2025/2026 Trapping season.

[Nine Banger]

It's always a beautiful day outside.

Another male and a heavy sow.

 

[go_deep]

It's always a beautiful day outside.

Another male and a heavy sow.

Ufduh, that's rough.
I'd much rather check in the snow than the mud for sure!

 

[tuffcity]

lynx from last week.

 

[medvedyt]

lynx from last week.

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wow the fur looks great. did you notice any overflow on lakes and rivers? we met a few around whitehorse.

 

[tuffcity]

About 3 weeks ago after coming off our -45 cold spell.

 

[tuffcity]

wow the fur looks great. did you notice any overflow on lakes and rivers? we met a few around whitehorse.

I have a small creek and a few tiny ponds and that's it for water where I'm at

 

[Nine Banger]

About 3 weeks ago after coming off our -45 cold spell.

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Dude that's awesome.

My neighbors think it's cold here today...sunny 34-49 today.

I picked up a male raccoon today.

 

[Dexter Grayson]

So far this year I’ve got 1 bobcat, a skunk, a grinner, and a rabbit. I’ve also had 4 misses. Anyone got any tips or tricks on the misses? Very new to trapping. Doing dirt hole/trench sets with duke #2.

 

[go_deep]

So far this year I’ve got 1 bobcat, a skunk, a grinner, and a rabbit. I’ve also had 4 misses. Anyone got any tips or tricks on the misses? Very new to trapping. Doing dirt hole/trench sets with duke #2.

Sometimes, adding pan tension can help with misses.

 

[Nine Banger]

Some ideas:
- put the dirt hole no further away than your hand and then right or left the width of your hand from the pan
- use double dirt holes often
- take extra time bedding the trap so it doesn't rock when you push on the jaws
- I think roaming domestic dogs roll on them and don't get caught
- deer...move it youre in a big game trail not a small game trail

My misses this year:
- me hitting it with RTV or my pick up and not seeing it until next day
- coons and opossums digging them up. Usually these are caught animals but I think my pans tension is high from rust.

 

[Dexter Grayson]

Some ideas:
- put the dirt hole no further away than your hand and then right or left the width of your hand from the pan
- use double dirt holes often
- take extra time bedding the trap so it doesn't rock when you push on the jaws
- I think roaming domestic dogs roll on them and don't get caught
- deer...move it youre in a big game trail not a small game trail

My misses this year:
- me hitting it with RTV or my pick up and not seeing it until next day
- coons and opossums digging them up. Usually these are caught animals but I think my pans tension is high from rust.

What do you mean by double dirt holes?

I think a deer got me once and whiskers in my last miss. Didn’t think about roaming dogs.

 

[jwhit]

Got my first bobcat today. There's still another in the area, though it saw this one in the cage so hopefully that set isn't burned...

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Hopeful for a bobcat this year too!

 

[Nine Banger]

What do you mean by double dirt holes?

I'll put a dirt hole on both sides of the pan sometimes to keep them on it longer. Sometimes I'll fill the other hole after the bait goes in.