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First otter evah!

Posted By: Jonnytrapper

First otter evah! - 11/10/19 12:09 AM

Not sure if he's a biggin but he filled up the 330 pretty good. Skinned and froze. Gonna need a better fleshing knife before I attempt fleshing.
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Posted By: dustytinner

Re: First otter evah! - 11/10/19 12:12 AM

Nice catch!
Posted By: trapete

Re: First otter evah! - 11/10/19 12:15 AM

Nice job ! now go get another .
Posted By: GROUSEWIT

Re: First otter evah! - 11/10/19 12:34 AM

Congrats!!! How much he weigh?
Posted By: Boco

Re: First otter evah! - 11/10/19 01:03 AM

Congrats on your first otter.They scrape nice and clean if they have a bit of fat under the saddle.
Posted By: clintp1971

Re: First otter evah! - 11/10/19 01:07 AM

Way to go Johnny!!!! I’ve never caught one
Posted By: 52Carl

Re: First otter evah! - 11/10/19 01:27 AM

Looks like young of the year to me, unless your otters run smaller than ours.
They are a bear to scrape, but the leather is tough so its hard to gouge a hole in it.
Posted By: Jonnytrapper

Re: First otter evah! - 11/10/19 01:38 AM

Originally Posted by GROUSEWIT
Congrats!!! How much he weigh?


Not sure. My friend has my fish scale.
Posted By: Jonnytrapper

Re: First otter evah! - 11/10/19 01:42 AM

Originally Posted by 52Carl
Looks like young of the year to me, unless your otters run smaller than ours.
They are a bear to scrape, but the leather is tough so its hard to gouge a hole in it.


I have to send in a tooth sample to the state. They will tell me how old he is. I'll post pics when he's put up.
Posted By: maintenanceguy

Re: First otter evah! - 11/10/19 01:51 AM

Thinking about where his nose was when he hit the trigger and how fast a 330 snaps shut - he was MOVING!
Posted By: Michigan Trappin

Re: First otter evah! - 11/10/19 01:53 AM

Originally Posted by maintenanceguy
Thinking about where his nose was when he hit the trigger and how fast a 330 snaps shut - he was MOVING!

That was my first thought too
Posted By: strike2x

Re: First otter evah! - 11/10/19 02:03 AM

Looks like the trap was set horizontal and not vertical. Otter have a tendency to get those nose past the trigger before tripping the trap with a front leg which gets them so deep in the trap.
Posted By: Nessmuck

Re: First otter evah! - 11/10/19 02:10 AM

Nice going !
Posted By: Flipper 56

Re: First otter evah! - 11/10/19 02:49 AM

Way to go, nice catch!!
Posted By: alaska viking

Re: First otter evah! - 11/10/19 02:55 AM

There you go. Good job.
Posted By: Jonnytrapper

Re: First otter evah! - 11/10/19 11:46 AM

Originally Posted by strike2x
Looks like the trap was set horizontal and not vertical. Otter have a tendency to get those nose past the trigger before tripping the trap with a front leg which gets them so deep in the trap.


Trap was vertical but he must have hit it sideways. I think your right about hitting the trigger with the front foot. Lots of open space in a 330.
Posted By: Trapper Dahlgren

Re: First otter evah! - 11/10/19 12:12 PM

wtg jonny that's great, go get the other ones he was traveling with
Posted By: Jonnytrapper

Re: First otter evah! - 11/10/19 12:19 PM

First thing I thought when I pulled him up was I should have set more traps!
Posted By: redsnow

Re: First otter evah! - 11/10/19 12:53 PM

Congratulations, very nice pelt.
Posted By: 52Carl

Re: First otter evah! - 11/11/19 01:32 AM

I catch a lot of otters in 330s like that no matter how I arrange the triggers. They don't putter around like beavers.
Posted By: beaverpeeler

Re: First otter evah! - 11/11/19 01:59 AM

Originally Posted by 52Carl
I catch a lot of otters in 330s like that no matter how I arrange the triggers. They don't putter around like beavers.

Same here. I sometimes will spread the trigger wires and run a thin fishing wire between them. That pretty much guarantees a neck or chest catch with the 330's. Less avoidance too.
Posted By: Tom cat

Re: First otter evah! - 11/11/19 04:09 AM

Congrats!!!! Nice otter.
Posted By: 330-Trapper

Re: First otter evah! - 11/11/19 04:14 AM

Congratulations
Posted By: Wild_Idaho

Re: First otter evah! - 11/11/19 04:44 AM

That is otterly amazing. Congrats, otters are awesome fun.
Posted By: proratman

Re: First otter evah! - 11/12/19 02:12 AM

Was it a male or female?
Posted By: NonPCfed

Re: First otter evah! - 11/12/19 02:16 AM

Someday we may have a season on them, hopefully before I die...
Posted By: Jonnytrapper

Re: First otter evah! - 11/12/19 02:55 AM

Originally Posted by proratman
Was it a male or female?

Male
Originally Posted by Wild_Idaho
That is otterly amazing. Congrats, otters are awesome fun.

Just something I picked up the otter day.
Posted By: Jonnytrapper

Re: First otter evah! - 11/15/19 11:16 PM

#2!
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Posted By: k snow

Re: First otter evah! - 11/15/19 11:48 PM

Way to go.
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