Trapping Pictures (lets see some)

Way, way cool. more photos please...

Great to see! Thanks, yeah bring em on.

Great pictures!! You guys have the prettiest red fox back there. Ours are a paleish red/orange. Train up a child, as the good book says! :mrgreen:

Dan you da man...... you got it right......keep on trapping and teaching those kids the right way.....

That last one would have made me rent a skidder or dozer to do the same to their CAR!
Then I'd have to catch their dog and turn it in to the local pound for fixin, shots, haircut, nails trimmed, etc... oh and give the pound the dog owners name and phone number!

last one would have made me rent a skidder or dozer to do the same to their CAR!

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Trouble is you very seldom find the person responsible. I always keep my ears open, never know when some bird might chirp.

Im not a trapper, but have any of you trapped around bear bait sites at the end of bait season? I usualy have a bunch of martin and fisher hanging around my sites every year.

Trapping season opens up some time after end of baiting season I believe. Probably they would have it cleaned up by the time season rolled around. I don't trap either. I would love to learn though.

Trapping around bear baits

The general trapping season starts the day after bear season ends. One difference coming up will be fisher and marten not starting until Nov 15+/- and ending Dec 15+/-. This is due to the state wide lack of fisher.
Friend of mine used to trap fisher off Bob Parkers bait sites. No doubt they would be good areas. I know I've seen where fisher, cat and coyote have visited bear sites long into the winter. Coyotes will dig up the old areas where fryer oil has been dumped and soaked into the ground.

One difference coming up will be fisher and marten not starting until Nov 15+/- and ending Dec 15+/-. This is due to the state wide lack of fisher.

The sad part is the Department didn't take into account that Fisher prices had been down to $25-$30 for the past few years and this year they went back up close to $100 each! I don't for a minute believe there is a state-wide fisher crisis but possibly a regional lull in catch numbers.

This new proposed season is better than a limit because it allows trappers to keep what they catch, but they should have thought is out a bit more. At least in southern Maine trappers still have problems with deer hunters and I feel the "season" should open the day after deer season and go through December 31.

I was running 50 baits in the Ashland area for some time, we had martin at probably half the baits. I didnt realize they moved the season, we had a guy trapping off the baits 3 years ago after bear season and he did very well.

bruindog,
are you still running baits in ashland? Grew up in that town.

Nope, use to run some in Ashland on state land and paper company land, some over in Chapman on state land, and some in Portage. The guy I was partnering with was too much of a hot head to deal with so we went our seperate ways. Too bad, I could of bought him out at one point for cheap money. Nice lodge and he had a pretty decent route, but trying my baiting tactics was not in his game plan although they proved to be successfull. Last I heard he still had all the baits and was running the show himself with a handfull of hunters, certainly wont pay the bills!!

Is this guy located in portage, or garfield? did not know if you wanted to mention names.

check your pm.