Shouldn’t we be out trapping?

I just counted 65 members are online here. Shouldn’t we be out trapping including me?

I have 136 traps out but rain here on the ranch last night = check them tomorrow.

just got back in from my "long " line of 4 nothing today.

Been hunting, Muzzleloader season here and its raining today.

Not trapping until Mink prices go back up.

I'm waiting till next year

I'm at the sledding hill with my kids. They're having fun. I'm in the truck. Haha.

Wish I was, but I'm at work. Not doing much, just collecting a check like a good socialist.

Ran my line yesterday. Need to get busy in the fur shed now.

Nice!

Your muskrats are as thick as mink!

Awesomeness.

We got 5" of snow Tuesday night, flowed by a quarter inch of ice, then rain on top of that. My son said his 100# lab was walking on top of it yesterday morning. I pulled the snares I had out yesterday. More ice then snow tomorrow I'm on hold at the moment. I also think that the coyotes will go down hill fast after this weather.

Nice!

I had to go to the paying job.

After Fisger season ended, I'm done for a cpl.weeks before Under Ice beaverin'

Just put out a cat line yesterday doing chicken make up choirs today between naps.

Nice haul !!!!

I'm done for the season. My truck is torn apart in the driveway, and I don't trap in the snow anyway.

I just finished boarding two 3xl rats, i only have a half dozen sets out until the ice gets safer, then il start snaring beaver.

One foot of half melted refrozen snow. With rain expected followed by freeze tomorrow. Probably start setting Wednesday if I can. All other fur is put up or sold. Have a nice day

yeah I wish I was , currently still a deer hunt happening and more importantly I am still at work

I wish I got more trapping in but mostly I work

hard to have much for traps out when I also have to be at work nearly ever minute of daylight and have a 24 hour oncall shift every week

Just came off the pond from putting in beaver sets. Not guilty.

Working, will probably set a few traps in the after noon as we are working half a day today. Look for caribou tomorrow and maybe set some traps if I have time.

well some of us have day jobs with access to a computer so..

Muskrat trapping is over for me this season.No more open water.

Just got home from running a short ‘rat line. Went 24 for 24 in my colonies.

When the covid scare is over and they start having fur sales again I will start trapping again.I`m headed to Ohio deer hunting again this week.

What makes you think we're not trapping just because we are on here?
I got a few traps and snares out working right now,and a couple pelts ready to turn tonight.
As long as I got traps out I'm trapping 24-7.

But I think I get your point.Many are not going hard because of the uncertainty in the market.

Been out checking today. My last check someone thought I needed help and put big rocks in some of my sets, 2020 is the gift that keeps on giving

ummmmm phones and Heat in the truck......

I plunk myself down on a log with my phone to see what's going on here quite often. Pretty neat when you can stay up to date with T-Man while you're scoping out a beaver flowage.

Just walked in the door after doing remakes on two of my cats sets that were plugged up with two big wooly ugly yellow boar coon . Also picked up three rats from a small rat line .

Ran my small line today. Had an elusive silver haired grinner today. Eric

Checked my short little fisher line today across the road from the house, picked up one real nice one.

Gotta let ‘em Prime up around here. Heading out next week.

Ive been playing ice breàker with my kayak the last few days checking beaver traps. Might actually catch a few tomorrow. Getting tired of the 1-3 beaver days when I hoped to have what ivr caugh so far on two days. Dropped 20 new sets today and started to pull parts of the line where I've had luck so far

Nice

I have 31 traps out and caught 2 coon in the last 4 days. Pulling the line tomorrow.

My son and I just put traps out today. Every ice covered puddle was jumped in and any tree that could be climbed was climbed.

136 coyote sets to redo starting tomorrow at 7:15

Was at the garage...farting around with some MB 750’s .....and filed a night latch into them....Does that count ?

There is a buttload of wannabe’s on here for sure.

This right here. I don't trap just to burn gas and have cold fingers. It just doesn't make economic sense. I still have a stack of tanned pelts from last year for crafts I suppose I could work on.

Good luck

Why would someone join a Trapping Forum...if they weren’t a trapper....or trapped in the past. The “ Wannade “ don’t float with me ,about this forum.

Thanks. The cold front hit and my access vanished. For today. Tomorrow it's fetching and getting. Anyone who's been along with me knows, it's action Jackson Junester when need be.

My get up and go has not yet got up and went!

You got me

I "wannabe" better/more successful so I come here to see what I can learn as often as I can

I have 4 traps out now, it has been raining for probably 30hrs straight AND I was working all day at the hospital

Technically I was trapping since traps were "set" but I was not out in the field setting or scouting locations. Will be setting some more sets tomorrow but I am not looking to sell fur (southern fur is not worth near as much) as much as I am looking to decrease the predator population for fawn survival

Lol

That is a Bummer. But i have to ask why would you have to remake all 136 sets?

They are full of those fat little fishers

Me too! That’s a load of work. What’s the reason?

I guess I should add that my son and I set out some coyote bait and snares and remade a lynx snare pen while out Checking fisher boxes. I guess our little snowmobile rip was more than just catching a fisher.

Hi Gramps hope all is well.
Caught a mink yesterday, a regular Jim Bridger I am lol.
Ran with Kip and Buddy one day, always an adventure.

I'm mainly here to torque off the grammar teachers, and good at it.

The rain we got yesterday played havoc with this dirt. Dig 'em all out - rebed. Relure all, and roll tide.

back in the 80's those mink wouldve brought close to 30 bucks apiece.

I only have 10 k9 sets and 8 coon sets out with my boys on the farm. Most k9 are washed out and 2 coon are under water completely. Monday I will hit my friends new property for his problem beaver and outer but will also set a few for anything else I see tracks for. But it will only be a few check days there due to time.

On Friday I will take the boys over to out friends place and run a mixed line but primary focus will be coyotes and fox. But I will set for coon and put a few caster mound sets.

I told myself there was no reason to beat up my body and my truck with snow on the ground covered in ice. It was a good choice the weathermen weren’t wrong for once.

I’ve been watching the full moon and I have a little run of 8-10 days off at the end of the month. I might run a small cat line around home 10-15 miles and see if I can pick off some cats I haven’t taken a shot at this year.

I pull pockets I had set last week thurs with cold ice. Reset 3 pockets last Sunday, an left all be sets, pull all traps in row Tues bfore winter storm hit, plan on reset. Few, not lot Sunday, start of warmer weather a lil, like do some late season coon in thaw, what time I got, scrape coon this morning.an hope late after noon muzzloader hunt, lot guys trapping this year. An fnt post told me that a supply venders for trapline. Not keep up orders, swap months. Because goverment stimlous money. $600 ui in past a week , open up savings acct. I did last summer for coupleinths. Saved up bundle, pay things off, spent way over 2 k pickup , ahead house payments. Months ,loan payoff , never been that far ahead on bills but back work months, savings been dwindling some. Winter storm an like 10 days no work, unpay. An unpay holidays. For me

There's a time to fish, and there's a time to dry nets.

They are worth $25 bucks each today if you know where to sell them.

Care to share. Tis the season.

I am surely a wannabe. I wannabe out trapping but am working out of town. I trapp as much as I can when home. Gotta pay the bills somehow. And to the guy calling out wannabes, why aren't you out running the line instead of your mouth. HAPPY NEW YEAR

My excuse is = I am waiting on job in West Texas to start. Will be in West Texas for 30 days Starting time is Jan 4th to Jan 8th Dont know when I may leave yet waiting on weather

Which is great, but it is 40 years later and there are no quarter taps (25 cent tap beer) at the bar. Could get the whole bar drunk for one mink. Be lucky to get yourself drunk, now.

I picked up a road hit otter yesterday. I guess that's kind of like trapping!

Which is great, but it is 40 years later and there are no quarter taps (25 cent tap beer) at the bar. Could get the whole bar drunk for one mink. Be lucky to get yourself drunk, now. [/quote]

I remember when fur was so valuable I sold my dogskin hat in the bar for extra beermoney

$25 bucks is good money for this market especially when I sell in the round. I get same for coon, fox and other critters that are worth little to nothing on the fur market.

Today's check

Your going to be busy sniperb

Luckily beaver dont need to be done same day. Tonight I'm just doing the big boy from yesterday.

Out today badgers popping out in the sun now I found several fresh blowouts today.

I have 9 beaver sets out. Water has been up and down, mainly up. Got 5 in last seven days, including this 54 pounder yesterday.

Snares still doing their duty.

Setting my line this weekend. I’ve been too busy with work and bird watching.

Our regular season closed last night at midnight, now it's beaver from here to spring. No worries, I was out prematurely checking sets today.

So with the help of Advil, I reset 136 leg holds today after our lovely rain. Dig out - snap - dislodge funny dirt - reset - cover - add new lure or bait and roll.
I set time goals to pace myself. 14 hours today and there better be some tight chains as a result tomorrow. Bobcats will move. 34 tonight in South Texas.

Blessings,
Mark

Come on Mark! Foot holds, not leg holds.

Just giving you a hard time.
Tight chains, hope you catch them all!
Nice warm night in South Texas.

Take care!

. I don't care if I catch them by a whisker.

Long day for sure. Good luck tomorrow!

Nice looking lynx.We should be allowed to trap them here in Maine.

A friend gets them on his cameras quite often, I never do and we're just thirty miles apart. I rarely see lynx sign where I'm at.

Very little sign here around Silver Ridge but lots of sign and lynx in other areas close by.

Nice pile of beavers there, I don't envy you having to skin all of them



None of those in Texas




That is impressive work
How does one average a little over 6min per reset and that not even include riding time from trap to trap?

Frost set it quickly it was easy pounding it cable stakes just a few days ago today not so much.

I filed a night latch in a few MB 750’s ....But Iam in ice fishing mode now

I had 20 foot holds planted, a dozen dog proofs, and 10 Cr's that just got waylaid by a 2" ice storm and 2" rain with sub 20 temps overnight. going to look like a junkyard tomorrow when I pull everything...

Ol dad

Should have stayed in that hunting blind...............................

Lol.. yeah, but the promise of a fur scarf is what got her out there

Ol dad

What evah it takes !

I try to redo a set in 1 minute. I make a set in 2 minutes. The line is 62.8 miles on the buggie at present.
Ask anyone who has ever attended our Predator Trapping Academy. I manage trap line efficiency to a "T."

You found some ice?.....not much around here on the lakes.Alot of open water.

All I managed was a couple of beaver in my otter sets. Number 51 from this particular brake...


Notch tailed...



Crossover keeps producing. Otter the other day waiting on another...

A guy can get more trapping tips on the cooking channel than Tman anymore. Kinda sad.

Snares still doing double duty today.

Actually, I get quite a bit on the trapping only forum.

Got 6-8 inches on the 300-500 acre lakes that hold trout ...in central NH....The Big lakes are still open

A beauty of a fox

Checked a few sets put out a few more it was in the upper 40s so a good day to get things done warm most of the week here.

Solid productive day today after remaking and reluring all the sets yesterday.
We had a coyote getting a bit too close to the shop area so..... we set on sign and job accomplished;


The coyotes just keep trying to sniff turds I set close to where I find tracks.
They shouldn't do that. Shortens their life span by about "1 Death Ray."


I had a bobcat that crossed in front of the buggy about 2:30 yesterday afternoon. Today, I had him tethered about 9:30


I've now caught 154 coyotes and bobcats on this 12,800 acres ranch in the last 365 days.

Blessings,
Mark

Picked up a pair of reds today, son got a lynx. We’re looking for coyotes but we find this time of year to be harder getting them to bait. Here’s the second red, it’s more pale than the first..

Pretty bobcat.Love the bare ground.

This ground is great to work with Bruce, unless it rains. .54 inches had me holed up for one day. If it rains 2" it takes a week to get back out.
I spent 33 years trapping in snow, and I'll be honest. I don't miss it too much.

Blessings,
Mark

What a slacker! only 136 traps out?

Just kidding, I can`t imagine having that many out at once and being able to keep up!

It's a disease Dan. Or so some who've ridden with me have told me. The disease of seeing how many traps I can tend sun up till sun down.
The summer work is the worst for folks who have my sun up till sun down disease.
But, folks who hire us haven't seen trappers in the past work all day every day so they often referral what and how we do things to other farmers and ranchers.

It's just a love of what we do. People enjoy hard work more when they love what they do.
That's me and my Mrs. Worker bees.

Some days though, Mrs. says drop me back at the house (or ranch house, or motel, or wherever we are), and tells me I'll get supper going while you finish up.
And that's sweet too.
Run and gun and then dinner on the table after the fur prep.
If it weren't for the end of the day fur work, I could set more traps!

I'm hired for life at this ranch. Owner asked me Christmas Eve, how much longer I thought I could continue to trap this hard? He and I are both 63 years old. I told him, my knees and back are good. Should be another 30 years, give or take 10.

Blessings,
Mark