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Re: First day of Pa Otter season [Re: jk] #8567018 02/16/26 05:02 PM 02/16/26 05:02 PM
Joined: Jan 2018 NW PA W washxc trapper
washxc trapper W Joined: Jan 2018 NW PA	Does anyone use dirtholes for otter? Creeks are still frozen up...

Re: First day of Pa Otter season [Re: hippie] #8567106 02/16/26 08:00 PM 02/16/26 08:00 PM
Joined: Aug 2010 PA P PAskinner trapper
PAskinner trapper P Joined: Aug 2010 PA	Originally Posted by hippie Originally Posted by PAskinner Im not sure. Something popped it's head through thin ice at the one run I set. Beaver are a ways away so I'm hoping it was an otter. Killed one earlier in a muskrat set, lol. While muskrat trapping would be the logical time to allow you to keep one. I told the warden we should all be able to buy a couple otter tags and use them anytime in the trapping seasons. He did say something about the season might become longer. Right now I’m having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I’ve forgotten this before.

Re: First day of Pa Otter season [Re: jk] #8567405 Yesterday at 10:59 AM Yesterday at 10:59 AM
Joined: Mar 2018 Pa. B Bigbrownie trapper
Bigbrownie trapper B Joined: Mar 2018 Pa.	Got a really big male today at an old beaver bank hole. ( I also caught a beaver and a muskrat here in December ). The water in the cove is pretty much froze over, but on Saturday, I opened up two bank holes with my 60 volt Dewalt saw. Looks like he came across the ice to get into the hole. Otters will den up in old holes, but they also will stop and check out any holes they encounter in their travels ( looking for a rat , mink or beaver ). I’ve been out to check this spot a half dozen times since the big freeze up, always find tracks there. Water was deep enough to get a 330 submerged, triggers up, and tied off good with a 1/8 inch cable. I put some homemade lure at the crest of the hole. Last edited by Bigbrownie; Yesterday at 11:02 AM.

Re: First day of Pa Otter season [Re: jk] #8567416 Yesterday at 11:14 AM Yesterday at 11:14 AM
Joined: Oct 2009 east central WI K k snow trapper
k snow trapper K Joined: Oct 2009 east central WI	Nice catch BigBrownie!

Re: First day of Pa Otter season [Re: jk] #8567422 Yesterday at 11:20 AM Yesterday at 11:20 AM
Joined: Mar 2020 W NY Turtledale trapper
Turtledale trapper Joined: Mar 2020 W NY	Nice otter Bb NYSTA, NTA, FTA, life member Erie county trappers assn.,life member Catt.county trappers

Re: First day of Pa Otter season [Re: jk] #8567429 Yesterday at 11:32 AM Yesterday at 11:32 AM
Joined: Nov 2011 New Hampshire N Nessmuck trapper
Nessmuck trapper N Joined: Nov 2011 New Hampshire	Nice head catch....you must have tuned up that coni !!! It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

Re: First day of Pa Otter season [Re: jk] #8567437 Yesterday at 11:59 AM Yesterday at 11:59 AM
Joined: Feb 2010 pa H hippie trapper
hippie trapper H Joined: Feb 2010 pa	Nice! There comes a point liberalism has gone too far, we're past that point.

Re: First day of Pa Otter season [Re: jk] #8567442 Yesterday at 12:08 PM Yesterday at 12:08 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 SW Pa B Bob Jameson trapper
Bob Jameson trapper B Joined: Dec 2006 SW Pa	That looks like a nice one BigBrownie. Congrats. www.jamesonsultrablend.com www.wildlifepestcontrolservices.com

Re: First day of Pa Otter season [Re: jk] #8567447 Yesterday at 12:28 PM Yesterday at 12:28 PM
Joined: Nov 2022 PA H hickoryridge trapper
hickoryridge trapper H Joined: Nov 2022 PA	Nice catch!

Re: First day of Pa Otter season [Re: jk] #8567515 Yesterday at 03:20 PM Yesterday at 03:20 PM
Joined: Mar 2018 Pa. B Bigbrownie trapper
Bigbrownie trapper B Joined: Mar 2018 Pa.	Weighed 23.85 pounds. Ended up using a 6 foot adjustable coyote board. I have an otter board, but it didn’t seem wide enough for this one. Boarded at 61” inches.

Re: First day of Pa Otter season [Re: jk] #8567569 Yesterday at 05:00 PM Yesterday at 05:00 PM
Joined: Feb 2020 Pennsylvania TRAPDOC57 trapper
TRAPDOC57 trapper Joined: Feb 2020 Pennsylvania	Congratulations Bigbrownie. Does the game commission come and get your carcasses? They came and got the one I caught. Me and the lady were at work and they were real pushy about getting it. Showed up when no1 was home. They just could have waited a couple hours until one of us got off work.

Re: First day of Pa Otter season [Re: TRAPDOC57] #8567582 Yesterday at 05:23 PM Yesterday at 05:23 PM
Joined: Mar 2018 Pa. B Bigbrownie trapper
Bigbrownie trapper B Joined: Mar 2018 Pa.	Originally Posted by TRAPDOC57 Congratulations Bigbrownie. Does the game commission come and get your carcasses? They came and got the one I caught. Me and the lady were at work and they were real pushy about getting it. Showed up when no1 was home. They just could have waited a couple hours until one of us got off work. I’ve tagged three in the three prior seasons. Never heard anything from them. A few years ago, it was stated in the regs digest that the PGC might want some carcasses. They’ve since removed that from the digest. Mine is laying up in my carcass pile. But nothing will ever eat it.

Re: First day of Pa Otter season [Re: jk] #8567593 Yesterday at 05:56 PM Yesterday at 05:56 PM
Joined: Nov 2011 New Hampshire N Nessmuck trapper
Nessmuck trapper N Joined: Nov 2011 New Hampshire	150.00 -200.00 back when the Tibetan Monks wore otter robes. It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

Re: First day of Pa Otter season [Re: jk] #8567680 Yesterday at 08:47 PM Yesterday at 08:47 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Williamsport, Pa. J jk OP trapper
jk OP trapper J Joined: Dec 2006 Williamsport, Pa.	Big Brownie to the rescue! Nice catch. Well I got a 12 pound beaver in one of the foot holds today, I think the smallest I ever caught.......jjk Free people are not equal. Equal people are not free. What's supposed to be ain't always is. Hopper Hunter

Re: First day of Pa Otter season [Re: jk] #8567698 Yesterday at 09:11 PM Yesterday at 09:11 PM
Joined: Jan 2012 PA P panaxman trapper
panaxman trapper P Joined: Jan 2012 PA	Nice work!

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