Well played. At a minimum I would thank Landowner X and tell her why you will no longer be trapping on her property and thank her for the opportunity. Give her your number, maybe something will change down the road.
So true. Reminds me of Aspen, my late chocolate lab. She would swim in circles non-stop until catching a duck I winged that kept diving under the water to get away from her. She scared me once when I was not able to call her back after watching her disappear in a pipe culvert that went under the...