Talkin' Trappin'

Lets talk about some trappin', guys; after all this is a trapping forums!

Ok! My first ever catch was an OLD possum it had to weigh 25 pounds it was as big as a “normal” coon

What’s something that you caught that’s out of the ordinary for that species

I caught an otter in a beaver den that the beaver still lived in

I know nothing about water trapping I’d like to learn

Yeah same here lol

But I thought you said you caught an otter?!?

I did but I don’t know how

You’re making me want a DR. Pepper

Lol. It was the first time I set water traps by myself. Here’s the story: I got and set traps for muskrat, fall in a hole and stepped on a beaver, and caught an otter

I’ve never even seen a beaver

AND YOU STEPPED ON ONE!!

isn't stepping on a beaver illegal?

I fell in a hole and stepped on it. (The beaver was not injured by this)

It probably evacuated its bowels

Yeah it doesn't hurt to get stepped on lol

Lol
Would it smell like essential oils like maple since they eat a bunch of bark like maple bark for example??? Or like aspen essential oil?? No wonder beaver is a good meat base for bait they are nature's edible air wick!

Edit: Idk why I said this but no, I am in fact, not on any drugs, so stop messaging me

I got bit by a trapped rat once! Nasty!

I remember you telling me that! Authortrapper the wererat

But why would you get that close to it?? XD

Why not?

Good point

I went almost 50 years without getting bit by a trapped muskrat. That ended when I was bitten twice.One was when I reached into a rat house to pull out what I thought was a deceased rat.The second when I reached under the water to retrieve a down and out muskrat,that turned out--to not be down and out.
Tom

What is your craziest catch? Not sure what mine is, but this one was crazy!

Last year I caught my personal best beaver at a castor mound. He got the trap off his foot, but due to the slack cable ( lesson learned) he tied a perfect knot around his foot, and was at the bottom of my drowner. I’m sure I’ll never see anything like it again in my life.

Here’s the picture

Same thing happened to me

Anybody have trapline dogs?

That's my brother Justin.

This’ll be my dogs first year on the trapline

Our dog dug the two small 'coons out of a den; Justin trapped the other.

Whoa that’s awesome

She has treed 2 bobcats as well. She loves to chase!