Nice work KS. I haven't even started trying to catch them yet. I had 3 more ermine today so that made me happy. Also had 8 mice and 3 shrews. I had one box totally flipped over and no bait left. I guessing coon but couldn't see any tracks.

I picked up most of the few traps i had out ahead of the storm. Got these rats in BE sets. Looks like I might be ice fishing more than trapping this winter.

Way to go, Walt!

Moosetrot

Nice rats Walt. I just set 33 bottom edge sets yesterday and had 3 rats and a buck mink today. I had to pull half of those traps today because they are way back on the farms and I'm not walking them. I was thinking about ice fishing since the winter hasn't been good to us trying to trap. Good luck fishing.

I had a strange occurrence yesterday checking traps after 8" of new snow. Coyotes are neophobic and steered clear of all my stakes until the one in a small spring run had a rat in the trap. The coyotes circled around the set and finally bounced on the rat for an easy meal. After that, the coyotes travelled to every stake along the swamp edge, checking for another free meal.

Conditioned response.

I lost 4 traps today to coons. Pull the trap over the top of a short stake. Found 2 back. Coon are moving and hungry but this snow will slow them down.

I had 17 bottom edge sets to check today. The snow must have had them moving.

That's a great day on the winter water line Lance!

Thanks Walt. The snow has really made it tough. I can't get on most of my farms. I'm sure a lot of trappers have the same problem. Happy New Year.

Nice catch Lance.

We don't have a lot of snow cover here. I am going to put in a couple coyote sets tomorrow.

My grandson Is coming down from Alaska to do a little deer hunting. So, I will have Wyatt pick out some locations and I can put in a bunch of Bottom edge sets, and he can help me check them. We have a major stream that never freezes no matter how cold it gets.

Good luck to you KSnow.

Have fun with your grandson Beav. My oldest son and his wife always went checking bottome edge sets with me over the holidays but they now have a 5 year old daughter and 3 year old son so that doesn't happen anymore.

A coworker of mine had drawn a cat tag for the second season and asked for some help. I had one located so I put him on it and made it happen.

The final set of tracks this cat ever made. Cats consistently cross the road at this location paralleling a small creek with a large cottontail and snowshoe population.



Over the cats back on the left side is a dirt hole set. On the right side is a rub set with beaver sack oil and a long distance call lure



The cat working the rub with its face shortly before being caught.



Here is a daylight view of this. You can see the oil on the tree on the right.



Grip and Grin



I've gotten to really enjoy bobcat trapping. It seems to me like location is the most important part and if you find a cat track you can bet that cat will be thru there again right in the same foot steps.

Nice pics Jordy! Seems to be alot more cats around the area and less fisher in the last 4 or 5 yrs.

Nice bobcat JSell.

The weather sure took an ugly turn. Going to be a muddy, soupy mess for a few days.

Nice job on the catch and the pics showing the whole story!

… looks like a big cat

nice pic and way to help a friend out,

Caught this mink and rat about 6 feet apart today.
This rat was missing tip of tail
Creeks were rising today with rain and warm temps.