so far

Here is a pic of the Tom yesterday. He is trying to stay out of the rain. Maybe this will un-jinx you Kansas.

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very cool cat. What did you get him in?

In a walkthru set under a Juniper down a ridge. With a Victor #2 round jaw OS.

If we caught something every day (and we all wish we could), it would be called killing rather than trapping. We all have those zero days, and we hopefully learn from them to appreciate the good catch days.

So true! Spoken like a true trapper.

pulled out of one of my best cat areas today, didnt hardly get to trap it this year, rancher put cattle in there and they found every set i had, really sucks, this area usually produces 4 to 6 cats a season

Livestock is a love-hate relationship with me. I love to have them around when I'm trapping coyotes, but hate it when I'm after cats. If you use a lure or scent in livestock areas, make sure it contains no salt or sodium in it. This will attract cows, horses and sheep to your trap. Remember, they put salt blocks out to attract livestock to areas where they normally won't go so they graze off an area evenly. I use a three rock set in these areas. Big rock behind the trap, and two rocks at an equil triangle to the back rock aligned with the outer jaw on the straight line from the outside edge of both rocks. (Wow, that was clear as mud). Anyway, try a variation of this in livestock areas and you should with a no salt lure or scent be able to keep most of your traps working and the livestock out.

got moved to new ground today, put some sets in, had the warden tag my cats i have so far, skinned and stretched coon #31 today, big ole bore, went 4x

Caught another cat Sunday up high on a saddle. Nice young Tom. Not real happy with me!! [img][/img]

nice cat

Wow, you have some beautiful cats in your country.

Thanks I like to think so too! I had the top cat at the sale last year in all of Nevada until suday and a friend beat me by 30$

I'm sorry for you and I'm not. Its always good to have a goal to shoot for, and this is now your new task, Jedi-Master. "Try not, Do or do not, there is no try."

ended up with 4 skunks today, man do i really hate skunks, i can still smell them

Can you believe that there are trappers out there that go after skunks on purpose??? What are they thinking???

ridgeback740 wrote:

Can you believe that there are trappers out there that go after skunks on purpose??? What are they thinking???

They're easy to catch and there isn't much compitition.

and you dont have to worry about someone stealing your catch too much!!!!!

WOW and good luck to all who chase the stinkers!!

suppose to have a big snow this weekend starting friday, 6-15" 50mph wind gust

caught coons #32 and 33 today, and cat #11

Nice work Kansas! I caught a super nice Tom today with a great belly. I will post a pic soon.

Well here he is 1 big old tom with missing teeth!! [img][/img][img][/img]

awsome pics, was it a little chilly

Hey Bucks, that has to be one of the nicest bellies I've ever seen on a cat. Good Job.

It was a little nippy in the morning. Got better as the day went on. It is probably the 2nd best cat I have ever caught. Last year I caught one a little bigger and at the fur sale I was blown away at the price I got!!!

How do you upload a photo on here?

My first year trapping and I caught my first cat today

i upload to photbucket and copy and paste the img code in the reply box or message box

Nice looking cat nvtrapping, i want to see it strechted out. Awsome cat bucks. that one will definitely be a great looking stretched cat. Great job guys. Awesome cats all around

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That was easy thanks bghunter119

your welcome, nice cat

Thanks, glad I finally got one now im hooked for sure

yep, once you catch one, you are infected for life

Good looking blue cat! Was it a tom or female?? Do you need so tips for pan adjustment? Looks like a toe catch?? I can help you??

Famale! I caught her by 3 toes but yea the traps I have I got used and need some TLC, but didnt have time before the season to make adjustments so I cleaned them up and set them out. I could use all the advice and tips I can get. My trapping partner has been a good coach this year and given me the tools to get out on my own next year. Thank you to him! I just made some pan covers and will get them fitted for my traps for next season and hopefully try and get my traps working to the best of there ability for next season.

pulled everything but 8 cages, fixn to get real muddy this week, season is over in 10 days, had a good run this year, who knows, maybe i will pick up 1 or 2 more in the cages

Had my first cat stolen sunday! What a sick feeling. Its like a sucker punch to the gonads!! Set up some trail cams so if they dare to come back maybe just maybe justice will be served!!!

nothing sucks more than thieves

I hear you there Bucks, Im planning on getting some cameras up too. alot of that going around from what I hear in this area we are at. They better watch themselves.

I've got two trail cams, but haven't used them yet. What a great idea to set them up to watch your traps when you have someone stealing from you. Did they just take the cat, or the cat and the trap? I had a kid once sell me a trap that had a number stamped into it. Paid 5 bucks for it, but I contacted Fish and Game and asked if I could find out who it belonged to. They wouldn't tell me, but they contacted the registered owner and he contacted me. I gave him the trap back and he told me that someone had stolen a coyote and the trap. At least he got the trap back and I made a new friend.

No they left the trap hoping I would catch something else I guess. Hope they don't come back but I will be ready if they do!

hope you get them, got any new cat pics, love looking at those western cats, some much more to look at then here

Checking trapline tomorrow so hopfully some new pics to post for you all. I will try and remember to take some location pics to show the country. Good luck to all and thiefs beware!!!

Caught 2 nice toms on sunday. Had another visitor of the 2 legged kind that robbed me again!! [img][/img][img][/img]

did they say cheese?

Those are some nice cat Bucks..

Did the two legged visitor get a cat or just the trap?

Not really sayn cheese!! They left the trap and took whatever was in it? Couldn't tell on this set?? Good thing I caught 2 cats that day!!!

trail cam up yet?

Yep its up and I got 384 pics of a branch moving!! Ha Ha. It did catch a father and son quading which lets me know its in the right place. They didn't mess with anything so thats good. The other visitor was a diffirent cyn. So guess I need to set more cameras up?? Got some good snow finally!! Hope its not tooo messy up there??