Trapping Season 2025-2026

[Wiley E Coyote]

We are set. Not sure if levi wasn't strong enough or he was more scared, but the quick grip was an easy solution. View attachment 216990View attachment 216991View attachment 216992

They make a setting tool David that's only a few bucks that works great

 

[giles]

They make a setting tool David that's only a few bucks that works great

We will see how this works. Thanks for the heads up!

 

[Wiley E Coyote]

sweet and fast

 

[Wiley E Coyote]

Some spots I use earth anchors in others I like the chain and small grapple. It's light weight and fast. I just tangle it up in some honeysuckle and move on.

 

[giles]

I looked them up, I will have to pick one up. Thanks for the heads up!

 

[whitetailjunky3]

We are set. Not sure if levi wasn't strong enough or he was more scared, but the quick grip was an easy solution. View attachment 216990View attachment 216991View attachment 216992

Glad you moved on from the squirrels I was getting worried lol

 

[giles]

Glad you moved on from the squirrels I was getting worried lol

I will be back

 

[giles]

This is my bait. Seen it as I was walking by so I just grabbed it. Im sure we have something stale in the cupboard that would've worked just fine.

 

[jagermeister]

I pound the stake down through the swivel opening. Only use the loop to keep from sliding off the top. This allows it to have full 360 rotation without spinning the stake

Ahhh that makes sense

 

[giles]

Odd, I very rarely get pics of these guys at the house.

 

[OO2]

Looking forward to seeing the mornings catch!

My back hurts just at the mention of earth anchors. Pulling wolf fangs out of frozen clay is no fun

 

[OO2]

Odd, I very rarely get pics of these guys at the house. View attachment 217003

Time to add some snares to the line

 

[Wiley E Coyote]

Looking forward to seeing the mornings catch!

My back hurts just at the mention of earth anchors. Pulling wolf fangs out of frozen clay is no fun

I never pull them.

 

[Wiley E Coyote]

I didn't set my coon sets this weekend. Didn't want to drive down in the morning if the roads are bad. Instead I set six coyote sets behind the house in waxed dirt. Not really expecting much on the first night but give it a few days. I can check them in the mornings before work. I hope we get that inch or two of snow on them they are predicting

 

[Wiley E Coyote]

Since this is a trapping thread my friend from Canada sent me this pic tonight. Great catch

 

[md1]

Muskrats with drought ? This is the first bad drought where there was zero water in nearly all the ditches I can recall in my life. I'm assuming rats skip to ponds rivers or just go until they find water or do they live more like ground hogs to get through droughts? I was surprised to see a rat hit on the road next to a small ditch this last warm up. The ditches all have some water in them now but we still are far from normal. I wouldn't have thought they would be back already with no water sources in that area for such a long time span. I didn't hear anyone talking about rats in their ponds this summer either.

 

[jagermeister]

Muskrats with drought ? This is the first bad drought where there was zero water in nearly all the ditches I can recall in my life. I'm assuming rats skip to ponds rivers or just go until they find water or do they live more like ground hogs to get through droughts? I was surprised to see a rat hit on the road next to a small ditch this last warm up. The ditches all have some water in them now but we still are far from normal. I wouldn't have thought they would be back already with no water sources in that area for such a long time span. I didn't hear anyone talking about rats in their ponds this summer either.

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.

 

[giles]

Traps are empty. Cams only showed one grinner all night. I figured with the cold and snow it would be like this.

 

[Wiley E Coyote]

I had a deer set off one of my yote traps. Going to remake now and set some coon sets since we had no snow at all here. They should run tonight

 

[xbowguy]

This is my bait. Seen it as I was walking by so I just grabbed it. Im sure we have something stale in the cupboard that would've worked just fine. View attachment 216999

Couple drops of vanilla works good with it too.