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Post by musher on Jul 27, 2009 19:43:52 GMT -6
bobafett: I don't have a clue. I saw buddies fur receipts, I have his equipment, and I sized the guy up. He did not trap very hard. As he told me, he caught a beaver when he needed meat. Given that it's the first year and I don't know the area, given that I am still going to trap the old areas just as hard, given that I still have a job and a family, I'll be happy with 50 critters. That doesn't count squirrels, rats, or weasels. If the line is good it could be able to take 80 a year without dipping into the "capital."
Bob: All the gov't gets is the rent I pay for the line. I think that's it's about $1.30 per sq. km. yearly. If I sell the line I get the money. However, if I get convicted of poaching, I lose it. The line goes into the lottery.
50: There's a small swamp and lake in front of the camp. Buddy says that he sees moose from the rocking chair. I don't plan on sleeping there too much. It's only 45 minutes from the house. So the wood shed is going to stay empty for a bit. I can put some in the truck when I go. There's a chablis (windblown trees) beside the camp. I have camp wood in the form of fir and spruce for the next 20 years within 500 feet. I will put some diesel in the oil stove, though! I won't give a GPS location! I bought it to have more peace and quiet and there are quite a few lurkers from my home province on this site.
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Post by redsnow on Jul 27, 2009 20:34:26 GMT -6
Dang, that's cheap for rent. If I figured right, the new place is around 15,000 acres, right?
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Post by bobafett on Jul 28, 2009 11:00:21 GMT -6
Can I hunt on a RTL? or does the trapper have the right s to the game animals too
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Post by Stef on Jul 28, 2009 11:51:25 GMT -6
Yes you could
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Post by prioritytimberland on Jul 28, 2009 17:35:13 GMT -6
Musher, Stef If all these trapline are owned and not trapped by moose hunters would you be allowed to sublease them? Pay the rent, give the guy his needed fur and go trap them!
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Post by northof50 on Jul 28, 2009 19:02:15 GMT -6
Stef good point on the GPS stuff, guess there are the quiet johnny seekums out there even in cyber-=space. The dogs are going to be thrilled to travel new trails, good luck on holding onto the runner's handle bar's this winter.
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Post by Stef on Jul 28, 2009 20:47:35 GMT -6
Yes but it needs a little help called "luck" Some trappers I know were lucky and run very nice traplines now but it took them years and a lot of sacrifice because before 2008 season.. A registered line trapper could not trap in the free hole or farmland. Now we can do this since last fall. New also last fall, A farmland trapper who was trapping only the private properties can trap on someone else Registered line if the owner of that line signed him a paper made for that. Like last fall, my wife won a line and I trapped it Stef
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Post by musher on Jul 29, 2009 6:07:44 GMT -6
Many of these moose hunters fancy themselves trappers because they "dabble" a little. They catch their 15. They know that if they let you trap there will be less fur for them next year.
BUT if you can catch wolves and bears they like you more! Given the prices of these two critters it isn't economically feasible to just trap them.
You can hunt/ these lines but you do not have exclusive rights to. It will cost you about an extra $300 also. Lots of competition for moose. I don't think that it is in the trappers best interest to hunt moose on his line. That way the other guys don't see you as competition. Instead they see you as an aid.
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