DustyC trapping 09

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After talking to him last night, he is going to start over there the first of March. He was buying some fur for Hughes and some for a guy named Mike?????? :? I heard through the grapvine that thats a hard county to work. The guy they had there had a reputation as a really good denning hand and all around for that matter. I also heard that they really don't like guys that take time off for any reason.
He talked like he wanted to call the new business Wyoming Fur Company.
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I actually weighed the carcass before a rookie attempt at removing the glands and it weighed an even 28# with out the hide. I really want to find the mate to this cat in the next 2 weeks. :D
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If I was him I would have wanted to start sooner to get to know the country some first.........this is more of a PM type of discussion. we can talk some time other time about all of that. I got a big one a few weeks ago that went 35.5 lb.
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35.5 is huge. Whats the biggest cat you have seen?
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I have taken them over 36.5 my brother works for a taxidermist in Minnesota and one was brought in just this winter that went 45 lbs. I have read of one back in the 50's I think taken in Idaho that was 60 lbs!!
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Stanley P young wrote about that 60 lber in Bobcats of North America. That would be pretty cool to see.
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yep that is were I got that. I got one in Minnesota that was 32-34.......don't remember for sre but he was a monster when I came up on the snare. they loose a couple of pounds sitting in those traps. My biggest ones always seem to be in trail snares.
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Thats what got this one. Just a snare set in a draw that had alot of coyote sign. I've taken 3 coyotes out of there so far. I think if I get that job I'll miss the cats the most. I really enjoy trappin and puttin em up.
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I hear ya.
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I caught this big tom 2 days ago after an air assault on some coyotes that killed a neighbors calf. They wound up taking the den and I set some equipment to clean up any stragglers. Killed one coyote on an m-44 and caught one in a dirt hole. The bobcat was caught in a anthill scent station. Pretty cat. I hope I find him again next cat season.
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I really like that face on that one :D Something about those big tuffs of hair around their face kinda wins me over i think :lol:
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hopefully you can re-catch him next year. might put some big $$ in your wifes checking account :shock: :lol: :lol:
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I know the season is over but just for shits and giggles, how was the fur? Was it still ok? My old man said they'll stay prime intil April.
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My wife enjoys the money I give her! If sheld just share a little of it!!! :D The fur still looked pretty good. You definitely could have put him up.
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Will you be cat trapping next year dusty or will you be stuck on just coyotes?
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