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Anyone running a trapline?
Anyone running a trapline?
I know it is trapping season in most states, anyone running a trapline,
what are you targeting?
what are you targeting?
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Re: Anyone running a trapline?
I'm not.
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- JEBar
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Re: Anyone running a trapline?
while growing up in the mountains of western NC I had a few friends who tried trapping ... I hunted buy never trapped .... I remember looking over a few hides but as best I recall, they put in some hard work but didn't make much money
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Re: Anyone running a trapline?
Kinda sorta similar to my own experience here in Oregon.while growing up in the mountains of western NC I had a few friends who tried trapping ... I hunted buy never trapped ....
Back in the day knew a few that messed with trapping with varying degrees of success. Coyote was typically the target and a few actually sold some furs - to pay for trapping expenses!
One guy I knew was pretty serious about it and had a lot of traps and spent a lot of time with it. Kind of became his 'obsession' and about all he did for a while.
I always preferred to hunt by calling them in.
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Re: Anyone running a trapline?
Thanks for the replies, I will start doing a bit of summer predator control in 3-4 weeks targeting red foxes.
They really get stuck into the sheep at lambing time, I did a little bit before last lambing in July and really noticed a difference. Still lost a few lambs but 3 or 4 compared to 20+ previously. With the last lot of lambs I sold selling for over $200 a head I guess you could say it makes me money.
I can understand how it could become a obsession, there is something very satisfying about getting a animal to step exactly where you want it to.
I think red foxes are like most predators, you can really knock the numbers down but it doesnt take long for more to move into a area if there are none about. With lambing due to start March I will try start knocking the numbers down late December.
They really get stuck into the sheep at lambing time, I did a little bit before last lambing in July and really noticed a difference. Still lost a few lambs but 3 or 4 compared to 20+ previously. With the last lot of lambs I sold selling for over $200 a head I guess you could say it makes me money.
I can understand how it could become a obsession, there is something very satisfying about getting a animal to step exactly where you want it to.
I think red foxes are like most predators, you can really knock the numbers down but it doesnt take long for more to move into a area if there are none about. With lambing due to start March I will try start knocking the numbers down late December.
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Re: Anyone running a trapline?
good luck, hope you are able eradicate the population in your area
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Re: Anyone running a trapline?
A trap line is one of the very few ways you can apply for a sidearm carry permit in Canada.
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Re: Anyone running a trapline?
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Good luck to you!
Good luck to you!
220 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 23, 2019 5:37 amThanks for the replies, I will start doing a bit of summer predator control in 3-4 weeks targeting red foxes.
They really get stuck into the sheep at lambing time, I did a little bit before last lambing in July and really noticed a difference. Still lost a few lambs but 3 or 4 compared to 20+ previously. With the last lot of lambs I sold selling for over $200 a head I guess you could say it makes me money.
I can understand how it could become a obsession, there is something very satisfying about getting a animal to step exactly where you want it to.
I think red foxes are like most predators, you can really knock the numbers down but it doesnt take long for more to move into a area if there are none about. With lambing due to start March I will try start knocking the numbers down late December.
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Re: Anyone running a trapline?
I don’t trap anymore and haven’t in years. When I did, I lived in Northern IL and trapped beaver, raccoon, muskrat, mink and opossum. Never had any luck in my attempts to trap a fox. Checked the trap line before school and in the evening each day.
For me it was more often more efficient to throw the carcass in a bag and throw it in the freezer to turn in whole than it was to skin it and get dinged on the price if there was a nick in the hide.
More than once we heard my mom screaming because an opossum was frozen on the opposite side of the freezer as the bag it went into the freezer wearing.
For me it was more often more efficient to throw the carcass in a bag and throw it in the freezer to turn in whole than it was to skin it and get dinged on the price if there was a nick in the hide.
More than once we heard my mom screaming because an opossum was frozen on the opposite side of the freezer as the bag it went into the freezer wearing.
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