My big catch on the 2012 trap line

eeyouelder · Member Joined: Jan 26, 2005 Posts: 123 Location: Quebec

Since the fur is a nice gray color and is very smooth I presume that I will get top lot price at the fur auction.

eeyouelder · Member Joined: Jan 26, 2005 Posts: 123 Location: Quebec

This one was not the one that we had planned on catching but my brother and I caught this one and 11 of his siblings.

eeyouelder · Member Joined: Jan 26, 2005 Posts: 123 Location: Quebec

The legal season for Canada Lynx was over in four days with only four traps set up for lynx when our limit was reached. We even had to release unharmed 5 of them that we determined were too small.

This one was a keeper:

This one we released:

eeyouelder · Member Joined: Jan 26, 2005 Posts: 123 Location: Quebec

This one was welcomed and so were 7 of his brothers:

eeyouelder · Member Joined: Jan 26, 2005 Posts: 123 Location: Quebec

gelandangan

That lynx on top certainly looked fierce.

Whats that mouse thing on the first image?
How much skin can you get out of something that size?

eeyouelder · Member Joined: Jan 26, 2005 Posts: 123 Location: Quebec

Hello Gelandangan,

This is the first time that I catch a mouse in a marten box. This year we had a very late fall and we had mice all over the place. The mouse is placed back in the marten box to serve as bait.

Eeyouelder

Here is a marten box with a mink in it:

eeyouelder · Member Joined: Jan 26, 2005 Posts: 123 Location: Quebec

This is the day's catch of beavers. They are set out to dry before skinning.

eeyouelder · Member Joined: Jan 26, 2005 Posts: 123 Location: Quebec

We did a bit of small game hunting when a covey of ruffed grouses did dare us by standing still in front of us at about 25m (28Yards). We are allowed five per day and the possession of 15 birds, so we welcomed our visitors that accepted a gift of 15 grouses. This allowed us to hunt some more.

eeyouelder · Member Joined: Jan 26, 2005 Posts: 123 Location: Quebec

The bunnies had changed to a beautifull white but we did not have any snow so they were too easy a target.

DallanC · Site Admin Joined: Jan 18, 2005 Posts: 3536 Location: Utah

Great pictures! That white hare should have an interesting time surviving till the snow flys. Love the box's used with the Conibears as well, I used them in the past but never thought to use a box with them.

-DallanC

eeyouelder · Member Joined: Jan 26, 2005 Posts: 123 Location: Quebec

Hello Dallan,

Here is a box set up for marten but with a weasel caught in it. This is a good set up since the dead fur bearer is suspended in the air and is not easily reached by others and eaten away.

eeyouelder · Member Joined: Jan 26, 2005 Posts: 123 Location: Quebec

Can someone turn that picture 90 degrees for me? Trees grow vertically and not horizontally......

gelandangan

eeyouelder wrote:

Can someone turn that picture 90 degrees for me? Trees grow vertically and not horizontally......

Here..
You know htat you are not in Oz. here trees grow upside down.

Mate, it would be interesting to visit you one day, even just to watch you trapping..

eeyouelder · Member Joined: Jan 26, 2005 Posts: 123 Location: Quebec

Thanks for finding the horizon for me.