i was thinking about doing just that bruce but i was thinking about using a fencing staple to hold the trap to the brach.. i tried this last year but did a poor job with my cone and all 15 traps had the bait taken and no critters.. i think if i did a better job with my cone it would work really good..
thanks for the advice

newspaper boxes would be money well spent.

i was going to buy them this year.. but i made a order like this and another one half as big.. so maybe next year i will.... i can only spend so much per year... but i do like the idea of traveling light into the bush.. traps, bait and axe.

wow, that's quite a pile!

yea i think i have OCD and thats not a joke.. will prob buy that much or more next year... it is like some sort of drug that i get from trapping

Thats why trappers go to meetings. Kinda like AA. Do you need an intervention?lol

my name is countrysmith and i am a trapper......

Holy crap I thought spending a grand over the course of a few months was bad. LOL

What lure have you been using for Marten?

Country, you married? If so, for how long? LOL

i hope when you bought all that gear it was from the manitoba trappers assoc?

Hope you got a bulk discount. Maybe next year?

It sure comes in handy not having to carry bulky boxes and such around.

i have been having bad luck with the lure i am using and would rather not say what kind it is just because so many guys love it and it works for them.. but i changed to marten magic now and will see how it works.. it worked good for me last year..

and yes i am married for over 8 years.. i work hard and have a good job so my wife is fine with what i do.. it ticks me off when people say i should be lucky with what my wife "lets" me do.. i dont own her and she does not own me.. but she is the greatest person in my life.

i made that order for MTP and made another not as big from MTP and few orders for Ram Connection in Canada.. to anyone who knows me it is no surprise.. i go all out and have fun... the trick is you just need to work a tiny bit harder then you play.. and that starts to suck when you play hard because then you have to work hard..

Your boy is splitting image of you. Great to see someone with passion who involves the whole family. Sure there will be a lot of memories made.

thanks trappinalaska i will find a pic for you that will make you laugh then...
no i am not a hockey fan but my dad is.. they say we all look the same.. this is before i had my eye surgery. if you want to see something nasty go to youtube and type in "eye surgery strabismus" mine is not on there but you will find ones just like what they did to me... it is amazing that i can still see after they fish hooked my eye the way they did..
so yea this is all of us..

Country,
I agree completely about working just a bit harder than you play. Too many overtime hours at work leaves a person broken and empty. Out of curiosity, what is it that you do? You have a nice ATV/gun collection.

I do a few things.. i enjoy having many different ways to bring income in... it makes life fun
I am a full time carpenter.. part time gunsmith.. part time animal control officer and i teach firearm classes in my spare time

in past years i have collected more guns then i have right now. my rack holds 350ish and they have been full in past years... but after a while people start calling you at midnight about guns and things start getting to busy so i slow down for a few years.. the gunsmith thing i wanted to be a hobby and it turned into a full time job. so i bring it back to a hobby

and the atv's i love.. i broke my leg when i was about 14 and i was in a wheelchair or on crutches for 2 years so i spent a ton of time on a quad to get around. i want to get a old honda 3 wheeler yet and i would love another 1995ish honda 300 4x4.. you can get them cheap and it is nice when friends come over if you can all go for a ride.. i have always wanted to get into riding a bike but i freak out with them.. a close friend of mines brother was paralyzed this last weekend on a bike he is 24.. i know it can happen on a quad also but i think a bike is worse.

Congrats! Variety is the spice of life and keeps you from pulling your hair out.