Trapping

[Stumpkiller]

I was out grouse hunting and stepped over a log (no rattlesnakes hereabouts) and put my foot down beside an opossum that was in a leg-hold trap. He did NOT play opossum. Snarling and hissing.

Some poor trapper must have wondered why his trap had some tattered opossum bits in the jaws.

 

[renegadehunter]

I used to hunt with a good friend in far southern Arizona. The first time he took me into the desert after javelina he stopped the truck in a sharp bend with a big bush of some sort close by and told me about an experience he had at that spot. He had been passing there while returning from a hunt when he had to empty his bladder. He got out to water that bush, and while doing so a big bobcat leaped at him, squalling loudly. It got within inches of his face before he could move and was then stopped in midair by the chain of a trap it had on a back leg. He allowed as how it was right startling.

Lol, I bet that would definitely get ones attention! Probably had no issue "starting a flow"...

 

[Lobo]

My youngest son and I with a seasons catch of fur some years ago

 

[Sicilian Hunter]

My youngest son and I with a seasons catch of fur some years ago

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Lobo,
Great job!!
I'm in the process of getting my act together WAY late in the season but I am just learning so I don't expect much, certainly nothing like your photo!!
I am targeting coyote mainly and if I get stupidly lucky, maybe a bobcat

 

[Sicilian Hunter]

Lobo,
Great job!!
I'm in the process of getting my act together WAY late in the season but I am just learning so I don't expect much, certainly nothing like your photo!!
I am targeting coyote mainly and if I get stupidly lucky, maybe a bobcat

Here's an interesting article of converting a modern trap to look more period:

https://frenchinwisconsin.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2013/03/Trap-Conversion.pdf

 

[jackley]

Spence if its not to much trouble could you take a pic of the back side of your?
What I'm looking for is where the chain is attached. Thanks!

Jerry

I have an old trap I've been unable to get any info on, how about some opinions? Trap is 18" wide, jaws 6" x 4", chain 21", weighs 3 lb., all blacksmith made, square pan.

Spence
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