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I called in and shot a bobcat this week, a mature male that weighed 22 pounds. The largest one I've ever killed here was 24 pounds. The hides from Kentucky cats are not worth fooling with. I envy you Western boys with your nice fur. It's not all roses and rainbows......the only Cat I caught last year was so pitiful my fur buyer wouldn't take it. I ended up sending it to Jim Conrad so he and his boys to try their hand at tanning so it ended as well as it could.
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Several years ago, I sold a couple of cats to a local fur buyer for $50, that was for cats that I'd put in the freezer after I shot them. The rest I've given to my taxidermist to do with as he wanted to, and in turn he has mounted a deer for me. Our cats here just don't compare to Western or Northern ones.
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In MN the only reasonable approach with the check laws unless you have lots of time is 220 in a box with set back depending on where in the state you are. The 24 hour check law on everything else makes highly time intensive. If I had time to check footholds and fight the usual snow and frozen ground it would be a big jaw spread 4 coiled trapped.
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I have had good luck using cage traps. Our season starts at the end of Dec. and snow and freezing rain make foot holds hard to keep working. I do use some 220's but find the cage traps work well on cats an give me more options. This is all on private land so I don't have any problems with theft.
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Buddy currantly living in North eastern wash has some box traps he made. Well he's learning how to make his own anyway. Got two bob kittys last week. One he took and it damn near broke out the next one [bleep] up his cage pretty good and got away.
FieldGrade, I'm gonna take the next trapping class i can. Idaho general. Missed the one DEC 8th in Kamiah due to a vacant wt muzzy tag. Looking forward to that beer. I had to go on the road for 7 months last year.. Nice cats man! IS one of your dogs half Olde English bulldogge. Great pics thanks for sharing!
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