Recent content by jagermeister

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.

Ahhh that makes sense

Those are great. Only think I don’t like about them is there’s nothing to swivel around the stake itself. As long as the stake spins inside the soil, in theory it’ll be fine. But if not, and the raccoon gets your chain/cable wrapped around the top of that stake, a big boar can/will pump that...

You’re gonna have some fun! Whatever you attach those chains to, make sure it’s tight and not a bunch of loose chain, if you can help it. If not you might find a knotted-up mess with a raccoon in it. Good luck!

If Toyota made a truck for straight guys I might have considered it, but… 🤣 🤣 🤣

Welp, they got me. Gave me a deal I couldn’t refuse. Ever since GM started offering the 2500’s in a Trail Boss trim in 2025, I’d been somewhat regretting the purchase of my 2024. I love the Lakeshore Blue color. I just didn’t love the chrome and the 18” wheels. I also really did not like...

This ^^^. Same here, Mike. The first time I did one of those deep, stationary squats, I actually found it a surprisingly comfortable position to be in. Now I try to do it at least 2-3 times a day. I think it really helps reduce tightness in the hips and lower back.

Trying like hell to get out of this “holiday free for all” eating regime. For some reason it feels more difficult this time around than it did last year. Last night I had sauerkraut and kielbasa for dinner. And this morning I had venison chorizo sausage with 3 eggs. I’d like to go 3-5 days...

Beautiful truck Joe! She does look clean!

The fold-up sawhorses are the real deal! Nice work. I love me some HF for certain items.