That cat is in trouble lol

2 more days.

Looks like cubby #1 was hit last night every cubby but #4 has been hit by a cat or the cat recently he should be putting on a few Christmas pounds by now. Never did freeze hard looks like I might get in East River tomorrow to set and pull the chip from that noncellular camera.

Last night pics at #1 cubby.

Your first check once the traps are set just mite be your Christmas present. Good luck !!!

Law, that second pic with the tail up. I got a similar photo two nights ago. Is that cat marking?

Best I did was 3 cats all within 100 yards of each other one year on the same check. Just hoping it’s not a one and done but a guy never knows. We really don’t have a lot of cats in most places. This is my dream spot with miles of rough timbered river breaks for miles so the potential is there for lots of cats. It’s vast they can go anywhere so this creek is a good funnel to keep them in thick cover when they are on the move.

That cat the other day was marking the cubby I believe this one’s out in the open not sure what he’s marking there. They love to mark those cubbies I’ve got several shots of them doing that over the years.

Looking forward to seeing some fur

I added some 8 foot fiberglass poles, ten feed of coaxial cable with hooks on the ends with a supposedly booster antennas to of the 2 cameras that showed the weakest signals but that did nothing from the looks of it. 50% signal works fine it just eats more battery they say no major battery drains from any of the cameras. Picked up a couple rechargeable lithium battery packs to see if the work better than the AA batteries will.

AA’s work great on my cams. Can last for months and months, but I have to use quality Alkaline AA’s and there’s an Alkaline battery setting in the camera as well. Gotta match the setting with the battery, otherwise things go sideways quick.

They absolutely hammered every cubby but one since my last rebait a few days ago both sides of the river. Even the kids cubby was cleaned out will look at the SD cards later today, I hope it was a cat this is their 3rd year trying to catch one I told them I’d help them this year I was hoping they would get one on their own.

Finally was able to set traps today “opener”, up at 6 the wife made me breakfast did the neighbors chicken chores just check waters then on my way. 26 degrees so I was able to drive it at sunrise before is softened up I was out of there. Bait was gone hope I get some pics from the SD cards after my nap and supper I did put a snare in the edge of that snag in the creek I modified a while back looked used more open. Went to the kids cubby a couple miles away same it was cleaned out I rebait both cubbies.

Headed to the other county it warmed up so I set that on foot pulling a kiddy sled of supplies I have a HD sled but it’s not easy to pull with or without snow mud it kind of sticks a bit. The first 4 cubby’s all the baits were pulled out a short distance it looked like a cat tried to cover (fill) one end of the cubby with tall grass it was noticeable because the coyotes had dug out the ends last week down to the dirt. Closed a couple snares to more of a cat size baited a culvert that the cats seem to like to mess with then headed out.

Just getting some cell pics coming in now from last night waiting to see how long it take to get my images from today to get some idea how long it takes.

I hope you post some up tonight. I would like to know how long it takes for you to get the pictures in real time. Thanks

Cat trying to bury the bait in the cubby;


Bait pulled out of same cubby the other cubby was the same.


Snare on the edge of the snag pile in the middle of the creek.

Nice!!!! Cold front coming through you might success in the next 48 hours.

Best of luck to you but I don't think you need any with the amount of time you have put in. Hope your traps/snares are full. You would of earned it.

I was busy I’d say 5 hours it might be at sync times or my slow phone service I’ll figure it out as I go I guess. LOL

Finished set the baits are covered now that traps have been set but birds don’t like the barrels they wait for the bait to be dragged out for them.



Freshened up the cubbies as I went and narrowed down the entrance to funnel them in position. This is why the 20 or 30 gallon drums work the best for this the long drum versions are the cat rear.

NICE!!

If a guy backed the trap out another foot it would be a better chance at yotes but the ones in this area are not the best I’ll snare a few for the landowner.

Good luck