Hairy results

[Possum]

I don't know where it came from but there was a 4 foot long log laying way-n-ell out on the prairie along a grass water way. So I used it for backing for a 2-hole set with a raw mouse down one hole and some beaver bait down the other. Good spot and in a day or two I caught a coyote. Tossed it in the truck and started to remake. Wowser! Hair everywhere. Hair on the rake, hair on the earth auger. I went to the dead coyote to see if there was any bald spots where it had worn off all the hair dancing with the log. Looked pretty good. Curious enough for me to study the situation closer.
The answer was, they'd mowed the waterway. What they'd mowed down was a big clump of marijuana and that's where I'd set the trap. The hair was hemp fibers!
It's been a long time since college, but in those days, it would have been a treasure trove!

[musher]

So ... was the coyote smiling in the trap?

[Possum]

I caught a possum in the remake at the site yesterday. It was definitely grinning and had a decided wobble as it walked away. Come to think of it, all possums are like that. Maybe they are just stoners?

[jim]

It walked away? Probably will tomorrow too.

Jim

[Possum]

Our possum season isn't open yet or I'd have kept and skinned it. I usually average around $2.50 or more for my possums and they are so quick and easy to put up, it's not that bad. Only takes about 10 minutes, start to finish = $18 per hour. Catch 2 ratty looking, cockle-burr coyotes that take an hour to put up and you only get 4 or 5 bucks for and the possums are less heavy lifting and bigger paycheck. I use a fairly heavy pan tension so I don't catch many possums before the season. This was only the third one.

[jim]

Wow grinners are protected part of the year.
Jim