Photo Phriday 15

Beavering. Snaring through the ice. Sometimes more than 5 feet of ice. With an ice spud, makes for strong shoulders.

Great pictures

Now that looks like work….great pics.

Nice !! Spring beavering is pleasant when the sun has a little strength. Must be a warm day with no hat or engine cover.

Sping beavering here...March, t-shirts and 330s, fun stuff. This was in late 90s I think.
Jim

Duck season starts tomorrow here, early season is usually full of Teal and Gadwall. Fun times to get the kids out as there is usually plenty of opportunities.

Great Photos

Great photos ! So clear , Tray. Jonathan would be proud.

Jack, your lodge with the treeline reminded me of an illustration Bob Noonan had me do for the cover of Trapper's Post long ago...beaver trapping in the 1950's....the dusky blues and greys in the northern sky. This trapper happened to also catch a cat at the bait tree he set nearby .

Love that plane , too.

Old pics from about 25 years ago.

This is a photo i took when doing a marten ski line deep in the Bob. Only thing i could suspect is a interesting freeze thaw pattern from a rabbit hopping across the lake. Or aliens. Regardless, i always think of the most quiet country only touched by a few with human powered snow equipment. I long for those days again….

That boat looks a lot like my 14' StarCraft.

The weather has cooled off a bit and it's time to get out in the woods for the first time since the end of last trapping season.

D.T. very interesting picture.
Great photos everyone. Lots of talent on display.

Wait, you painted this? I posted this photo on Instagram years ago. Very good job!!

That was my old 14ft Lund, great little boat.

Good pics everyone, thanks for posting

Sun set in the foot hill's last night

Ooops there it

D.T., I love when the snow has that effect on tracks. The Bob is indeed it's own unique place.

Artrapper 16, That is my illustration...not painted. Done with German made Derwent coloured pencils and Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils, also German made.

Awesome illustrations, you are very talented. Most people can’t even read my name when I try writing nicely, and my drawing is even worse.

Many thanks, Tray...but I'll tell you...any artist wouldn't have a leg to stand on if it weren't for the amazing photos to have as references , such as your quality, Jonathan's , Jack's , and many others . Often trappers will send me their shots of their wuffs, fox, coyotes, badgers, coon, cats, etc. for me to have as references . That's where it all starts, with good clear eyes as yourself.

My handwriting isn't that good at all either ....the most amazing handwriting I've ever seen is Patrice's !

I'm just posting my stuff to try and go along with Jack's fun weekly themes !

Them little sand blasters come in handy don't they !!

Great blue wing pic’s,a view from the goose layout blind.Regular season open’s tomorrow.

Yes they do upstateNY. That is the table top model. My dad confiscated my big blast cabinet

ND coon den.

One of my labs, a handsome boy. RIP Shadow



Playing in a creek at the start of a grouse hunt.



Shadow with a hunting buddy after retrieving his grouse double (two birds flushed and Mike knocked them both down).



He was a great hunter, retriever and trapline companion.

Another of my labs, handsome Boomer.



Dock diving with my granddaughter.



A leap into the pond that got him some big air. He looks a little worried about the landing.



Boomer is also a great hunter, probably the best I've had. He hunts himself bloody and tears up his face charging through the briars, incredible prey drive.



Like his predecessor Shadow, he is also a great trapline companion.

And finally, my current human trapping partner, my granddaughter.

Love the lab pics Lugnut.

Pearl doing Beaver with Swinging Sui

Keeping with the Labs….Jack is now 11…and a great companion.

Great pics
And great times

A painting my 12 year old daughter made. I can't draw a stick figure so it must come from her mother.

5 1/2 weeks old. Just sold the last one yesterday

There's nothing like a sun rise grinner.

Very nice ! Having fun is the whole enjoyment .

Boco, I'd think you'd rather man the big guns on aircraft carriers than a water cannon That would be my choice anyway ...

Alpha female Babe

Rosebud Ridge, Yukon Quest

you guys are getting ahead of yourselves,
fishing season is just getting warmed up,
should be getting better for another 6 weeks before it peaks
then when the ice finally forces me out of the river a couple of weeks after that I'll finally begin to think about doing anything else.

Well, it's not really a photo, but it's a video from today.
If you get a little impatient, fast forward to about 50 seconds.

great pic. everyone