Who is getting ready for next fall & winter

[Thunder Elk Hunter]

Boiling snares and making some more Marten / Fisher boxes this weekend. Kids enjoy painting the boxes. Made the snares while watching the playoffs, time well spent.

Cutting firewood as well.

Hope everyone has a safe and fun long weekend

Thunder

[JRChurch]

Got to get a few more snarling parts then boil them and the I'm ready for fall

[braggadoe]

i enjoy the preparation aswell, almost as much as doing it.


saw this guy, i hope he and his buddy's are ready for next nov-dec.

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[mark-edmonton]

I wonder how many people see them in a tree and think hey that's an odd looking squirrel

[Thunder Elk Hunter]

Nice picture Braggadoe,

Good day, Marten boxes are done and over 300 snares are ready.

One bridge to build and all is trapping ready.

Looking forward to this fall!

[H380]

Originally Posted by Thunder Elk Hunter

Nice picture Braggadoe,

Good day, Marten boxes are done and over 300 snares are ready.

One bridge to build and all is trapping ready.

Looking forward to this fall!

Are the snares you use of your own design or boughten ? { Sennecker } I .m thinking of trying some of his .

[Thunder Elk Hunter]

Originally Posted by H380

Are the snares you use of your own design or boughten ? { Sennecker } I .m thinking of trying some of his .

Their my own design 4 footers, use them for coyotes and have found that I like the shorter snares.

I use # 12 & # 9 wire to tie off with. The #9 wire is good for long reaches from the anchor, holds the snare up better.

I have a crimping tool so I make them while I watch the playoffs.

Let us know how the Sennecker's work.

Thunder

[Rob Miskosky]

I'm heading up to the line on Friday with my dad for 10 days. Have a lot of work to do, bridges to finish, boxes have to go up, snares need making, traps need boiling... lots to do.

[H380]

Originally Posted by Thunder Elk Hunter

Their my own design 4 footers, use them for coyotes and have found that I like the shorter snares.

I use # 12 & # 9 wire to tie off with. The #9 wire is good for long reaches from the anchor, holds the snare up better.

I have a crimping tool so I make them while I watch the playoffs.

Let us know how the Sennecker's work.

Thunder

The main reason I'm interested in the Senneckers is their breakaway feature for accidental catches on non target animals such as deer .So many places I'd like to set up but just don't dare for fear of catching BAMBI !! I've also used my own with pretty good success but there's always something better , right ?

[Thunder Elk Hunter]

Originally Posted by H380

The main reason I'm interested in the Senneckers is their breakaway feature for accidental catches on non target animals such as deer .So many places I'd like to set up but just don't dare for fear of catching BAMBI !! I've also used my own with pretty good success but there's always something better , right ?

So right! That is why it would be nice that you let us here know how they work. I have worked with some break aways with limited sucess, maybe it was how I was using them.

I know what you are talking about, there are places that the yotes are traveling and so are the deer. Small deer will go under low placed logs or branchs that are just low enough for a coyote to go under.

[jim summit]

Have to build a floor in the line cabin and explore that end of the line while we're there.

Have to build roughly 100 marten boxes.

Make a bunch of cubbies for Lynx and hopefully a Wolverine.

Clear another 10 miles of trail to complete a loop.

Build a Trap Shed on site for skinning and storage.

Make a bunch of new stretchers for all that fur.......

Some mods on the Snowmoblie and sled.

Alot of work, but I have a partner to take half the load.......... Pardner? .....Hello? Are you coming?.....

[braggadoe]

take some pics!!

it wasn't long ago, someone posted that as a trapper they never cleared more than a mile of trail and didn't no any other trappers that ever cleared alot of trail. i'm glad to here that i'm not the exception.

i'm not sure why, but i've been doing alot of these latley

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[Rob Miskosky]

That should be a good set. Screen at the back and good to go. Might make a few of those myself, been thinking about it anyway. Add it to the workload... we'll see. I have about six miles of trail I want to cut this summer and I want to cut the logs for a skinning shack as well. Trapper's work is never done.

[Rob Miskosky]

Finished these up just the other day. 42 new ones and 16 older ones modified. Need to build a few more weasel boxes yet.

[Brian Bildson]

You got the fever Rob. I'm going through all my traps and fixing them up and doing some re-dying. I always plan to make snares ahead of time but seem to run out of summer before I get any made.

[Rob Miskosky]

I do have the fever that's for sure. Going to put my 75-year-old dad to work for a week coming up. Tough old bugger will probably outwork me, and he's pretty darn good with a chainsaw too. When I was a kid, I dreaded the summer and fall, seems I spent most of my time putting up wood. Now I love it... funny how things work out.

[H380]

[QUOTE=Thunder Elk Hunter;1449937]So right! That is why it would be nice that you let us here know how they work. I have worked with some break aways with limited sucess, maybe it was how I was using them.

I know what you are talking about, there are places that the yotes are traveling and so are the deer. Small deer will go under low placed logs or branchs that are just low enough for a coyote to go under.[/QUOTE Good to know I'm not the only one with these problems .. The senneckers look like they should be good , 2 different strength breakaways , hope the light one isn't too light and releases the coyotes . , thats the one I think I'll try .

[357xp]

Pardner? .....Hello? Are you coming?.....[/QUOTE]



say i got an idea partner...how about i build the strechers/cubbys and you do the line clearing eh? we make good team no?

[357xp]

what size entry hole did u make for the weasel boxes Rob? they look bigger than mine, i think i used 1 1/2" holesaw even then the red and fly squirels get in there. I built 20 boxes this spring, fun to catch them but the skinning...

[Rob Miskosky]

Originally Posted by 357xp

what size entry hole did u make for the weasel boxes Rob? they look bigger than mine, i think i used 1 1/2" holesaw even then the red and fly squirels get in there. I built 20 boxes this spring, fun to catch them but the skinning...

Those particular boxes are about 10 years old. The hole on them is 2-inches. The box also has a compartment inside to keep mice from robbing the bait. Caught a lot of ermine in those boxes over the years. Oh, and before anybody asks, yes, the trap is in there backwards. Not how it would be set.

[Rob Miskosky]

Originally Posted by 357xp

...even then the red and fly squirels get in there. I built 20 boxes this spring, fun to catch them but the skinning...

I've never had that problem for some reason, just mice. I always cover the box with grass or boughs etc. A few less squirrels, especially the flyers, ain't such a bad thing though.

[moose maniac]

Just ordered cable for lynx and wolf snares, have to build 75 more marten boxes gonna saw some lumber for them right away,got to get at it summer goes pretty quick.

[357xp]

Originally Posted by Rob Miskosky

I've never had that problem for some reason, just mice. I always cover the box with grass or boughs etc. A few less squirrels, especially the flyers, ain't such a bad thing though.

i will give that a try, last winter was the first time i trapped for weasels so iam still learnin.

[braggadoe]

wasn't quite as painful this year.

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[braggadoe]

posting these pictures for no particular reason, other than i enjoy getting ready almost as much as doing it...

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[Rob Miskosky]

Heading back up this weekend for some bridge fixing and a little more trail clearing. The photos below are 1.3 kilometres of trail my dad and I cleared last time in. Bunch more of this needs taken care of yet.

Before we started.



After we were done.

[braggadoe]

nice pics rob!!

hard work feels good! spending time with your father,,,priceless!!


love it!!

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[Rob Miskosky]

That looks far to good. Now I gotta' go to the fridge.

[Rob Miskosky]

I've been using several bridges constructed by seismic crews on my line for the last while but sometime over the last couple of weeks they came in and took them all out. Which is fine and was expected, just didn't think they were done yet but I guess they are, which is also good. At any rate, bridges are an important component of travel around my trapline - I have at least a dozen of various types, mostly just logs staked across creeks like the photos below.





But, these are at best just temporary and will be replaced. After seeing braggadoe's construction of bridges, I realized I had better get in the game and get some proper bridges put up. This one a friend and I built this weekend. The span is about 10 feet across. The first photo is the main beams that hold the planks.



Here I am cutting the planks. They are a full 2-inches thick, 7 feet across and of various widths.





And the final product. This one took about 6 hours total.



One down, many more to go.

[steve]

NIce pics Rob. Where did yo get your mill?