Operation Northern Kansas part 3

We’re planning the third trip to northern Kansas in search of fur. Coyotes, Cats and Coons will be the primary targets. I had a blast the last two times I was there and I can hardly wait to be hiking through the Kansas prairie grass again.

We will leave out on New Year’s Eve ready to start setting January 1st. We intend to be there for 14 days.


I’ll share pics as we go so you can follow along.

Good luck. If you get south of Hays stop by and say Hello

Looking forward to following along......

Good luck

Mark, you get a chance, stop by. I'm chasing dogs here at home this year.. Wish you luck on your travels!

Hope you get a good haul of fur Mark,looking forward to the pics,

Thanks everyone!

I’ll be spending the next few weeks making 150 gallons of waxed dirt.

I’ll be posting a few pics from the previous trips

I’m looking forward to taking you all along with me on here!

i hope you guys hit a lick. its nice to be able to have a good chance to make money trapping. especially on something like coyotes that are very renewable and need some thinning every year to really stay healthy.

Yeah it would be nice to get a good fur check for sure.


The trip by itself has proven to be an epic adventure each time. When you are trapping away from home and have nothing to do but set and check traps for two weeks you get a whole new level of fun out of it!

In 16 days we will begin our journey to the beautiful parties of Kansas. I’ll be sure to post regularly in here to keep you all up to speed!

nice picture

Thanks!








Here is what 130 gallons of waxed dirt looks like. This is the load i took last time and I have that much prepared again now!

Good luck

will be watching ,good luck an stay safe

Good luck to you guys.

Good luck, this will be interesting to follow.

Talk about work and dedication!

26 5-gallon buckets, 130 gallons, of waxed dirt. How many pounds is that?

And that's just part of the preparation.

Good luck guys.

How are you guys making your wax dirt ? Cement mixer.
The yotes always seem to play in my wax dirt and find the trap.

I use a cement mixer. There is always the chance that they will investigate the loose dirt but a frozen trap is useless. I take my chances and I know the traps will fire if my guiding works.

I’ll take some pictures when I load it all up. A little planning goes a long way!

If get down here and start closing in on a 1000 yotes give us a heads up. LOL. Good luck guys. Hope we have some good trapping weather for you guys and myself.

A couple more from previous trips!

had a bunch of snow. it started melting. getting to be a muddy mess. im back to using a 4 wheeler stead of my pickup so I don't tear stuff up

Looks like it’s getting g cool at night and dry during the days! I hope it is nice and firm when we get there!

Not sure where you guys will be, but like Danny said, it’s a muddy mess right now. Hopefully it’s dryer and easier to get around when you get here. Hope you guys pile them up and make a good profit.

We will be north central. Republic and Cloud Counties

The corner of Osborne, Jewell and Smith county is great country for dogs and cats. Don't know about access. They like to run the dogs on sleds or pickups for fun. South of lake Waconda is some great predator country too.

One week from right now I will be in a slumber preparing to wake up for my first check day of the 2020 Kansas season!

Good Luck! Thanks for sharing and look forward to seeing your success!

Dave

Love those dam sets!

Suppose to Rain this weekend and get muddy!!

I live in Jewell and work in Republic if I can be any help let me know. Rain predicted Friday night through Sunday morning.

What's the cost of non-resident license there?

Where are you staying (tent, hotel what)?

Are you going to sell your cats and coyotes there?

Its 252.50 for an out of state trapping license, the ripoff of the century.

We are staying in a farm house. Nice old place with a barn for skinning.

The trip is arranged by a friend of ours that runs a deer and turkey outfitting business.

We will skin, freeze and bring home to finish and sell. The

Awesome Photo!!!

120 gallons of waxed dirt ready to go

Thats a load

How are the coyotes looking in Kansas? Are they starting to rub any yet?

Not according to the coyote killing machine.

Left out at 2:30 PM on the 31st and drove straight through. We bought our licenses at 6:30 AM in Concordia and got camp set up. Without sleep we went right to work on the line. We were able to get some gear on the ground so we will be doing a first partial check tomorrow morning. After being awake and going nonstop for over 36 hours we were ready for sleep.

We are definitely limited to morning work in many areas due to the mud!

Hope to start making catches soon.

Good luck gents. Enjoy the gumbo.

Good luck! Look forward to the catches!!
White roads...ok!
Black roads...oh boy!!

its drier now than it was a few days ago.

good luck

Trip got off to a slow start but things are picking up now. Shane connected on a coyote yesterday and today he picked up two coyotes and a bobcat. I’m still sitting at a goose egg for target catches but I’m having a blast!

Tomorrow we will get to the properties that were previously to muddy .

Thanks for sharing. Hope you rack them up!

Dave

Shane has been catching many coyotes a badger and a bobcat. After a long drought I was able to start making target catches as well. I got a coyote and my largest bobcat.

Get 'em boys. I'm wishing a bunch of bouncing dogs for both of you. First one, then the other. No you got one! No you do! Oh...
we both have one!

Enjoy and be blessed!
Mark

Thanks Mark!

That’s what we are hoping for next. Some doubles!

Coyotes looking good there, Mark! Hope you stack them up, Bud!

When you are staying in the land of big sunsets you am have to capture them!

A couple snaps from our trapping base camp this evening!

Sweeeet picture's good luck on the coyotes an bobcats.

Today we both picked up a coyote and Shane got his second cat. Things are really



coming together!

Hope your luck continues. The sunset pics are great!

wtg guys about how many traps you guys have out

I’m running about 55 sets now. I believe Shane is close that as well. We are running about 120 miles a day on the truck and most places we can get fairly close or drive right to the sets. In a couple locations we have to park and walk a little.

Been following you guys on Facebook that warm weather will slow them down. Hopefully you guys get this front moving in tonight. I’m only an hour north of where you are. Should run good for you. Good luck.

We had a slow day with no target catches. Lots of grinners and stinkers moves in the wind though.

We have a deer gut pile in a draw with bethel entrance trails cabled. When checking this morning we found a freshly killed deer half eaten and partially covered with leaves. We are not sure if coyotes killed the deer and a bobcat claimed it or if there is a big cat around here.

Wow.Great job guys. Congrats on your success and great pictures. Thanks for sharing.

This is like 14 days of Christmas morning! Several hours each day checking traps in some nod the most beautiful country!

Today we experienced some inclement weather during the check and the wind last night seemed to hinder coyote movement as well. The cats on the other hand were definitely moving. Shane picked up two Tom cats and I pickled up one giving us the hat trick! This bings the trip total to 6 cats so far.

Way to make the best of this weather guys! Nice kitties

Enjoying following along with your adventure. Tight chains and we can reminisce in Kzoo this summer.

It’s a pleasure to have you along and I look forward to catching up in July.

Nice,thanks for sharing your adventure.Good luck with your time remaining there.

With the ice, snow and wind last night we didn’t connect. There were animals moving but just not committing. Except for a bobcat that walked all over my set without setting off the trap. The grass and ice floated him. I hope he comes back soon!

Did you clean the trap off or just leave it?

Snow and Bobcats will make a guy go crazy. Lol

Will most definitely show you what you might need work on humbling experience for sure.

I peeled the crusty layer off the trap bed and did a slight blending.

This was the remake of a female bobcat catch. I’m guessing this was a Tom cat intensely checking out her residual scent.

We had a 3-dog day today. The freezing drizzle made the roads a little messy but the dogs were running last night. Shane picked up one coyote and I was lucky enough to get two. The first one was a large vocal male that weighed 38 lbs. this is very large compared to most of the Kansas coyotes we’ve trapped. Most are around 25-28 lbs.

Are you guys running into any rubbed coyotes or are they still pretty good?Good sized dog their.

These coyotes have been beautiful! No rubs yet. This large make is heavily furred!

Are you dealing with frozen ground? I’m not seeing much snow compared to further north.

great job guys

For most of the trip the ground was not really frozen. The surface would be in the morning and the sun would warm it up. The past couple of Sadat’s has given it a frozen crust on the surface where there isn’t snow. It’s going to start getting into the 40s again today.

Thanks Trapper Dahlgren!

Today we pulled the outlying portions of our line. Shane was able to pick up a couple of dogs on properties we we pulling. They both came from property that hasn’t produced until today.

Nice, curious if you guys are using any gland lures. Being close to that time of season.

We are using gland lure.

We are kind of giving them a good mix of smells with a little bait, a little curiosity lure, a little urine and a little gland.

Looks like your having a blast Mark.
Nice looking fur too.Thanks for taking us on the ride along.

It is a blast for sure! I like sharing this adventure with everyone. Not like being here but stil give you a little taste!

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Beautiful sunsets

Well i’m looking to make another run to Kansas in January. I hope to share another epic adventure with you and this time Big Joe will be with me.

I’ll start a new thread when we get closer!

I'm excited to give those Kansas coyotes a try. Just a chance to trap another state and to see the wide open territory will be worth the trip.

should be a good time ,maybe one year i will go with you guys ,

Yeah it has been amazing every tome I’ve been there!
A lot less snow than you are used to Roy!