Skully
PMA Member
We bought the Wildfire II. It is a nice little caller for the money. I also had another external speaker that plugs right into it and doubles the sound it puts out. I still carry a few mouth calls with me just in case I want to really mix things up. :way:
Skully
PMA Member
Well guys, looks like a banner year at the fur auction! Check out these prices!
http://trappingtoday.com/index.php/category/fur-prices/
This is what blew my mind!
"Over 400,000 Raccoon sold 100% at an overall average of $31.20, compared to $16.90 last year, an increase of over 80%."
Fur buyers should have some solid profit this year! Makes you think about scraping and putting up your own fur huh?
http://trappingtoday.com/index.php/category/fur-prices/
This is what blew my mind!
"Over 400,000 Raccoon sold 100% at an overall average of $31.20, compared to $16.90 last year, an increase of over 80%."
Fur buyers should have some solid profit this year! Makes you think about scraping and putting up your own fur huh?
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bigbuckhunter88
PMA Member
Coyotes were the ones that blew my mind. Way higher than I expected. Coon did awesome, but shipping to auction is always a gamble. Some years it is better to sell to country buyers and groenwald, and others it pays to ship.
X2. Very cool! Thanks for sharing
Skully
PMA Member
Great news for trappers in this years regs:
"The statewide quotas for bobcats and river otters was removed, along with the 24-hour reporting requirement for bobcat and river otters.
The bag limit for river otters was reduced from 3 to 2
to prevent too many river otters from being taken
in any one area."
The list of open areas for bobcats increased to
include Audubon, Crawford, Dallas, Iowa, Muscatine and Poweshiek counties.
Only one bobcat is allowed per season per licensed furharvester, either hunted or trapped. Furharvester license required.
Only two otters are allowed per licensed furharvester.
Bobcat Hunting and Trapping
Hunters and Trappers must have a furharvester
license and pay the habitat fee to trap bobcats, if
normally required to have them to trap. A regular
hunting license will not be adequate.
The season is open in the following counties: Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Cass, Clarke, Crawford, Dallas, Davis, Decatur, Des
Moines, Fremont, Guthrie, Harrison, Henry, Iowa,
Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa, Lucas, Madison, Mahaska, Marion, Mills, Monona, Monroe, Montgomery, Muscatine, Page, Pottawattamie,
Poweshiek, Ringgold, Taylor, Union, Van Buren,
Wapello, Warren, Washington, Wayne and Woodbury.
Season Limit:
1 bobcat per licensed furharvester, regardless if it was hunted or trapped.
Furharvesters must contact a Conservation Officer within 7 days of taking an otter or bobcat to receive a CITES tag. The CITES tags must
remain with the animal until it is sold. Animals kept for taxidermy or other display or educational purposes must have the CITES tag retained at all times.
Otters and bobcats accidentally captured after the season has closed and bobcats accidentally captured in an area of the state closed to bobcat harvesting, must be turned over to DNR without penalty.
"The statewide quotas for bobcats and river otters was removed, along with the 24-hour reporting requirement for bobcat and river otters.
The bag limit for river otters was reduced from 3 to 2
to prevent too many river otters from being taken
in any one area."
The list of open areas for bobcats increased to
include Audubon, Crawford, Dallas, Iowa, Muscatine and Poweshiek counties.
Only one bobcat is allowed per season per licensed furharvester, either hunted or trapped. Furharvester license required.
Only two otters are allowed per licensed furharvester.
Bobcat Hunting and Trapping
Hunters and Trappers must have a furharvester
license and pay the habitat fee to trap bobcats, if
normally required to have them to trap. A regular
hunting license will not be adequate.
The season is open in the following counties: Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Cass, Clarke, Crawford, Dallas, Davis, Decatur, Des
Moines, Fremont, Guthrie, Harrison, Henry, Iowa,
Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa, Lucas, Madison, Mahaska, Marion, Mills, Monona, Monroe, Montgomery, Muscatine, Page, Pottawattamie,
Poweshiek, Ringgold, Taylor, Union, Van Buren,
Wapello, Warren, Washington, Wayne and Woodbury.
Season Limit:
1 bobcat per licensed furharvester, regardless if it was hunted or trapped.
Furharvesters must contact a Conservation Officer within 7 days of taking an otter or bobcat to receive a CITES tag. The CITES tags must
remain with the animal until it is sold. Animals kept for taxidermy or other display or educational purposes must have the CITES tag retained at all times.
Otters and bobcats accidentally captured after the season has closed and bobcats accidentally captured in an area of the state closed to bobcat harvesting, must be turned over to DNR without penalty.
Skully
PMA Member
Yes, yes I am! Going to be another dry year. Hope this dry weather doesn't dash my otter chances this year! :way:
Going to be another dry year. Hope this dry weather doesn't dash my otter chances this year! :way:
I'll bet you're chomping at the bit huh Skully?
se/iowa.justin
"THE HAMMER"
Yep, this is going to be my first year trapping. Gettin excited, still getting stuff ready, should be done soon.
blake
Life Member
It has been a number of years since I trapped, but I am really looking forward to getting back into it this fall. I will be running a small line of traps for raccoon and coyote.
I will of course lengthen the line as I gain trapping permission.
I just finish my new fleshing beam the other day.
I will of course lengthen the line as I gain trapping permission.
I just finish my new fleshing beam the other day.
Daver
PMA Member
Alright! You guys posting those trapping pictures got to me!
I don't think I posted these before, but in late January of this year we had a warm up and I knew the coons would come out of their dens for a stroll and I had a few traps waiting for them! I set about 8 or 10 traps for a quick 2 day run and got four late ones.
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I also checked for sheds for only a few minutes and found these that day...
ATL - right in his bed, right where I thought they would be.
A closer look...
And this is the same buck with his 2013 headgear...
I too am really looking forward to the upcoming trapping season, oh, and also deer season too. I intend to take more and better pictures while on the trapline this year too.
I don't think I posted these before, but in late January of this year we had a warm up and I knew the coons would come out of their dens for a stroll and I had a few traps waiting for them! I set about 8 or 10 traps for a quick 2 day run and got four late ones.
#1
#2
#3
I also checked for sheds for only a few minutes and found these that day...
ATL - right in his bed, right where I thought they would be.
A closer look...
And this is the same buck with his 2013 headgear...
I too am really looking forward to the upcoming trapping season, oh, and also deer season too.
I intend to take more and better pictures while on the trapline this year too.
Skully
PMA Member
Looks like some good fur there Daver! Those sheds were an awesome bonus! :way: With bow season getting ready to fire up I know most guys have a one track mind this time of year but if you can find the time to do some trapping now is the time to be preparing your traps and getting a game plan in order. :way:
Fishbonker
Life Member
'nuff said.
deadeye50yds
New Member
Blake I'm going to try my hand at trapping this year, I was wondering how you made your fleshing beam?
Fishbonker
Life Member
Well, maybe. PMA to find out.