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Predator Hunting => Trapping => Topic started by: jaspr1 on December 27, 2014, 05:10:43 AM

Title: Anticipation
Post by: jaspr1 on December 27, 2014, 05:10:43 AM
 ;D Sitting here like a little kid  ;) waiting for 1st light.  ;D Went yesterday with my friend and his daughter and observed the young lady (10) making sets to catch her 1st flat tail muskrat on steroids  ::) She did it all except the setting of the 330  :P which this old guy isn't going to play with either  :( :( Picked the spots made the castor mounds,etc.. froze her feet, just like her Uncle Paul.. :o...lol...Anyway we are all going momentarily, my camera will be in hand  ;D ;D... while waiting for dear old Dad to catch up  >:( we had a wow moment  :) crouched down in the swamp grass, we had a beaver swim by us at close range,awesome!  ;D ;D.....We finished off the morning with a few Dp's and a mink set. Missy dropped her glove in the creek and Dad was frowning upon her... ;D..I told her no worries  ;) all trappers drop their gloves and sometimes themselves in the crick  :P :P the original polar bear club.. :'( :'( :'(........... 8)
Title: Re: Anticipation
Post by: Pa Goosehntr on December 27, 2014, 06:36:37 AM
 ;) ;) ;) I'm hopeful she has success as you will be the head driver of flat tails for her now  :o :o :o fall-in the crick  :-[ :-[ :-[ yep!! several times, even through ice that I thought was thick enough  :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\
Title: Re: Anticipation
Post by: Leglifter on December 27, 2014, 07:28:13 AM
 8)
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Post by: Misterjake23 on December 27, 2014, 09:07:15 AM
Now that's what it's all about ....  Making memories.
Title: Re: Anticipation
Post by: jaspr1 on December 27, 2014, 09:53:38 AM
 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D We are back   ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D  Two #330 sets and WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!! "2" Beavers  ;D ;D ;D ;D On the way in Dad said "No Shouting" if we have 1......I said OK  ::) but he was talking to his daughter... ;)...who just laughed............I said  to her "I wanted to shout"  :D :D 1st beavers I ever was about, seemed like shouting time to me  ;D ;D ;D............anyway I will get a pic on here soon..... 8)
Title: Re: Anticipation
Post by: Leglifter on December 27, 2014, 01:20:55 PM
Awesome!!!! 8) 8) 8)
Title: Re: Anticipation
Post by: Pa Goosehntr on December 27, 2014, 05:31:13 PM
 ;) ;) ;) ;) WOW!! That's bragging rights for a 10 year old for sure  :o :o :o And I know Paul is wetting himself just being there  :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ OK, Guess I'll hafta go out and put some rat traps out again..... :-\ :-\ :-\
Title: Re: Anticipation
Post by: jaspr1 on December 28, 2014, 10:46:10 AM
 ;D ;D ;D.... Day 2...Beaver #3... ;D ;D...another 40lb+...I felt like shouting  ::) again, but held it in  :-X :-X..... ;D Someone is mighty happy  ;D ;D the real deal  :) remade castor mounds  and pulled the beaver out on a sled  ;D all by herself  ;D ;D.............HEY GOOSE... :P...this 10yr old is making us look BAD.... :P :P :P :P.......just sayin... :'( :'( :'(...... 8)    (http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt282/jaspr/IMG_2743.jpg)
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Post by: Misterjake23 on December 28, 2014, 01:17:01 PM
AWEASOME !!!
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Post by: Bowman66 on December 28, 2014, 01:36:08 PM
Her smile tells the whole story. Congrats little lady!
Title: Re: Anticipation
Post by: Pa Goosehntr on December 28, 2014, 05:54:43 PM
 ;) ;) ;) Well I hope the next check she connects again with a double and hitches you to the sled to pull them out  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D That is awesome!! Congrats young lady!!!  :o :o :o :o Now teach Paul how to do it!! ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) :P :P :P :P :P
Title: Re: Anticipation
Post by: Papa1 on December 28, 2014, 07:43:01 PM
Beautiful!  Absolutely Beautiful!  Happy New Year to the Young Lady and her Dad.  Dick
Title: Re: Anticipation
Post by: jaspr1 on December 29, 2014, 06:58:38 AM
 ;D I can't go today  :( :( :(  Goose I can't pull the sled  :P :P :P I'm the Official "Sage" that goes along and makes a pest of himself and keeps little "Peanut" giggling  ;) when Dad is trying to be serious.... >:( >:(...Here's another pic from yesterday with "Peanut" on point Dad in the middle trying to make us behave  >:( >:( >:( and me on the drag...lol.... a good time was had by at least 2... :D :D :D :D Not sure about Dad  :-\ :-\  pretty sure Beaver was wishing he was somewhere else  ::)................. 8)   (http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt282/jaspr/IMG_2746.jpg)
Title: Re: Anticipation
Post by: Lookn4Fur on December 29, 2014, 08:15:21 AM
Thats Great.  Congratulations to all involved.  I remember my first two.  Leglifter showed me the ropes and I will never forget it.
Title: Re: Anticipation
Post by: Pa Goosehntr on December 29, 2014, 12:06:13 PM
 >:( >:( >:(  Momma wouldn't let you out to play today, HuH??  :P :P :P :P Well give us a report as soon as you hear from her  ;D ;D ;D ;D Now get those honey-doos done so you can go out and play tomorrow  ::) ::) ::) ::)
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Post by: Hern on December 29, 2014, 04:29:13 PM
Congratulations.
Great pictures and story.
Title: Re: Anticipation
Post by: jaspr1 on December 30, 2014, 04:50:24 AM
 ;D Well no beavers yesterday  :( :( but two of their little cousins of "the Rat pack" were observed  ;D ;D Must be feeling brave now that those monsters aren't hogging up the whole creek  ::) She did connect on a coon, at a different location  ;D filling up the fur shed  ;) ........ 8)
Title: Re: Anticipation
Post by: Pa Goosehntr on December 30, 2014, 06:42:17 AM
 ;) ;) ;) That's great!! Now if only I could fill my fur shed  :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ Just for the record the mink is being tanned  ::) ::) ::) ::) mo money out the door   :-X :-X :-X :-X
Title: Re: Anticipation
Post by: jaspr1 on December 30, 2014, 01:01:28 PM
 ;D ;D ;D ;D  Hey Goose!  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D   I saw elsewhere a comment  ;) congratulating you on the 2nd Mink you've caught in 50yrs.. ;D ;D ;D ;D  They must know you also...lol... :P :P :P :P :P............. 8)
Title: Re: Anticipation
Post by: Pa Goosehntr on December 30, 2014, 02:31:45 PM
 ;D ;D ;D ;D  Yea, the black and white was my second.... 8) 8) 8) 8) and the other...well I lost count  :-X :-X :-X :-X maybe a couple of dozen, no big numbers  :-\ :-\ :-\ I like to trap but I don't think I could make a living at it  :P :P :P :P
Title: Re: Anticipation
Post by: Pa Goosehntr on December 31, 2014, 09:25:37 AM
 :( :( :( 22° this morning, cold on the 4 wheeler  :-[ :-[ :-[ .....how is the young beaver trapper doing???  :) :)
Title: Re: Anticipation
Post by: jaspr1 on December 31, 2014, 09:52:41 AM
 ;D I haven't checked today yet, but I believe her and dad are going to pull today.... :(....I think she is very satisfied with her effort to get 1, to tan.... ;D Dad I think is going to spring to tan 2 of them ;D.....Two were a dark chestnut color and one was more reddish... :)  Next on her list, is a Gray Fox ;D If I was a Gray Fox I would be dyeing my fur, right about now......;D ;D ;D..... 8)