2017/2018 trapping thread

I figured it was time to start this seasons thread. I was able to put out 4 dirtholes and 6 or 8 dp�s this afternoon. Here are a few set pics, and a daywalker that will hopefully be rattling a chain soon. You can see the dirt spot for the double at the top of the pic with the gator.

2 coons last night

1 coyote this morning.


And the remake.

Catch em all Matt!

Nice

My mom sent me a pic of a coyote eating pears in her yard today. I need to get some traps waxed ASAP. I can't wait to get some in the ground. Good job on the catches!

Thanks guys. I have a few days that I can run, so I got 4 sets put out during lunch.

Had a grinner plug up a set last night, another egg eater gone though.

Saw this guy in my front yard about 5 nights ago when I turned in the driveway. Took a couple days for me to get a trap out there and another couple days to catch him.

Glad to see y�all start the 2017/18 thread. Always a favorite!

Nice grey. I missed a cat by a 1/4� last night. Rain had washed some dirt down and you can see the outline of the pan.

It's a game of inches for sure.

Got 2 the first night out

Good job Wade. I picked up another big male last night.

Y'all keep stacking them up!

Good going y'all!

Been seeing a bunch of sign and been seeing several coyotes.

I just don't have the days in a row to check traps.


God Bless,
David B.

[img:left]https://imgur.com/gallery/GJjqg[/img]

Made this catch in less than 4 hours after making the set. Wife's Mom was in backyard of my camp burning some limbs and heard it squall when it got pinched.
[img:left]Grey Fox https://imgur.com/gallery/04hbE[/img]

Also added 2 coons to the tally the last couple of.dYs.

3 coons Friday night.

Added a bobcat. My little three trap line has been productive.

Added another grey. Also caught another coon and a grinner this weekend. Had a blind set on a log crossing a creek worked, something uncovered it to get the coffee filter I used as a pan cover. I'm trashing those filters and going back to polyfill or pipe insulation.

Anybody still running traps. I had to take a break due to some lowlifes breaking into the shop on the farm I am trapping. One of the things stolen, my trapping bucket with all my baits, lures, driver and set making equipment. So I should have replacements this week from Minnesota trapline, and hopefully get some more sets in by Wednesday or Thursday.

I pulled everything last Monday after catching the fox with the weather that was forecast. Started resetting yesterday, got 3 DP locations in and two predator sets. Set two more locations today, a dirt hole and a bone in a grab and die set in the edge of a cotton field and another dirt hole where I caught the first fox.

Had a trap dug up at a walk thru next dirt hole that was set Saturday. Could have been stepped in by a Deer, there was a small set of hoof prints in the dirt pattern at the hole set. Planning on setting a trap where I saw the bobcat this afternoon with some tinsel for eye appeal.

I don't have any out now. Our local rut is kicking in so I am hunting right now. Bummer about losing your bait box. I hate thieves. I hope it spilled in their vehicle!

Nothing but a possum that plugged up a dirt hole set. Coons in my river bottom location have disappeared. Three nights with 0 activity.

Well I got my stuff replaced and got 5 sets put in this afternoon. Maybe this wind won�t blow all my dirt away.

Female in a flat set last night.

Nice. Caught another possum in the remake where I caught a possum at a dirt hole set targeting a fox. Finally picked up another coon in the DP's.

Good job guys. I hope to get a dozen out this weekend and work them for a few days into the middle of next week. Parents heard a bunch of coyotes at the farm the past couple of nights. New problem is that they just got two puppies I will have to work around too. Keep posting pics for us.

Caught this big male with a 7mm Rem Mag. Sucker was a stud.

today's catch- Doubled up on one set

Had three yesterday. Total is 13 coons and 12 possum.

Nobody catchin any critters. Post up some pics if you gotem.

Full moon and cold must have made my critters hole up. Left some DP's out that were baited but not set and most of them still had bait when I reset yesterday.

I have a few traps out at the house. Last week, I had something get in and out of an mb550 before my game camera had time to start videoing. No catch circle, just a tiny bit of hair and trap pulled out of the bed. Not sure what went wrong unless the wax was too thick and made the trap slow closing.

Ed,

Just got back from a big family vacation and trying to deer hunt. Got a few pics of a big bobcat while I was gone. Hope to get a few traps back out in the next few weeks. I'm ready to get some coyotes tangled up soon!

Deer?

I've never seen a deer back there. I have videos of a coyote, grey fox and red fox. Not sure how anything got out that quick but by the fact that the coyote (that was showing up regularly) hasn't been back since, I'm thinking it was him. Caught the red fox last night in the same trap.

Here's a couple from the weekend. The boar on the right had a white mask, split ears and facial scars from fighting.


This catch this morning makes #55 off a combined 3300 acres. I've personally caught 33 of those (19 Coon 14 possum). Our goal is to hit 100 by the beginning of Turkey season. Once deer season is out I'll really get some traps out on this place. Only hitting the edges of the main dirt road right now.

Get all them egg eaters.

Something got ahold of this opossum before we got to it.

Nice red!

Cat set plugged by a Coon last night. He destroyed some good backing.

And to top it off, sitting in the stand this afternoon I watched a cat walk all over the remake and a urine post adjacent to it. Just didn't step on the sweet spot hard enough.

Cool to watch though.

Put out 6 traps yesterday while the wife hunted. Surprised to have one first night! My second coyote ever

Another nice fox

Would post pics BUT just when I figured out the picture posting thingy, Photobucket screwed me over!

Postimages.org is much easier than photobucket ever was. Wish I had known about it a long time ago

Only had a few dp’s set lately, and have been catching a few coons and a possum or three. My little helper likes hanging out in the skinning shed.

Put in 6 new sets this afternoon. Anyone else still trapping?

Caught this grey today

I put out 8 DP's about an hour ago. First traps I've put out all year. Based off of trail cam pics, I ought to have several in the morning.

Caught in 4 out of 8 traps last night, and reset.

Good job guys!

1 possum this morning

I had another big boar coon this morning. Hope to get some coyote sets out next week. That is a pretty cat TK.

One reason I like trapping so much is that it can be like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get. Back around new years, one of the overflow pipes on a farm pond started leaking bad. After it drained all the way down, I was able to fix the leak and it has been slowly filling back up with rains. The overflow creek goes down to a small creek 300-400 yards away, and after the initial draining there was a lot of dead fish in the now dry overflow creek. There was one pool of water left where a fence runs through, and I found some otter tracks going through this pinch point. I set a 330 there last week, and had no activity until this morning when I find a 34# beaver waiting on me. What she was doing 200 yards up a dry creek bed heading to a pond I have no idea, but it is part of the game that is so fun. Also had another possum in a dp.

I bought a dozen k9 extremes from no bs lures a couple weeks ago, and finally got time to make a few sets on Monday. Had this mudball waiting on me this morning.

Great catch for the first day.


God Bless,
David B.

Good job guys. Good run there David. I got 16 out this afternoon so hopefully there will be something there tomorrow afternoon. Had lots of sign. Fingers crossed (and hurting. )

Nice catch David, saved a lot of turkey eggs.

2nd day catch.
Baby turkeys happy everywhere.


God Bless,
David B.

Nice David!

Keep on them, I caught a big female coon last night.

Nice catch!

I'm guessing you didn't reset that one, LOL!

God Bless,
David B.

Nope, it was still a mudhole yesterday too. Maybe next week lol.

Nice!

God Bless,
David B.

First black dog this morning.

I caught a black yote this morning. I can't post pictures but I can text. If some will pm me their number I'll send you the pic

I/we have caught 3 possums, 2 coons, 1 bobcat, and 1 coyote since Wednesday. I’ll try to get pics later. Driving me crazy not checking them myself everyday but can’t take off and make the 2 1/2 round trip everyday. Probably will tune them up when the rain moves out. Got a buddy running them while he is working close by.

I'm lucky that my hunting club is across street from my house.

2nd cat in this set. So I've caught 2 cats here and 2 coyotes different but same set. Guess the other 8 in wrong place.

Big female

Wow!

Nice caches gentlemen!

God Bless,
David B.

I opossum this morning. no pic had a tripped trap and one pull out thou.

Looks like you fellas have been having good luck! Congrats to all on the catches! I'll get back after them one day.

I reset and moved some today. My buddy can run them but he is not the best setter around. I moved 5 traps to another part of the property that was absolutely covered with fresh tracks. Crazy sign, I would have moved all 12 traps had I known there was that much sign around that cutover. Can’t wait for tomorrow to find out. Dad gum coons are getting in some really good sets before the coyotes get there.

Had a coon yesterday and a hole dug out that trap didn't trip guess out of adjustment. I flipped it out and had to step on it pretty hard to make it fire. First dry run today on my line but did have a coyote track on one set and some coon poop so that set needs to be checked and a cat track just beside the trap bed on another.

2 coons and a grinner this morning.

Pretty coyote from tonight. Dang possums are wearing me out right now. Caught 10 this week so far and only 2 coyotes.

WOOHOO!

Good Going Gentlemen!

Keep at it!

God Bless,
David B.

#3 coyote for me this year. Must be several black ones here

Awesome.
Love the black color on that coyote.
Thanks "fur" sharing.
Keep it up!

God Bless,
David B.

Nice one Breeze! Congrats

Posting for Muddyfeet! Another nice black coyote.



Keep catching them! Congrats to all!

WOOEEE!!

Maybe one day I'll get one.
Might help if I set the traps out, LOL!

So much rain it's gonna have to wait.

God Bless,
David B.

Nice catches!

Nice catch. Got a buddy that caught a black one this morning. No wonder we have so many black panther sightings.

Guess I'm gonna play too! Put out a dozen beaver sets this morning and will try to set a few coyote traps this week.

Yahoo. Hank woke up from hibernation. Amazing what a little warm weather will do.

Getting my feet wet again. Literally! Lol!

Treasured Forest and woodchippers don't mix. I let him read the signs on the way out this morning so he'd understand. Lol!

Can’t post pics yet but I’ve taken 8 coons 2 possums and one fox in two weeks

Had another one this morning! I've had to remake all sets both mornings due to the water level dropping out fast. Hopefully it'll settle in now and I can keep sets working.

Last weeks tailgate

Dang Wade stacken them up. Nice work

Thanks Breeze. Not as good as it looks. That is about 14 days worth. Buddy stuck them in a deer cooler to take some pics at the end. We ended up with 13 possums, 8 coons, 2 coyotes, and 1 bobcat. Dang possums messed us up. They messed up some good sets. Heck, coyotes ate 2 of them before we could get to them the next day. Possum hair and coyote tracks everywhere when you got back. I was only using a dab of paste bait and some lure on some sets. The

I kinda wondered how often it happened to have stuff ate in a trap. What area you trapping in wade?

It's really been pretty rare for me to have something eaten in a trap. I like to check mine at first light when possible so most animals haven't been in the trap that long to start with. I had a possum eaten once that I remember when I had to leave some traps for a day because I just couldn't get to them safely because of a flash flood a few years ago. I came up on a coyote trying to get a coon that was caught once but he took off when he saw me. I actually saw the yote first and thought he was in the trap and figured he pulled out until I saw the coon caught in it.
Anyway, congrats on the catches guys, those are some nice ones. I hope to get some out in a week or so.

Those catches were in Perry County.

I had a buddy working near his hunting club on a 2week outage so I set the traps and he ran them. He had to be at work at 6 am so he couldn’t run them until after dark. Almost makes you wonder if you could put a possum in a cage and have live bait. He did say that it was obvious that he probably ran the coyotes off one of the kills. One problem I had was that he couldn’t reset so I had to make a couple of long rides just to set out. Don’t ask, I never figured out why either.

Another beaver this morning.

Set out some traps yesterday for the upcoming 3 days of dry.

5 more turkey egg eater!




God Bless,
David B.

You're working on the nest robbers David! Congrats!

Nice work boff

y'all are putting a hurting on them this year. Keep it up

3 more coons today.






God Bless,
David B.

Bringing the pain aren't you David?
Keep'em going we got a few more days of dry weather.
I'm moving everything to the farm today, lots of yote sign over there

Another 3 today.
I pulled all the traps as the rain is setting in tonight, and I just don't have the time to be checking them.



God Bless,
David B.

11 coons in 3 nights is pretty dang good David! I found a little coons sign in my chufas today so I guess it's time to set a few traps.

Way to go David! Back in the day I could sell coons for $25 each green. Too bad that was 1980....

Good job on the beaver too Hank

Yep,

I miss those prices. I actually made money then.

God Bless,
David B.

If you're a coon on property frequented by BOFF, you are in DIRE and IMMINENT danger!

Tanning time around here. I took 7 coons, an otter and a beaver out of the pickling solution this afternoon and put them into the tanning solution. Will get pics of the finished product in a couple days.

And here are the finished hides. Some will be for sale in the next few days.

Looks good Matt!

I'm getting a late start this spring. I put out 9 DP's yesterday though and snagged 2 coons last night on Corn Pops cereal. I trapped them for several weeks last spring and ended up taking 24 coons and possums off this one spot. I'll be curious to see if they've come back just as thick this year.

One more coon last night.......all small young coons so far.

One more single catch last night......4 coons in 3 nights. It's still early but last year I was averaging 2-3 coons per night in the beginning.

Good going CNC!!

Pretty hides AU coonhunter!


God Bless,
David B.

Been catching a few beaver this weekend.







And here's a remake pic. Didn't have enough water to drown one here so I had my trap anchored off.

Drowners don't discriminate! Once whatever gets hooked up it's going down.

Good job Hank. You are back with a vengance on the beavers. Congrats on the scuba coon too. That was funny. I think I would have a better chance trapping a gobbler right now vs. call one.

I've snagged one more coon for 5 total......They're definitely not in here as thick as last year.

Another beaver today! Pretty good run. I had 7 sets out and caught 7 beaver and a coon in 8 nights. Pulled traps today so that's it until next week.

My coon/possum sets have been cold now for over a week. I have to believe that last years trapping effort is still paying off. Last year I took out around 23 in a couple week time period and this year I’ve trapped 5…..big difference.

While checking my coon sets this morning, I had a yote come slipping up the creek bottom on me. I was standing still and he never saw me. Went back to the house and got a couple 550’s. Got something for him if he comes back.

Caught a giant possum in one of my footholds………by far the biggest possum I’ve ever trapped.



Whatever he’s been eating, he’s been eating good……….He’s about the same shape as a wild pig.



Check out the claws……Glad that he’s no longer roaming around my nesting area.



My other set…….

What are you targeting in that set?

Coyotes, coons, or possums........There's a couple big tree blown downs next to each other that were uprooted in a storm a few years ago. That's the very top end of one I made my set in.... I was checking my coon traps the other morning and watched a yote come through and hunt the little holes and such before moving on. That hole in the log was already created for me. I put some bait in the back of the hole with a little lure on top, I'm hoping that yote comes back through. If he wants to stick his nose in the back of that hole then he should have to step down on my pan that's sitting right in front of the hole.....we'll see. I was just trying to work with the terrain and the situation.

Good job!

God Bless,
David B.

Good job!

God Bless,
David B.

Caught another giant male possum in one of my dirt hole sets this morning. The critters are thin around here but I'm sitting on a major drainage so there's always a chance of catching some travelers. No sign of the yote coming back yet.

Put out dog proof traps yesterday evening and caught 3 coons.
Going to run them until Saturday.

God Bless,
David B.

Snagged another young adolescent coon last night…..another little female. I have to believe at this point that no adult coons (or very, very few) have their home ranges overlapping my trapping efforts. I also haven't caught any female possums yet. I caught numerous ones last year that were all full of babies.

Caught 3 more coons Thursday, and 3 coons today for a total of 9 in 3 days.

Pulling traps tomorrow before the rain gets here.

God Bless,
David B.

One more young coon last night…..That makes our total for this season 7 coons and 2 possums.

Those young coons are some bait robbing little jokers. They’ve been just picking the mini-marshmallows out of the trap without triggering it. I bought some big marshmallows and placed one under the trigger and I’ll be danged if they didn’t somehow manage to get it out too. My “treasure hunt” technique worked like a charm though on the last two. I place 6 or 7 mini-marshmallows under the trigger and then poured corn meal over them until it was filled up to the trigger. I then tossed a couple mini-mallows on top just to entice them on in. The corn meal causes them to have to dig around in the trap to get the bait out and in the process they trigger it.

I've been folding leaves, and placing under the trigger on top of the bait.

Have to pull the leaves out, which trip the trigger.

Pulled traps this am, and caught 2 more coons, for a total of 11 in 4 days.

God Bless,
David B.

Snagged another coon last night in one of my foothold traps.....big ol' male coon.......8 coons & 2 possums total.

Caught another decent sized male coon last night........9 coons & 2 possums total......

One more coon from last night to add to the total....another young one.......10 coons & 2 possums total

One more itty bitty coon......probably gonna call it off in another week or so........11 coons & 2 possums

Put in 10 sets Wednesday afternoon. Been a slow start but finally got one this morning. Had tracks on another that missed the pan.#4 for the year on my club.

Caught 2 male yotes this morning I can't post pics but if someone will pm me there number I'll text a pic to post

Congrats on the catches!

Breeze you're getting good at catching them!

Caught another male yote today

Sure wish imgur was working so I could post some pics.....I put out 4 traps on some hot sign at the new lease and caught one yesterday on day 3 and another one today in the same trap. Y'all were spot on with the advice of just resetting the trap in the same spot after a catch. There's so much coyote scent in that spot that the next one can't help but to check it out.

I set 19 Coon Cuffs at the club this past weekend and caught 10 more in two nights. Used whole corn to keep the ants off.

Congrats Barry! Whole corn is about the only thing to use when it's this hot and dry. Anything else the ants just seem to envelope within minutes.

Same thing with coyote sets. A dab of lure on a pinch of wool with urine on the backer.

Animals don't like this weather anymore than we do and don't travel as much unless pushed for food or water. It's very easy to get discouraged trapping in these conditions.

6 this week

Added 3 more yesterday...

A little recent activity

4 more gone. 34 since turkey season ended for this property.