Muskrat411 2021 trapping season

The start of the 2021 trapping playlist. It should be 3 or 4 videos long by now but zero snow. This is the beginning

anyways.

Nice haul of fish! Is that a lake you are on?

Gotta be a river. I saw a sheefish in the net. Big whitefish also. Don't catch those in lakes.

That there's the peel river below aklavik

Nope the Peel River. Starts up in the Yukon near Mayo Yukon and flows north through the Peel River Water shed. The all Canadian route to the Klondike Gold Fields at the turn of the Century. Crosses the Yukon border then passes the community of Fort MacPherson then Aklavik and eventually dumps into Mackenzie Bay and the Arctic Ocean.

Yes a river see above for over explained.

Yup runs right by by front door. 5 minutes walk from my house to the net.

May not be the norm in lakes, but I know some guys that take them out of lakes in under ice nets. I heard that when the water is high in spring time the fish go in and some don't make it back out when the water goes back down.



Thanks for the info! I know one guy in Fort Mcpherson. Did a river rafting trip with him two summers ago. He doesn't hunt, fish, or trap, but will join those who do and help out. He sure enjoys the outdoors and photography.

Now everybody knows where your fishing spot is Muskrat.

Nice day fishing muskrat. I have two nets out now. Been catching pretty good so far. Not quite that good though.

Around here the beaver dammed off alot of whitefish streams like you have there, and they cant to get back out to the river from the lakes in fall. We bust them open sometimes a bit, and grab fish as they go over the spillway, and let them out.

You are correct on the Sheefish and lakes. we had a lake like that near the mountains. But the river cut into it and they can come and go as they wish now.

How far up did you start your river rafting trip? Bonetplume River? I hear that is a beutifull trip though the big canyons of the upper Peel.

It is not the best spot anyways, I mostly set it there because it is so handy for the school to walk classes down. If I catch a couple egg fish iam happy. The dog will eat a fish once in a while

I pulled my net out a while ago the whitefish eggs started to get runny and the meat soft so pulled it out. Lake fish are better eating but I have to find a good lake. Most of the good fish lakes are cutting out and drying up. From the banks eroding and cutting into the main rivers. Side effect of climate change I suppose. Too much rain in the summer washes out the permafrost.

The porcupine caribou herd is going through close to town and lots of hunters out. So I have been busy monitoring. No snow so I have been going out by ATV.

We were on the John and Koyukuk Rivers in Alaska.

Whoalla you really made a long trip to get to Fort MacPherson from there you sure you were not in Fort Yukon? I don't think there is a pass over the mountains to get to the Peel watershed from those rivers.

Never been to the Peel. Haha! The man I was with on the trip was from Fort McPherson and traveled to Alaska to join me for the journey. Started in Anaktuvak Pass and went downriver to Allakaket.

I heard you say "not one salmon" what kind of salmon do you have there? Seems a long ways inland for salmon.

Last year we got lots of salmon, Chum, Pink and the odd Chinook. Mainly Chum. Last year I caught a couple they are in a different video. The caught lots in the ocean also last year but hardly any this year.

That sounds like an incredible adventure. Some big mountains in that area, must have seen lots of porcupine caribou too through that area.

Lots of chum and SOCKEYE. I know because I sampled most of last years catch

Thanks for clarifying that Ryan. This is the video has some salmon catches in it

Thanks for sharing your videos, I really enjoy them.

Great videos Muskrat.

Enjoying the videos Loved seeing those kids, the smiles as they pulled up all those fish! Hope you connect on your sets and look forward to seeing your next adventure!!

We finally got a dusting of snow might be able to set a short line and show off that wolf hat.

Beautiful looking country there Muskrat!

Better watch it Muskrat411 there is an imposter on youtube trapping thread that does a perfect voice imitation of a set you criticise of his. Carry on with your good work.

Ill have to check that out sounds hilarious.

Video of me and the wife's caribou hunting adventures.

Some good eats right there! Congrats!

Razzle dazzle with the special features. Looks like some good animals that you got.

Yes we have lots of porkies this year. What herd you have where you are?

Yes freezers are full and the dry meat bowl is on the table

two wolf cought in 330 milkcrate sets

Those wolves must be really hungry! Congrats on the critters and hope you connect with the wolverine!

That's pretty crazy to get 2 like that. The second one looks like a brute, really nice wolf.

Good looking wolves! I like the color!

Not quite blue. I really want to catch a blue wolf.

I was wondering if they were blue. Beautiful either way.

That gray is a nice big one from the looks of it, crazy catching two like that. What was the stuff you got out of the butter container you added to the caribou head?

Nice catches and videos.

Ukaruk. Rendered beluga oil used to preserve muktuk. Finished the muktuk so it is bait now. Like bacon grease on steroids.

"Muskrat what are you calling the "Bible" in the deer's guts? We take another part too - what we call the deer's apron. Mesentaries would be the book name. You know it. It is the thin like "see thru" layer wrapped around the deer's guts. Lots of fat in it. We just throw it on the snow to cool and then ball it up for trail food on the way home.

What did you just say!?!?

Watch the video where Muskrat is caribou hunting w/his Missus. They looking for the deer's Bible in the guts. Want to know what he calling the Bible.

The omasum is what we call the bible. I see Heimo eats it raw on the last Alaskans.

Thanks Ryan. New word for me - had to Wiki it. Called Bible on Wiki too. Got to look for it now next time have an animal down.

Thanks for answering that Ryan. Good question Crosspatch

Very nice video Muskrat.

Thanks Northern Trapper I have another caribou hunting video ready to go but waiting to get a little more video as it is too short for a mixed video. This has been the best caribou year I have seen in my life. the caribou showed up end of October and stayed on the edge of the delta all winter. Still about 10000 bou within cell phone range of Aklavik.

Nice caribou hunt and lynx catches! I will have to give those lynx pens a try next season.

Once you get the fence and stuff set up they are quick to assemble and if you take the bait out and the beats leave them alone they should be good for several years with minimum bother.

Beautiful country Muskrat. I like your sleigh. Sure is deep, you can pack a lot of stuff in it. Looks like your tongue on it got a little tweeted . Stay safe

I dropped trees on it a couple times. Lucky I never hit the sled. That's my wood hauling sled. It must be 15 years old now that black plastic really saves it.

That Ox meat is good stuff. Assume you are allowed to shoot some. The Canadian Ox are noticeably larger than ours in Alaska.

Its the same Greenlandic muskox that you have Marten, They made there way over from Kaktovik area in the 80s. I wonder if they have muskox legends about travelling through the Panama Canal? The closest Canadian muskox we have are eat of Tuktoyaktuk near the Anderson River.

We are allowed to shoot muskox Martentrapper, they want to keep herd numbers low to keep them from competing with caribou, moose and sheep.

I enjoyed the trail cam pics of the wolverines!

Yeah I hope it hangs around next fall. Run a line in that creek next year. I was hoping for some wolves and bears on those cameras.

There is an active market for the bull musk ox horns.

I'd be interested in hearing more about that. Knife makers for handles?

Yes knife market is big. Blade show in Atlanta next month. Not sure about shipping horns out of Canada. Ask around.

Harbour Stanton from Alaska use to always drive up and buy antlers. If I ever hunt muskox I will look into it further. Or just wait for Harbour.