my oldest son went to check a trap set for groundhog at the barn. Got a glimpse of something taking off. Turned out to be a possum that took an escape route with an 8" rbg. Was hip caught and unhappy.

Anyone else get to see something running and end up in your trap. I don't think i have ever got to see anything get snapped. I thought it was neat.

I had a beaver hit a 330 as I was placing it in a run at a lodge once. Scared the crap out of me, and all I could do was hold on as I didn't have it secured above the ice yet. Now I secure them before put them in the run.

Muskrats numerous times in shallow bank dens.

Muskrats and beaver right in front of me a few times. Swimming,also a few salmon into 110's. Never saw a land critters hit a coni though. Bet that was cool to see

Marten in a 155 3 times.

It's pretty common with weasels when you have one on your bobcat bait. Set a weasel box down where you saw him, step back a few feet and watch him walk right in.

A rat in the coop I’d set 110s after dark behind the 15 hole nesting box stand it’s avoided it for days until I popped at it with .22 birdshot then it panicked and snap the 110 went.

About 3 months ago...doing a nusinence beaver job...had a big beaver slapping his tail

At me ..while I was setting my first 330.

He kept coming closer and slapping his tail.

I made my second set...while keeping an eye on this critter.

Said ...I got something for you Bub....and put that stink stick with some

Backbreaker lure on it...got out of the water...hid behind a tree about 20 yards away..

And in all my beaver trapping years...nevah saw one swim right into a 330 ..

Until that day !!

Bobcat in a #2.

Two beavers and a lot of muskrats. Back 45-50 years ago, we had a lot of rats. Usually catch 50-60 the first night of season. When you were setting up 110s on bank holes, you’d usually catch one that swam out after you walked on the bank.

Watched a coyote hit my cable restraint at a dead run. Amazed me he didn't break his neck when his rear legs passed his head.

Was setting lodge entrances with 330’s on deep water stands. As I was setting my third trap the second trap stand started going nuts - beaver had swam through. Once he was done I pulled him out and reset the trap. As I was making my fourth set I heard the clink of a trap going off underwater. That same 330 I caught the beaver in had caught a muskrat.

I also opened my shed and flushed a mouse into a trap on Friday. He’s in the freezer waiting for a dirt hole this fall.

Lots of cool stories.

Went to check with my 2 boys. First set was a high bank trail with a 110. It held a buck mink! I grabbed the trap and showed the kids. I said id never seen one with foam on the mouth. At that time the mink hissed and opened its mouth. Must have been caught 1 min before.

Released a Bobcat from a MB550 just to watch it run out of the field and into a trail that I had a cable restraint in. Harder to release from the cable.

My cousin rides along with me while I'm beaver trapping. He sits in his side by side while I do the checks. This spring we stopped to check traps in a spot. I had two 330's in a creek where they had dug out a ditch. I had a beaver in each trap. I took them out and reset. I then moved up the side creek to check sets up there. He was sitting watching when 3 otters came out of a bank den. He watched one of them swim into a 330 and get caught. He was pretty excited.

Several critters hitting (springing) traps in my presence from ----- slipping a 110 size trap into a muskrat UW den entrance and having it spring in my hand with a live mink up close and personal to ------ 8 beaver springing 330 size BG's some still in my hands and some leaving their house/den BUT,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, the two outstanding memories were 2 coyotes on separate occasions hitting a snare full tilt when I drove in a cornfield checking snares in the adjoining pasture. Not quite a cinema view but I was able to see the "scoot" down the trail and the summersault each time they hit the end of the extension cable. Rare for sure for me. ......................the mike

Been there done that...So Awesome

Had a similar experience. Watched a beaver get caught in a Belisle 330. He got hit right behind the head. He flopped around for maybe 10-15 seconds. Then he was still. Very humane kill.

I pulled up to a few bobcat sets on a ranch. They were in a creek bottom. Walked down to see a lion in a MJ600. He took a good lunch and sprung free. He ran full speed down the trail and hit a snare fast enough to toss him around a tree. He was dead in 10 seconds.

Had a 220 set in a box cubby for coon. Walked up to it in the dark, from the side luckily, and saw a skunk tail in the light of the flashlight. Must have startled the skunk as I then heard the snap of the 220 and actually saw a cloud of spray, like a mist, shoot out from the cubby. I was probably 20 feet away and avoided the spray but waited until later that afternoon to retrieve the skunk.

Ahhh, another good one. I was setting a deep water beaver trap on a 42” stand and had a 18” trout swim right into the trap and get killed instantly. I thought about it for a few and decided it was going home with me.

I jumped a coyote out of a brushy coulee and it headed for the top of the coulee where I had a snare set in the fence crossing , it hit the end of a 8' snare with all 4 legs in the air and landed with a thud ! I dispatched it and added it to the one's in the pickup box .