First, very important, make sure that you leave your cellphone at home. Pick a nice mild day when the snow is heavy and wet. Head out to a spot where you have permission to trap a dugout. Once you leave the road come on to the gas so you have lots of speed and forward momentum to get through the snow and canola stubble. This will ensure that when you hit a low spot covered with snow you'll bury your truck good and deep......this is essential.
Once you hit the low spot good and fast, and your truck almost comes to a complete stop, stay focused and carry on with your original mission of setting traps by the lodge. Grab your shovel and chainsaw and walk out to it......deal with the truck later. When you get to the lodge on the bank of the dugout shovel a semi circle around it so you can stick the chainsaw bar in to find the run and discover that the ice is thicker than the chainsaw bar is long......FAIL!
Now to get the truck out. Dig, shovel, dig......bottle jack won't work because of the spot that your stuck in......jam branches under tires.....sacrifice (maybe) four 330's, one under each tire......dig and shovel more for at least 2 hours. As a last ditch effort, let half the air out of your tires to increase traction. When everything that you can think of fails admit to yourself that you aren't getting out on your own and walk across 2 quarters in your hip waders to the landowner's farmhouse and hope that someone is home. Not one vehicle drove that darned RR in the 3 hours that I was there.
Fortunately, the young fella at the farmhouse has a nice lifted truck with aggressive, oversized Toyo tires to pull you out......one little tug and out. Now to fill those tires back up with air and get home for supper.
Total time, approximately 4 hours.....Traps set = 0......Beaver caught = 0. So, how was your day?
How NOT to Catch Beaver
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