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Re: Lyonch trapping 08
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:10 pm
by lyonch
I normally use footholds for fox too but the fox as i mentioned before the pics that this one was completely accidental. It was a trail set for coon. I never reset the same trap on a trail if i catch one. If there is no critter there there is no reason for the a dog to run the trail. I also make sure i dont set right next to someones house. i feel that you are more apt to catch a dog in a bucket set than a trail set.
Re: Lyonch trapping 08
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 7:17 am
by lyonch
Well here are some pics from the past week.
This one was so cold he was shivering when i come up to him. He was a peg legged coon and i caught him by the peg legg barely. If he would have pulled hard enough it would have been a minor flesh wound if he would have pulled out.
Here's a double on coon in trail sets!
The next two are coon caught in trail set
A group picture of the days catch.
Here is my first otter!! The otter was 42 inches from the tip of the nose to the tip of the tail. Jamie does that freezer look familiar?
This coon cracked me up!! Normally every coon i have caught in a foot hold on land has been so mad and they would charge and do there little growl and all that good stuff but this one was a different story. LOL when i went to dispatch the coon everytime i would get ready to take care of buisness he would put his left paw over his eyes. I was shaking from laughing so hard that i had to put the gun down twice!! He would put his paw over his eyes like "O' dear Lord i dont wanna watch this, it isn't gonna be good!!" LOL it was a big boar coon and with a pussy attitude LOL.
Re: Lyonch trapping 08
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 7:43 am
by Daryl
Nice work! That otter is cool.
Re: Lyonch trapping 08
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 2:32 pm
by Fallguy
geez lyonch i started laughing just thinking of that coon blinding itself
what do you think you might get for that otter?
Re: Lyonch trapping 08
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 6:47 pm
by lyonch
I dont know what i will get for the otter?? I refrenced my chart for sizing and it says that an otter that is 38 inches and larger says it is an extra large otter. So i thought what the heck if its a nice one then i might as well have it tanned and add it to the wall of furs
After i see the december auction then i will decide if the money out ways the trophy status
Re: Lyonch trapping 08
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 5:29 am
by lyonch
Well i dont have any pictures cause the battery in the camera was dead but last night i caught a fox and when i cam up to it she was dead and pulled to the end of chain. At first i saw some blood and thought someone dispatched it for me but after i skun it out there were a lot of things that were messed up!! It's front shoulder that was in the trap was broke, there was a chunk of meat missing in the ass end of it, there were lacerations on its side, tooth holes in its back, and i think the final blow was when something bit it right behind the ears in the neck region. Im assuming it was a coyote but i am curious if there is any other critter that would attack a fox that is in a trap besides a coyote!!
Re: Lyonch trapping 08
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 10:53 am
by Fallguy
lyonch
That is too bad you didn't have a camera with that would have been neat to see. I have heard where coyotes will kill a fox if they get the chance so I suppose that could be.
Re: Lyonch trapping 08
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 5:26 pm
by Tim Anderson
From what you described i would say two coyotes killed the fox.. I had it happen once except it was only one coyote, it just bit the fox in the back of neck and killed it... Next mourning when i was driveing in to check my traps i spotted the coyote on a hay-bail about 100 yds away sleeping..
Re: Lyonch trapping 08
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 6:43 am
by RandyRoede
Did it look like this?? I had to find the body, the only thing left in the trap was the hind leg.
Re: Lyonch trapping 08
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 12:19 pm
by lyonch
Randy it wasn't that brutal of a killing. There were no bod parts ripped off from the body or mangled that bad. There were lashes in the sides and teeth marks in the back and neck of the fox. The chain was pulled tight and there wasn't a catch circle. It reminded me of a picture that jamie posted a while back of a bobcat that was killed by a coyote. It had a lot of the same markings!!
Re: Lyonch trapping 08
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 6:02 am
by lyonch
Re: Lyonch trapping 08
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 6:14 am
by LeviM
There you go finally catching what I have been catching all year! One night I had 3 squirrels, a skunk, a rabbit, and cat! Now talk about fustrating, everything but what you want
Re: Lyonch trapping 08
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 5:02 pm
by Coyotehunter
great pics. yep it is like xmas every time you check traps................or is like a box of chocolates
Re: Lyonch trapping 08
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 6:35 am
by LeviM
Coyotehunter wrote:great pics. yep it is like xmas every time you check traps................or is like a box of chocolates
I am thinking its more like a box of chocolates of late. You never what you will get! Actually I feel more like "forrest Gump" everytime I check traps!!
Re: Lyonch trapping 08
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 2:48 pm
by lyonch