Re: Anyone else not trapping this season?
[Re: Andrew N.]
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01/24/22 02:51 PM
01/24/22 02:51 PM
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danny clifton
"Grumpy Old Man"
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"Grumpy Old Man"
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Posts: 29,929
williamsburg ks
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I am sitting out the rest of it
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: Anyone else not trapping this season?
[Re: Swamp Wolf]
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01/24/22 04:57 PM
01/24/22 04:57 PM
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Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 10,727 Iowa
trapdog1
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Posts: 10,727
Iowa
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A season missed is a season NEVER got back.
Exactly!
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Re: Anyone else not trapping this season?
[Re: Andrew N.]
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01/24/22 05:03 PM
01/24/22 05:03 PM
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Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 1,433 Akron, Ohio
bass10
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trapper
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Akron, Ohio
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No traps set here the last two years. Just can't justify the time and money spent for a $100-$200 fur check (IF). I am 56 and can't wait to retire to spend a lot of time at my cabin and will be setting steel then from my UTV and hope prices are at least respectable. I have too many other things I enjoy doing and I don't need the extra pain on my body for literally no reason. The fur prices make me sad actually.
Last edited by bass10; 01/24/22 05:04 PM.
"The more people I meet the more I love my dog!"
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Re: Anyone else not trapping this season?
[Re: Andrew N.]
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01/24/22 05:11 PM
01/24/22 05:11 PM
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Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 8,773 East of the Mason-Dixon Line
DelawareRob
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I’ll keep trapping as long as the ground nest predators are still out there eating. Not much worried about fur prices as that has never been the reason that I set traps. Hope you folks waiting for better prices are willing to wait, I doubt they will ever come back. Hope I’m wrong. But, this coon below is worth at least $10 and a turkey or duck nest to me.
Who is John Galt?
You don't rise to the occasion, you fall to the level of your training.
Semper Paratus
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Re: Anyone else not trapping this season?
[Re: Andrew N.]
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01/24/22 05:17 PM
01/24/22 05:17 PM
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Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 34,955 Central, SD
Law Dog
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I’m always trapping throughout the year skunks never stop coming. LOL I caught a couple cats and a handful of badgers but skunks are my main target and any pop out badgers I come across.
I’m up to 12 skunks at one location and 7 at another in the last month that pays better then yotes this year average wise.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
Jerry Herbst
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Re: Anyone else not trapping this season?
[Re: Andrew N.]
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01/24/22 05:56 PM
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Joined: May 2010
Posts: 1,447 idaho
wallfur
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idaho
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Re: Anyone else not trapping this season?
[Re: Andrew N.]
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01/24/22 06:10 PM
01/24/22 06:10 PM
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Posts: 745 South Central Kansas
KsTrapper88
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South Central Kansas
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I hadn’t trapped for three years between moving and two newborns in that time. Decided I’d run a small line with my oldest two kids on the quarter behind the house. Set some coon water sets and a few cat/yote sets. But within a week I was making more and more dry land sets. It’s so addictive . Plus it’s getting personal with these coyotes, they seem to be getting the better of me....for now.
Derek
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