DustyC trapping 09
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DustyC trapping 09
Well, with hunting season winding down around here and all of the cows gathered, I decided that yesterday I was going to start setting my line. ( scouted alot of new country this summer and got alot of permission from people to trap on so I'm expecting a good season. Yesterday I set 36 snares, 4 dirt holes, 2 scent posts, and 2 mafia sets with 3 traps each. I plan on getting back out tomorrow and setting another ranch That has a large coyote population. It also has a really good population of bobcats and hasn't been trapped in 4 years. I founnd the place by ground crewing for WS. I can't wait forbobcat season to open. Only 12 more days!!! I'llpost pictures as they are available.
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Re: DustyC trapping 09
Make sure to post pics. Good luck on the pinching line!
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Re: DustyC trapping 09
Heres the first batch of fur that I sold yesterday. I was pretty happy with the prices for what the market is today. I sold 28 coyotes, 1 bobcat, 4 red fox, and 1 mountain lion. I sold 17 coyotes @ $24, 7 @ $16, 3 @ $12, and 1 that had slipped a patch of belly hair for $5. The coyotes averaged $20.17. I also sold 9 carcass coyots for $6. The 4 fox brought $50 dollars total. 2 @ $15 and 2 @ $10. The one narrow bellied, 32", C+ bobcat brought $200. The mountain lion brought $400. All for a grand total of $1269. I have had 4 coyotes eagle eaten, 2 with mange, 1 bobcat snared and eagle eaten, and 1 bobcat killed and eaten by a lion in the trap.
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Re: DustyC trapping 09
Awesome Post DuctyC!!!! Keep giving them hell and posting pics!!!!
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Re: DustyC trapping 09
Love the pile of fur!!!
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Re: DustyC trapping 09
great mixed bag!!! The eagles can be hell on a fur check
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Re: DustyC trapping 09
great job Dusty. the lion went for 400$. what does someone do with the hide??? is it for mounting, rug, or is there some garment that is made out of it???
the more food you have in your mouth at one time, the better you can taste it!!!
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Re: DustyC trapping 09
BnB, they'll just sell it to a taxidermist to mount. I want to kill the big tom thats running around here that got my other bobcat!!!!! By his tracks, he's huge. Any way, I finally was able to sneak the camera out of the house to go check a little bunch of 7 snares about a mile behind the house and this is what I found.
Nice pale coyote. This one isn't so pale! Nice triple on 7 snares. This spot over the past 3 years is usually good for at least 8 coyotes a year."God hates a coward"
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Re: DustyC trapping 09
Keep wacking and stacking!!! Your doing a great job at it.
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Re: DustyC trapping 09
3 out of 7 is damn good looks like you got the snaring thing down. I love those little short lines that produce that well year after year. Takes 15 minutes to check them and 25 to pull out the victims.
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Re: DustyC trapping 09
Heres a coyote on a homemade drag that I use when the country is a little bit open. It really digs into the ground.
Nice solid hook-up with a #3 Montana Special. I am going to go with the bridger from now on though. It is hard to get the Montanas leveled up."God hates a coward"
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Re: DustyC trapping 09
DustyC i was going to ask you what the difference was in the bridger versus the montana special since they look a lot a like, but then i saw the end of your post on how they are hard to level up. Trap tuning is something that a lot of people seem to overlook!! Great job on the hook up and yeah that drag bit into that ground pretty good with out any brush
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Re: DustyC trapping 09
Ya i have had the same issues with the Montana's they just take a lot more work to get them ready it's tough to beat the bridgers.
Nice work looks like your drag is working real well. What did you model it after?
Nice work looks like your drag is working real well. What did you model it after?
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Re: DustyC trapping 09
damn dusty i must be bad luck . seems your traps dont have anything when im around. im impressed on 400 for the lion.