Great day on my little line. Two dry raccoons, the big one tipped the scale right at 30#. I'll get a pic of me holding him this evening before I skin it. Two more muskrats and a 3rd mink from the same little creek my first two came from. Wife might just get that mink stole she asked for after our chicken massacre.

Great catch ksnow. the coon is huge. I'm going to start trapping the water after deer season and looking forward to catching some mink again.

After cutting my thumb and getting stitches last Friday, I pulled my traps today. I ended up with 122 coon, 55 possum, 6 skunk, 3 coyote and a muskrat. I can't scrape any coon, until the thumb heals, and my freezer is almost full to the top with skinned coon.

good job k-snow,

Got all pulled today. Finished with 102 rats, which is the lowest number in 26 years. May do some hard water rats, but don't know for sure yet. With the move, I am not setup to handle things well and everything is really difficult to get done and setup. I have a year to get ready for next season. Lots and lots of sfuff to get done b4 then.

Bryce

Checked the handful of traps i put out the last 2 days. Checked yesterday with my son and today with my brother! Good to be out!

wtg deerfly, great pic, with your son,

Nice pics Deerfly! How's the water levels around you? Are you seeing much mink sign in the snow?

Great pics deerfly. Love seeing the kids get involved.

First catch with one of the #150s that Big Sam gave me!!!

Is that a non-target catch? Best to delete that.

Great pictures guys keep it up. Guess I'll have to learn how to do it.

Pulled today and I thought I would have a day off from skinning, but I had 3 coon and a grinner. I think the coon count is 44 but I'm not sure. And without counting I know I have at least 40+ grinners. Everything is skinned and on the boards. But I'm done till after gun deer season.
Good luck and stay safe in the woods.

Nope! I saw a rabbit trail and set the 150 specifically for it

Checked 11 sets on a lakeshore and 6 bottom edge on a creek I've trapped since the 1960s. I'm only running a small line as my age is starting to catch up to me.

Great percentage Walt. Keep up the good work.

I guess. Hope it was a nuisance rabbit on your own property, because recreational trapping for rabbits and squirrels isn't allowed in Wisconsin. They're not classified as furbearers.

A beaver today in one set, the other 330 made a catch too but unfortunately was stolen by a bear that was out and about. The trap was fastened well but the was no match for the hungry bear.

Nice catches Walt! The water is lower that normal locally this year for lack of rain later in the summer season and early fall. Still pockets of rats though, ill trap if time allows when things freeze up, which wont be far off. The 5 bottom edge sets have only been checked 3 days, 2 days with snow, so my observation of mink sign has been limited. Thought id have had one in the last 3 checks, time will tell.

Good luck to those going hunting this weekend

A few shots from this evening

thanks for your concern but I do tend to obey the regs

Right, those are the nuisance trapping reg I was referring to. Not trying to start a fight, but posting a pic of a rabbit in a trap could give some the wrong idea. Looks like a fence in the pic so makes sense it's private property. Doesn't hurt to clarify that rabbits aren't a typical target species in WI. Keep on keepin on.

… good job on the rabbit cowboy