Re: It was a good year on the bobcat trap line
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06/24/18 11:40 AM
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Jtrapper,
Move outta that swamp country brother and get some mesquite thorns in ya....
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Re: It was a good year on the bobcat trap line
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06/25/18 12:16 AM
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Mark June
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For those taxidermists who have contacted me via PMs, inquiring about my ability to harvest more bobcats in 2019 that will have that south Texas beautiful blue phase and perhaps a bit of Ocelot markings, let me answer in mass so I don't have to cut and paste too much in my inbox.
I do catch approximately 25 cats each year that are unique in their appearance and markings to the degree that a taxidermist could fall in love with them for show and certainly retail. If you would like me to consider freezing the skinned specimen with paws and head not fully skinned out whereby you could skin them out to the degree you'll... let's chat. I don't give these cats away so the chat will start with a decent $$$ involved please.
Thanks Mark
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Re: It was a good year on the bobcat trap line
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06/28/18 09:45 AM
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And Windwalker is just plain silly good on cats. And I cannot tell you "exactly" why HuntinHal, even though I make it. They just hammer it and a bunch of these died trying to get to it I promise you! I have some in my cart to try for fox and coyote next season! I look forward to it. Delaware Rob, Windwalker is spiked with skunk essence but not to the point it's LOUD. It's "robust" and made to use right at the set for fatal attraction of all major predators but for some reason... dang the bobcats and lynx love love love it.
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Re: It was a good year on the bobcat trap line
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06/28/18 10:14 AM
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someday when I grow up. maybe. good stuff June, thx for pic.
-- It seems all of Greece knows what is the right thing to do, but it is only the Spartans that do anything about it. --
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Re: It was a good year on the bobcat trap line
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06/29/18 12:57 AM
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Ehhh, not bad. Keep at it and you'll be able to fill in that circle! Just kidding. That is impressive as heck and I love the "barn" photo. Awesome job! I can't imagine the amount of work and effort that went into catching that many cats and the other critters you mentioned. And to dodge rattle snakes now to catch some??? Just wow! Hat's off, partner. Keep after them, Mark. Really, really cool photo and congrat's on wearing them out! Stay safe...and cool!! At the end of a long day when the last thing you feel like doing is skinning... guess what needs to happen. Skinning! I used to bring a freezer and put hides in it but ever try to skin a load of cats, then go to turn the hides, etc. Crazy hard by yourself. Now I skin and flip as I go. I don't borax my cats either as its a form of tanning that breaks down pelt fibers prior to the real tanning, so you get docked by those buyers who know what they are looking at (and the best ones do, trust me).
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Re: It was a good year on the bobcat trap line
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06/30/18 10:29 AM
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Thank you Dewey. The picture layout and angle was my wife Donna's idea. She also took this picture after suggesting I lay out my traps after I was dying and waxing all my 550's. Came out pretty cool.
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Re: It was a good year on the bobcat trap line
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06/30/18 10:32 AM
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Great job Mark! Love the pictures!
CWO4, SC, US Navy
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Re: It was a good year on the bobcat trap line
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06/30/18 10:36 AM
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Thanks Cameron. Donna got a super sweet Nikon camera this year and it has really been sweet to click, click, click on memories. I'm getting longer in the tooth so I need to click here and there as best I can in case the old bones in me give way
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Re: It was a good year on the bobcat trap line
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06/30/18 10:47 AM
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Re: It was a good year on the bobcat trap line
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06/30/18 11:27 AM
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Flint Hill Fur, I catch about 10-15 of those beauties a year. They are stunning. My buddy Rusty Johnson loves to come trapping in south Texas as he piles them up also.
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Re: It was a good year on the bobcat trap line
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06/30/18 08:08 PM
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Flint Hill fur,
Getting on ranches is a bit hard primarily because most ranchers have a "war story" of some trapper previously who didn't quite pan out for one reason or another. Once burned, twice shy as they say.
People think that by offering services for free or nearly so, that they'll have a better chance scoring a ranch. It's the opposite. Ranchers realize they get what they pay for. I've upped my rates twice in last 18 months and will raise them again in 2019. Guy gets $109/hour here to service buggies... trappers out here charging the equivalent of $10/hour and I don't know why they do it.
Understand however that once you set your price... you have to deliver.
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