Kind of an odd tradition, but every year since my oldest was about four years old we have attempted to catch the leprechaun that shows up to cause mischief on St Patrick's night. They've never caught the little guy, but they keep trying. This years set involves dollar coins and 50 cent pieces for bait, with a commemorative presidential copper coin on the pan. Emmett put the trap in the arts and crafts box to keep Savell the cat from getting pinched. Wish them luck. Lol.

Hope they can catch the leprechaun and get his pot of gold!

Nice, Sam! Going to teach them about commission, also?

Love it!

Shot of Jamison in there would sweeten the set a bit.

If they manage to catch the little bugger, I'll be expecting a cut of the gold.
Didn't have any Jamison on hand, but that's a solid bait idea for next year.

… lol .. good clean fun right there partner

A Triumph 115X seems like the perfect trap too. What do you expect to get for a prime, green ( ) pelt?

A full pot of gold. Otherwise I'm afraid Emmett is going to get creative with his dispatch methods.

Is he familiar with the famous "White17 Paper Bag trick"?

Did that last year,,, we almost caught one,,, but he pulled out… left some of his beard in the jaws

Big Sam, that is a GREAT tradition...I hope you catch that little ba$$tard one of these years! I applaud anyone that is willing to keep traditions alive and well!

Good stuff Sam, we did the same when my boy was young. Gold dollars are good bait. I wouldn't be surprised if there's a little rag of green cloth in that trap in the morning, they are hard to hold.

Lol. About three years ago George caught some red beard hairs in a #0 longspring. The hairs looked a lot like the hair on one of my bucktail jigs. The next year he set an old #3, figuring that a bigger trap might grab him better.
I'm glad other folks are helping in the pursuit of these little varmints.

Or maybe a pair of green boots? Hard to say.

You can use Savell the cat to threaten the Leprechaun and then bag him up.



Keith

That's a good training video, Keith. Id forgotten about that.

Looks like we had a close call. I think maybe pan tension was a little light. All the kids are awake already, and they're MAD! LOL.

Get em some of these. Once they have a taste, they’ll be driven to become better leprechaun trappers!


You’re a good father, cute idea there Big Sam!

Good idea, Smash. I'll have to order a package to put with the Jamison next year.

The humanoid variety pack is fun. There’s werewolf, chupacabra, yeti, mermaid and more. All made with different types of game meat