2014/15 trapping harvest thread

[Kludes]

Thank you hounds ..I kept my winter rats in the truck since he gave me 6.75 for my fall rats .. I think I might send my winters to Canada along with a fox ... 2 or 3 fox are being made into hats ..they are cheap to have made to tanned and made into hat it comes too 80$ per hat ...

Edited January 12, 2015 by Kludes

[Kludes]

Face or no face what's your guys opinions

[Water Rat]

Face for a man , no face for a woman ?

[Paula]

Looks nice

[First-light]

I like.

[Kludes]

Both are men's hats I like the bushy Ness of the faceless but the face and feet in look nice also

[Kludes]

Another mink today 4th mink in 2 traps in a 30 yard stretch

[stoneam2006]

So buried my quad with my 4 yr old yesterday....he wanted to try and plow thru a drift was about 3 ft tall lol....so I did figured I would try being 4x4 thought I'd be able to back out....needless to say we got stuck about half mile from house and we had to trek back thru the snow...he was a trooper and walked whole way with minimal complaints. So been out sence 9 am digging it out finally got it out....been a crappy season for me snow really put a hurting on how I trap. Hopefully we get a melt off before the season ends otherwise idk what I'm gonna do.

[HOUNDS77]

Fox and coyotes are breeding and getting bred now. Some of the fox are starting to blow apart on the sides. Coyotes are looking good still, but will be rubbed pretty quick.

[Kludes]

Mink tails are just a personal thing i take pride in getting them rite

[Marion]

Mink tails are just a personal thing i take pride in getting them rite

Looks like you're going cross country skiing with some antique equipment

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[Kludes]

Oh yea Yup rite through mink valley lol... the mink boards are from a mink farm that closed but boards are nafa specs

[HOUNDS77]

Kurry, those are some nice prime mink. I wish I could be water trapping up here. Things are froze up tight and thick and the snow is deep on the ponds and along the roads.

Lonny

[Kludes]

Bounty of the road

I'll take it

[stoneam2006]

Lost another damn trap and yote today. ...time to go to earth anchors I guess even tho I hate them...not happy with myself this trapping season

[Kludes]

Yea there will be days like that but shit happens you learn from it and move on ... with earth anchors you need no more than 12 inches most of cable .. I've never had a yote pull 12 inches out and they are easier to retrieve .. if you wanna go 1 step further buy the smallest quick links they got and hook traps on with them so if u can't dig out you just un clip and flag with pink ribbon and take trap till spring then dig out .. good luck

[Kludes]

What kind of sets are u catching them on ???

[stoneam2006]

Mainly scent posts I has one work a small dirt hole the other day but stayed outta pan somehow....and yea I was using earth anchors but man digging them out gets old fast

[Water Rat]

Lost another damn trap and yote today. ...time to go to earth anchors I guess even tho I hate them...not happy with myself this trapping season

One stake or two ?

[stoneam2006]

One stake or two ?

Yep...ik....only one 20 in should have known better

[Water Rat]

At least you know why it happened. Don't let it get you down.

[stoneam2006]

Yea I try not to but this is first time in my life I'm trapping a area rich with yotes so I'm learning as I go....about to head out with neighbor who's gonna try and help me out a bit as he's a successful k9 hunter and trapper. ...I'm getting them to work my sets nicely lost 2 and had 4 or 5 not step in the pan...hopefully he can teach me some stuff

[Kludes]

Break from trapping for some ice fishing

[stoneam2006]

I reset all traps yesterday with earth anchors. ...here's hoping

[Kludes]

Good luck ...