2024/2025 Trapping thread

[Nine Banger]

Night 5. 2 more raccoons.

 

[Nine Banger]

Night 6.

 

[Scottf270]

Put 22 dog proofs out on 94 acres yesterday. First run today was 3 possums. Fairly cold for our area. May have slowed things up. I was hoping for more.

 

[carsonkeys]

Been playing cat and mouse with a lynx the last few weeks. Was set up for fox and he walked over my snare, I dipped and he dodged, etc. so I said enough with it and built a walk-through snare pen for him.



Have another dozen and a half snares out and about along with a few marten boxes. I’m going to start setting a #4 footer at the base of each of my marten sets (offset) as I would have picked up a few more fox already this year had I done that from the start.

 

[Scottf270]

Second check on Saturday totaled 3 coons. Warm front coming with some rain Tuesday.

 

[go_deep]

Been playing cat and mouse with a lynx the last few weeks. Was set up for fox and he walked over my snare, I dipped and he dodged, etc. so I said enough with it and built a walk-through snare pen for him.

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Have another dozen and a half snares out and about along with a few marten boxes. I’m going to start setting a #4 footer at the base of each of my marten sets (offset) as I would have picked up a few more fox already this year had I done that from the start.

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I'm setting my Marten line out on new years day. I had a lot of Fox and coyote visits under my boxes and picked up some snares to try and pick up a few that are checking out my Marten boxes.
Good luck on the lynx, hope to see a picture of it soon!

 

[Hondo0925]

No bobcats yet but still knocking back the grays

 

[Scottf270]

Two more coons today.

 

[Nine Banger]

Night 10.

Looks like I lost a canine…or rear foot caught a big coon.

I’m leaning towards latter. Easier on the mind.



How many of you would reset this trap as “seasoned” versus move it?

I reset it.

 

[Nine Banger]

Here’s the rest of my line this am.

Merry Christmas, everyone.

 

[go_deep]

Here’s the rest of my line this am.

Merry Christmas everyone.

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That's a great day, congratulations!!

 

[Scottf270]

Up to six possums and six coons after 5 trap nights. Rain for the 3rd day in a row. Ground is rotten for footholds. Need a week without rain.

 

[carsonkeys]

Been playing cat and mouse with a lynx the last few weeks. Was set up for fox and he walked over my snare, I dipped and he dodged, etc. so I said enough with it and built a walk-through snare pen for him.

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Picked up a cat on a trail to this snare pen this morning. Merry Christmas!

 

[go_deep]

Picked up a cat on a trail to this snare pen this morning. Merry Christmas!
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That's a beautiful cat, congratulations!! One of the greatest Christmas presents ever!!

 

[Nine Banger]

Night 11.

I caught a male in the same trap as the red on Christmas.

 

[Nine Banger]

Night 12.

“Cold” and wet here.

We have a few nights coming up that look like prime time.

 

[Nine Banger]

Night 13.

This is the same trap that caught both fox.

 

[Scottf270]

Up to 16 nesters in 7 nights. ( 9 possums, 7 coons) All on just 94 acres. Gives a person an idea what the turkeys and quail are up against.

 

[Nine Banger]

Night 14.

2 opossum 1 raccoon.







Latter 2 traps are on their second catch.

 

[brockel]

Been a slow spell with the freezing and thawing conditions along with rain. Looks like our warm weather ends today. It sure is nice to be outside in the nice weather but I’m tired of raccoons getting in my cat sets. Picked up a beautiful cat in a snare this morning and had a raccoon plugging a good cat set