Back in an area that I trapped last season. I am trying a few new things, including a Badger tool made by Muskrat man Knifes. I am also going to be targeting Otter this year with my home-made fish oil and glitter (Thanks Mark Conner for the tip). I am also trying some black widow stand for the first time. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHR88Yxr-IQ
I show you the secret decoy set for predators. Making the line longer day by day and getting more predator sets in.
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My wife, Brandi, is with me to check the line today. We made seven catches with one beaver hiding from us. Brandi was playing with another beaver and learned a lesson about standing behind it. We also were able to witness one of the eagles protect its nest from a hawk that got to close.
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Making my rounds checking what I have got set out. Should be getting close to picking up the family group out of the lake. The clay I noticed collapsing from the bluff yesterday really showed me and the trap is now under a mound of mud.
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I am having some camera issues today but made it through getting the traps checked. I get back over to the new location where the dam washed out under the bridge. Make several sets for beaver and found a muskrat den and got it set. Threw the mink rod back in covering both sides of the ditch as well.
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Another great morning on the trapline. Still picking up the family group out of the lake. Head over to dig out and recover my trap from the avalanche. Get sets put back out where I pulled earlier in the year because of the duck hunters in the flooded timber area. On the way back to the house I pick up another roadkill, a great colored skunk.
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Still just have the sets at the house and the ditch with bait pile, set. Get you guys up to speed on how the line is going.
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We end up bring several catches home in this video but there is one catch I wish hadn't of happened. As buddy told me, my finger is going to be sore for a day or five.
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Found some new tracks where I lot the trap. Then end up catching a critter just a few sets away in the same ditch. Was it the culprit that got the other trap? Head over to check out the ditch upstream from the big pond and get some sets out there. It doesn't go as planned but I am able to show why it is important for growth to seek out the knowledge that you don't know.
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