Hey guys just got back from elk hunting and fur trapping.
We set up a few martin boxes with beaver and magnum musk lure.
After checking a box the second day found this fellow. Robbing my bait.
After 4 days and an elk we found this fellow in a box. Great catch
After checking another box found that some of the bait was being eaten through the wire mesh.
Poor pic but the red meat was pulled through the mesh and still snuck through the trigger without tripping the trap.
So I put a box at the base of the tree. And guess what happened I found this fella the next day.
Lots of tracks and scat around but no marten would really commit.
It was quite warm +8C. So I read a set on a forum with a beaver in a tree and a bunch of running poles with 120s on it. So we tried it out.
The bottom right you can see a 120 on the pole.
2 days later we found this fellow heading up the pole to the beaver bait.
After total of 12 days a trapper friend and I caught all of these.
My friends kids helped out with some squirrels weasels and a couple marten. We had a great time snowshoeing in and out of sets. Lots of skidoo issues. I swear they make em to breakem. I would have thought there would have been more caught but as most of you know it was hard to snab martin this year. A friend of mine did me a favor of checking some snares for me and he set and pulled out 5 yotes.
So this year as last year I came home with memories and another Taxidermy Bill.
I know most of you guys catch martin and such in numbers that smash mine but I thought I'd throw some pics up. I enjoy everyone's pics. And stories Thanks
Hope the auction treats you guys well.
Bill