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Posted By: USMC47 🦫

A few pictures. - 02/01/22 03:58 AM

Here’s a couple from this year. I’ll try to add a few more each evening if I can. Enjoy.


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Posted By: yoteguts

Re: A few pictures. - 02/01/22 04:16 AM

Very nice!!!
Posted By: sneaky

Re: A few pictures. - 02/01/22 04:28 AM

Everybody was Kung Flu fighting!
Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/01/22 11:30 AM

Originally Posted by sneaky
Everybody was Kung Flu fighting!
Grab, twist pull, grab! One back, two back!

Oh, wait….thought I was somewhere else. Lol.

Only Marines from the 90s would get it, Sneaky. COVID was worse the first time. I think it’s turned into a sissy.
Posted By: trapper les

Re: A few pictures. - 02/01/22 11:50 AM

Great album John !
Posted By: Bruce T

Re: A few pictures. - 02/01/22 12:18 PM

Nice catches
Posted By: Kevin Stake

Re: A few pictures. - 02/01/22 12:23 PM

You did turn those foul hooked ones loose correct? Lee’s rules.
Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/01/22 12:49 PM

Originally Posted by Kevin Stake
You did turn those foul hooked ones loose correct? Lee’s rules.
I did. I turned them loose to the bed of my truck but they didn’t want to go anywhere from there. Plus they looked warm so I took their sweaters.
Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/01/22 12:54 PM

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Posted By: devildog

Re: A few pictures. - 02/01/22 01:31 PM

Great pics..... Grab, twist, pull.... I preferred the heel stomp
Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/01/22 01:38 PM

Originally Posted by devildog
Great pics..... Grab, twist, pull.... I preferred the heel stomp
Thats right! Reach back and grab heart, meat, and material!
Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/01/22 01:46 PM

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Posted By: Allan Minear

Re: A few pictures. - 02/01/22 02:11 PM

Nice bunch of critters John I like the snared coyotes a little bit better ha ha keep up the good work !
Allan
Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/01/22 03:52 PM

Allan, but then they volunteer like this. Lol.

Took 2.5 days to thaw out in my shop just so I could skin a brick. I learned my lesson. Never leave a frozen coyote on the ground. Hang them right away. Or they just don’t thaw.

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Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/01/22 03:56 PM

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A before and after picture of a snared one. The balled up one was in a snare and there was no disturbance of the set site. I reached down to grab it and it looked at me. Lol.
Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/01/22 03:57 PM

You can see that crawl under isn’t disturbed a bit. Kill spring wore him out in probably 10 seconds.
Posted By: Jakeland

Re: A few pictures. - 02/01/22 04:17 PM

Nice catches ! What boards are you using to put them up on ? I see a post flesher !!
Posted By: Bob Jameson

Re: A few pictures. - 02/01/22 04:59 PM

Good deal John, you are living the dream now. Enjoy it all every day...
Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/01/22 05:06 PM

Originally Posted by Jakeland
Nice catches ! What boards are you using to put them up on ? I see a post flesher !!
Jake, I was teaching a buddy and pulled out the Post flesher for him. He brought one of those $10 fleshers that cuts as good as a lawn mower blade after riding up and down a volcano a few times. Lol.

My Lee Steinmeyer flesher is what I use most. I do use the Post on occasion too. Both top of the line. I’ve got a few more that are decent also.

I can’t say I have a consistent board I use. I have some solid boards, some top lot adjustables, and some adjustables from Craig Todaro. I like them all but they get picked based on the size of the coyote.
Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/01/22 05:08 PM

And this year is great because I haven’t flipped a single dog. They’re all fur in because they’re all going to the tannery. All 100 something of them.

Gonna go check some traps now.
Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/01/22 06:05 PM

Well, maybe not yet. Not till I charge the batteries in my truck. Lol.
Posted By: MChewk

Re: A few pictures. - 02/01/22 06:20 PM

Great job John! You have some pretty coyotes...keep hitting them until you get to a 100.
Posted By: Lazarus

Re: A few pictures. - 02/01/22 06:21 PM

Nice work Sir. But the shop is too clean.
Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/01/22 07:16 PM

A few ready to go again.

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Re: A few pictures. - 02/01/22 07:17 PM

Tracy, this corner is a tad messy

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Posted By: Lazarus

Re: A few pictures. - 02/01/22 07:37 PM

Dude, you're hopeless. The marines did it to you. You're still expecting a surprise inspection at any moment. Relax. No one is coming to inspect your fur shed. :-)
Posted By: Kevin Stake

Re: A few pictures. - 02/01/22 08:07 PM

What did you do leave your lights on?
Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/01/22 08:41 PM

Originally Posted by Kevin Stake
What did you do leave your lights on?
No, it just got real cold last night and the batteries are 7 years old. It was time. I just picked up new ones. Off to check traps!
Originally Posted by Lazarus
Dude, you're hopeless. The marines did it to you. You're still expecting a surprise inspection at any moment. Relax. No one is coming to inspect your fur shed. :-)
But….are you really sure about that? Lol.
Posted By: sneaky

Re: A few pictures. - 02/01/22 09:01 PM

Originally Posted by USMC47 🦫
Originally Posted by sneaky
Everybody was Kung Flu fighting!
Grab, twist pull, grab! One back, two back!

Oh, wait….thought I was somewhere else. Lol.

Only Marines from the 90s would get it, Sneaky. COVID was worse the first time. I think it’s turned into a sissy.

Yep, the old LINE training under the Thunder Dome laugh
Posted By: backroadsarcher

Re: A few pictures. - 02/01/22 10:30 PM

Good job! Thanks for sharing the pictures.
Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/01/22 11:35 PM

Let’s do this.

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Posted By: Swamp Wolf

Re: A few pictures. - 02/01/22 11:50 PM

Great catches & pics John!
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Re: A few pictures. - 02/02/22 12:28 AM

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Posted By: Kevin Stake

Re: A few pictures. - 02/02/22 12:35 AM

John do you take the ear cartilage out when you tan them?
Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/02/22 12:39 AM

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Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/02/22 12:42 AM

Originally Posted by Kevin Stake
John do you take the ear cartilage out when you tan them?
Good question, Kevin.

It depends. Most of the time I take it all out; however, wall hangers look better with some cartilage in there, so I leave some and salt them or borax them real good. At the minimum, I take out the ear butts (the big cartilage).

I’ll see if I have some done both ways.
Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/02/22 12:43 AM

Some PM answers…I use all MJ600, MB650, and Bridger 3 dogless. Of the jaw isn’t cast, it’s laminated.
Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/02/22 12:46 AM

There are a bunch of Mennonite kids across the coulee. I can see them from my back porch. They ride their ponies over and learn. I paid for a few of them to go to the Youth Trapper’s Camp last year. They bring stuff over to learn on pretty often. They have a pretty nice badger skinned in my freezer. We will go over fleshing it this week when I’m sure I won’t give them COVID.
Posted By: trapper les

Re: A few pictures. - 02/02/22 01:12 AM

Groovy
Posted By: Aix sponsa

Re: A few pictures. - 02/02/22 01:24 AM

Great thread with tons of great photos. Thanks for sharing !
Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/02/22 01:37 AM

Hi, Jethro. Lol.
Posted By: Aix sponsa

Re: A few pictures. - 02/02/22 01:46 AM

Originally Posted by Lazarus
Nice work Sir. But the shop is too clean.



Originally Posted by Lazarus
Dude, you're hopeless. The marines did it to you. You're still expecting a surprise inspection at any moment. Relax. No one is coming to inspect your fur shed. :-)



That wouldn’t be as funny if his shed wasn’t so spotless, but I’m still laughing. I’m impressed, big time.
Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/02/22 02:34 AM

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Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/02/22 02:42 AM

Well, here’s the back of my shop. The Marine Corps Bar. Also known as “Buddy’s Tavern West.” My brother has Buddy’s Tavern in NY.


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Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/02/22 02:43 AM

Got a full bathroom in that door on the right.
Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/02/22 02:43 AM

Or a head. Lol.
Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/02/22 02:57 AM

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Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/02/22 02:57 AM

https://youtube.com/shorts/fy_bUpsNr8w?feature=share
Posted By: John-Chagnon

Re: A few pictures. - 02/02/22 03:14 AM

I enjoyed the scenery thank you for sharing
Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/02/22 04:05 PM

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Posted By: rick olson

Re: A few pictures. - 02/02/22 05:27 PM

Thank's for the ride along,some dandy western pale's,nice shop and bar.#100 right around the corner!!!
Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/02/22 09:42 PM

3 more. I’ll probably go set a new place to get it out of the way so I can stop. Got to gear up for beavers.
Posted By: MChewk

Re: A few pictures. - 02/02/22 11:53 PM

Evening All, John nice pics. You need a Newhouse trap hanging from that bar room wall...it’d be a conversation piece for sure. And maybe a wolf hide or a pretty skunk.

Got some snow here...never cut a predator track all day. I did have two jumbo possums in baited mink boxes.

Enjoy the rest of the day
Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/03/22 12:12 AM

Keep them possums there, Rick. Lol. I do have a couple new houses hanging in there. I’ll see if I can get a pic when I’m in there next.
Posted By: clintp1971

Re: A few pictures. - 02/03/22 12:20 AM

Love the pictures. Big part of why I get on this site. Thanks for sharing.
Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/03/22 12:25 AM

Originally Posted by clintp1971
Love the pictures. Big part of why I get on this site. Thanks for sharing.

Good to see you here, Clint.
Posted By: sneaky

Re: A few pictures. - 02/03/22 12:53 AM

You make people request head calls? Lol
Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/03/22 02:48 AM

Originally Posted by sneaky
You make people request head calls? Lol
Only after pounding on the bulkhead three times with a Kevlar.
Posted By: saskbone

Re: A few pictures. - 02/03/22 03:47 AM

What’s a guy from Cali doing trapping coyotes?I hear that Prius holds a dozen traps and a few coyotes. Bar looks good! I need a drink and a cigar!

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Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/03/22 07:29 AM

The catch pole and rifle was out but those traps are from Gary Jepson, Paul and Charlie Dobbins, Jim Spencer, and Andy Weiser. I think I turned it into something else but the magnets are at my skinning area. Come get a drink!

I doubt I’d fit in a Prius. And I was being held there in Cali against my will. They were called orders. Lol.
Posted By: saskbone

Re: A few pictures. - 02/03/22 05:08 PM

Originally Posted by USMC47 🦫
The catch pole and rifle was out but those traps are from Gary Jepson, Paul and Charlie Dobbins, Jim Spencer, and Andy Weiser. I think I turned it into something else but the magnets are at my skinning area. Come get a drink!

I doubt I’d fit in a Prius. And I was being held there in Cali against my will. They were called orders. Lol.


I saw your Prius in Cali……. Just cause you hid it down the street doesn’t mean I missed it. I’m liking the pictures and I’ll stop for a drink and around June. We can head to Forsyth in the Prius……with gas being so expensive you can save me a few bucks!
Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/03/22 08:49 PM

Lol! I’m sure there were plenty of Prius’ but I still wouldn’t fit in one. Didn’t I see you in a little Honda though? Lol. I may have a picture.
Posted By: saskbone

Re: A few pictures. - 02/03/22 09:01 PM

You know I drive a Ford fn ranger.

Sometimes I use the wheels

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I think I have a picture of a truck you were driving in Missoula ……..
Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/03/22 09:37 PM

Post that Ford I was driving!

Dang! What are you an ice road trucker, eh? Danged Canadians need for tires on the road even if they’re measure in weird metric.
Posted By: coyote 1

Re: A few pictures. - 02/03/22 11:33 PM

Nice pictures John. Looks like you moved to the right place to trap coyotes.
Posted By: saskbone

Re: A few pictures. - 02/04/22 12:25 AM

Originally Posted by USMC47 🦫
Post that Ford I was driving!

Dang! What are you an ice road trucker, eh? Danged Canadians need for tires on the road even if they’re measure in weird metric.



When you get old you have to slide in sometimes. It’s a lot easier putting coyotes in the back when it’s on its side. Never had a rollover but put the Ford fn ranger on its side going about 20 miles an hour. If you were in the passenger seat it would’ve stayed on its wheels!
Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/04/22 01:09 AM

Originally Posted by saskbone
Originally Posted by USMC47 🦫
Post that Ford I was driving!

Dang! What are you an ice road trucker, eh? Danged Canadians need for tires on the road even if they’re measure in weird metric.



When you get old you have to slide in sometimes. It’s a lot easier putting coyotes in the back when it’s on its side. Never had a rollover but put the Ford fn ranger on its side going about 20 miles an hour. If you were in the passenger seat it would’ve stayed on its wheels!
Hahaha!

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Nice pictures John. Looks like you moved to the right place to trap coyotes.
I agree, my brother.
Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/04/22 03:42 AM

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Re: A few pictures. - 02/04/22 12:15 PM

Originally Posted by USMC47 🦫
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That’s like a chair from the coyote kingdom. Nice
Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/04/22 05:06 PM

I never looked at it that way. It sure looks like a foxy chair. Those are just sitting there till I hung them up. Lol.
Posted By: paloduro

Re: A few pictures. - 02/04/22 07:51 PM

Big John, love the shop/bar. You have some really good looking coyotes, glad to see you trapping.
Posted By: feist dog

Re: A few pictures. - 02/05/22 01:11 AM

I see you got some of the blue containers, did you get them at the NC convention? They are handy!
Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/05/22 01:14 AM

Originally Posted by paloduro
Big John, love the shop/bar. You have some really good looking coyotes, glad to see you trapping.
I miss you, buddy. I could use a Texas-sized hug!
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I see you got some of the blue containers, did you get them at the NC convention? They are handy!
I’m figuring where I got them. They sure are handy! Love those handles. I got them from another member.
Posted By: feist dog

Re: A few pictures. - 02/05/22 01:23 AM

My neighbor is who had them. They came from a water treatment plant, some chemical came in them but they started using another type of container so there won't be any more. Thankfully I have some stashed away.
Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/05/22 01:36 AM

Originally Posted by feist dog
My neighbor is who had them. They came from a water treatment plant, some chemical came in them but they started using another type of container so there won't be any more. Thankfully I have some stashed away.
I don’t think they came from NC.
Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/05/22 02:33 AM

They came from Illinois.
Posted By: coop74

Re: A few pictures. - 02/05/22 03:41 AM

Originally Posted by USMC47 🦫
Here’s a couple from this year. I’ll try to add a few more each evening if I can. Enjoy.


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You weigh that fat one?
Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/05/22 06:14 AM

Coop, I didn’t. I ought to get a scale. I don’t even own one. If you mean the one in the bed of the truck, it’s not as big as he looks. The other one was smaller and it made him look bigger.
Posted By: beartooth trapr

Re: A few pictures. - 02/05/22 04:52 PM

Very cool pictures John, awesome shop you have.
Posted By: paloduro

Re: A few pictures. - 02/05/22 06:16 PM

Originally Posted by USMC47 🦫
Originally Posted by paloduro
Big John, love the shop/bar. You have some really good looking coyotes, glad to see you trapping.
I miss you, buddy. I could use a Texas-sized hug!
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I see you got some of the blue containers, did you get them at the NC convention? They are handy!
I’m figuring where I got them. They sure are handy! Love those handles. I got them from another member.

You should come to our Rendezvous April 22 & 23 in Childress Tx. I think Gary, Wayne, Justin, Michael and some more will be there.
Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/05/22 09:30 PM

Mitchell, that’s like 20 something hours of driving! Lol.
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Re: A few pictures. - 02/05/22 09:31 PM

This guy tried making it through the yard. Lol.

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Posted By: trapper les

Re: A few pictures. - 02/06/22 03:00 AM

laugh
Posted By: DugK

Re: A few pictures. - 02/07/22 11:50 AM

The Yellow Foot Prints in the "Buddy's Tavern West" is great! They made me sit back and reminisce and put a smile on my face!
Thanks for sharing!
Semper Fi
Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/07/22 04:18 PM

Originally Posted by DugK
The Yellow Foot Prints in the "Buddy's Tavern West" is great! They made me sit back and reminisce and put a smile on my face!
Thanks for sharing!
Semper Fi
Dug, your close enough for a visit. I have a ton more Marine Corps stuff I accumulated over the 25 years. Maybe I’ll do some pictures of the bar a little better.

I have 4 traps out right now. The last 2 coyotes will have to waltz on over. Or I’ll just be a failure at 98. Lol.

Dug, Semper Fi, buddy. Sneaky and I were in boot camp together. Same company. Where and when were you?
Posted By: DugK

Re: A few pictures. - 02/07/22 05:50 PM

I was in for most of the 90's (90-98) I was stationed at Camp Lejeune with the 26th MEU.
The friends I made in the Corps are life long brothers. We may not talk for a year or two and then pick up right where we left off.
Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/07/22 06:08 PM

Originally Posted by DugK
I was in for most of the 90's (90-98) I was stationed at Camp Lejeune with the 26th MEU.
The friends I made in the Corps are life long brothers. We may not talk for a year or two and then pick up right where we left off.

I was at Lejeune from 95-99, 03-06, and 07-10.
Posted By: Jetmec

Re: A few pictures. - 02/07/22 07:34 PM

HAHA, what years were you in or are you both still active/reserves?
97-02 for me. Semper Fi brothers!

Edit- would have helped if I read through ALL the comments. Soon as this posted I seen what I was asking!
Posted By: USMC47 🦫

Re: A few pictures. - 02/07/22 09:31 PM

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