ANYONE DOING ANY GOOD ON THE TRAPLINE YET?
12-14-2005, 08:56 PM
#1
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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ANYONE DOING ANY GOOD ON THE TRAPLINE YET?
Just seeing how the rest of the world is doing.
Ive done pretty good so far. Recent cold has froze up a lot of my rat sets and stopped the coon movement though.
Other than that, Ive been tearin up the fox and coyotes. Ive even done some good on mink. I go a good bit of coon and rats before the freeze, But I still hope that we get a thaw before the season ends.
Beaver season comes in the day after christmas...cant wait!
Post some pics if you got any. Im gonna wait until i get my fur shed full and then get a good pic of all of it!
Ive done pretty good so far. Recent cold has froze up a lot of my rat sets and stopped the coon movement though.
Other than that, Ive been tearin up the fox and coyotes. Ive even done some good on mink. I go a good bit of coon and rats before the freeze, But I still hope that we get a thaw before the season ends.
Beaver season comes in the day after christmas...cant wait!
Post some pics if you got any. Im gonna wait until i get my fur shed full and then get a good pic of all of it!
12-15-2005, 12:23 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Western NY
Posts: 339
RE: ANYONE DOING ANY GOOD ON THE TRAPLINE YET?
What state R U trapping in -
I still have 200 + traps and would love to get a line going but for the last couple of years I have been so bussy with family and work that its really all I can do to gte in the hunting I want to do in a year not to mention trappingn and fishing -
What is your primary focus on when running a line - I used to do allot of water and hit the fox whenever and opportunity came up - I here that the money is all in the water this year - But that is in WNY -
I still have 200 + traps and would love to get a line going but for the last couple of years I have been so bussy with family and work that its really all I can do to gte in the hunting I want to do in a year not to mention trappingn and fishing -
What is your primary focus on when running a line - I used to do allot of water and hit the fox whenever and opportunity came up - I here that the money is all in the water this year - But that is in WNY -
12-15-2005, 03:16 PM
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RE: ANYONE DOING ANY GOOD ON THE TRAPLINE YET?
ORIGINAL: jhoffman
What state R U trapping in -
I still have 200 + traps and would love to get a line going but for the last couple of years I have been so bussy with family and work that its really all I can do to gte in the hunting I want to do in a year not to mention trappingn and fishing -
What is your primary focus on when running a line - I used to do allot of water and hit the fox whenever and opportunity came up - I here that the money is all in the water this year - But that is in WNY -
What state R U trapping in -
I still have 200 + traps and would love to get a line going but for the last couple of years I have been so bussy with family and work that its really all I can do to gte in the hunting I want to do in a year not to mention trappingn and fishing -
What is your primary focus on when running a line - I used to do allot of water and hit the fox whenever and opportunity came up - I here that the money is all in the water this year - But that is in WNY -
By the way, if you would like to get rid of some of those 200+ traps, Im always looking to buy.
12-15-2005, 03:17 PM
#5
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Iowa
Posts: 491
RE: ANYONE DOING ANY GOOD ON THE TRAPLINE YET?
I've done real well this year trappin with my uncle. Between the 2 of us so far we got 115 coon 185 muskrats 35 mink 7 coyotes 3 fox 9 beavers pry 20 skunks and pry 80 possums and 13 cats
12-16-2005, 07:17 AM
#7
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Western NY
Posts: 339
RE: ANYONE DOING ANY GOOD ON THE TRAPLINE YET?
I always had pretty good luck with mink in the water - once I got them figured out - they used to rob my sets when I first started trapping because I just left too much room for them to get around the trap and they're pretty smart animals - I did once catch an 18" brown trout in a mink set - 110 coniber - the creek flooded and the set ended up in about 3 1/2' of water once I got the trap back I found the surprise.
What is your favorite set for fox and coyotes?
I usually make a modified dirt hole set and I take the tail off a red squirle or gray squirle and stick it in the dirt so that it twitches in the wind and I seem to have pretty good luck with that one.
What is your favorite set for fox and coyotes?
I usually make a modified dirt hole set and I take the tail off a red squirle or gray squirle and stick it in the dirt so that it twitches in the wind and I seem to have pretty good luck with that one.
12-16-2005, 07:55 AM
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RE: ANYONE DOING ANY GOOD ON THE TRAPLINE YET?
ORIGINAL: farm hunter
What are you guys getting ($$) for mink? I miss trapping - used to trap quite a bit - mink were my favorite.
FH
What are you guys getting ($$) for mink? I miss trapping - used to trap quite a bit - mink were my favorite.
FH
12-16-2005, 07:58 AM
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RE: ANYONE DOING ANY GOOD ON THE TRAPLINE YET?
ORIGINAL: jhoffman
What is your favorite set for fox and coyotes?
I usually make a modified dirt hole set and I take the tail off a red squirle or gray squirle and stick it in the dirt so that it twitches in the wind and I seem to have pretty good luck with that one.
What is your favorite set for fox and coyotes?
I usually make a modified dirt hole set and I take the tail off a red squirle or gray squirle and stick it in the dirt so that it twitches in the wind and I seem to have pretty good luck with that one.
I caught a 30 lb boar coon on a blind culvert set this morning, as well as a double coyote catch on a modified flat set.
