Trapping Thread 2024/2025
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Well, my trapping trip drew to an end today as I pulled my traps. It was a slow last few days of the trip with a small beaver in one of my otter sets yesterday.
As I was going from set to set today, I basically put myself into autopilot with my body doing the work and my brain taking in the complete stillness of the snow-covered northern MN woods. As I neared one of my last sets I noticed something was off. There were no springs sticking out the sides of my cubby box. Obviously a squirrel or bird must have set it off so I kicked around the snow in front of the trap. I couldn’t find cable, trap, or anything. Getting confused I turned around to find a gorgeous tom laying about 20’ away. He managed to disconnect the clip that attached the cable to the trap.
I was completely shocked. It hadn’t even crossed my mind that I might actually catch a cat. The shakes set in, reminiscent of a 12 year old me with his first case of buck fever. I immediately called my wife and kids to tell them.
So now I have a big taxidermy bill coming up. Beautiful 30 pound tom with very nice spots for a MN cat. I’ve never smiled more driving home through the cities. My kids were super excited to see the cat when I pulled in. What a way to end an awesome adventure!
As I was going from set to set today, I basically put myself into autopilot with my body doing the work and my brain taking in the complete stillness of the snow-covered northern MN woods. As I neared one of my last sets I noticed something was off. There were no springs sticking out the sides of my cubby box. Obviously a squirrel or bird must have set it off so I kicked around the snow in front of the trap. I couldn’t find cable, trap, or anything. Getting confused I turned around to find a gorgeous tom laying about 20’ away. He managed to disconnect the clip that attached the cable to the trap.
I was completely shocked. It hadn’t even crossed my mind that I might actually catch a cat. The shakes set in, reminiscent of a 12 year old me with his first case of buck fever. I immediately called my wife and kids to tell them.
So now I have a big taxidermy bill coming up. Beautiful 30 pound tom with very nice spots for a MN cat. I’ve never smiled more driving home through the cities. My kids were super excited to see the cat when I pulled in. What a way to end an awesome adventure!
