**** DO *** CITY *** FOLKS *** TRAP ?

City trapping is where the money is.

L

Warrior,

You are ABSOLUTELY correct on that's where the money is.

As a young man, living in Newburg Hts., and trapping the Ohio Canal and Cuyahoga River near downtown Cleveland, I had 300-400 'rat and 100+ coon catches a year. Never lost a trap to "Sneakums", but did get checked by police as to "What the heck are you doing?".Made some nice mink,catches too.

Well, that was 60 plus years ago, and the same area is all a Federal Park now. ....... NO HUNTING OR TRAPPING! Hiking, biking, and walking only.

Still lots of 'rats, mink and coon. People would be shocked to see the wildlife that's right under their noses. My buddy took a 180" buck right across the street from a Menards store. Went in the dark of a morning and had to wait 'till night dark to drag it out.

So what do you trap skunkquillwant?

L

Warrior,

You are ABSOLUTELY correct on that's where the money is.

As a young man, living in Newburg Hts., and trapping the Ohio Canal and Cuyahoga River near downtown Cleveland, I had 300-400 'rat and 100+ coon catches a year. Never lost a trap to "Sneakums", but did get checked by police as to "What the heck are you doing?".Made some nice mink,catches too.

Well, that was 60 plus years ago, and the same area is all a Federal Park now. ....... NO HUNTING OR TRAPPING! Hiking, biking, and walking only.

Still lots of 'rats, mink and coon. People would be shocked to see the wildlife that's right under their noses. My buddy took a 180" buck right across the street from a Menards store. Went in the dark of a morning and had to wait 'till night dark to drag it out.

Are rats worth $? Or just in the extermination fee?


What do I trap....

When I was probably about 9 or so, this friend of the family showed me a box trap. I started trapping (box trap) rabbits, and whatever else would get inside (thankfully never a skunk). Then as I got older, I mainly just trapped raccoons around the house. How many do you have to catch before they are all gone? LOL

Its strange, I live in a rural area, next to a hunting club, 2 actually. And I have never met one trapper in my life that I know of. There can't be many trappers out there.

I wish I would have met a trapper so I could have learned a little more about it. I would still like to do it, or see how its done.

You've got to excuse me, as my postscript below states... "I'm an old dog, and these are all new tricks".
I'll look it up..... I thought he was serious about inner-city trapping. OK, I'll let you guys have your fun..... I was talking about wild fur!

But, the next time you drive by a patch of woods in a suburb that's been vacant for years, slip a game camera in there..... And hang on for what you'll see in the morning!

Hey muskrat love,did you get any singed fur out of the Cuyahoga river?

That's a couple c-notes and didn't even have to skin them.

Hey Buck (Zandra), the Verrazano bridge is on 278 the road from NJ to Brooklyn. Drove my semi over it many times. Lanes are so narrow you literally have your steer tires on top the lane dividers. Never got to see whats under it. Never even really looked off the bridge. Too busy keeping those steer tires on the lane markers painted on the road.

On the Island side theres an old fort,a short distance to the mouth of the river a side street ends and there's 2 garages I was told was for road salt,there's an open lot in front of the garages fronting the Atlantic.Cool fun fact,there was always rumors that at one time there was a huge cave at the mouth,directly underneath the bridge,that once held cannon and ammunition to stop enemy ships from entering the river during the Revolutionary War and the Civil War,but was considered obsolete by the time the Civil War came along.There was never any evidence of a cave there so it was dismissed,then came Hurricane Sandy and it was exposed.When things were slow I would walk over into the cave,no evidence of anything ever having been there now but was pretty neat thinking about all the history there. And yeah,Danny,we had to drive over it every morning and every night as we were staying in Brooklyn and me,coming from Michigan,had an eye opening experience driving in that traffic.And that was in a Ford pickup,can't imagine what that would be like in a semi.

I wonder what it looks like on the Bridge... Here is what I see...





























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River Burch,is that the fort in photographs 4 and 5?

Photograph 1 sure brings back memories.I used the camera on my cell phone to take a ton of pictures,alot of them looking down into the fort from the street above and behind it.Then my phone was destroyed and there went all my pict's.!Thank you for sharing these pictures.Yeah,it seems to me a couple local guys I got to know said something about underground tunnels......