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Re: Annual WI Trapping Thread 2025 [Re: Green Bay] #8518922 12/07/25 08:17 PM 12/07/25 08:17 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 East-Central Wisconsin B bblwi trapper
bblwi trapper B Joined: Dec 2006 East-Central Wisconsin	I see a lot of weasel tracks in our cattail marshes where there are still a lot of mice. We have so much land here in corn silage and then several thousand gallons of liquid manure and that needs to be worked in so a lot of fields have little cover or food. The turkeys, deer and mice concentrate on the fields where the stalks are chopped back on the field and there is minimal tillage or none. Bryce

Re: Annual WI Trapping Thread 2025 [Re: bblwi] #8519152 12/08/25 07:38 AM 12/08/25 07:38 AM
Joined: Apr 2013 WI N nimzy trapper
nimzy trapper N Joined: Apr 2013 WI	Originally Posted by bblwi Where I live we got 10 inches. A lot of wet and heavy stuff early. Shoveling and scraping are tedioud and hard. My December land line is now a dream only. With all the heavy wet snow on about 1/2 to an inch of ice on the ponds, and sloughs we may not get walkable ice until it rains off and we start over. With all the other factors impacting my trapping season it is probably a good thing to let this season slide by. Started boarding my rats. Where we trapped the sign or numbers seemed average or average minus according to norms. My river line was surprisingly low in population with all the sloughs dry for many months. Size is better probably due to lower repro. I am wondering if and when we get dry summers and falls if there are fewer late litters and thus fewer mediums and kits. Bryce This seems to be shaping up as a year where Mother Nature wants to flex. Low water all summer has imo, hindered water critters populations while reducing habitat. Early, heavy snow coupled with unseasonably cold impacts productivity on the December trap line, historically is one of my best months. We skipped over the early ice conditions and are settling into midwinter dull drums before Christmas. It is what it is but will effect harvest. Sometimes Mother Nature gives and other times not. This time she started early. Firms my belief on who really has the last word. Good luck out there

Re: Annual WI Trapping Thread 2025 [Re: Green Bay] #8520149 12/09/25 07:38 PM 12/09/25 07:38 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Wisconsin L Lance Squires trapper
Lance Squires trapper L Joined: Jan 2007 Wisconsin	Just when I thought there weren't many ermine this year I found out I was wrong. I had 4 today. The oncoming storn must have really made them move last night and during the day today. Was fun checking but I had to pull most of my line because the snow amount after this storm won't allow me to get back on most of the farms I trap. 57 years trapping. It's who I am. Every day is still as exciting as it was when I was a kid but a little more work.

Re: Annual WI Trapping Thread 2025 [Re: Green Bay] #8520412 Yesterday at 05:26 AM Yesterday at 05:26 AM
Joined: Jun 2016 Michigan T Trapper Dahlgren trapper
Trapper Dahlgren trapper T Joined: Jun 2016 Michigan	wtg, nice weasel's

Re: Annual WI Trapping Thread 2025 [Re: Green Bay] #8520721 Yesterday at 01:31 PM Yesterday at 01:31 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 East-Central Wisconsin B bblwi trapper
bblwi trapper B Joined: Dec 2006 East-Central Wisconsin	Last Saturday we got 10 inches of snow, day before yesterday we got 2 inches and last night another 6 inches! I know compared to the snowbelt areas that is not a lot but we are really buttoned in around here. The snow removal teams are way, way behind. More snow already in November and early December than all of last year. Bryce

Re: Annual WI Trapping Thread 2025 [Re: bblwi] #8520725 Yesterday at 01:37 PM Yesterday at 01:37 PM
Joined: Oct 2009 east central WI K k snow trapper
k snow trapper K Joined: Oct 2009 east central WI	Originally Posted by bblwi Last Saturday we got 10 inches of snow, day before yesterday we got 2 inches and last night another 6 inches! I know compared to the snowbelt areas that is not a lot but we are really buttoned in around here. The snow removal teams are way, way behind. More snow already in November and early December than all of last year. Bryce Yep, I am going to shovel off then chip out and check my otter bottom edge sets this afternoon. The cold this weekend should get them moving.

Re: Annual WI Trapping Thread 2025 [Re: Green Bay] #8520736 Yesterday at 02:11 PM Yesterday at 02:11 PM
Joined: Sep 2007 central wisconsin D deerfly trapper
deerfly trapper D Joined: Sep 2007 central wisconsin	Nice catches K snow, Lance, Walt! Pulled the handful of sets I had out. As you said Nimzy, She had other plans this year no doubt. While I love my time out there I'll redirect my efforts some, still enjoying all She has to offer. I won't rule out the addiction/enjoyment running back through me, chopping holes through inches of ice for the reward of catch. Time will tell Have fun out there!

Re: Annual WI Trapping Thread 2025 [Re: Green Bay] #8521293 5 hours ago 5 hours ago
Joined: Oct 2009 east central WI K k snow trapper
k snow trapper K Joined: Oct 2009 east central WI	Caught a single muskrat in a bottom edge otter set. Nice size. Lots of fat on the hide to flesh off. Stay warm this weekend.

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