Post by RK's Predator Plus on Dec 21, 2015 23:20:50 GMT -5
I've yet to even pick up a trap. Want to set up a mink line, but...there's an old saying in these hollers that the mink don't work the creeks until after freeze up, after all the mice and chipmunks have went to ground for the winter. That's not gonna happen this year and in most years down here (S.E. corner of IN) it doesn't happen until after Xmas.
Was two winters ago when we were locked up at the opener and it stayed that way with snow.....for weeks. Unheard of here. So... I put out about 60-65 mink sets of all types on about 15-20 diff stops.
FOUR MINK in THREE WEEKS of running. 4 mink. Four @#$*& d**n lousy mink. 4. Four.
I say, "No 'rats, no mink".
And...I'm sticking to my guns. Not gonna do it. Been trying to reach 50 to get the wife a coat made. Got like 25-27 garment tanned by Moyle over the years, but....they'll be rotted by the time I get another 25.
I simply am not gonna do it.
Seen the day when 100 mink would come from 4 part-timers all running basically the same creeks here.
Everything just sux anymore. Can't coyote trap because of the thieving deer hunters. Quit that years ago too. Just not worth the effort....giving $25/ea. tricked out traps to thieves. If it's not deer related, you won't even get a call back down here from a CO...or...they can come by to "take your statement" in 3 weeks. "You see, we have mandatory time off for Christmas, I hurt my back and I have a weeks vacation coming."
That's what I got the last time I reported a thief...had a name and license plate too. I just quit after that. That was 3 seasons ago now.
Do some nuisance work in the bigger towns, but that's all. Didn't even check my beaver contract and bill them for it. The money is there, all I gotta do is go ride thru and look and send the bill. They'll pay...always do. But,,,,just not gonna do it. Period.
The BeastMaster
Professor Emeritus-
North American Trapper University
Was two winters ago when we were locked up at the opener and it stayed that way with snow.....for weeks. Unheard of here. So... I put out about 60-65 mink sets of all types on about 15-20 diff stops.
FOUR MINK in THREE WEEKS of running. 4 mink. Four @#$*& d**n lousy mink. 4. Four.
I say, "No 'rats, no mink".
And...I'm sticking to my guns. Not gonna do it. Been trying to reach 50 to get the wife a coat made. Got like 25-27 garment tanned by Moyle over the years, but....they'll be rotted by the time I get another 25.
I simply am not gonna do it.
Seen the day when 100 mink would come from 4 part-timers all running basically the same creeks here.
Everything just sux anymore. Can't coyote trap because of the thieving deer hunters. Quit that years ago too. Just not worth the effort....giving $25/ea. tricked out traps to thieves. If it's not deer related, you won't even get a call back down here from a CO...or...they can come by to "take your statement" in 3 weeks. "You see, we have mandatory time off for Christmas, I hurt my back and I have a weeks vacation coming."
That's what I got the last time I reported a thief...had a name and license plate too. I just quit after that. That was 3 seasons ago now.
Do some nuisance work in the bigger towns, but that's all. Didn't even check my beaver contract and bill them for it. The money is there, all I gotta do is go ride thru and look and send the bill. They'll pay...always do. But,,,,just not gonna do it. Period.
The BeastMaster
Professor Emeritus-
North American Trapper University
