My oldest son and I hit the trap line yesterday for the opener here in NH.

We got trapping rights to a state forest in town that has 1/2 mile of river with tons of sign. The terrain is pretty brutal though so even with the sled.

Regardless, we got in a personal record 16 sets for mink, coon, otter, & beaver.

Very excited for our check today; we will update!

Good luck to you and your son

You got exclusive rights to trap on state land?
If so, how does that work?
Drawing?
First to request?

There’s a lottery every other year and you are awarded choices based on availability. Any lands left are first come first serve. So, we missed the lottery but two parcels (~800 acres total) in our town was available so we got the rights for the next two years.

Sounds like fun, (and a good time to have a boat). Hope to see some catch pictures when you check. Good luck.

Sounds like a good deal
Looking forward to following along to see how you and your son do.

Thank you both! Been having trouble uploading pictures here but I’ll try from the computer.

Thats odd.Here in New York,,the public can hunt,fish or trap any State Land.Just cant log it.Well,,hope ya have full traps.

Indiana has several properties you put in for a draw to trap. They were also broken down into time frames. Early mid and late season . I only remember reading about it in the regs years ago never put in for it so no personal experience with it and im not sure if its even still done that way now.

Good luck

Exclusive trapping rights? Wowza! Great!
Best of luck.

Next will be exclusive hunting rights on state land

Enjoy and be Safe

Doubled up on beaver on night 1!

Way to go, Big Red!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Moosetrot

That's awesome! Great pic!

Great picture , save it forever. I’m ready for my first check of this season tomorrow. I hope you and your kid have many more memorable checks coming up.

wws

Great start

Your assistant looks like he is enjoying it

That is one heck of a great picture. Congrats on the beavers.

Nice catch of beaver.Congrats