Wow! You have some beautiful pictures!
Ms.Sharon should draw this picture it would be a fantastic piece of art from her!

Good luck on the line!

I look forward to being part of this trip every year. I am a guest on this adventure. Kids get all excited about Christmas this time of year, I get just as excited about what our next advwill bring us. The country is so beautiful, the local people are fantastic, oh, and the trapping is pretty good too!
I have been getting things prepped and ready to go. By Christmas day I will have things "staged " and ready to be loaded in the truck. I have been making meals and freezing them to make things quick, simple and easy once we start running our line. I just can't wait!

I have 108 foothold traps packed and about 2 dozen snares. I think Big Joe has around 100 traps ready for the trip.

Always enjoy this ride along. Looking forward to it.

Curious as to why you go light on the snares? No right or wrong answer I am just curious as to your thinking.

Frozen coyotes are much more work to skin. Our set up doesn't allow us the place to thaw coyotes out very easily if it is cold outside or maybe not at all. Most years have had some sub-zero temperatures.

The snares fit a specific purpose but I have found that a lot more of our line is suited for footholds. I still set some snares to get better at it. (Snaring where I live doesn't work well. Michigan's cable laws are too restrictive.)

Got the skinning rig back together to make sure everything is functional. Tearing it back apart for the trip.

With my new improvised trailer cover, I was able to get most of my supplies inside. I even got the skinning rig in there. Every other year I had to strap it to the top,

Truck and trailer are packed. I will try to sleep until about midnight:30. Joe will drive here and we will get his stuff loaded up. We plan a 2;00 AM departure.

We will have breakfast in Des Moines Iowa around 10:00 AM. We should arrive at the lodge in Kansas around 3:00 PM.

If you see us on the road, make sure to get our attention. We will certainly stop to say Hi!

How do you make your waxed dirt especially in that quantity.

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Good luck guys...drive safe!

You guys know how to work! Eagerly following

drive safe and good luck on the line

Safe travels gentlemen.

Best of luck to you.

Looking forward to your updates.