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Post by oldyote on Nov 5, 2013 22:54:14 GMT -5
That Is a dandy. Hope he isn't too scared up. Lots of my extra large are battle scarred.
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Post by gth on Nov 6, 2013 21:23:20 GMT -5
That Is a dandy. Hope he isn't too scared up. Lots of my extra large are battle scarred. Oh, probably, but I havent skinned them yet. Not time yet. I have th4er truck loadeded with bait and I'm ready to hit the road in the morning. Hopefully all marten traps and bait sites will get set up tomorrow. |
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Post by oldyote on Nov 7, 2013 8:18:00 GMT -5
Good luck. Hope all goes as planed.
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Post by gth on Nov 9, 2013 19:28:56 GMT -5
4 rats, one mink, one marten, one beaver and one beaver eaten by otters does not a happy trapper make..  I watched 2 otter cross at this spot last week so I set it up. Apparently a beaver beat them to it.  I put the trap back and left the beaver there. Hopefully they comeback for more. Water is really high. We need a deep freeze to slow the runoff down a bit. Oh well, I got a bunch more traps and snares out while checking empty ones. There is always next week. |
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Post by gth on Nov 9, 2013 21:15:39 GMT -5
That Is a dandy. Hope he isn't too scared up. Lots of my extra large are battle scarred. I noticed a few crescent moon scars on the big ones when skiinning. One each at most though.........  A few of these suckers too. If they paid good i would be in business...........I wonder how they would work in the back of a lynx cubbie........   |
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Post by oldyote on Nov 10, 2013 6:07:01 GMT -5
That's my so bad for wounds. I had a couple that the scars where just heled so when I skinned them they opened up again no matter how gentle I tried to be. Pretty much covered in bites. Hope you catch the otter! Is it common for them to eat trapped beaver.?
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Post by gth on Nov 10, 2013 15:23:33 GMT -5
That's my so bad for wounds. I had a couple that the scars where just heled so when I skinned them they opened up again no matter how gentle I tried to be. Pretty much covered in bites. Hope you catch the otter! Is it common for them to eat trapped beaver.? I boarded most of those rats today and one of the large ones was a warrior for sure but the other ones all looked good. I haven't been doing this long enough to say wether its common for the otter to eat a trapped beaver. If I had to guess I would say its not common. I have had beavers dead in a trap with otter tracks going right over it before and no problems?? The marten was pure luck too. I was walking into a mink box when I seen the movement at my 220 fisher box. I figured I had him by a foot or something so I carried on to check the mink box. When I returned to the marten I realized he wasn't even caught in the trap, just stunned from getting whacked by the 220. I quickly put a foot on him and dispatched him. If I had checked some other traps first he may not have been there at all. |
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Post by oldyote on Nov 11, 2013 6:02:59 GMT -5
Not that is lucky!
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Post by gth on Nov 14, 2013 9:10:33 GMT -5
Load the truck tonight with a bunch more bait. My Dad is meeting me at my house tomorrow, my daughter is coming too.
3 generations on the trap-line for the weekend. Should be fun if not productive.
I wanted to pound in a few more sets but that may not happen.
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Post by oldyote on Nov 14, 2013 16:13:30 GMT -5
Looking forward the the pics!
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Post by gth on Nov 17, 2013 14:12:12 GMT -5
14°C and rain today at the line. What a joke. I checked traps this morning and brought everything home to skin. Hopefully I don't catch anything tonight as its supposed to be mild tomorrow too. Got a bit of vindication for those otters chewing up a nice beaver.  Caught a nice fisher in one of the cone style sets I have been trying out.  Had 2 doubles on fox and a single.   Couple more mink. 2nd or 3rd one in this location.  Picked up another mink and another otter after this pic.  |
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Post by oldyote on Nov 17, 2013 14:36:26 GMT -5
Wow! Excellent job. You are realy catching them this year. To bad about the marten situation on your line but reds are pretty easy to put up.
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Post by white316 on Nov 17, 2013 17:29:49 GMT -5
Nice haul Greg.
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Post by gth on Nov 17, 2013 20:31:31 GMT -5
Wow! Excellent job. You are realy catching them this year. To bad about the marten situation on your line but reds are pretty easy to put up. I normally do a good job on reds when putting them up but not tonight. Ripped one a bit on a hind leg, sewed it up, looks fine. Another I tore the head clean off the pelt. Right where the snare mark was just behind the ears it tore.......%@#&! I skinned the head out too and i think I will franken-fox him back together.  |
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Post by oldyote on Nov 18, 2013 6:48:19 GMT -5
For the price of them it will be worth it. Ya I only get a couple fox a year and I have to make a special effort to SLOW down on them papery little buggers! Glad I am not the only one who has the odd blunder.
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