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Post by UgashikBob on Feb 25, 2005 1:56:54 GMT -5
Here is one you probably won't see to often . My trapping partner behind a wolf that hit one of our wolverine barrel sets. Very impressed with the killing power of the 330.  |
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Post by kasilofhome on Feb 25, 2005 6:23:09 GMT -5
Wow Thanks. Please explain a con can thing that you used to trap. My husband did traping he really liked it. He was just a boy thru his 20's then go too busy and now he can not do it. It seems to make him sad to talk about the things he can not do. I am very interested because I did not have this type of life. I am flexable but this is a new life that grad changed over 11 years and then speed up the last two.
Great photo. What do you do with the hide? do you tan yourself? if you sell do you feel you get a fair price?
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Post by Chuck on Feb 25, 2005 10:19:32 GMT -5
Nice wolf, if I hadn't seen I wouldn't believed it.
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Post by UgashikBob on Feb 25, 2005 10:49:49 GMT -5
Kasilof:
The barrel set with a Connibear(Body Gripper) style trap attached is used primarly for wolverine and catching a wolf in it or any type of body gripper trap is very unusual. Usually a wolf is smart enough to avoid a connibear like this and only a wolverine is arrogant enough to hit them. I use a beaver carcauss for bait. The red tape you see in the photo on the trap is put there so I can check my line with a spotting scope from my house. Nobody says trapping can't be for couch potatoes. We keep all of our furs for our own use and send them outside to be tanned.
Chuck:
If somebody had told me this a photo would of helped a lot. I've only heard of one other wolf being caught in a set like this up near Koetezbue. This was a normal size adult female but looked skinny to me and had no body fat. Beautiful hide. I guess if you get hungry enough anything can happen.
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Post by JohnPorter on Feb 25, 2005 15:44:47 GMT -5
Awesome catch and a really nice photo.
I have read a lot on wolves and trapping and this is a first that I have heard of. Will be a super nice pelt and no hole to sew. Can't beat that.
John
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Post by sayisitrapper on Oct 31, 2005 4:03:46 GMT -5
wow that's a nice wolf, I was just wondering if that 330 set is the same as a marten cubby set and what kind of bait did you use and how long was it out before catching it. I sure wouldn't mind learning more on wolf trapping / snaring.
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Post by ugashikrobert on Oct 31, 2005 17:41:43 GMT -5
sayistrapper:
We have no marten in our neck of the woods because we have no woods. Mostly a treeless tundra/alder environment like Northern Manitoba.
I use the Alaska State Flower(55 gal Drum) instead of the materials used on a traditional cubby because the wolverine is the only thing arrogant enough to usually hit it. Very very unusual for a wolf to hit something inside of a connibear. I use an entire beaver carcass for bait. Our wolverine season is just about four months and if I get one in a season on a set I feel fortunate. A wolverine will travel a very large area and it takes a long time in between trips.
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Post by spirit on Feb 9, 2006 16:22:53 GMT -5
My grandaughter was attacked and dragged close to the tree line right after nightfall in N.C.The animal that did this has not been caught.She had to have the rabies shot series,and surgery,plus the doctors say more surgery in the future.The animals warden's put out those have a heart type traps.They have not caught any thing in it so far.
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