Caught a Canary.

Hot dog !

I want him !

I bet that one won’t make the auction house! Very nice

Beautiful. How often do you catch one?

caught a male like that in Mn when we were box trapping stock to stock new genes in Wi. We didnt keep , we released

BP,Last one I caught was about 8 years ago.
A couple years after I got my Adnac trapline,in the early 90s I caught 3 in one season.

Beautiful- Boco

Congratulations

Awesome looking critter !

That is amazing. Beautiful color.

Wow, that is cool!

WOW that is something!!! thanks for sharing

Beautiful colors …. I would imagine they really stand out to birds of prey ….

WOW never seen one of them......jk

I take it "Canary" is a color phase, but of what animal? We don't have those around here.

Pretty cool

Beautiful critter! I have never caught a Marten like that before.

They are kind of rare=less than 1% of the harvest.
No 9 on the colour scale for Marten

Thats awesome Boco, that there is what makes trapping exciting. The surprises on the line.

That is just gorgeous, if it doesn’t go on someone’s wall it’s a waste if not a crime

Very cool.

I froze it whole for now in case some taxidermist wants to buy it.
If not,I will skin it complete and tan it.
When I get tired of looking at it I might make something out of it.

Hopefully not another thong.

Maybe a spuganagin.

Or work it up into a hat with a combination of skunk fur or black marten.

My guess is a taxidermist will make an offer you can't refuse.

Only marten I saw while in Quebec , was a red colored one , darker than yours.

Very nice catch .

Pretty awesome!

Wow, way cool!

That is awesome! Thanks for sharing!
Heck, I've never even seen a regular marten!

We’re gonnah have to arm wrestle ovah that one.....What a beauty !!

Nessy imagine seeing that OJ bouncing through the trees in wintah snow !

Nice catch. My first experience with canary martin was at an FHA auction. There were strings of them. Not knowing any thing I assumed they all came from one area. After understanding how they did the auction. Then I realized they loted like kind together and they could come from different trapping areas. There were several strings so even thou they are scare quit a few do get caught every season.

Very nice, I've never seen one like that...congrats!

Nice marten. I have never seen one like that yet. I caught a grey one and a jet black one. Hopefully I see one just like yours hanging this winter

That's awesome, Boco! I've never seen that color phase, though I caught one with that color at its throat.

Jim

Well both me and Dr. Google got to profess ignorance on that one.

Nice Boco!

On a side note, thats a cool reference manual you have there showing the different colors.
Does it contain info on other, more southern fur bearers as well?

Good stuff Boco!

That sounds interesting.

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That looks like that is from NAFA. I have the same one. I'm not sure the one posted would grade as a true canary by NAFA standards? Mine never did.

Wow, beautiful animal!!

Outstanding

In western interior Alaska in far western Unit 20, canaries were about 10% of the catch. Very high proportion. Nice one, Boco.

Congratulations! Beautiful animal.

That is from the WFMC - the trappers bible-I thought all trappers had one.
It covers everything.

Really cool catch. I’ve only seen one marten and that was in Colorado and it was orange. I had no clue that was a rare color. That was 20 years ago and I can still remember it, so energetic and seemed to glow in the sunlight shining thru the evergreens.

Beautiful... That would really be exciting to catch... Nice Wallhanger.

Garry-

I thought someone put a tangerine in my trap for a joke Garry,lol.

10% that is remarkable Gulo.
I hope this guy was able to spread a few of his genes around before I snuffed him.

Dang Boco. I thought before, you said that one made from a least weasel was more your size. I used to have one made from an otter, but found it to be too heavy, and caused too much chafing...

LOL.

That is why I prefer foothold traps over coni types.
I used to catch a lot of those canaries but they made the other 50% of my catch look bad.

So I always release that color phase now.

Since I catch 60 to 70 percent pale to extra pale marten and they almost always bring the least money, I'm not enamored with pale marten. I find black marten beautiful.

Exactly !

Well then, with limited to only one colour, you'll nevah be able to have a hat built like mine, then ... every marten in this hat is a different colour. Especially the bright orange one, a "canary" I call OJ, which is in the rear, contrasting nicely in showcasing the three tails. Shown with flaps down in this pic. There's a place for all colours !

Ok just read some more posts and looks I have led a sheltered life and just got learned

Get blacks here too.

Nice hat Sharon.

Thank you, Boco. Your black marten is gorgeous. Imagine the combo of your OJ and Blackie together in a hat.