How did your season go????

[Eric Cottrell]

Was wondering how everyones season went.

Mine started back in October in Wyoming. I had every intention of trapping the high country for marten. Second day I was there, we got 32 inches of snow. Needless to say, my marten trip ended before it even got started. I did make the most of it though. I spent 3 days harassing the beaver, muskrat, and mink on the Salt River down in Star Valley. Not what I had intended to go catch, but it beat twiddling my thumbs in the house and moaning and groaning about the snow. I ended up catching 12 beavs, 47 rats, and 3 mink. I had never set a rat trap before, so that was definately a blast. They are a neat critter to catch and handle. The 3 mink I caught up there were jet black. Nothing like our browns down here in La. And the beaver had fur! Lots and lots of fur!lol

In December, I had a guy from West Virginia come down and spend 16 nights with me. We hammered the beavers and coon in the river bottoms. The otter catch was a dissappointment though. Didn't catch near as many as I would have liked to. We got off to a great start on them. Had 4 the first catch. I thought we was gona really pile them up. Was 4 days before we caught another one! Dang otters! lol It was a heck of a good trip though. We are allready making plans to do it again next year.

2 weeks ago during the snow storm, me and a buddy of mine set out a dozen land traps for 3 nights. We took a pair of cats and a pair of grey fox and a nice furred female yote. He's a new trapper that just started out, so he really had a good time in some horrible trapping conditions! Snow and land trapping dont go to well together!

That's it for my season. Getting ready to catch a few fish and hopefully kill a few hogs before it gets to hot.

Share your season with us.

[octynesii]

well, I still have a month left but, so far
coons 29
possums 18
coyotes 2
beaver 4
otter 1
bobcats 1
the rain has really made the trapping hard but, still worth the effort.

[garett]

5 coons
4 possums
1 bobcat
2 greys
1 red

I hope to catch one yote before season ends.

[Robert Smith]

Well my season don't really kick off till after hunting season cause the land i have to trap is hunting leases. I did get to run the river one day with eric and he worked the dog outta me! Could not move the next day. may have to do with rolling around in the mud with a coon. Not what I had pictured!!!!!

My wife and i got started shortly after hunting season ended at a place down the road and ended up with a few coons from a mans pond. then we went with eric for a few days to our lease and learned to catch some cats and k-9s.

them we moved back out close to the house and rolled up on a massive beaver bonanza that was full of heavy equipment laying a new pipeline.

the other end of the property got us a few more coons. now we are on a new to us place and have tore the possum up there. 4 to 1 possums to coons.

even with the possum pile up going on we are having a blast. both of our girls that are still at the house with us have gone out with us and we have spent some good time together!

Thanks for the lessons eric. thanks for the help tony. without people like yall i probably would not have found my newest obsession!

[Robert Smith]

Eric asked me to put up some pics.

Eric with a nice grey

Jenny with our first cat during trapping lessons

Katy with the second cat

first beav of the year

sleeping coon