Post by musher on Nov 7, 2004 17:01:04 GMT -6
I usually learn a few things every season. Here's a list of what my noggin has figured out so far.
1- I prefer gutting beaver and chopping them into dog food rather than skinning and boarding them. This isn't exactly new but every time I flesh a beaver I'm reminded of it.
2- Two beaver in the basket and one in my hands is plenty. I don't know how or why I used to carry 4.
3- A CDR can break. I had the pan section unsolder on one. It was the only trap I had with me so I wired it together, set it, and caught a beaver. The trap is now in the repair pile. I love those traps. I still haven't had an empty fired one.
4- A 160 can catch, hold, and dispatch an otter. It isn't ideal but when it is the only trap you have handy and it is set it or leave the location unset then ....
5- A 160 doesn't always dispatch a fisher right away.
6- Sometimes fate is humourous. Buddy has been telling me for a while how, when he was a kid, he used to dispatch fisher with his hands. He was there when the live fisher was in the 160.
7- Buddy isn't a kid anymore!
8- Lynx poop on rocks - just like canids. Their scat is blunt and they like high rocks. So much for cats always burying their crap.
9- When cottagers are cross country skiing around your sets just tell them to back away slowly if they encounter a caught wolf. Also tell them that wolves travel in packs. This method of getting peace and quiet is a possible replacement for the old "chase them with the dog team" technique. (We barely have 3 inches of snow and they want to ski there because it's sandy!!!)
10- Even little kids learning to trap have bad luck. My son caught his first fox. All that he caught was the head because the rest was eaten ...
Did anyone else do some learning?
1- I prefer gutting beaver and chopping them into dog food rather than skinning and boarding them. This isn't exactly new but every time I flesh a beaver I'm reminded of it.
2- Two beaver in the basket and one in my hands is plenty. I don't know how or why I used to carry 4.
3- A CDR can break. I had the pan section unsolder on one. It was the only trap I had with me so I wired it together, set it, and caught a beaver. The trap is now in the repair pile. I love those traps. I still haven't had an empty fired one.
4- A 160 can catch, hold, and dispatch an otter. It isn't ideal but when it is the only trap you have handy and it is set it or leave the location unset then ....
5- A 160 doesn't always dispatch a fisher right away.
6- Sometimes fate is humourous. Buddy has been telling me for a while how, when he was a kid, he used to dispatch fisher with his hands. He was there when the live fisher was in the 160.
7- Buddy isn't a kid anymore!
8- Lynx poop on rocks - just like canids. Their scat is blunt and they like high rocks. So much for cats always burying their crap.
9- When cottagers are cross country skiing around your sets just tell them to back away slowly if they encounter a caught wolf. Also tell them that wolves travel in packs. This method of getting peace and quiet is a possible replacement for the old "chase them with the dog team" technique. (We barely have 3 inches of snow and they want to ski there because it's sandy!!!)
10- Even little kids learning to trap have bad luck. My son caught his first fox. All that he caught was the head because the rest was eaten ...
Did anyone else do some learning?
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