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

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

Is everyone done for the holidays? I been living my trapping vicariously following you guys.

Mac

Question - I have a guy who has a fox raiding his hen house. My problem is that he lives along the Niagara escarpment which means that it is almost impossible to stake anything deeper that four inches. Are there any other options besides drags in this situation? What am I missing?