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440 pound otter #8087301 02/27/24 10:29 AM 02/27/24 10:29 AM
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 4,702 Illinois foxkidd44 OP trapper
foxkidd44 OP trapper Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 4,702 Illinois	Imagine how hard it’s be to hold this one… and then the fleshing and stretching!! https://a-z-animals.com/blog/meet-the-largest-otter-that-ever-lived-a-440lb-giant/ Stand by your principles, Stand by your guns, and victory complete and permanent is sure at last. Abraham Lincoln

Re: 440 pound otter [Re: foxkidd44] #8087305 02/27/24 10:39 AM 02/27/24 10:39 AM
Joined: Sep 2020 Posts: 1,871 Pennsylvania P patrapperbuster trapper
patrapperbuster trapper P Joined: Sep 2020 Posts: 1,871 Pennsylvania	It could be worse. Think of a 440 lb. Opossum Till that day.....

Re: 440 pound otter [Re: foxkidd44] #8087339 02/27/24 11:19 AM 02/27/24 11:19 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,766 S.W.Oregon newhouse114 trapper
newhouse114 trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,766 S.W.Oregon	That would make a dandy sleeping bag! Life Member NTA & FTA "Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain http://alaskastoneanivory.com/index

Re: 440 pound otter [Re: foxkidd44] #8087348 02/27/24 11:28 AM 02/27/24 11:28 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 17,725 Rodney,Ohio SNIPERBBB trapper
SNIPERBBB trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 17,725 Rodney,Ohio	Not sure which would be worse to skin, the giant otter or giant beaver. At least the giant otter tails would be easier to flesh because as we learned from Young Frankenstein, its easier to work on things that are bigger. http://www.sniperstrappingplace.com/tmansearch.php

Re: 440 pound otter [Re: foxkidd44] #8087374 02/27/24 12:02 PM 02/27/24 12:02 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 15,808 MN, Land of 10,000 Lakes T Trapper7 trapper
Trapper7 trapper T Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 15,808 MN, Land of 10,000 Lakes	You'd get a pretty penny for that otter! Most in this country have things people in other countries only dream about. Yet, they want America to be more like those other countries.

Re: 440 pound otter [Re: foxkidd44] #8087377 02/27/24 12:05 PM 02/27/24 12:05 PM
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,718 49th State M mad_mike trapper
mad_mike trapper M Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,718 49th State	As they are now they are crazy mean, fast, and dangerous. Cannot imagine one of that size!

Re: 440 pound otter [Re: foxkidd44] #8087576 02/27/24 05:38 PM 02/27/24 05:38 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 8,221 Piney va. soon be 19 cotton trapper
cotton trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 8,221 Piney va. soon be 19	My old 0 Victor's would hold em. John 3/16 ifin your gonna be dumb ya gotta be tough VTA life member

Re: 440 pound otter [Re: foxkidd44] #8087613 02/27/24 06:26 PM 02/27/24 06:26 PM
Joined: Apr 2022 Posts: 3,864 Wisconsin G Guss trapper
Guss trapper G Joined: Apr 2022 Posts: 3,864 Wisconsin	No such thing as a 440lb otter

Re: 440 pound otter [Re: foxkidd44] #8087629 02/27/24 07:02 PM 02/27/24 07:02 PM
Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 7,411 NC B bowhunter27295 trapper
bowhunter27295 trapper B Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 7,411 NC	So a 220 and up will catch an otter of today. What size gripper would be needed for a 400 lb otter? JEEZ!!! I couldn't set it, much less even carry it. And GOD FORBID I enter that club!!! How many lies will people believe before they realize their own idiocy?

Re: 440 pound otter [Re: Guss] #8087669 02/27/24 07:58 PM 02/27/24 07:58 PM
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 4,702 Illinois foxkidd44 OP trapper
foxkidd44 OP trapper Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 4,702 Illinois	Not now… but apparently at one point, there was Stand by your principles, Stand by your guns, and victory complete and permanent is sure at last. Abraham Lincoln

Re: 440 pound otter [Re: bowhunter27295] #8087670 02/27/24 07:58 PM 02/27/24 07:58 PM
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 4,702 Illinois foxkidd44 OP trapper
foxkidd44 OP trapper Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 4,702 Illinois	Originally Posted by bowhunter27295 So a 220 and up will catch an otter of today. What size gripper would be needed for a 400 lb otter? JEEZ!!! I couldn't set it, much less even carry it. And GOD FORBID I enter that club!!! Only make that mistake once.. lol Stand by your principles, Stand by your guns, and victory complete and permanent is sure at last. Abraham Lincoln

Re: 440 pound otter [Re: foxkidd44] #8087690 02/27/24 08:22 PM 02/27/24 08:22 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 9,907 Northern Illinois M MChewk trapper
MChewk trapper M Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 9,907 Northern Illinois	You would need an "aught six" for dispatch....lol

Re: 440 pound otter [Re: MChewk] #8087790 02/27/24 10:24 PM 02/27/24 10:24 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 11,395 East-Central Wisconsin B bblwi trapper
bblwi trapper B Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 11,395 East-Central Wisconsin	Sturgeon are lucky to still be on the planet! Wonder what the setting tongs would look like for setting a 1980 330 times 6? Bryce

Re: 440 pound otter [Re: foxkidd44] #8088100 02/28/24 11:39 AM 02/28/24 11:39 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 11,338 Oregon beaverpeeler trapper
beaverpeeler trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 11,338 Oregon	I saw some otters in the Amazon that were pretty big. Wikipedia says average weight for giant south american otters is 75 lbs.... the pelts looked like ironing boards but length of fur was abut 1/4" Last edited by beaverpeeler; 02/28/24 11:42 AM. My fear of moving stairs is escalating!

Re: 440 pound otter [Re: beaverpeeler] #8088694 02/29/24 12:05 AM 02/29/24 12:05 AM
Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 17,493 Wheaton Ks L lee steinmeyer trapper
lee steinmeyer trapper L Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 17,493 Wheaton Ks	Thats why we have the cities treaties on cats and otter. Stupid customs folks weren’t smart enough to tell the difference between “look alike” species! Originally Posted by beaverpeeler I saw some otters in the Amazon that were pretty big. Wikipedia says average weight for giant south american otters is 75 lbs.... the pelts looked like ironing boards but length of fur was abut 1/4" YOU CAN IGNORE REALITY, BUT YOU CANNOT IGNORE THE CONSEQUENCES OF IGNORING REALITY. http://www.lptraplinesupply.com

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