Recent content by jagermeister

Talk about a snack that packs a punch. 21 grams of protein in only 100 calories. Paired with two hard boiled eggs and a handful of mixed nuts… and you have yourself one heck of an after work fast breaker.

Drive around NW and NC Ohio right now. The amount of soil that’s being swept away by the snow and the wind is sickening. It’s piling up in road ditches and drainage ways, just waiting for a thaw so it can be swept down into the watershed. There’s basically zero cover crops around here, and...

Looks great J! Heck of a savings!

Way to go little man! Congrats!

Ahhhh damn. One thing about quicklinks, you have to tighten them up with a pair of pliers. If you just hand-tighten them, a critter moving around in circles can (and will) unscrew the collar. Hope he gets greedy and comes back for more!

I hunt pen raised birds on occasion, but not for me… I hunt them for my dogs. There’s simply no substitute for chasing wild birds though.

These are not wild birds that are being released. These are put-and-take, pen-raised birds. These are basically released for immediate consumption, not to bolster or create wild populations. It’s not the same. Habitat is great… we definitely need more of it. But why is Pheasants Forever not...

Habitat and predators… all great talking points. But, I believe there are still areas today in Ohio with a sufficient amount of quality habitat, and yet no birds. Habitat is great, but I believe you also have to start with a minimum population of these upland birds for them to sustain...

Yep, sounds like they’re just hunkered down, riding out the weather. Wednesdays little warm up should have them moving again.

Yes! You get it! Those single spring 160’s are awesome too. 110’s are super cheap and super light… but they miss more rats than they catch compared to the bigger traps, at least for me they did.

Yep, baby carrot skewered onto the trigger. I am still learning of course, but I find that they work pretty well on submerged sets when we have ice and natural food is harder to get to. Only other thing is I only use Bridger 150’s instead of 110’s. I don’t have much luck with the 110’s...

Check to make sure your traps aren’t getting cleaned out by mice. They can strip all the bait from a dog proof trap without it ever firing. If they are, put a golf ball on top of the trap… mice can’t move it but obviously raccoons can. And there’s a visual attraction for the raccoon as well.

We were late getting to the party. Yesterday’s midday warm up really had the muskrats moving. So we went in the afternoon and set 8 traps in this little spring fed marsh… 6 carrot-baited body grips, 2 body grips in runs, and the a colony trap in a main run. The cold that moved in last night...

Good looking birds. Nice work!

They don’t need much, but yea they’re gonna go to wherever the water is. Safety and aquatic plants… that’s their livelihood. You can find them in bank dens in ditches when water gets scarce.