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Originally Posted by Norwest Alta
Maybe there's no money in the trapping of wolves strictly but are you guys not trapping $175 Martin at the same time? In my mind the expenses for truck and ski doo are already being spent and the trapped wolves are a extra. Do the wolves not eat marten, fisher, lynx out of your sets as well?
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I haven’t seen $175 martin in some time, but yes I trap everything while out there. If the marten and lynx pay for my fuel I’m happy. The wolves are always a loss and take up by far the most time.
Setting a Marten box up or a trail set snare for Lynx is a 5 minute ordeal at most. A wolf bait and snares takes hours per set up.
And although wolves occasionally eat caught animals, it doesn’t happen often