Hunting And Fishing Thread!?!

[chopsaw]

Recent picture of ice fishing at dawn in the beautiful state of VT.

Awesome picture . Reminds me of the start of the day on an iced over slab . No mountains ,,, though .

 

[DRKsmoking]

Reminds me of the start of the day on an iced over slab

Those were always cold and hateful days , thats why my knees are bad mostly. working on frozen concrete
I hate winters ( for working in )

David

 

[crazymoon]

That's an amazing shot! Hope you caught some fish :)

TBM, Daily limit that day,one Lake Trout and one salmon.

 

[eaglewing]

With bow, walked right up to me, then ran bleeding all down hill for 150 yards... I had to drag it all the way back up to the road. I won't be needing a heart stress test... I survived!! (barely)

 

[K9BIGDOG]

Anyone else out there have a bird dog? In addition to all the fishing and other hunting I do all year, my passion has been chasing my English Setter around the fields and woods.

 

[JLeonard]

crazymoon man you guys do have some beautiful scenery west. Loved my time travel nursing out there.

Jim

 

[JLeonard]

K9BIGDOG man thats beautiful pupper you got there.

Jim

 

[crazymoon]

crazymoon man you guys do have some beautiful scenery west. Loved my time travel nursing out there.

Jim

Jim, I'm East between Vermont and Maine. :)

 

[crazymoon]

Anyone else out there have a bird dog? In addition to all the fishing and other hunting I do all year, my passion has been chasing my English Setter around the fields and woods.

K9BD, My camp partner has a great yellow lab for retrieving partridge.

 

[BigW.]

Here is Sig, my German Shorthair at a pheasant farm about a 1.5 years ago.

 

[JLeonard]

Jim, I'm East between Vermont and Maine. :)

Ah sheesh! I saw the VT and thought it was a UT......Reading faster than the brain is processing. Well you guys got some great scenery also!

Jim

 

[tallbm]

TBM, Daily limit that day,one Lake Trout and one salmon.
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Nice!!

 

[tallbm]

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With bow, walked right up to me, then ran bleeding all down hill for 150 yards... I had to drag it all the way back up to the road. I won't be needing a heart stress test... I survived!! (barely)

Nice work on bagging the buck!

Anyone else out there have a bird dog? In addition to all the fishing and other hunting I do all year, my passion has been chasing my English Setter around the fields and woods.
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Awesome pics and nice haul! :D

 

[Brokenhandle]

Friend stopped by awhile back, just got his new pheasant puppy. Has a blue weimaraner already, roughly 9 years old. Here's his new baby

Playing with my Dobie

Ryan

 

[DRKsmoking]

Here's his new baby

How could you not love a face like that

The puppy Ryan the puppy

David

 

[DRKsmoking]

Thanks BrianGSDTexoma
for the likes

David

 

[uncle eddie]

Any other trappers out there? These coons are #13 and #14 of the winter. Thankfully, in Missouri, they have extended the trapping season well into April (for property owners).

We have trapped one racoon per 8.2 acres so far. We are going to hit it hard again right before turkey season and hopefully get the average to under one racoon per 5 acres....or 25 total coons trapped. Possums and skunks are a bonus, but we haven't trapped any of them yet.

 

[tallbm]

Any other trappers out there? These coons are #13 and #14 of the winter. Thankfully, in Missouri, they have extended the trapping season well into April (for property owners).

We have trapped one racoon per 8.2 acres so far. We are going to hit it hard again right before turkey season and hopefully get the average to under one racoon per 5 acres....or 25 total coons trapped. Possums and skunks are a bonus, but we haven't trapped any of them yet.

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Not a racoon trapper but I occasionally catch possums in my squirrel trap.

I have found that if I don't pop the possums they are so dumb they just keep getting caught non-stop over and over.

I only trap and pop the squirrels because they are chewing up my house and everything on my property. I thinned them out pretty well but have been hearing some activity lately so may have to remove about 5-6 that are brave enough to come near my home lol.

 

[Buckeyedude]

Any other trappers out there? These coons are #13 and #14 of the winter. Thankfully, in Missouri, they have extended the trapping season well into April (for property owners).

We have trapped one racoon per 8.2 acres so far. We are going to hit it hard again right before turkey season and hopefully get the average to under one racoon per 5 acres....or 25 total coons trapped. Possums and skunks are a bonus, but we haven't trapped any of them yet.

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I havent trapped in years. Time has a lot to do with it, but at the same time, there isnt any money in it! Like to the point it gets expensive to just do it! On top of that, there isnt anyone in the area taking fur. My buddy down the road did for years, but stopped a few years ago due to the prices. Since then he has moved to NM. I do miss it! Ill post some pics if i can find them!

 

[uncle eddie]

Any other trappers out there? These coons are #13 and #14 of the winter. Thankfully, in Missouri, they have extended the trapping season well into April (for property owners).

We have trapped one racoon per 8.2 acres so far. We are going to hit it hard again right before turkey season and hopefully get the average to under one racoon per 5 acres....or 25 total coons trapped. Possums and skunks are a bonus, but we haven't trapped any of them yet.

One week until shotgun turkey season and we have now trapped 20 raccoons and 3 possums. We are now down to one trapped critter per 5 acres...which was the goal.

FWIW - only 1 possum was caught in a foothold trap, the rest were in live traps.