Probly bunch on here who are not, unless hear price increases, not gonna kill myself over it, not do nearly much with high gas prices

Fun walking line again this year,..out the back door. A couple reds and two beautiful skunks. Five sets out now.

Elk till the fifteenth then bcat opens and going to try for some snow yotes at 8500’ should be nice and fluffy!

Yep... going to hit it a little... get a few rats a few coon, hopefully a couple of mink. Don't want any skunks or possums. Would like get a few beaver and an otter, but none real close and have to walk so far into get them... they are all about out of the question. Not worrying about the prices... still tanning everything.

Be careful out there and tight chains and full cages.

Garry-

I just got back and settled in Arizona so my trapping will be limited. Not only by time but where I can go. Im investing a little heavier this year in calling and cage traps, mostly because of my limited time. But if I get a long enough weekend or something I might jump the line over to NM where I can throw down some steel. Im getting ramped up now but I find myself short of all the tools for anything too constant. Mostly in real need of boards for coyotes and cats.

yes I will have not miss a season in 49, years

I'm trapping, but I'll leave you most of the coons! Is it profitable? Depends on your perspective. I get a lot of excersize, and the few fox I get go for $50... eventually. It's at least a fun way to lose money.

absolutely!

Stopped at fur buyer yesterday.Muskrat $3.50 on carcass $5.00 basis stretched and dried was the only good news.Beaver $2-$4-$6 depending on size.No coon and only buying western coyote.This guy has been brokering 3 million dollars of coyote a year.He figures this is his last year.So heck yeah I’m gonna trap.

Yes
Coyotes for sure
Lynx maybe
Fisher maybe

I’ll be trapping like it’s my job. lol

Planning to hunt coyotes in December and Beaver/cats/civets for January-February.

Full on assault starts this weekend!!!!

Depends on the price of chaga.

Chaga-isn’t that a mushroom?

Yeah, not to be mistaken with "chupacabra" which require extra swiveling on your traps.

Yes. They grow on the trapline. They are profitable making trapping travel and travel time expenses zero.

This. I’m trapping rats but what the heck else I’m I suppose to catch ? Coon-worthless, beaver a ton of work and what 10 bucks with castor? Mink? Hearing a dollar, no coyote market. 3.20 a gallon gas. I tend to be optimistic but are you kidding me. I’ll am trapping and when I look around out on the line and see no trappers or hope for profitability I say out loud. What the heck I’m I doing out here?

Yep. I will spend the month of December on the line.

Gonna get going next week, right now cleaning up some beaver. I'am not skinning them---lion food!

It's a good time to be a trapper!

Tom