Trapping Bobcats, Mink, and Beavers!

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ธ.ค. 2024

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  • @mountainlifewithdavidkelsie
    @mountainlifewithdavidkelsie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice cat what trap size you use on ur bobcats? I been snaring a few cats here in Washington state videos are up on my channel just subbed this channel

  • @nick14zup
    @nick14zup 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow looked up your channel at random hoping to find your old one, and here you are creating a new one years down the road! Is your old channel still activated?

  • @johnbitzer2311
    @johnbitzer2311 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What you use for bait for bobcat and do you set up on mountain or down in feld

    • @johnbitzer2311
      @johnbitzer2311 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      My frist time

    • @TheADKTrapper
      @TheADKTrapper  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@johnbitzer2311 Hey John I'm working on a video where I explain this more in depth. This was a blind set. In late winter / deep snow conditions they greatly restrict their movement and form trails / tunnels that they use consistently. I caught it's breeding partner a few weeks later with a grey fox leg as bait. For me it's more about finding where they are than choosing the right bait. Where are you trapping?

    • @johnbitzer2311
      @johnbitzer2311 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheADKTrapper thanks again keep up the good work

    • @tanyaellison2419
      @tanyaellison2419 ปีที่แล้ว

      Beaver meat castor gland mixed with bit of skunk E and eye appeal

    • @johnbitzer2311
      @johnbitzer2311 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you got my first red fox today

  • @danielmastin3606
    @danielmastin3606 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good to see you back at trapping. No need to camouflage traps, they really won't notice it.

    • @TheADKTrapper
      @TheADKTrapper  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for the advice Daniel. Is that with regard to bobcats specifically?

    • @danielmastin3606
      @danielmastin3606 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheADKTrapper Beaver

    • @TheADKTrapper
      @TheADKTrapper  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@danielmastin3606 got it

  • @CountyLineAdventures
    @CountyLineAdventures 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful bobcat! I trapped a few weeks last season for the first time & my goal is to catch a bobcat this year! Great video.

    • @TheADKTrapper
      @TheADKTrapper  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey! I love to meet new trappers. I may have responded more simply had i seen this sooner but now that the season is upon us, I want to share some words of encouragement. Or perhaps a word of advice I am having to remind myself in real time: Continue to set goals and make targeted efforts. They will often lead to victory but may take longer than hoped for. The goals should be rooted in sign. Never let a predetermined goal stop you from trapping mindfully. Day by day, follow the sign, follow your instincts, and don't prevent yourself from recognizing sign that exists right in front of you from various other fur-bearers not on your radar that you'd perhaps also love to catch. Goals are great but sometimes I get distracted by a visualized outcome that is not rooted in the sign that exists before me. And sometimes the outcomes I get by following sign is far better than whatever abstract goals i visualize for myself in the pre season. Unless you're out west in cat country, Bobcat sign is not always easy to detect and their behavior is kind of all over the place. For many years i trapped this location oblivious to the fact it is a bobcat hot spot (on CERTAIN years and at CERTAIN times). I'm still figuring it out and would love to catch another there this year (i am seeing fresh tracks). I firmly believe there is no mold or best way to catch X, Y, or Z, no best set for a species, and instead advocate that a trapper motivated by his or her own observations & experiences, whose goals are guided by what is predictable as demonstrated through fresh sign and logical reasoning within the context of their own knowledge of the local environment -- this trapper is going to do better than someone who reads every book one could possibly read on the subject. Reading and watching from experienced trappers is definitely helpful. But the forest is your ultimate data source, and your ability to spend as much time out there as possible is key. Most of all FOLLOWING the fresh SIGN will be the time best spent. Wherever it takes you. I caught my first grey fox in a poorly secured weasel set who got away with my trap on his foot. It was snowing heavily but i could see its tracks in the snow and despite unlikely odds I made the decision to follow its tracks before they were covered permanently. After about a mile it led me to its den site. I was able to re-catch it a few days later, trap on both feet. I caught many more foxes there, always left some, and it produces every year i set it. I have that resident grey fox family patterned entirely now and there are always grey foxes occupying it, following the same patterns as the grey foxes that came before them. Moral of the story - don't get discouraged if things don't go as visualized, and every failure is the best opportunity to learn something profound. Be adaptable and let your own curiosity guide you. You will discover things about these animals that have not yet been written or discussed by other trappers. Good luck on your first full trapping season - make it count!

  • @ToddWittenmyerBackwoodsLiving
    @ToddWittenmyerBackwoodsLiving 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow Garrett, it's great to see you on here again! Nice catches buddy!

    • @TheADKTrapper
      @TheADKTrapper  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Todd. So glad to be back.

  • @jackofalltrapping6181
    @jackofalltrapping6181 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Chagaman!!! Good to see you back on the line… Getting my order ready for my tea. PeaceY

  • @reactingbros4569
    @reactingbros4569 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi, why do you kill this animals? Do you eat them or sell them!!

    • @TheADKTrapper
      @TheADKTrapper  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The bobcat had killed 11 of my dad’s chickens one night after breaking into the coop. I make garments with the fur, return the meat carcass to the wild to be enjoyed by ravens and scavengers as carrion. I follow the lawful means of doing so and participate in data collection for the state environmental department. Don’t expect everyone to understand let alone appreciate trapping but I appreciate you for asking a question rather than jumping to conclusions

  • @glaziersgreatoutdoors9976
    @glaziersgreatoutdoors9976 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just found your channel, nice video! Awesome bobcat, I would sure love to trap one someday. Hoping to dabble with a little ADK beaver trapping next year myself!

  • @jacobyrussell1532
    @jacobyrussell1532 ปีที่แล้ว

    The foot hold on that beaver damn was a belly snap you need to move it over 3-4 inches just under the water I was making the same mistake and changed it but at the time I set about 5 more traps thinking I’d fool him nope I moved them all over and went back son I had a job because 4 out of the 6 traps had beavers all on caster mound sets near the sacandaga

  • @ggdd8874
    @ggdd8874 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your smile was almost as big as the bobcat at the start of your video . KEEP AFTER THEM .

    • @TheADKTrapper
      @TheADKTrapper  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm after em right now tell ya what...

  • @TheLordoftheNorth
    @TheLordoftheNorth 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Welcome back ya mushroom loving mother trucker

  • @davidgingerich2230
    @davidgingerich2230 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Super cool trapping video.
    Keep up the good work. 👍

  • @ЗахарБлищик-п4ч
    @ЗахарБлищик-п4ч 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Здрастуйте где ви охотитесь. Напешите пожалуста

  • @seyfi-l1q
    @seyfi-l1q 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Onların günahı nədi ətində yemirsüz!

  • @deernutOO
    @deernutOO 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Enjoy the video a lot, but no so much having to listen to the music.

    • @TheADKTrapper
      @TheADKTrapper  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Will tune it down from here on out... This was a random edit I made before realizing I'd start this channel; but I appreciate the feedback

  • @guillermobanda9371
    @guillermobanda9371 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    No matar qué te icieron lo mismo