2014/15 trapping catch thread.

It's that time of the year again! Our thread from last year has had over 80,000 views. Let's make this year bigger and better. Coons, possums, cats, coyotes and foxes are all welcome here. Only 3 days left until we get started!

How bout a roll call before we get started!

william here and i am in

Lets get it on! I can't wait.

I hope I'll have some to contribute again this year. Good luck to everyone!

I'm in. It's my 3rd season on the coons and grinners. Rookie season on the yotes. I hope to contribute.

I don't trap any more but really enjoy this thread. Looking forward to the pics and stories behind the sets. Good luck and be safe.

I love this thread! Probably the most interesting one on the site....other than the YEKRUT forum during the spring!

Dr. B

Looking forward to seeing all the catches

I am ready, won't be able to get out much until after thanksgiving but I will post up what I can.

Gonna try my best to contribute to the thread.

Well I'm officially out for the first week of season. I start days tomorrow and will work through next sunday.

I'll be leaning on you guys to post up pics and stories until I get off. I hate it too! I listened to 2 separate packs at dark this afternoon on a 1200 acre property that I have permission to trap on. They'll still be there when I get off though and I'll be that much more ready.

Me & Brody can't wait to see photos & stories!

I'll be after coons shortly.

Look out coons! When the fuzzy bunny gets after them it's all over with!

Alright who all is out and about setting traps this morning?

I'm stuck at work and need to see some catch circles this week!.... Y'all get busy!

I set a few this morning. The wife has me going to the peanut festival now so I didn't get everything set that I wanted to. There is always tomorrow.

Jon how about the new lures from William? I couldn't help but to open them up last night for a little smell test and I'm excited about getting them out!

I used some of the yote glad lure and canine rub this morning. I'm planning on getting more set out tomorrow.

Well, I'm Set. We got out:
12 DP's
5 MB-550s
1 Live Trap
We will see what happens.

Great! Hopefully y'all will have some critters to skin tomorrow! Good luck!

First trap check of the season! I don't even have traps out and I'm excited.

Had a good morning, 5 nest robbers gone.
Caught these 2 near a supplemental deer feeder.



This one on an old field edge near a dry creek crossing.

These 2 were on the edge of 2 different small ponds.

Congrats again! They all look good!

Way to start it out!

Congrats Big Rack. What are you baiting your dp's with?

I use different things. But these were all caught with dry catfood and ringtail cocktail.
http://www.markjuneslures.com/ringtail-cocktail.html

I'm going to have to try some of that. Looks like it's pretty effective

I hear ya Big Rack. Well done.

well done brother

3 Grinners and 1 Coon this morning

Double, 1 in DP, 1 in live trap. These were near the dry creek crossing where I caught a coon yesterday.




Muddy Coon and Grinner on edge of small pond


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6 coons
3 grinners

Congrats man! You're cleaning them out on that place.

I had two gray fox and a coon this morning. It's hard to hold a light and take pictures at the same time. I'm having to check my traps before work so I get started about 4:00 in the morning. I'll figure out how to get some pictures posted.

Good Deal inojon. Put them pics up for us.

Good catch Jon!

looking good so far

what lure did you use. not pushing any lure sales as i don't sale or plan to sale lures but by posting the lures and baits your helping other trappers to learn what works in our state. since working with lures i have found that some lures works great every were and some that works up north or west want work that great in the south. the lure is to stroung for our area. are there away to fix that problem /// sure by cutting back on how much lure you use at a set and don't relure after a rain unless it is a down pour

I caught the fox on Russ Carmen and the coon on your yote gland.

Can someone tell me how to post pictures from my phone? I have uploaded some pictures on photobucket but all I get is a blue box with a ?.

don't know how on a phone.my son might when he gets home from the ER. if you check out the yote gland trail cam post i made i have some pic of both deer and coon with that gland lure IN MY AREA IT TAKES AT LEAST A WEEK BEFORE THE YOTE COMES THREW AND I CHECKED THREE DAY,time will tell.

now if you have the pics in photo bucket all you have to do is click on the picture. look to the side of the picture and click on the last link and it will copy the picture and then post on this site on this thread now the thing is you need to windows and i don't know how to get two windows on a phone

Great job guys!!

I'll be getting started a little later in the month.

God Bless,
David B.

I caught this one last week.

this is bill bevels son, It depends on the site..... facebook you either have a special address you send it too like photobucket ( for non-android phones) or you can load them directly from your phone gallery to the site by clicking add photos (for android phones). But really depends on the phone and site that you have and are posting on.

Yea William that's the way they have been doing here also. I haven't had any luck at all with lure where I'm set up now so I have been setting blind sets in trails. There are trails everywhere but I still feel that they are coming through every 5 day or so. I set some traps saturday with the lure you sent to see if i get a different reaction from them. I set the traps for the fox Saturday and caught them Saturday night. Maybe I can get some more pictures up.

Thanks man, I finally worked with it enough and got it figured out.

ok thats were a trail cam come in handy. from what i read there could be two problems .first back off a little from cover if you can, some yotes get nervous and refuse to go pass the safe zone meaning they refuse to work the set because of not being able to see all around them ..learned that from slim peterson and second try using what lure will stick to a tooth pick . to much lure will drive a yote away . now they will still work that set but it can take up to six weeks to cool down depends on how much lure you used. also try this as it worked for me use your main lure on a tree limb as a call lure and at your set use URINE ONLY.

10-4 Mr. William I'll try that. I take a long Q-Tip and just dip it in the lure and either drop it in a dirt hole or under something for a flat set. I try not to put much lure cause I had a guy show me years ago how a dog will role on just a tad of lure on a piece of pine straw. I'll try the lure on a limb and see what happens. Thanks man, Jon

YEP if the lure is loud they will flat out roll ,which is not all bad. when you have a lure that you know the canine will roll use it on a scent post, place the lure up off the ground, and urine at the base ,what the canine will do is rub the post and then mark that post. you can also put that same lure DEEP in HOLE and they will dig just keep it off the lip of the hole and don't use it on a flat set. by the way castor will cause a canine and cat to rub also.thats why i used castor as a base in the canine rub lure i sent

Nice Yote Jon.

1 coon this morning early.


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7 Coon
3 Grinners

Those freedom brand dps r awesome. Got 3 out and have removed 10 coons and 3 possum from land.

Congrats Jon, Big Rack and Stripe! Y'all are getting it done!

Stripe you should've posted the coyote over here!

Hey Mr. William I caught this one on your Yote Gland lure.

Good catch Jon. We've got them every color don't we!

Looking at these pics is killing me! I'm ready to have my traps out!

Congrats Jon
Hopefully I will catch one sometime.

Congrats fellas! Yall are off to a fast start on them. It looks like it's going to be another week at least before I can run mine.

I feel your pain Cole. They just scheduled me another week of days so it'll be the 24th at the earliest before I get mine out!

I shot this beaver this morning In a pond next to where I was setting coyote traps. I know I didn't trap him but I thought I'd show y'all a picture anyway. Maybe I'll have some coyote pictures tomorrow.

Yes sir we do, they range from light to dark and everything in between.

nice make sure you save the beaver tails trust me they are worth it

What are you doing with the beaver tails William?

Hey Mr. William I caught this one this morning useing your Canine Rub.

You're stacking them up Jon!

Congrats Jon.
Empty traps for me this morning.

Awesome
Ready to run my dp traps with the boy this weekend. Not sure who's more excited about killing coons and possums...

Stripe!

north40 take and rotten the tails down over the summer,then pull only the black oil off . the black oil works as a dang good canine lure or a dang good lure base. since i first started teaching how to make that oil 20 years ago some lure makers now buy the tails or sale the black oil as a lure and even as a lure ingredent and the left over junk will make a canine dig to china .trust me those tails are worth more to you for lure and bait then they are for sale. those tails will make black oil for two years, just keep pulling the oil off. a gal of tails will make a qt of oil over one summer and a half gal of bait. they don't produce gas as most meats will, but i still open the jugs once a week to check them. they are not loud as one would think.

check out northlands lures they sale tail oil for 18 bucks for 4 oz

also i have a friend that had a bucket of cat meat, snake meat and rotten tails and his dogs by passed every thing in the truck and ate the bucket of tails lol never took a bite of the snake or cat meat .he gave a friend a pint of tail bait to a friend and he never got to use it because his dog ate it lol.

remember beaver tails are a natural lure and bait. also you don't have to preserve any thing 100% natural

JON glad the lure worked for you. keep it up.was the yote caught were the yotes was rejecting the sets and lure.

Yea sir, I had caught a few on Russ Carmen's lure and they went dry on me so I set a couple more traps with your lure and caught the two.

I liked to have missed the one this morning. Had her by the toes.

jon thats what got me making my own lures, i travel state wide trapping, including wyo, and mexico trapping. when you move in a area first off you never know how many trappers was there before you and what type of bait and lure used.so to fix that problem i started making my own lures and baits.if you make your own then you know the animal has not wised up from it.also i tend to change lures every season but i will go back and reuse the same lure every other year.

You still got her and that's the positive side! If you get that often you may have to increase your pan tension to get more of their weight on the pan before it fires!

Yes sir I'm gonna check it this afternoon. I check them before work in the morning and go back and set them in the afternoon.

Hey William do you cut the tails up or leave them whole for the oil? Also do you pour the oil off or just dip the black oil off. Thanks

Congrats on another one Jon and Stripe. I'm enjoying the reading too fellas. I've already picked up a few new tricks in this thread

sorry jon i over looked the yote you caught on the yote gland lure again i am sorry. looks like i need to order supplies to make the lures on videos to teach you all how simple it is to make.

my question were do you want these videos posted both john and north40

i will be posting soon as i just got my truck fixed and your pictures has me biting at the bit lol

Mr. William these are your recipes so post them if you want too! I don't have time to make lures between all my hobbies!

Yes sir Mr. William if you want to post the recipe go ahead. I appreciate you letting me test them for you. So far Ive only used the Yote Gland and Canine Rub and i like what ive seen so far. I will be useing the others before long and I'll keep posting feedback to let you know the results.

jon cut the tails up in chunks ,fill the gal jug 3/4 full. as you get tails just chunk and keep adding them, once the tails start to slow down in the fall , i then ground up the waste,you will have three layers, bottom solid waste,second clear liquid,some times light yellow and the top will be black ,looks like burned motor oil. goe to dollar store get a squeeze top turkey baster and pull the black oil off leave the clear liquid as that is worthless and will freeze you do not want that but it needs to stay in the tails, shake them tails once a week if you see the tails start to dry out on top. then stick in the direct sun light or in a warm room. like i said do not worry about a loud stink, this year was the first time that i found out that the tails made oil for two years , found a left over jug in the shed were my son moved it when he cut the grass and i know it was two years old. that jug has about 8 oz of oil right now, i will try to take a pic of that jug so you can see what it looks like in the break down,some like to ground the tails but i don't because of other waste that comes out when i pull the oil, it don't hurt but i prefer nothing in the black oil as i use that in a lot of cat and canine lures, that cat lure i sent has both lanolin and beaver tail oil in it as a base.

ok guys i will do step by step process on how to make these lures, now were do you want these posted at, and sorry north40 if i made this thread go off topic

Hey Mr. William maybe you can start a new thread on lure making.

sounds great that works

3 more Coons and another Grinner





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10 Coon
4 Grinners

Nice job big rack, one question, why do you use such long chain on the dp's?

Some places I go have big trees. Easier for me to wrap around tree with quick link than to stake them. Guess I could go around the small trees twice to prevent so much tangle.

Good job Big Rack, stay after them.

Big Rack!

I caught this one this morning.

You're wearing them out Jon!

nice jon

1 coon this morning.


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11 Coon
4 Grinners

Big Rack! If I ever get off I'm gonna aim for your total in one night! Lol!

Dang. I thought I was doing pretty good, u going to show me up that bad?
Im bout caught up where im at. Going to stay there next week and then going to a new property.

I may could catch more per night but I ain't got but 8 traps set. I'm gonna try to set more this weekend.

Man you are doing great! I can't show you up! I was where you guys are now last year and without setting lots of traps I don't think I could hang with y'all!

Jon you are a coyote catching machine with only 8 traps out!...

How many traps do you normally run?
And when are you going to get off work long enough to set them?

I've got 30 dp traps, 4 live catch cages, a few over 6 dozen foot hold traps, around 30 conibear traps and 6 dozen snares. I've never had nearly that many out!

I still don't know when I'll get the chance to put them all out. They changed our schedule again last night and I'm going to be off next Saturday and start nights Sunday night. IF they leave me on nights for a week I'll get a short line out and try to contribute a little! It may be January or February before I get the chance to run a long line again!

Dang thats alot of traps. Hope you are able to get them out soon.

150 traps here but I want start till dec chasing prime coon,greys ,yotes and cats. I get most of my cats in my yote and fox sets ... using nothing but the bridger 1 3/4 coils . after this season they will be history. never hated a trap as I do these bridgers.

good job Big Rack and john

"Jon you are a coyote catching machine with only 8 traps out!..."

This wee is going pretty good. You can't never tell about coyotes though. Sometimes it takes them a week to come back through.

Y'all went and done it now! I set a trap at 6 when I got home from work and checked it at 9:30! Got me a possum!


Too tired to reset so y'all will have to wait til tomorrow evening for more! Lol!

Thats what I'm talking about.
When North40R sets a trap the critters race to see which one can get there first!!

Good Job North40R, I'm fixing to head out and check mine. I don't get to check them to many morning in the daylight.

Lol! Thanks. Y'all should have a good morning. Good luck!

Dry run this morning. I'm gonna try to set some more today.

good job north40

question guys
how many catch them little civets or to some spotted skunks

Thankfully I've never caught a skunk.

I have but it has been a long time since I have.

north40 and jon those civets essence sales for aprox 100 bucks a oz, been a couple years since I got one

I believe that spotted skunks are protected now in Alabama.

thanks north40 for the heads up yep need to stay legal by almeans

Well no luck this morning. Earlier this year I traded some #3 duke traps for some 1 1/2 softcatch. I've had 3 sprung traps the last two days so I'm gonna go back to the bigger traps in those areas. It looked like a coyote had got in the traps to me. One may have been a big cat. There is always another time.

Sorry to hear about the misses Jon.

1 coon yesterday and another this morning



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13 coons
4 grinners

Pulled my DPs this morning. Going to lay out a week then move to a new property.

Congrats Big Rack!

I caught this one this morning on Mr. Williams Yote Gland. I pulled everything this morning but 3 traps that are easy to get to. I'm gonna reset this week.

Good Job Jon.

Way to stay with them Jon!

Here is another picture.

nice job jon . man that one lure takes three years to make. the glands is aged for three years and then other ingredents added

keep up the good work .

Ya'll are wearing them out, love this thread.

Hey Mr. William I caught this bobcat using your Bobcat lure.



Here is another picture

Congrats Jon! You are wearing them out. I'm hoping to get some sets made this weekend myself

good job jon


was the cat a tom or female

that's the lure that beaver tail oil was part of the base,, 50/50 beaver tail oil and lanolin

keep up the good job

Good Job Stripe.

Man y'all have been doing great! I'm so ready I've been watching video's from my line earlier this year.



I guess you have to click on the linc to watch them.

nice

I set two gut pile sets today. I put 4 traps at each set with each having it's own lane into the gutpile in the back of a tree top. I hope to have a tree full coyotes in the next day or so.

I pulled all mine up this afternoon. Transmission went out in my truck so I'll reset them when I get my truck fixed. Y'all stay after them.

sorry jon

keep up the good work fellas!

Hate to hear that Jon. I'm having new brakes, ball joints and axles put on mine Friday.

just put new bearings ,rotor, tie rod end, and abs cable in mine.

jon you will be back out before you know it

Yes sir Mr. William I should be back up and running before long.

Jon I'm gonna try to fill in for you! Schedule posted today and I'll be on nights starting Sunday night so I'll be setting traps all day Sunday. Hopefully I can leave them out at least 2 weeks.

It's about dang time.

Good deal, I'm glad your fixin to get after them.

Oh yea! I'm burning the phone up now trying to get land lined up to set on.

Hank, you setting tomorrow with all this rain coming? I'm about sick seeing the forecast because this was going to be a 4 day stretch where I could actually run a line

I won't be able to set until Sunday Cole and will mostly be setting dp's and water sets then. The orange army will be out full force this weekend so I'll be crippled until most of them go back to work Monday.

I know what your talking about there North40R, I'm lucky enough to be trapping a farmers land that don't have much hunting going on around his place. Ive got a pile of good coyote land but I'll have to wait till deer season is over to trap it.

Didn't trap her, but figured ya'll would like to see her anyway.

Set 3 DPs yesterday and put in 4 yote sets. 1 coon this morning.


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14 Coons
4 grinners

Nasty weather here and I'm sick as a dog. Maybe tomorrow I'll feel better and can get some traps out!

nice yote and coon



get better north40r

Y'all gettem, I'll get back after them soon.

Thanks Mr. William!

I'm back at work tonight but feeling better. If the good Lord's willing I'll have some traps out tomorrow.

Monday morning Grinner


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14 Coons
5 Grinners

Give em trouble big rack.

good job another egg sucker bit the dust

here's another one for y'all
kill 'em all

Kill em all Big Rack!

I still haven't gotten any traps out. Been too tired from work and too sick to get much done period. A couple more weeks of this schedule should finish us up though. So hopefully the entire season won't be ruined.

Another Coon and Grinner this morning. Ya'll tired of seeing these?



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15 coons
6 grinners

Congrats, and I love seeing the pics. I still haven't been able to trap any yet this year so this thread is fueling the fire

nope keep them coming and keep it up

Keep them coming Big Rack! That looks like a good spot to catch an otter behind that coon!

Its a pretty spot. That coon was the biggest of the year so far.

This #2 Duke has been in the ground for a month. Just added lure after every rain (Blackies Gray Dog)

Good job Stripe

Give them trouble boys, I'll be back up and running before long.

love seeing another yote bit the dust

Couple more Grinners for ya'll




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15 coons
8 grinners

clean them egg suckers out, good job

I caught this female yesterday. It's my third of the year along with 15 coons. I was using Mark June's widow maker and Kaatz brothers Evanesce

Congrats ekc

nice job

Nice

Congrats guys! Y'all are doing great!

This is one I caught earlier. Just figured out how to post pictures 😀

Looks like a young one EKC! Congrats! You got that one before it got old enough to do much damage.

2 more weeks I believe will get me off this crazy schedule. I can't wait. I've got plenty of fresh beaver sign and coyotes are plentiful.

6 days since a report!? Think i'm going into dt's...

Lol! Gman it's killing me! I may go set a few coon traps to run this weekend. Next Friday I should have a fairly decent line started if I can get my traps cleaned and waxed this weekend.

First One. Aint nothing like it!

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15 Coons
9 Grinners
1 Yote

That looks like a healthy one Big Rack. Congrats!

now we talkin!

Good job man

Nice one

Congrats again man! Looks like a deep hold on him too! You had everything perfect on that one and he wasn't going anywhere!

I thought it was a good hold too.

And the Re-Make

I loving seeing set pics. Thanks for posting Big Rack.

No problem. When are you going to be able to get some traps out?

Dang big rack you knocking them down. Congrats.

Caught this female on Friday. I was using Mark June's widow maker and fox frenzy. I have caught 6 coyotes at this spot in the last 3 years.




4 coyotes
15 raccoons

I caught #16 on Friday



4 coyotes
16 raccoons

Well last night my brother (crockrj) shot a doe with his recurve. We waited till this morning to look for it and we found most of it due to coyotes. Luckily I made a set about 200 yards from the spot where the doe died on Friday on a road in a clear cut. I was using Freeborough's prime rib canine and cat bait and Kaatz brothers Evanesce.




5 coyotes
16 raccoons

Good Job ekc

He almost got out. Caught him by the toe

What caliber you guys using to dispatch these critters?

Just an fyi. According to the regs only 22 or smaller rim fire firearms can be used for trapped animals if you use a firearm. Hate to always be harping on the regs but don't want people posting stuff that could be illegal because I know a lot of people watch these posts. Nice work though.

Chapter 220-2 Conservation
Supp. 12/31/14 2-50
of 5 1/2 inches) can be used to trap fur-bearing animals on
land. Any person trapping fur-bearing animals in the State of
Alabama must carry with him a choke stick while running traps.
When legally trapped fur-bearing animals are dispatched with a
firearm, only standard .22 caliber rimfire firearms may be used.

In the actual code it says 22 and smaller rimfire, I don't know why it doesn't say it here.

Congrats EKC!

Lol! Keep em straight Charlie!

Congrats man

My boy Brody caught a big coon earlier this week and a rat last night in his Dad's shop.

He's got his sights on a coyote next!

Gonna need a bigger trap.

Santa is working on it.

We're gonna get him on a cat and some coyotes Tambo!

Alright!!

Santa always leaves some traps at our house. It always makes for some weird looks when they tell some of the other relatives about all the traps they got for Christmas. Grandma is not a real fan either.

I love it!

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15 Coons
9 Grinners
2 Yotes

Big Rack... you on a roll now.

Bout time for you to get started.

Gettem big rack

I know. I know.

Alright! It ain't much but I got 5 water sets out right ahead of this rain. Gotta finish up Santa duty tomorrow but Sunday I'll be setting more water sets, coon traps and might possibly slip in a few steel traps.

Good Luck Hank!

Thanks! There's plenty of water falling now so I'm sure my sets will be well under water in the morning.

One 15 lb. boar coon this morning. I had 2 sleepy creek 4.5's set here on a slide and bless his heart he found both of them. Lol!

I'm not complaining about getting the rain because we needed it bad but I wish it wouldn't have picked my first week off to flood! The five traps I set Friday are all way under water and out of commission. Hopefully I can get them back working this weekend.

The water finally went down enough that my traps were operating last night! Pouring rain again now but maybe we'll pick up a few more!

Get'em Hank.

3 1/2" s of rain last night put me out of business again. I did set 6 dogproofs this morning so maybe we'll have some meat tomorrow.

Man I know. I'm wanting to get some traps back out but this rain is killing me.

Got my first with the DPs. Note to self, cinch the chain down better and use something besides a slick barked beech for an anchor lol.

Way to go Matt! You didn't make sweetheart climb the tree did you?

Na I just shot him out, felt like the old days, except there wasn't a coonhound under him.

Good deal!....

Good Job AUcoonhunter!

Coon number 2.

Give em hell Matt! I hope to get some more out Monday.

Another coon and a possum this morning.
3 coons and 1 possum so far.

I had one beaver this morning in a long spring. Water was super high so only got a pic after he was drug out.



The pic doesn't do him justice as he was close to 30 lbs.

Caught 2 more coons last night. The first one actually had both feet caught in the trap.

Good Job. I will be getting back after them before to long.

Brody finally got that Bobcat he's been dreaming about for years!! A 28 lb male

Congrats Brody.

Way to go Brody!..... Did y'all catch it Tammy or just shoot it?

He trapped it - that made it super special for him. He rigged up a couple of traps & baited the area with a deer carcass. Caught a buzzard in the other!

Congrats on the bobcat.

I haven't updated in a few days, but I have done pretty good the last couple days.

Old boar that weighed 16.5 pounds










I think that puts me at 9 coons and 2 possums so far. My brother killed the coyote yesterday afternoon.

Brody got him a beautiful Bobcat!

Great job there, AUcoonhunter! That's a mess of fur!

That's awesome!!

looks like fun never trapped anything exceped wife...lol do yall sell the fur or do you even cape them out. i bet that would look cool yote fur laying in man cave

Looking good guys! I'll be setting some tomorrow through Monday. Got 2 beaver jobs that have been on hold for weeks so hopefully I can finally make some contribution to the thread!

Don't have a pic with me, but Brody got another coon last night. That makes 4 coons, a possum, a bobcat and a buzzard since Christmas.

He's doing great!..... Congrats!

Kind of slow the last few days and only caught two coons. I did however, manage to catch 3 skunks in the last two nights. It is time for their breeding season, so I guess they are roaming more.

That puts me at 11 coons, 2 possums, and 3 skunks since Christmas.

Stay after em Matt!

Added another grinner this morning.

Alright I got 22 water sets out today for beaver and otter. Hopefully I'll have some luck tonight!

Nothing but empty traps this morning! Maybe things will settle in and I'll have a few tomorrow.

1 otter this morning!

Trap knocked his tail stiff!

Good deal Hank.

Well I guess it'll be Sunday before I can get to my sets again. They are all way under water after our 2 1/2"'s of rain last night.

Caught 2 more mudballs last night. I think there were coons under it lol.

Well the picture stinks but I managed to float one otter out of the three sets I could find today. I should be able to at least run them all tomorrow and hopefully will be able to reset them all by Wednesday.

I would hate to be an otter around your place. You ever thought about getting one mounted? They look really cool.

I want one of everything mounted Matt but limitations on space are a problem until we get our house built. God help when we finally do get it built it'll look like a zoo between me and Amanda!

3 beaver and 2 otter today! Foot traps and snares are still too deep to catch but the conibears under dive sticks either had animals in them or trash had thrown them from the flood.

Nice

Awesome!!!

What is required to obtain a trapping license? Been looking on internet and unable to find EXACTLY what to do. Also, anyone around the Dora/Sumiton area that would like some help running their lines and teaching me along the way? Any help would be appreciated.

FUR CATCHERS LICENSE

Annual

90 day resident proof required. Valid: 10/1/14–9/30/15

$21.05

You can buy it online or at probate office.

Good looking haul Hank.

Thanks.

Another first for me! Not just a first catch but the first one I've ever seen or heard of in my area!

Nutria rat!



These suckers have got teeth like a beaver!

Dang Hank you catch that nutria rat in Wash Co.

Behind your other cousin's house in the middle of Chatom!

Dude that's crazy.

Yea all we need up here is another nuisance animal!

Well I have seen and heard of a lot of things that have come out of Wash Co, but a nutria rat is a first for me.

Another otter this morning and a beaver!

How big do them rats get?

I did some studying on them last night and seems like they average around 12lbs but will get up to 20lbs.

4 otters today! I'm supposed to be trapping beaver for the clients and the dang otters are keeping my sets plugged up.

Are the otters singed any yet?

They looked prime to me Jon! That makes 9 I've caught this week and they were all in good shape.

Glad to see you've been doing some good Hank. I'm so bummed I haven't even run a line this year. Between work and a little one on the way I haven't had consecutive days to even try to run one.

I know what you mean Cole! I'm actually working a shutdown on night shift and running mine when I get off in the mornings. It's tough and makes for some very long nights but I had put these jobs off as long as I could.

Good deal North40R, maybe the market will be in good shape when you go to sell them.

Finally got my traps set this afternoon. Put out 8 coon sets and 4 dirt hole sets. Hope I can start contributing to this thread tomorrow.

Dang work is going to get in the way this season. Planning on setting/baiting my line on Friday evening, then check Sat/Sun, and trip them after checking Sunday morning. Really wish I could keep it out the whole time, but just not going to happen.

Nothing today. Beavers are either gonna rebuild dams or relocate this weekend because I've got some water flowing out of their ponds right now.

Just two coons this morning. Hope the dirt sets produce tomorrow.
Internet is being slow today, will try to load pics later.

Empty traps for me again but a good morning! MsN40R got to go with me today and we always have fun.

Came up empty as well. I did kill 3 hogs yesterday and cabled 2 of them off to a tree today. Soon as the rain passes I will set some traps near them.

K I hope you have better luck using bait piles than I have. I've got 2 piles of beaver carcasses rotting right now and I haven't seen a dang coyote track around them yet.

All I ever caught doing that was buzzards. Those were some stinking traps to clean after buzzards crapping on them all day too.

I was hoping to get the traps back far enough to avoid the buzzards and hawks. They are in a strip of pines 8 rows wide that divides a field and at the intersection of two trails through the pines. The is coyote scat on one trail near the hogs so they do occasionally use the trail.

I only caught one dummy this morning!

Note to self: A Sleepy Creek 4.5 double long spring will bite through leather gloves with rubber gauntlets over them.


Both places that I'm trapping have drained down to the point that I'm having to move traps each morning to keep them in water.

1 beaver this morning. At least it was a big one!

I didn't know there were that many otters in Alabama!

Nothing today for me!

Good job Stripe! Another egg sucker gone.

Coffee I never knew we had as many otter as we do but every creek or stream I set usually produces a pair or two!

Nothing again! Pulled all my traps except 2 I have here at home. I'll be after the coyotes here again in a couple weeks.

Another otter!

North,
Are you setting for otters just as you would for beavers? I mean in a run through a creek or such?

Yes! Just setting narrow runs and natural choke points.

Finally connected with something other than a coon or possum. Also caught a coon and a possum this morning. So far 9 possum, 6 coons and the cat.

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Congrats on the cat! They're my favorite thing to catch!

Was beginning to wonder about my technique on the dirt hole. That set had been in almost 3 weeks and freshened up Saturday. With K9's having a better nose I assume they are harder to catch?

Good job on the cat.

Coyote's are harder to catch. Cats will let curiosity get them in trouble. I think that's part of what makes them more fun to catch. You can hang visual attractors like Christmas tinsel and build cubbys for cats to walk through with exposed traps!

Had another coon today and a trap missed at a dirt hole. I really think a deer or hog stepped in it. The bait was still in the hole and no sign of digging.

Deer and hogs are bad about nosing around sets and tripping traps!

1st coon with a leg hold trap

Started back on Jan 31. so far have 6 coons, 2 grinners and a feral cat. All of this has come off of about 2-4 acres of timber on a friends 40acres that he is trying to keep the turkeys around. Coons and Op on dp's, feral cat on a foot hold. Im thinking I can get into this trapping deal

Congrats on the catches guys! Going to the convention this weekend so it'll be Monday before I get after them again.

When you get to your spot and your trap is gone, don't forget to look up. Had this one and one more today. I've caught more this week than the previous 2 weeks combined.

How did he get up there? Pulled the stake out?

K double your chain wrap around the base of the tree! I've caught a bunch in dp traps and have never had one climb like that!

Rather than threading one end through the other loop like I normally do I just wrapped around the tree and quick linked both ends to the swivel leaving a large loop. First and last time to do that. Thought my trap was gone, looked around thinking it might be tangled in some brush. Nothing. Walked back to truck and looked back at site and noticed the coon 20 feet off the ground. Had a good laugh at myself for doing that.

I played around with a dp last year and about had the same thing happen. My problem was I put it around a cedar that I "thought" was big enough to hold one. Well it was big enough, but just barely. There was not a leaf and hardly a limb left on that cedar sapling when I got to it, lol.

Fullthrottle that's either a really small trap or a REALLY BIG COON!

Really big coon. That's a duke #2

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Caught a female yote today. Don't know why but I had a big smile on my face when I gave her a headache.

I didn't ever think this would happen twice but I caught 2 otters in one trap again today! Pretty cool!

Nice they must have been holding hand lol

You're wearing them otter out. Keep up the good work.

Well I finally got a few traps out today so maybe I will have some catches to post up tomorrow

Caught 2 coons. Nothing in my mb550s. Maybe tomorrow.

Only 2 grinners today.
This only getting to run my sets on the weekends sucks.

I didnt catch anything today. But I did see to squirrels trying to build a fire!

Good double there Cole! I'm gonna try to set everything I've got for coons tomorrow. They're hitting my chufa patches so it's time to thin them out. Got 2 small beaver jobs to set up tomorrow and if I'm able I want to set some steel traps Thursday and Friday.

Man these suckers are mean

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Got another coon. Rascal did a number on my camera

10 sets had 1 coon and 1 possum today.

Pulled 15 muddy traps today. Had 1 muddy, mad, and pissed - off coyote. 22 rifle bullet to the head calmed him down!

Yep that'll change there attitude every time

Dev and I went to set a few coon traps and found ol'bucky stuck in a 330! My baby has grown up but still hangs out with me sometimes!

Captured a few coons this morning!

Nice Hank. I've got some more work to do on my coons too. I hope to set my traps again this weekend

I guess since everybody stopped feeding the deer the coons started hitting my chufa patches. I checked cameras Wednesday afternoon and set traps Thursday. Lol!

Finally connected on a coyote. Flat set directly across the road from a dirt hole set. Burnt wood/urine.

Congrats!

Thanks. I had looked over this tract Monday morning with my father in law. Lots of coyote and bobcat sign. Made 2 sets Monday and 3 more Tuesday afternoon. But no activity after the rain until the catch last night.

Also had a trail cam pic of a coyote on the first place I trapped and where I caught the bobcat. First sign of a coyote there 7n almost 7 weeks. I'm going to stay on this place 2 more weeks then move back to my place about the beginning of turkey season.

Finally got a few sets back out, I had this gray this morning.

Had 1 beaver!

3 possums!

And 3 coons this morning!


Kade got to come out to the skinning shed for a pic with Papa and the coons!

Good looking fox Jon! I guess I'm done as far as steel traps go this year. I'm having some back trouble and just getting up and down setting my dps has been a strain so I'm gonna put up my steel traps until I get my back fixed!

10-4. I hate your back is acting up. Yes sir your sure wearing them out with the dp's and connibears. I don't know what has happened to the coyotes around here, there ain't hardly any sign. Oh they'll show back up.

Way to go Big Rack! Good looking set up also! I see swivels and a shock spring there that looks like it held a coyote all night and a good part of the day.

Looks like the foot is still on the pan of that trap also! That coyote wasn't going anywhere!

Spot on North40R. Thanks for your help along the way.

Cool picture!

That sucker looks pure evil. Good catch!

I had a gray fox and a coon this morning.

Too wet for pics outside but we caught 2 more possums and 3 big boar coons this morning!

2 more possums and 3 more coons!
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Another female. Same location as first catch but this time in a dirt hole set.

Well damn K. what is it? Get over to them and take a picture. It's just a coyote it can't eat ya! Lol!

Congrats on the catch!

Sorry about the crappy pic. Father in law went to check the traps this morning and didn't have a gun in the vehicle. So he called me to come kill it. Just a quick drive up take pic and shoot it out the window kind of thing.

Lol! I understand. I've been there before myself.

One possum and one fox today. Pulled up the traps with more rain coming in. I was having trouble getting to them with all the mud!

Didn't catch much this year but have had fun with it and think I learned how to bed and set my traps better. Even with a couple of rains on them they all came right out of the ground when I tripped them to pull them up.

Im glad someones still trapping!!! Its so muddy up here I had to quit. Even with peat moss and stored dry dirt . Im tearing up the roads to bad getting in and out. With weather in the 30s im NOT ridding a 4 wheeler. Will it ever dry-up in North Alabama????????

Nothing here today! Guess the critters stayed denned up last night.

Same here. I'm not doing anything other than checking the traps until the weather clears up. I may move back to my property Sunday depending on the river forecast.

GW has given go ahead to trap nest predators through the spring. I'll also keep some coyote sets going as well.

I sent my boy to check traps this morning. We had 1 coyote, I'm gonna have to teach him to take pictures.

Looks like you caught some kind of anteater.

No sir it's a coyote, just not a good picture.

That's a fine picture, because it's a picture of a soon to be deceased coyote.

I'm surprised you can see anything at all from the looks of his phone. I don't know how anybody could drop a phone as much as he does. He has a case but won't use it.

Caught 2 nest robbers last night.

Congrats! I got called in to work and won't get to run mine until tonight.

3 more coons tonight! Just finished skinning.

Hank you should have a pile of tooth picks (as the old timers called them) by now.

Lol! I saved a bunch of them last year and cleaned them up but there isn't much market for them. Not enough old timers left I guess!

2 more possums in the snow last night.

Good Matt! I didn't have anything tonight.

Last check on the inlaws place I had a pull out. I had cut some grass to help blend a flat set with a cow bone in the edge of a field. Guess I used too much grass cause it was in the corner of the jaws preventing a good lockup.

Hope to reset on my place later this weekend.

Hate you lost on K. You definitely have to be careful with anything like that.

you suck

For real! I've stunk this season up big time. Oh well maybe I can catch a few beaver next week then it's TURKEY SEASON!!!..... Thank God!....

Set 6 new dp's this morning. Got 2.

Keep after em!

I pulled most of mine this afternoon. The coyotes have moved out from the river and are now up the branches. I reset three where I caught the one the first of the week so maybe I'll have some luck up there. I'm planning on setting some more up there tomorrow. I ran out of daylight today. Good luck to everybody.

I just tripped all mine today but haven't pulled the stakes out of the ground yet as it was a decision I made on the spot and didn't have anything to do it with. All the dirt I bedded them in turned into thick mud or had partially washed away. One trap also has to be moved because I just can't stop catching yard dogs in it. I don't know why they travel the distance that they do to hit that trap but I'm 2 yard dogs in, 1 coyote in, and one raccoon in.

I think I'm gonna wait till after turkey season to put any back down as I don't want to spook turkeys off fields needlessly checking traps.

Nothing here tonight but I did clip me 2 pretty rabbits for supper tomorrow night.

One last nest robber to finish out the season this morning.



Question for yall, I caught around 20 coons since Christmas on two farms, and every one of them was a boar. Anyone had these kind of ratios? Back when I coon hunted all the time we always killed a few more boars than sows, but nothing this lopsided.

Amanda ran ours yesterday and didn't have anything. I guess I should've rebaited after the big rain but got called in to work days and really wasn't into it at night.

Matt I'd say 90% of my catches on coons are boars!

I had this coyote this morning and missed another one. I caught him by the back foot. I don't like hind foot catches but I'll take them any way I can get them. I reckon I'm gonna stay after them for a while. They really like Mr. Williams Yote Gland.

Congrats Jon! Mr. William has been missing for a while. I wonder where he got off to?

Nice yote. He knew his fate no sence in fighting.

I'm guessing just like any other male species, do boar coons just travel and move more? Which means % of boar catches go up?

Yes the boars will roam more looking for ladies, especially December on for breeding season. I just thought it was weird that out of 20 on two farms none of them were sows.

I know I ain't seen him post in a while. I hope everything is ok up his way. Don't he live up around sylacauga?

My coon catches are about 80 percent or better boars as well.

Caught 2 more otters today. Actually caught 1 last night and another while we were setting traps. We saw an otter swimming around the lake and before we got out of sight he had found one of my traps. Pretty cool that he swam around us and went straight to a set. Conibear traps don't play. He flopped for maybe 10 seconds and was done.


This is the one from last night. We were in a hurry to finish setting and didn't even get a picture of the one from today.

That's one of those outlaw Thorntons from Tibbie. You Know they will get you in trouble!!

I had a coyote and a possum this morning. My boy checked the traps again and since his picture got made fun of last time yall are just gonna have to take my word for it. Yall take care and maybe I'll have yall some more pictures soon.

This one isn't too bad but his 2 older brothers are notorious outlaws! Lol!

I'm trying to lead him in the right direction.....

This one isn't too bad but his 2 older brothers are notorious outlaws! Lol

And that is a fact!

2 beaver this morning!




This is the lightest colored one I've ever caught. 45lbs on the scale.

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Caught another female today. Best part about it my 3 yr old son was with me. Let me tell you that was one excited little feller when he saw her.

Congrats muddy! Nothing like having the little ones involved!

Yeah it is. When we stopped on the way back for gas and lemonade, he made it a point to tell everyone we caught a coyote.

Broke my own record this morning! To date my biggest beaver was 53 lbs. This morning I had a female that weighed 64 lbs. 47" long from nose to tail.

Give them trouble Hank, I gotta few ponds to get to before long.

That's a lot of beaver!

I love checking this thread. Cool stuff.

What do ya'll do with the coyotes? Fill up a ditch?

Buzzards gotta eat too! Lol!

I had one sprung trap this morning. Kinda cold outside too!

First coyote. See the thread titled "Finally Connected" for other pics.

2 beaver and 1 otter this morning!

Empty traps today. We set 2 more snares for otter so I've got 24 sets in this lake now. Tough job with over 100 acres of water and only half of it accessible with my boat.

One otter this morning!

Made 4 sets yesterday afternoon close to the house so I could check them quick. Just one yote



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Nice, he had all his weight on that one when he set it off.

Congrats on the coyote.

Nice coyote.

Just had one stupid grinner in a coyote flat set this morning. I did pick up one of the largest scat specimens I have seen from another property and added to a urine post set.

Nothing on my bounty line this morning. I think I've thinned them out somewhat in this lake for now. Gonna pull everything out Friday.

I did catch a possum in a live trap out by my skinning shed.

2 coons on one property and a buzzard at another. Buzzard was in the remake where I caught the possum yesterday. No bait, just some lure inside a hog skull at a flat set. At least I know my homemade catch pole works.

Starting to rethink using that particular lure...

Set my first traps ever last week. 2 coyotes, 2 coons, and 1 possum so far. I can't believe I haven't done this before,almost as much fun as turkey hunting,almost!

K those buzzards are by far the nastiest animal on the planet. Glad you got to try out your catch pole but I bet it stinks now. Lol!

Almost Jason!... Almost! Turkey season is the only time I refuse to trap.

Caught 3 more beaver this morning!





With my back messed up I would be in a mess without good help.

Dirt set #2 duke, wolf fang stake, blackies grey dog lure.

Coon, MB-550

I bet that hurt! That's a little arm to get caught in that trap.

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Got another female this morning

Way to go muddyfeet! Y'all have worked on the coyotes!

Female. Pipe dream set. MB-650

Congrats bambam!

Congrats Bambam

Great coyotes you'all -can't believe that more outdoorsmen don't want to trap.
Seeing one of those mongrels tied to the ground with a steel trap is a beautiful sight .

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Caught this male today in the same spot as the female the other day.

Cool!

My son was with me to. It's got him already, the little feller gets fired up when we catch one. All I can say is those song dogs better stay on there toes when he's old enough to start doing it on his on.

Give them heck muddyfeet.

Seeing these dead coyotes makes me happy.
Great job!

I finally caught another beaver. I've had 5 traps out in this spot for 6 nights. Set 2 more yesterday on another dam upstream and this one showed up last night.

Tell me about your setup here. Also what kind of stand/stabilizer are you using?

I have had both dams broken with 330's set under dive sticks several feet out from the breaks. No activity in two nights at either site and both are running a good bit of water. Did find a bank den once the water dropped some but I'd like it to drop some more so I can set it.

Just an A frame stabilizer and a 330 set up.

This trap was completely under water yesterday. You can see the waterline on the bank to the left of the trap. They're having to walk to the traps tonight because the water wasn't 6" s deep when we left today.

2nd night on a new tract. At least the coyotes are cooperating.

Added another female coyote to the list. I'll try to add pic later.

Scored my first black coyote today. My damn phone was dead so no pic. It was a step down set with and MB-550.

Awesome! I've caught 4 over the last few years. They are so wicked looking!

I bet that was one pretty yote. The only thing better is it's a dead yote.

Same black coyote I didn't get a pic of last week. Was at the camp today and found out another member snapped a pic. Freaking lucky! Glad I am able to at least provide some supporting evidence. MB-550 toe catch. What ever works.

Nice work

Wish I could take credit, a family member caught a grey fox in a DP trap recently. Didn't expect to hear of a fox getting it's paw in there.