Northern Maine Marten Trapline 2021 Part 4 - The Finale
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Join me for the final checks and pull of my 2021 marten trapline. Had my best check day of the season, as well as some long slow ones. Covered lots of ground, had fun, learned new things and hopefully became a slightly better trapper. Enjoy!
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Great times, thanks for dragging us along. One of these days I would love to catch a fisher and a marten. Thanks again..
Thanks Jason!
U r a happy trader thanks
I am rewatching this and enjoying it again.
As a 40 year trapper, I salute you for your ambition.
is incredible how a fisher can squeeze into those boxes!
Thanks!
I have never saw a great deal of success without persistence. You are controlling what you can control. Great effort.
Thanks for all the effort in bringing us along! I would love to see more of the process, maybe skinning and prepping skins to get sent to the tannery?
Thanks Ryan! I gotta figure out a good way to make a video of the fur handling process without making it too long and boring...which it can be! I did a live stream while skinning marten yesterday
Thanks for the videos I really enjoy your commentary. I will watch for your next videos
thanks!
Hi Jeremiah. i just got my pelts from you and they are awesome.i think im gonna make a couple quivers out of them.thanks a bunch and have a nice holiday season.i will keep my eye on the store now i know its there.
Right on 👍👍
Great video as a marten trapper my self I was spanking em this season but after listening to the for cast and no live auction I elected to pull my north line and trap closer to home. Fuel prices on the rise and fur prices too low oh well I will still get a few more marten yet cheers !Great work
Hey thanks! Hope you do well the rest of the season, I hear ya on the prices.....emotional (keep long lining) vs rational (stay close to home) decisions are tough!
Great video and season
Thanks
Your videos are great I enjoy your commentary thanks for doing this.
Thanks Scott!
Great Videos. Glad your season finished off well. I set some beaver traps today with your lure. I'll be checking them at first light.
Right on, John! Hope you do well beaver trapping!
Loved it, first mink out in the woods. I had a first too, 33", 56 pound bobcat caught in a raccoon live trap.
Wow, that's awesome! That is a huge bobcat!
Stumbled upon your channel. I never did much trapping, pretty interesting. Nice job on the trapping and video work. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Scott, glad you found the channel!
Just found you. Awesome channel. I love the Norther woods. In November I hunt out of Fish River Falls camp sites.
Thanks Mike, glad you found the channel! Yes, beautiful country up here
I used to live on PEI and this will be my first year trapping in New Brunswick. My second season ever actually. 1 in PEI and soon to be 1 in NB.
We're divided into WMZ (Wildlife Management Zones) so I'm in a no marten zone but can trap fisher! I hope to catch one this season! Thanks for all the awesome videos man!
Enjoyed checking your line with you. Beautiful country. I live and trap down south in Va.
thanks!
Great videos we dont have martin here but some knarly fishers. Central Coastal Maine.
Right on thanks!
Really enjoy your videos !!!!!
thanks!
Good job
Thanks
Just found your channel. Always interesting to see how the other guy does it. Even though we are close, your logging (way better) and your box rules (totally odd) make things very different. Lots of grouse this year (Quebec). You can see how I do it on my channel which is called Musher's Tails. Thanks for the video. Like the commentary.
Hey thanks, glad you found the channel!
love the videos.just found your channel.im looking for a tanned marten.cool animal but none here in R.I.
Great! I have tanned marten for sale on the trapping today store, trapping today store.com
That’s some really nice fur. The marten are light but the fisher are absolutely beautiful. Those in a normal year are big money. This year I’m not sure how there going to do when it’s all said and done. I know you know. What’s a mature male fisher worth? Thanks for the vid
Thanks Tom! Yeah we tend to have a lower than average marten here, but our fisher are considered some of the best. The market is still so poor....I'm thinking fishers may average $40 if that, but I'm hoping to get more for mine. I will likely have them tanned.
Looks like great deer hunting. Never hunted Maine. Live in Ohio. Great footage.
Hi Ben, it's pretty country but not many deer. We get deep snow and there isn't much deer wintering habitat anymore. More moose than deer where I trap
Enjoy
I would try to locate more martin boxes next to streams to maximize mink catch. Maybe I'm just a mink trapper at heart. They would help pay gas bill and make interesting viewing.
Iubesc la nebunie viata ce o ai tu😇
Hello. I am from Russia and cannot use low sets because of the lynx. How often do you check? hurt mice? Sorry for poor English
I check every 3-5 days. I had no mouse damage on my marten this year.
I grew up in Northern Maine in the 60s and 70s... really enjoy your videos. I still have a brother there. Would like to talk(text) you about purchase of fisher pelts...? Is this OK?
Hey great to hear from you! Yeah, you can find my contact info on the Trapping Today Store. Shoot me an email, thanks.
You won’t have to worry about digging snow around or ox
Looks like the fishers like the beaver meat
Can I ask why do you choose Ground traps for martens instead of Tree traps?
I catch more on the ground, and we are required to use those boxes, and it takes much more time and effort to mount them to trees, find a tree, etc. Sometimes I put em in trees.
Guarantee more chances with boxes off the ground never have to fight digging snow try using the liquid scent under the caster it’s a very potent scent I call thi stuff weeedoo
Hey I’m a huge fan of your videos and I’m new to trapping here in maine. I was just curious, are those 110 traps that are catching those fisher? If not what size are you running for them? Thanks in advance!
Consider for next year (unless season dates are a problem) that it might be wise to begin marten trapping at this date when they will be getting hungry. What is your comment?
Consider applying more patience! Give the line time to work. Give animals time to find the sets.
Thank you for the suggestions. Couple things to remember: every year is different. Last year I caught 25 marten in the first 14 days of the season. Also, many years we get so much snow in November that you can't get in the woods without a snowmobile and I wouldn't be able to haul all those boxes around. So my motto is, trap when you can. As far as patience, it's more a financial thing. We have to check our traps every 3-5 days and it costs me at least $60 in gas plus vehicle wear and tear each time i run the line. And I have to take a vacation day from work every week I have this line going. Can only lose so much money before deciding it's long enough. If we had a 7 day check I'd likely have run these through to the end of the season.
Apologies because my intent was not to criticize you and your trapline activities.
Every person best knows their own trapline circumstances.
Our traplines will give us a lesson in reality.
Many characteristics determine the reality of our trapping seasons - weather, animal populations, finances, work, and family obligations.
Pulling the last traps of the season is always bittersweet.
As trappers we have the closest relationship with nature, and it is a tremendous privilege.
So your saying marten are only hungry for part of the year? How does that work because I was under the impression they prefer to eat year round?
Do you have to use that style box in Maine or can you use an open style box.
Hi Nick, this style box is legally required to trap in order to avoid incidental capture of lynx, which are still listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, although they now have a healthy and abundant population (long story!)
And with your odes off the ground you can leave it longer without no critters eating your fur
Cool
Sir, two stupid questions: Are you allowed to cover the trap boxes with pine branches to keep the snow "above" the trap and keep the hole open longer? Are you allowed to set a snare in the rear of the trap to catch the ones that don't want to use the front door? :) Congratulations on your mink! :)
I'm a new sub..I lived in col and Montana for some years..I was wondering, if you have many grizzly encounters?.
No grizzlies anywhere near here. When I was in Montana I ran into a few. The bears just outside Yellowstone park were way too bold for my taste!
@@trappingtoday lol and thanks for the reply.
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how much snow do you feel comfortable driving on before switching to snowmobile on those back roads. long walk out
Good question Kirsten. If I have to chain up all 4 tires to get around I start pulling traps or get the snowmobile. Very long walk home for sure. I have an inreach, also high lift jack, come a longs and lots of rope/chain. I worry more about the truck breaking down than anything.
Not much on trapping, but your videos are interesting. I deer hunt and it takes up a lot of time, plus work a full time job. Do you lease your area or do you just go out and find areas
Up here it's pretty much all private industrial timberland, with public access on most of it. Anyone licensed can trap anywhere.
Is the box only 4 inch square because of state regulations?
That is correct
Save some seed for next year.
whats the limit on marten any on fisher? no cats in that country? interesting series hope ya have a good 22 season
25 marten, 25 fisher. Lynx, no bobcats.
Lift your boxes up
Thanks for the advice Robert. I do have reasons for putting boxes on the ground.
Trap should be up 3ft to 4 ft shouldn't it ? & the slit in the box isnt that for keeping the trap from comeing out of the box ??& where abouts in maine are yeah ? Just come across ur channel good luck & god bless
Ground sets work well for me. Boxes are designed based on state requirements. I'm way up north. Glad you found the channel!
@@trappingtoday well iam up here aways my self is why I was asking i live about ten miles from rockwood maine
Why not try to put your boxes up off the ground I find it would be better the scent of your bait is stayin on the ground try it may be better for you your a good trapper love your show
Makes you wonder just how a trapper managed without boxes, cordless drills, and ATVs 100 years ago?
Should put your box higher so it won’t get buried
Too much trappers what’s why there’s not enough animals yo that’s what I think me too much trappers and too lil forest awesome videos yo
Do you think every check should have have every trap full?
Do you know much about trapping and animal populations?
6:57 Hello.. Is this marten hybrid?
Never heard of a hybrid marten!
@@trappingtoday Yes! Heard about this... And you seem to live in the Stone Age🤦
@@trappingtoday This is a marten fisherman. They call it ilka...!
Your traps should be about three feet off the ground.
Your boxes shouldn’t get buried you scent gets buried too