Trapping Work Ahead...

..headed back to the Savannah River bluffs...


...Loading up the cargo trailer....

Go get 'em!!!

good luck and keep us updated with pics

Another day at the office?

Nice!

Nice. good luck.

You protecting turtles or something, Patrick?

No turtle protection. Too far inland..

We are about 45 min south of Augusta, Ga.

Looks like there's enough hardware to keep you pretty busy. Good luck

4 hours from home....gotta make sure I have everything I need...lol

Patrick, got any updates?

Just got back to camp a few minutes ago. Got 77 traps out today. Several are DPs at deer feeders. More than a dozen are 280s and 330s at crossovers and channels...

....tomorrow is 1st check of those and then set about 50 or 60 more.

I was on the river today , put in at Stoney Bluff and fished up just past the YUCHI WMA landing . Hope you have a good trip .

what all are you trapping there Swampwolf

You were close! If I had of hollered loud you might could have heard it...lol

Predators with a touch of beaver..

LOL figured I was , holler if ya need me .

Been rolling hard and fast...not many pics. A very nice kitty today. Dont see many leopards here...lol

Dang thats a nice cat

Nice!

Other cat today had a very silver/blue back....female cat.


Largest diameter cypress in this part of country. 5 people holding hands could not reach around it. Big beaver lodge in foreground. Have snares in this swamp. Some beautiful in there...

Not as many hogs on this property as last year. I found out why yesterday. Landowner says 300 killed in past year.



Found this yesterday laying in a wash on the high bluffs along the Savannah River. A true heartbreaker!

How much deer protein pellets and corn did this save today? Lol

lot of work right there awesome looking cat wish they all looked like that

Best furred Ga coyote in a long while..

And a nasty rubbed biggun...


Today's kitty..


7 more of these corn bandits today.


Otter death...

nice pics and good thread. good luck

awesome pics and thanks for sharing with us

Thanks for taking us along on your trapline! I always enjoy seeing your pictures.

What's the deal with the hogs? Are they just getting turned into fertilizer? Seems like a guy could pick up quite a bit of pork after the landowners thin the herd. Heck, many guys here would pay to go down a shoot a few hogs.

What kind of prices do your bobcats bring in this market? Not necessarily that super spotted one, but an average 'cat?

Hogs were destroying everything here. The owners of this property don't need the money. They bought this property several years ago just for hunting.

These southern cats topped at $50 last year. Averaged at $25 to 30. Groenewold Fur Co. Dried pelts.

Today's haul (Wednesday)...except three of the beaver were from yesterday.

Must not have bear around there using feeders like that?

A bear could destroy an anvil. Lol

Dang, you need to figure out how to keep all those dang coons out of your bobcat sets.

No bear here except for an occasional wanderer.

If I did that the landowners would fire me and find a better coon trapper...lol

Today's catch (Thursday). I need a skinner...badly...lol. I took a bunch of good pics today but my hands and wrists are hurting too much from skinning to post...will post some later.

SwampWolf you sure are stacking up some fur rest them hands and keep after them and thanks agin for sharing with us

Thursday's only kitty...nice female.


Remember this spot from yesterday. 2 traps..2 otters. Should have set a couple more traps here.


Cool coyote pic...the location is on the high sand bluffs overlooking the Savannah River bottoms. South Carolina in the distance.


Snared a couple beaver today..


Still getting doubles on the bandits. I hope this coon stuff slows down...dang.

Very nice!

Water critters galore and no ice. Warms my heart sir.

great job thanks for sharing

Cool Stuff... Congrats on your success, and thanks for sharing.

Today's cat...nice tom.


What is this red critter? Lol


How did this coyote get this buried up in a Bridger 2 dogless?


Friday's total haul...thank goodness finally for an easy skinning afternoon. Forgot to lay the one coyote in for this pic...

Nice.Looks like your getting nice deep catches with the #2 dogless.

Good job swampwolf,are you skinning all the coon and beavers?

Very impressive trap line! How many acres are you covering?

So far that trap seems to be the one I'm gonna stay with. The non-laminated jaws are a bit rough on grey fox and coons. I will probably laminate b4 next winter just to reduce those nasty looking injuries to those two critters.

On cats and coyotes this trap is near perfect.

Everyone of em...lol

Past few days I have been out-trapping my skinning abilities...

1 tract is 3500 acres.

The other "job" is several different tracts within .5 to .75 miles apart totalling about 2500 acres.

The 2 separate jobs are about 7 miles apart.

SwampWolf your catching some nice looking cats

Don't you just hate when that happens,lol.
You might need one of those walk in freezers.

great job keep it up

Slow day...1 coyote, 2 grey fox, 5 coons, 2 beavers. 2 possums.

You need some 001 LOL

Still have some I got from u. Using it now....

This....


..to this...in a couple hours.




Couple days worth of corn feeder coons and today's 2 beavers.

....hope you have meat market swamp ...or else that's a lot of artharitis for a 6 pack lol

I do, but in another state. GA not legal to sell coon meat as the coon is listed as a furbearer and a game animal. Illegal to sell game animals.

....I've run into the same problem a time or two..

...how are those dogless Bridgers doing for you? .....I've been having an urge to get rid of some good coyote and cat traps in order to get some better ones...

I'm liking the B2 dogless. I have 9 dozen out now. About half the coon and grey fox have rough feet/legs but im running mine stock except for the chains. For cats and coyotes...im very pleased with this trap and for $137 dozen....good price.

Im shortening the night latch notch, rounding off the edges of the offset jaw corners (sharp edges hurt my hands), adjust pan level with nut and bolt adjustment, and closing offset just a bit. All this takes about 8 minutes per trap.

...thanks for the info

Never thought of that. What's your theory for doing that? More catches on 'coon?

I spend about twice that much time on them!

I think they bed better and easier than my 550's...do you agree?

Not to hijack the thread but there will be 3 dozen mb650s for sell at the end of the season.
Don't know what it is about the Bridgers but they bed so fast and solid. I've been digging through traps tossing mb's to the side looking for them.

No problem. Those B2 dogless traps bed so easy. I'm liking them a lot.

I set the trap..clamp in vice and use a hand grinder to take off a bit of each jaw face corner. This is not affecting lever lock.

Im using some of my sons 550s. They bed easy too but the B2 dogless beds easier.

Today's coyotes. Had 4 coons also. Very slow day. I'm glad. Rained all day and still raining. Gonna be a muddy mess tomorrow.

Are the democrats going to be able to eat all them coon Patrick? Lol

Lol...and begging for more!

Swamp Wolf do you fella's bother skinning them yotes?

I skint one out of 10 so far. About 3 or 4 more were decent but short quard hairs. The landowner has a taxidermist friend that has taken 6 so far.

See page 2 of this thread for the only one I've skint.

Today's cat.

Total catch was very low. Rained all day and most of the night last night. Had this and 3 possums this morning.

I look forward to your daily updates. My season is pretty much done and sitting in the house is making me stir crazy. Following your adventures is a great way to pass time. Keep up the good work.

Glad your enjoying it. Always neat to see how others do things..

Distractions, distractions!!!

It's difficult to stay focused on trapping when this stuff is laying everywhere around the food plots.

This is what been picked up since I got here...

Today's cats and totals pic.

Reckon Ole Fido fathered this one?

Here is fuzzy wuzzy and a normal furred coyote.


Pulling all traps off this job tomorrow. Ready to get home..been 2 weeks since I seen Momma...lol

Nice job sir!

awesome job Swamp Wolf thanks for all the pics

How many yote and cat set are you Running?

Had close to 5 dozen DPs out for coon, about 2 dozen bodygrips for beaver and otter, a couple beaver footholds, a few beaver snares, and about 11 dozen coyote/cat sets at peak which was about 4 or 5 days ago.

Ttt

You bringing back my memory Wolfdog!!!