2016/17 Trapping catch thread.

It's almost that time of year again. Season is just over 2 weeks away but we can still post nuisance catches.

Good luck to everyone who'll be trapping this year.

I didn't catch them but I thought this was pretty cool. I ran up on these two on a nuisance job the first of the week. I felt like I was interrupting something. I don't know if they were fightin or lovin!!!

Lol! Looks like some luvn going on!

All I know is when they saw me they took off. One with its tail straight up! Lol

Hank, what's this weather going to do to the trapping?

Don't guess I'm doing any trapping this season so gonna need those pictures and updates to keep coming.

Caught this nuisance beaver this morning. This one really had me scratching my head. The landowner got his money worth with this one.

Critters still gotta eat. I just need cold weather to put a chill on these snakes, Gators and turtles. I've got 2 big beaver jobs waiting on me now.

Good catch Jon! Good deep hold with that 750.

This weather has got me wanting to make a few sets. Early for fox and cat, but a friend has been after me to come trap his place for yotes. He saw two black ones within the last month. May have to take advantage of this cool weather and my off days and set a few.

This is my favorite thread on this site. Hopefully I can contribute to it again this year.

I always love to watch it too, muddy feet.

Beaver #2 for the year, and another good photo op for my future trapping buddy. She turned 4 months old today.

Congrats on the catch Matt!

Got a double on coyotes this morning, a nice male and female. They have more fur than i figured they would have being as warm as it's been. Sorry for the poor lighting, I checked my traps at 4:00 this morning after I got off of work.

Nice double!

Congrats on the coyotes Jon!

Well it's opening day of trapping season and I'm stuck at work again! Lol! Anybody running any sets?

I put 3 DPs out last night. Had 1 coon today. Hope to get some more put out tomorrow.

Good deal! I'm going to put some dps out tomorrow so maybe I can contribute for a couple days.

Hope y'all post up a lot of pics this year and have good catches. My trapping is going to be limited this year because of my kids going crazy over deer hunting now and cutting way into my time. At least they will be in the woods though. Good luck to everyone and I will try to put a few out to contribute when I can.

I caught this coyote Friday in the same trap as the male the day before. Another male, makes three in two days out of 6 traps set.

Wearin' 'em out again, Jon!

Thanks man, I ain't forgot about you. I ain't had time to get over that way. I've been tied up every weekend. Don't give up on me though, I'll get over that way.

Coyote and coon double from yesterday. Caught the female coyote on the last bit of Mr. Williams Yote Gland.

Good Job on the Yotes.
2 coons for me this morning.

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3 - Coons

Good job man, I've got to get me some dog
Proofs.

Give a shout when I'm home, and I can bring it to you. When I'm off the ship, I don't have a schedule and usually nothing better to do!

Good job Jon and Big Rack!

I couldn't let y'all have all the fun. I put out 40 dp coon traps, 4 coyote sets and baited a hog trap this afternoon.

I put out 8 sets today, and it was work in this dry dirt. Hope something produces after digging and staking that concrete dirt.

Oh you have no idea! I set in the river swamp today and the cracks in the ground were 8"s deep. Actually had to go find some sand to bed the traps in. I'll take a bucket of Pete Moss to mix with sand for remakes this week. I've gotta pull all these Friday.

Every year, this thread makes me want to buy traps. I think if I get some extra spending money this year, I'm going to pull the trigger. I need me a nice coon skin cap...

Yes sir the conditions ain't good in the pnut field I'm in either. Had to shorten the chain on my stakes to be able to drive them in. As hard as the ground is I'd never be able to drive them as far as usual.

Jon I didn't have any trouble driving my anchors but I imagine getting them out is going to be hell!

tread lightly. this bunch got me hooked and it's all sorta downhill from there

Noticed a few tracks showing up last week, we made a set With rotten steak we had on hand, in the area Sunday afternoon. Had this one this morning, we re set it again. Thanks To Hank for all the advice, worked like a charm.

Congrats on the coyote Bustinbeards!

Had a pretty good first run this morning. No action on my 4 coyote sets or the hog trap but we did catch a few coons.

Yes sir I'd say you caught some coons.

Wear em out Hank.
1 little coon for me this morning.

I made 9 sets today, hard work in red clay as hard as concrete.
I've caught 1 coyote this year so far.

I'll be making 9 more sets tomorrow and Wednesday. Then 12 DP's for coon and a couple Conibears for beaver as well as a few snares.

Lonster

Mighty weak this morning! Didn't see hardly any signs that game moved last night. Hopefully tonight will be better.

You're wearing out the coons Hank. Good work!

Good Job Mr. Hank!

Had my nephew and Brother in-law with me this morning.

Trapper sure is enjoying these high dollar coon skins!

I had 15 traps set. A coyote straightened an S-hook and ran off with a new trap, all I got was some fur from a coyote in another trap. Had these in the remaining traps.

Congrats Lonster!

Nice lonster!

Congrats Lonster.

I haven't had time to set any traps, but I did catch this nasty thing laying in the hay field watching calves. I was able to make it back to the shop to retrieve the rifle before it left.100 yard shot as it was running away.

Great shot !

Good job guys

Good job fellas!!! Hank for a minute there i thoutht you had caught a brindle coyote!!

Large red male I had this morning.

Looks like a big one Lonster! Congrats!

Pulled mine this morning. I'll be setting for beaver and otter next Friday so maybe I can contribute a few more pics.

Had another young man help me some this morning. Hopefully another future Trapper.

Good catches everyone. Only 1 coon so far, been slow for me in a spot I caught a lot last year. Going to pull in the next couple days due to schedule interfering.

those are good catches guys and gals

Only caught 2 coons last night.

Caught this female yesterday. I have got to get some more places set. Maybe I'll get time this week to set some more.

Y'all keep em coming this week! Congrats on the catches.

Congrats Lonster! You've had a good run.

Keep on wearing them out Lonster, you are saving poults and fawns.

I should be able to get some sets out Wednesday. Unless we get some rain, I may trap more than duck hunt this year with the swamps being dry.

Those foxes sure are pretty.

I had to pull mine, as the land they were on is getting clear cut. Going to try to set up on a different spot soon if work allows.

Ya'll keep wearing them out in the mean time.

the bird plot at my grandma's old place has been attracting birds and prey. the game camera has caught possum, raccoon, feral cat, dogs, coyote, fox and armadillos entering and exiting the field. saturday night i set up three cage traps. sunday, i had a nice size raccoon and a possum . the third trap was void of the kippered fillets - a thief was on the loose .





i am hoping to trap a big, black coyote that i have on camera in my yard . called austin last friday to see if he could stop by after class monday and set up two or three traps for me. i checked the traps this morning and the first one was empty. drats!!

second trap was behind the woodworking shed. at first glance, i thought i had a red fox curled up sleeping. it raised a leg, ever so slowly and i just knew it was a fox that had been attacked by a coyote while it was trapped . i got out of the truck to see how bad the fox was tore up. couple of steps past the shed and the fox turned out to be a young deer caught in the trap .

i called the trapper for the state lands in our area and it was his off day. he told me how to remove the deer from the trap and i got a neighbor to help me. we released the little one and it ran to the woods behind the farm. second trap in the gulley produced a fox that i believe to be the bait stealer.

That's cool Brenda! I've never had one hold a deer before.

Good luck on the black coyote!

Lonster you have been rough on the coyotes this week! Congrats! What type of bait are you using? And just for curiosity sake how many sets are you running?

I've been running 14-18 sets. I've been using Caven's MB Predator Bait Plus.

I've got another dozen traps ordered so I should have more sets out within a week.

Lonster

Good job. your wearing them out.

Caught this large dark male last night.

Was able to get out a few sets yesterday afternoon. Managed a coyote and a coon this morning.

I hope that coon didn't stay as pissed as he looks for long...

It calmed down a few seconds after the pic lol.

reset the traps wednesday and caught the male fox in the gulley (same spot where female was caught tuesday). i think they were hunting in the field by my grandma's old place.

Awesome work guys! Lonster, that dark yote is pretty and looks huge

Caught a female in the remake from yesterday and the bigger male about 100 yards down the field edge. The boon and crocket possum plugged up a coyote set as usual lol, but I don't discriminate on egg eaters.

Congrats everyone! I'm dying and waxing beaver traps now. Hopefully I can set them first thing in the morning.

Got the big boys ready now!

Had 3 possums and a coon this morning!

Empty sets yesterday, but added another good sized female this morning.

Picked up 1 beaver, 1 coon and 2 more possums this morning!

Another nest robber.

Good job fellas, maybe I'll get back after them this week.

Got this cat last night. 1/4 mile from the last one that I caught.

first time setting a trap, I'm about to start working on em

Congrats turkeymaster, everyone of those eggeaters you take out is a potential turkey nest saved.

Good job Lonster! I love seeing those No BS traps snapped tight! Kendall builds a great trap for a really reasonable price!

Turkey master that's another nest predator gone!

I had to work today so my dad ran my landline and only had 1 coon. Me and the girls will be back after them in the morning!

So Kendall's traps are worth throwing some money at? I've looked at them but just haven't pulled the trigger.

Yes. You won't buy a better trap,
Lonster

Good luck! I really like these K9 Extreme traps.

Lonster

Caught another female in a flat set last night, that makes 5 in 6 nights. Photobucket isnt cooperating, will put up a pic later.

Congrats Matt! Good looking spot.

Rusty you won't regret buying traps from Kendall! If I ever get caught up on some of these other projects I'm going to start sorting through my older traps and selling them just so I can replace them with K9 extremes.

This is what happens when a coon gets too nosey around a beaver set! CDR with an 8" jawspread is a bit over kill on coons! Lol! Had another possum also.

Another nosey coon!



And another trash panda! I swear if possums had any value I'd be in good shape. Lol! I don't know where they keep coming from!

Another one!......

Me and junior set 12 DP's last night in the woods with jumbo marshmallows and a few drops of vanilla and then set 1 cage with deer meat in the yard. Caught 1 black panther in the cage, again, and 3 male coons. aucoonhunter walked over and went with us to check traps.

Killer was super excited, I was tickled for him. We forgot to take a pic of the painter though, you can take one tomorrow when it is back in the trap lol.

Y'all let killer take care of that panther! Lol! It won't be back.

2 more possums this morning!

That's what it's all about right there!!!

Had some mighty good help running traps this morning!

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Set out 5 DPs on a high creek bank. Nothing the first night(one had bait stolen). 2 coons last night. One had both hands caught

Nice job gentlemen!

Going to get started soon. Just haven't had the time to devote/check traps everyday.

God Bless,
David B.

no new pics in a week? Tighten up, guys!

I had to pull mine for a few weeks, hope to get some set back before Christmas.

Been working! Gotta help with the trapping workshop this weekend in Cittronelle then work days again next week. Maybe after that I can get a few out.

A few from setting traps out yesterday.



God Bless,
David B.

Dang those are some big coons! Congrats David!

Good job.

Only one coon today.
Wish I could take credit for the yote, but she fell to my friend's bullet last night as he was hunting on our place.



God Bless,
David B.

3 more coons.

Was in a hurry, it was 23 degrees, and I forgot to take pics.

God Bless,
David B.

High fever around 12am today with uncontrollable shakes. Had to have some buddies run and spring traps today. Caught 3 coons.

I'm finished for a little while and will set them again.




God Bless,
David B.

Congrats on the coons David! Hate to hear that about being sick, get well soon Bud!

Hey Folks We got a great selection of traps here at Wilborns along with fox,coyote (urine),and predator bait. Much more any questions call 256-737-9595

Caught this one last night.

Lonster

Good lookn cat! Congrats!

Thanks!

I got a few beaver sets out today! Tough working inside city limits. Trying to keep traps and critters hidden from nosey folks makes setting tough.

Ol' Bucky found one of my blinds last night. He's got plenty of friends I've gotta remove on this one!

Great Bobcat Lonestar!
Gotta get to work North40R! Where there is one beaver there will be more.


Last coon for a while.



God Bless,
David B.

pete and i went to the new lease and setup 5 traps. checked this morning and only had a fox. male with a really pretty black-tipped tail:

Beautiful; fox!

Nice going!


God Bless,
David B.

Still catching a few beaver.

Always best thread on Aldeer...

Caught 3 coyotes last night. 2 mangy ones AND this photogenic male, my first black one.

Wow! Congrats Lonster! You've been wearing the predators out and now a black coyote!..... I've caught a pretty good number of coyotes and have only caught 1 black one. How cool is that?

Good job Lonster.


N40 that looks like a heckuva slide in that 3rd picture.


This is a great thread, really enjoy seeing the critters.

Thanks. I was quite surprised when I rounded the corner and Tonya yells
"We got a black one!"

Man that's awesome! What makes it even better is that Tonya was with you and y'all are enjoying trapping together. Amanda and I were talking today about how much fun we've had over the years running traps!

Awesome black coyote! Did you keep its fur?

How long had your traps been out before you caught the 3 last night? You're really putting a dent in them this year. Great work

The black coyote and one other were caught in traps that had been set for 3 nights. The other coyote was caught in a trap that I set yesterday afternoon.

I'm having it mounted.

that blackey - he's a pretty one, congratulations.

nice work on the beavers Hank.

Got 2 more today.

You're on a roll. Either y'all are covered up with them or you are the coyote whisperer.

Very Nice Lonster!!


God Bless,
David B.

Ol' Lonnie can dang sure catch a coyote!

Caught another beaver this morning! Not exactly a traditional beaver set but when you're trapping in the middle of town you have to set for them where ever they're traveling. Turns out the K9 extremes make pretty good beaver traps! Lol!

Awesome!

Great work Hank!

You're terror on those tree cutters!

God Bless,
David B.

One more coon.



God Bless,
David B.

Catch all of those nest robbers!

Hey Folks we have a great selection of traps, snares, and bait here at Wilborns. Come see us or give us a call at 256-737-9595

Another beaver!

Is that a city beaver or country one Hank?

God Bless,
David B.

That's a city beaver! I cropped the picture earlier but I'll post the original for you and you can see where I'm driving through the Sportsplex (actually between the baseball fields) going to some of my sets! It's a small town though! Lol!

2 coons and a possum last night.

I have had my cell camera set on a road between a overgrown sage field and a green field. I have had coyotes and bobcats every night so I set 3 traps Thursday. My first catch....a fox.

A healthy one, too! Nice!

Christmas morning bobcat!

Another pretty cat Lonnie!

Lonster, how many traps are you running?

I've got a dozen out right now.

1 otter last night!

Another mangy one last night.

Good job. That is a full foot deep catch there.

Pulled all of mine this morning! Had 2 coons on drowners but they aren't very photogenic after they spend the night underwater. Lol!

Big coons! Just came in from skinning and hung them both on the scales. One was 15lbs and the other was 16lbs. Funny to catch 2 that big, same night and they weren't 10 feet apart.

How often do y'all check your traps for coyotes?

Also I see you have to be a liscensed fur catcher to catch fox and bobcat so I'm assuming if you catch one trying to trap coyotes and are not licensed you have to release it?

In Alabama, traps must be checked daily. Also, in Alabama, you have to have the fur catchers license to trap coyotes too.

If you are trapping your own land you don't need a license if you aren't doing it for any commercial purposes or using the pelts. Basically if you are just doing it for predator control you don't need a license. It's easier to buy one anyway though you never know what you might catch and want to do something with the fur.

Good catches Lonnie! That grey sure made a mess with your chain didn't he? Lol!

My DP traps have 10' of chain on them and I've had some coons tie them in knots before.

Thanks. Yes the grey was caught in a dirt hole set for coyote, on a drag with 10' of chain. Once caught he proceeded directly to to sapling that the drag was hooked to and commenced to wrapping, tangling and even knotting up the chain!

Good swivels and a good trap kept him there waiting for you though! Good job!

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Congrats T_K! Those remakes will be sweet!

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Caught my first and second bobcat today.

Congrats T_K! I told you the remakes were good!

Here kitty kitty. Cool pics and good job TK.

Awesome bud. I'm hoping to get some sets back out later next week.

Nice cats T K.

Are there two traps on the cat in the third/last picture? On the back leg and front?

God Bless,
David B.

No just on back leg. I think that's a leaf by the front paw. I had empty sets today.

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Caught him on the same scent post set as the fox from a few days ago.

Nice work tk. You've had a nice run

Where is y'alls preferred kill shot placement? Head or heart/lung?

Head for me. A lot of blood but quick and I get them out quick.

T_K that coyote has some messed up ears! Lol. Congrats! I'm gonna set a few this afternoon hopefully.

3toe I shoot them in the head. I used to worry about blood on my sets but then started actually Incorporating the blood into my remake sets and I've had great success!

Thanks guys.
I'm working today so the landowner checked my line today. He said he was pumped and wished he had 50 more to check and that he can't wait until tomorrow morning. Here's what I had this morning on a dirt hole set.

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Nice going t_k!

God Bless,
David B.

Had time to get in 5 sets yesterday right before dark. I had been getting pictures of a couple cats in the same area I have caught most of the coyotes this year. Put in some flashy dirt holes and ended up with a coyote.

Good catch Matt!

Got a cat in the coyote remake from yesterday. 19# male that has been around the block for a while. That makes 3 coyotes and a bobcat from the same set this year.

Another good catch! Love the little one in the pic!

Good job. I hope to put some traps back out next week

Congratulations on the cat. Fine looking helper you've got there.

Coons must have moved good last night. 2 boars at dirtholes, the first one was a hoss at 18#.

nice coon.

That's a good one Matt!

Another 15+ pound boar at a dirt hole.

Coon #13

Coon #14
A big boar caught in a coyote set with a drag. Look in the bottom right corner and you can see the chain where it goes to the drag.

I finally got a few sets out today. Hopefully they will produce within a few days.

My buddy who owns the land has seen a black yote in the area three times this year. Would be nice to catch him.

2 more muddy coons this morning, bit didn't take any pics.

Couple from yesterday.

Well whats happened to the trappers? I am missing the pics and stories on the catches. Maybe this cooler weather will get em going.

Thanks for posting. Thought I'd killed another thread.

I thought ithe thread seemed slower than last year. I plan on putting mine back out Wednesday.

I got a few out this afternoon on some coyote sign. Hope to add some more in the next couple days.

Pulled mine before the rains. I'll try to get some out this weekend.

Sorry I haven't been able to contribute but work comes first and I just haven't had time off to get going this year!

Yeah, you've let us all down. We come here expecting pics, you know?

Lol! It's been mighty slow for sure! This is 2 years in a row I haven't been able to trap.

Had a big 40# male in a flat set this morning.

Nice. That's a good one.

Big coyote for sure! Congrats again!

Good catch AUc!

This gives you an idea on how big that coyote was. Top of the fence where he is hanging is 5'3".

Very nice

Got my first coyote and two coons!

Congrats. Welcome to the addiction.

Good job, congrats on the coyote!

Congrats on the catches!

Two more coons and another coyote last night!

Good job

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Not bad for first night, but I also had several fired traps and pullouts. Not sure what the problem was. I wonder if it could be the homemade pan covers I was experimenting with. I have been using polyfil, but, after the rain washed the sifted dirt down and exposed the pan at the last place I trapped, I decided I'd try a pan cover to see if it made a difference.

That is a hoss. Beautiful job

Congrats on the catches TK.

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Caught the fox in a blind trail set and the coyote in a roadkill skunk set.

Good job TK.

Is that chain link separating at the trap on that coyote picture?

Wow. I didn't notice that. It looks like it in the picture. I'm almost sure it isnt but kinda makes me want to dig it up tomorrow to be sure. I think it's an optical illusion

good job TK

Maybe it just looks that way. Man you got to love it when the traps cakes up like that don't you. Good job man.

it was a mess for sure but I'd be happy if I had several more like that today

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Just a Coon today. Also, shot a beaver

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Had to do a night check due to my work schedule. Had one coon.

A full-grown one, too!

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Nice going gentlemen!

Hopefully I'll get started back next week. Been sick and raining every other day or so lately.

God Bless,
David B.

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Good job on the bandits TK. I'm hoping to go set a new farm for a buddy tomorrow afternoon.

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Only had 2 traps out last night, but got this nice red.

One female last night at a flat set last night.

That's what "resignation to one's fate" looks like!

Caught another cat last night.

Good job Matt! Spots look good on him too!

Nice! I hope to get some set out maybe Wednesday

What do y'all do with the furs? I was sending mine up north to NAFA but out of 14 cats last season me and another guy sent the best one brought 35 dollars?

I just tan them and use as wallhangers. Not worth it to me to put them up and ship them for just a few dollars.

Putting out traps today for coons and coyote. Hope to have a good catch tomorrow.

God Bless,
David B.

Another big male last night.

I would say good job, but this appears to be a high fence coyote. Or was he free range in the big pen?

Definitely free range lol. It is an old net wire fence and that hole directly behind him is an old gate going into a cutover. It is a highway going in and out of there, dang deer have screwed up a few sets there the last few nights. It is an awesome area for sets though.

Nothing wrong with a funnel.

Exactly! Any area that creates a natural funnel is an awesome set location. Anytime you set around an old field or homeplace look for old net wire fencing. It can create great travel routes for blind trail sets.

I plan on setting traps this afternoon

Close, but no go.



Good 1st day.


God Bless,
David B.

Heck yea David! That's an awesome first day check! Your turkeys are saying thank you right about now!

Dang Boff thats a good first set. Guess you can give your sweetie a coon skin hat for Valentines.

Very nice catch David.

Good job! What are you baiting your DPs with?

Sardines, and folded oak leaves on top of the sardines and under the trigger.

I break the sardine and place it perpendicular to the trigger. The leaves just help in keeping the sardines from being robbed from the trap.

God Bless,
David B.

Good deal

3 more today.



God Bless,
David B.

Nice! I set out 8 coyote traps and 10-12 DPs this morning. Hopefully I'll have more to post in the next few days.

Good job David. Keep it up.

Me and the daughter got some sets out this afternoon. She will be ready to go see if we had any luck bright and earlier before she goes to school.

Another nice sized kitty last night. My buddy checked them this morning, so I will get a better pic of her spots once I get her skinned this afternoon.

Nice catches fellows. Thanks for sharing the pics.

AUCoonhunter you gonna have to change your screen name if keep catching all them cats and yotes.

Lol, thanks BigEd. AU catcatcher has a nice ring to it lol. Bobcats are definitely my favorite critter to catch, just wished we had western colored cats down here that were worth some money.

Very nice AU coonhunter !!

Beautiful cat!


Slacking off here.

Only one coon, caught in a cat trap today.

Had another trap tripped and stretched to end of chain with no signs of disturbed dirt around it. Fairly positive it was a deer.



God Bless,
David B

It ended up being a 20# 10oz tom with very nice spots

Beautiful!!


God Bless,
David B.

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Took a couple of my nephews to check traps today and only had an opossum.

My first bobcat this morning.

Caught something in a trap, set on fresh coyote sign, on a drag (didn't have time to look AND was dressed for court). Got my friend looking for me now, hopefully have pics soon.

Lonster



He went about 75 yards.

A opossum in the hands is great turkey killer!

A turkey egg eating, grinning predator.


Nice catches Lonster and Squadron77!

4 coons caught today.

One double and 2 singles.



God Bless,
David B.

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i typed up a post earlier this morning (just before 2 a.m.) and i reckon' i was so tired i didn't submit .

yesterday, i was out of town from can to can't. pete was able to get a few minutes of r and r between jobs so he came home and checked the traps. he was happy to see we had a yote. he was even happier when he saw the second yote.

***we haven't put in the effort to trap them yet as i did some reading (yeah, on the interweb, so you know it's the truth) that it's better for the deer if'n you's trap around may or june (when it's really getting warm out ). seems if you take all the yotes out of an area during the early trapping season, the "wanderers" will move into the territory pretty quick like. they'll already be established when the fawn birthing begins. if you wait a few months and take out the most you can, if not all, the "wanderers" will still move in but the baby deer will have time to grow a bit. i don't know how true it is but it makes sense. i've been wanting to trap some real bad so we put the traps back out in the neighborhood. it payed off.***

caught a female at property line of one next door neighbor


caught her mate at the property line of the other neighbor - this is a good spot. this is the third one caught on this corner


all dressed up with no where to go

Great catches turkey killer and velvet tines!!

Caught three more coons today.
Beautiful colors on them.








God Bless,
David B.

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BOFF you wearin out the coons

TK good job on the multispecies catch


Velvet Tines Good job on the yotes. Must be nice to step out the door and run the trap line.

Good job guys, I just finished fleshing and salting 3 cats and 2 coyotes to get ready for tanning. It is a little like work lol.

Good catches guys. As far as the best time to trap...no time better than the present. Every coyote, coon, bobcat, fox, skunk and possum needs killing. You'll never catch them all so trap every chance that you get.

Three more coons.



Was going to ask yesterday if this needed to be reset, and lured again, as two rains have been on it.



Didn't reset, or re-lure it, and



Deer are giving me fits.





God Bless,
David B.

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Got 2 more today. Well, actually 7 more. One had 5 babies in its pouch. How do I report that on my end of year trapping summary to the state?

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2 coons, 2 grinners , and one happy boy so far

Great pic!

Congrats!!


God Bless,
David B.

4 more today.









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David B.

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Congrats on the catches everyone! Y'all are working on them pretty good this year.

Raining last night and this morning.

2 coons though.



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David B.

Good job BOFF. You're wearing the bandits out.

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1 yote today

Awesome.

I just can't seem to connect with the Yotes.

I really haven't seen much sign of them either, which is good.

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David B.

Almost 12 hours of steady light rain from yesterday morning.

One muddy coon, and a double.






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David B.

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He looks pissed.

Two more coons this morning. Getting disappointed on all the yote sets not producing.

I did catch one coon in a dirt hole set today. So, three of the coons since 2/14 were caught in the yote sets.







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David B.

Caught a coon with no tail last night. Didn't get a picture but learned a lesson. Left gun in truck and tried to do everything with a catch pole. Somehow the lever that allows it to loosen got pushed and he ended up running off and going up in a hole in a creek bank.

LOL.

A lot better than up your pants leg.
Them can be some mean rascals when they want to be.

God Bless,
David B.

Yeah, for a split second I got a little worried. He ran right by my 4 year old. Thank God he kept going.

0 for today.

First time with nothing since the first check day on the 14th.

Going to pull some traps tomorrow.

God Bless,
David B.

One coon in a dirt hole set today. Better than nothing.



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David B.

6 possums in the last week and no coons.

1 last coon



1 coyote at barn dirt hole set, where I caught a coon earlier in the week.





Pulled all my traps this morning.

34 coons, 1 bobcat, 1 coyote since 2/14.

12 coons in November.

God Bless,
David B.

Good job, BOFF

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2 coons today

Dang BOFF that's a pile of coons, you'll be covered up with turkey next year. Congrats

I haven't seen the coloration of the left coon before, no black. Cool!

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David B.

Good job breaking the 0'fer on the coyotes there David.

Congrats on the coyote David!

Thanks gentlemen.

Really haven't seen much sign of tracks or scat since I started trapping in Feb. Like they have moved off. I still hear them howl across the river at night though.

I'll give it another go when nesting season starts up.

God Bless,
David B.

No pics but had a coyote bouncing on the end of the chain this morning. Was in a rush and left phone at home. Dirt hole set that I added a little bacon grease on a qtip to the hole after the rain.

Another coon last night in a dog proof and a dirt hole worked by something small, possibly a possum or fox. Not big enough to fire the trap.

I have pics of recent catches but photo bucket is jacked up and I can't upload.

Add another 7 coons to total. So 48 plus 7 is 55.

Put out 20 dog proof traps Wednesday.

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David B.

2 more coons today and 1 possum.

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David B.

Added another coon at a site where I broke a beaver dam in a culvert. There were fresh coon tracks around the edge. Caught a boar first night then nothing last night.

Waiting to see if the beavers repair the break. So far nothing...

Also put in a compass set for coyote near there and a dang hog got in it last night.

Was the hog still in the trap, or did it pull out?

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David B.

Pulled out.

Went back this morning and both coyote sets were undisturbed. But two of the b*st*rds crapped in the road at the culvert where I tore out the beaver dam. They're feeding heavy on blackberries right now LOL. Did have a grinner in the DP and they beaver still haven't repaired the dam.

1 more coon today.

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David B.

Another coon at the culvert and no return of the beavers. I do have a DP trap with a bullet dent now. Pass through got my trap but it still works fine.

One more coon today.

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David B.

None today.

Pulled the traps.

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David B.

Same here. No activity on the coyote sets. Going to create a bait hole in one of the gravel pits and put a camera on it.

Now that I'm a spectator for the rest of turkey season I will start putting out some trap on the weekend.
I set 7 traps yesterday and had 1 coon catch last night.

I've got several jobs coming up as soon as we get back from Oklahoma next week. All water trapping for beaver and otter.

Picked up 2 beaver this morning. The bad part about summer time trapping is the non targets that plug up sets.






This beaver trapping gig must be tough. Lil' man needed a nap on the way home.

Non targets galore! Normally wouldn't post pics like this but sometimes you just have wierd catches. I don't know if the armadillo was going down for a drink or rooting around the mud where I had dropped the water levels but either way he didn't find what he expected.



Conibears could be called the turtle guillotine.

The last one centered that trigger!

God Bless,
David B.

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Nice catch!

Good catch Muddyfeet! Congrats!

Caught a beaver in a foothold on a drowning rod over the weekend. Heavy rain had me cut off until today.

Congrats! You all got me wanting to try and trap a beaver! Lol

Put out 6 traps yesterday with deadeye48.
One down.




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David B.

Good catch David! I'm going to try to get some out this afternoon and tomorrow if possible. I'm in Mobile this morning getting cortisone shots in both shoulders.

Ugh!
Sorry to read Hank.
Hope it helps.

Ran them this am.

One more.



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David B.

Awesome! Love the second pic showing location. They love to hunt down an edge like that.

Nice.

Are you using bait or ants still too bad?

Using bait. I never have worried about ants, unless it's in the dog proof coon traps.

God Bless,
David B.

Good to know. I was thinking ants would deter coyotes from working a set. Guess I'm thinking like a human and not a coyote.

One more, female coyote, compass set with deer antler for visual attractant.







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David B.

Sweet. Good job David. I have a few coyotes that have moved back in but I don't have time to set traps for the next 2 weeks. Keep catching.

I caught one more large female in the same trap as one of the larger males. Unusual though, as the rain had washed away the dirt covering the trap, and the pan was showing along with part of the jaw. I didn't have time to cover it, and the surrounding area was basically mud, so I left it.

I caught this female in it!







Pulled all the traps today, as most had been triggered after the rain and I didn't have time to reset.

Hated to do so with so much sign left. Hopefully later I can put some out.

God Bless,
David B.

[quote=BOFF]Using bait. I never have worried about ants, unless it's in the dog proof coon traps.

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David B.

Caught a grinner the last 3 nights. Using floating catfish pellets that I coated with anise oil. Thought it would pull more coons than possums. So far 3 coons and 3 possums at my feeding spot