping 70's and 80's [Re: panaxman] #8359254 03/06/25 08:46 PM 03/06/25 08:46 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 49,458 Northern Maine Bruce T OP trapper
Bruce T OP trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 49,458 Northern Maine	Originally Posted by panaxman 1982 11 miles from Philadelphia. Suburbs have more red fox now than back then. Nice catch of red fox. NRA,NTA,MTA,FTA #1 goal=Trap a wolverine

Re: Fox trapping 70's and 80's [Re: Bruce T] #8359256 03/06/25 08:47 PM 03/06/25 08:47 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,794 De C coop trapper
coop trapper C Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,794 De	Double sets weren't in fashion then as much as now, huh?

Re: Fox trapping 70's and 80's [Re: Bruce T] #8359260 03/06/25 08:53 PM 03/06/25 08:53 PM
Joined: Oct 2016 Posts: 902 Michigan B BigBlackBirds trapper
BigBlackBirds trapper B Joined: Oct 2016 Posts: 902 Michigan	When did the coyotes show up in your area Bruce? Wasnt until ~1991 around here. There were some rumors of them around during the mid 80's but given the number of fairly good fox trappers in that era I never recall anyone ever showing up with one at auction etc so there couldnt have been many. But quite possible that there were explorers coming thru the area before they really got established. Last long fox line I ran was in 89 and never saw any then but the country was overrun with reds just after the 87 market crash. Only took a couple of years and the reds were nearly non-existent

Re: Fox trapping 70's and 80's [Re: Bruce T] #8359267 03/06/25 08:58 PM 03/06/25 08:58 PM
Joined: Jan 2023 Posts: 3 Illinois O Old man river59 trapper
Old man river59 trapper O Joined: Jan 2023 Posts: 3 Illinois	AWESOME PICTURES Those were the GOOD OLD MONEY DAYS.

Re: Fox trapping 70's and 80's [Re: coop] #8359270 03/06/25 09:00 PM 03/06/25 09:00 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 49,458 Northern Maine Bruce T OP trapper
Bruce T OP trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 49,458 Northern Maine	Originally Posted by coop Double sets weren't in fashion then as much as now, huh? Did not have alot of traps back then.Also not a large amount of fox around here either. NRA,NTA,MTA,FTA #1 goal=Trap a wolverine

Re: Fox trapping 70's and 80's [Re: BigBlackBirds] #8359273 03/06/25 09:01 PM 03/06/25 09:01 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 49,458 Northern Maine Bruce T OP trapper
Bruce T OP trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 49,458 Northern Maine	Originally Posted by BigBlackBirds When did the coyotes show up in your area Bruce? Wasnt until ~1991 around here. There were some rumors of them around during the mid 80's but given the number of fairly good fox trappers in that era I never recall anyone ever showing up with one at auction etc so there couldnt have been many. But quite possible that there were explorers coming thru the area before they really got established. Last long fox line I ran was in 89 and never saw any then but the country was overrun with reds just after the 87 market crash. Only took a couple of years and the reds were nearly non-existent Late 70,s when Coyotes showed up in northern Maine. NRA,NTA,MTA,FTA #1 goal=Trap a wolverine

Re: Fox trapping 70's and 80's [Re: Bruce T] #8359275 03/06/25 09:02 PM 03/06/25 09:02 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 68,109 Minnesota 330-Trapper trapper
330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 68,109 Minnesota	Old Times NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: Fox trapping 70's and 80's [Re: 330-Trapper] #8359277 03/06/25 09:03 PM 03/06/25 09:03 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 49,458 Northern Maine Bruce T OP trapper
Bruce T OP trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 49,458 Northern Maine	Originally Posted by 330-Trapper Old Times Yep some very fond memories for sure. NRA,NTA,MTA,FTA #1 goal=Trap a wolverine

Re: Fox trapping 70's and 80's [Re: Bruce T] #8359378 03/06/25 11:03 PM 03/06/25 11:03 PM
Joined: Feb 2016 Posts: 4,176 Kentucky ky_coyote_hunter trapper
ky_coyote_hunter trapper Joined: Feb 2016 Posts: 4,176 Kentucky	1982...The reds brought $50 and the grays $35. Member - FTA

Re: Fox trapping 70's and 80's [Re: ky_coyote_hunter] #8359481 03/07/25 08:32 AM 03/07/25 08:32 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 49,458 Northern Maine Bruce T OP trapper
Bruce T OP trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 49,458 Northern Maine	Originally Posted by ky_coyote_hunter 1982...The reds brought $50 and the grays $35. Nice catch of fox. NRA,NTA,MTA,FTA #1 goal=Trap a wolverine

Re: Fox trapping 70's and 80's [Re: Bruce T] #8359486 03/07/25 08:36 AM 03/07/25 08:36 AM
Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 17,346 ny U upstateNY trapper
upstateNY trapper U Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 17,346 ny	Originally Posted by Bruce T Originally Posted by BigBlackBirds When did the coyotes show up in your area Bruce? Wasnt until ~1991 around here. There were some rumors of them around during the mid 80's but given the number of fairly good fox trappers in that era I never recall anyone ever showing up with one at auction etc so there couldnt have been many. But quite possible that there were explorers coming thru the area before they really got established. Last long fox line I ran was in 89 and never saw any then but the country was overrun with reds just after the 87 market crash. Only took a couple of years and the reds were nearly non-existent Late 70,s when Coyotes showed up in northern Maine. About the same time here in Upstate N.Y. the wheels of the gods turn very slowly

Re: Fox trapping 70's and 80's [Re: upstateNY] #8359493 03/07/25 08:55 AM 03/07/25 08:55 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 22,110 SEPA L Lugnut trapper
Lugnut trapper L Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 22,110 SEPA	Originally Posted by upstateNY Originally Posted by Tony1967 Cool pics! Wish I knew then what I know now…… LOL,dont we all. Yes we do. My brother and I were green newbies, barely self-taught. Nobody shared trapping information back then. So we stumbled and bumbled and screwed up a lot. We still managed to catch a few $65.00 reds, $40.00 coon and $8.00-$12.00 muskrats, the black ones on the high end. We dealt with a lot of Johnny-Sneakums too. Eh...wot?

Re: Fox trapping 70's and 80's [Re: Bruce T] #8359495 03/07/25 08:58 AM 03/07/25 08:58 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 22,110 SEPA L Lugnut trapper
Lugnut trapper L Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 22,110 SEPA	We had a Johnny-Sneakum, an older guy, stealing our muskrats and putting skinned carcasses in their place. We were so inexperienced we were trying to figure what critter would eat just the skin off a rat. We were so dumb but eventually figured it out. Eh...wot?

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