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Posted By: waterrat Alaska Trapline - 12/05/11
Here's a few from the Lake Iliamna area.[Linked Image][Linked Image][Linked Image][Linked Image][Linked Image][Linked Image]
Posted By: rong Re: Alaska Trapline - 12/05/11
VERY COOL,
Posted By: TomA Re: Alaska Trapline - 12/05/11
Beautiful photos, sure looks cold. Tom
Posted By: rosco1 Re: Alaska Trapline - 12/09/11
Green with envy here..

Thanks for the pic's.
Posted By: 30338 Re: Alaska Trapline - 12/09/11
Nice. How much do you get for a wolverine pelt?
Posted By: poboy Re: Alaska Trapline - 12/11/11
Those are some big dogs. Thanks for posting.
Posted By: waterrat Re: Alaska Trapline - 12/12/11
Today's catch![Linked Image][Linked Image][Linked Image]
Posted By: Bogtrotter Re: Alaska Trapline - 12/12/11
Nice pics, i ran a trapline when i was a kid.You trapping the beaver thru the ice? It must be pretty thick.
Posted By: baldhunter Re: Alaska Trapline - 12/12/11
I had visions of moving to Alaska and running a trapline when I was in my teen years.Probably a good thing I didn't have the money to do it,I most likely would have starved,been eaten,or just plain froze to death!!!!!Nice work and pics on the trapline!
Posted By: Ghostinthemachine Re: Alaska Trapline - 12/13/11
Wow what a monster lynx!

Nice pics all the way around. Congrats!
Posted By: Steelhead Re: Alaska Trapline - 12/13/11
I miss trapping there, wish I had Lynx where I was at.
Posted By: Bowman44 Re: Alaska Trapline - 12/14/11
I want a wolf frown Great job on all of it, looks like you have good help too! T.S.
Posted By: 7_08FAN Re: Alaska Trapline - 12/15/11
Those are some cool pictures.. Looks like you have the little lady into helping also..Keep the pictures coming..
Posted By: Ghostwalker Re: Alaska Trapline - 12/28/11
Very nice Linx you got there!
Posted By: 76_michael Re: Alaska Trapline - 12/28/11
Great pics , I would love to trap in your area ,
Posted By: 6.5-06 Re: Alaska Trapline - 01/02/12
Very nice animal waterrrat! Green with envy
Posted By: oldtrapper Re: Alaska Trapline - 01/02/12
That's pretty much the pinnacle of it, right there. Thanks for sharing.
Posted By: CWD Re: Alaska Trapline - 01/02/12
Some great pic's!!
Posted By: waterrat Re: Alaska Trapline - 01/03/12
we've got 11 so-far and I just put in 3 more sets.
Posted By: DakotaDeer Re: Alaska Trapline - 01/03/12
Really cool!
Posted By: waterrat Re: Alaska Trapline - 01/05/12
We snared a wolf and his buddies ate him!![Linked Image]There is lots of food around here,,I believe they are just being nasty when they do that.
Posted By: waterrat Re: Alaska Trapline - 01/06/12
Here's what happens when you spend 1/2 the yr wallowing around in the alders hunting and trapping. The proverbial sharp stick in the eye. I'll get glasses next time in Anchorage and force myself to wear them! Lake Iliamna seal taken by my wife on the trapline[Linked Image][Linked Image]
Posted By: raghorn Re: Alaska Trapline - 01/07/12
The seal is way cool!................
Posted By: battue Re: Alaska Trapline - 01/07/12
Impressive.
Posted By: okiebowhunter Re: Alaska Trapline - 01/19/12
Ouch. I scatched my cornea yesterday. Not near as bad as your injury, but I have a couple of ghost spots in my right eye.

Joseph
Posted By: waterrat Re: Alaska Trapline - 02/10/12
After our record breaking cold and snowfall we were able to get our line back in somewhat working order. Here's a huge wolverine we got in a Manning #9 and a couple more tanned 1s that are for sale.[Linked Image][Linked Image]
Posted By: Rooster7 Re: Alaska Trapline - 02/13/12
How much are you selling them for?
Posted By: deflave Re: Alaska Trapline - 02/13/12
Really cool waterrat. Thanks for posting.


Travis
Posted By: waterrat Re: Alaska Trapline - 02/14/12
Rooster $550 shipped

2 are X-tra large tanned
1 fresh not tanned,,,he is the whopper in the pic

Lynx,large or X $275 not tanned shipped
Posted By: 160user Re: Alaska Trapline - 02/14/12
Geez, that is a huge Gulo! Looking through your post it looks like you really like those Manning #9's.
Posted By: fat_daddy Re: Alaska Trapline - 02/15/12
cool pics
Posted By: joefish00000 Re: Alaska Trapline - 02/20/12
this is awesom! its great to see a fellow alaskan trapper out there being succsesful!
Posted By: waterrat Re: Alaska Trapline - 02/27/12
I've been after this fellow for a couple of years!!!!!!![Linked Image]
Posted By: saddlering Re: Alaska Trapline - 02/29/12
Looks like a BIG wolf! Can ya fill us in a bit? did ya trap him of shoot him?
Posted By: waterrat Re: Alaska Trapline - 03/02/12
Snare,,he'd been getting pretty comfy here so it was just a matter of time,,5 down 2 to go!
Posted By: NMiller Re: Alaska Trapline - 03/06/12
Waterrat, you've been holding out on the pics over on tman, i'm smalltimetrapper over there. Looks like a good year on the big dogs! That looks like a huge gulo!
Posted By: Field_Hand Re: Alaska Trapline - 03/09/12
way cool pics.
Posted By: waterrat Re: Alaska Trapline - 03/21/12
We're getting our fur boarded up and getting ready to ship to the tannery![Linked Image]
Posted By: eyeball Re: Alaska Trapline - 04/01/12
Great pics. Thanks so much. I didn't know that was happening up there.
Posted By: Bigbuck215 Re: Alaska Trapline - 04/30/12
Originally Posted by Steelhead
I miss trapping there, wish I had Lynx where I was at.


I can see it now. Nice house in the trees down south for sale. Health forces sale. (Sick and tired of not being in Alaska)
Posted By: waterrat Re: Alaska Trapline - 04/30/12
This is a little off topic,,while wolf hunting this spring my wife combines it with a seal hunt! Here's a huge seal from Lake Iliamna.[Linked Image]

300 Savage w/165 Nosler Partitions at 2500fps!
Posted By: Bigbuck215 Re: Alaska Trapline - 05/01/12
That is a great picture! Looks mighty cold, though.
Posted By: 60n148w Re: Alaska Trapline - 05/01/12
Yum
Posted By: yukonal Re: Alaska Trapline - 05/03/12
waterrat-I appreciate the cool pics you post. Thanks for taking the time to do so.
Posted By: ranger1 Re: Alaska Trapline - 05/03/12
Now that looks like fun! How do those things taste?
Posted By: broncoformudv Re: Alaska Trapline - 05/05/12
Originally Posted by waterrat
This is a little off topic,,while wolf hunting this spring my wife combines it with a seal hunt! Here's a huge seal from Lake Iliamna.[Linked Image]

300 Savage w/165 Nosler Partitions at 2500fps!


That is a great picture! I had no idea the seals stayed in the lake all winter long. Do you catch them along lake inlet and outlets or do they maintain breather holes out in the lake ice?
Posted By: AndySpencer Re: Alaska Trapline - 05/22/12
anybody ever use conibear traps on a seal?
Posted By: 60n148w Re: Alaska Trapline - 05/22/12
Seal has a unique flavor,I like it raw off of the hind qtr,the best to me is cooked over a open fire on the beach.you cut about 1 in.squares meat and fat kabob style.

My wife also cubes it, browns it,and cooks it with rice. People who have never eaten ask for seconds.

It has slight fish taste,if you have ever eaten raw fresh shrimp it's sort of that taste.
Seal is very rich,like roast coon,it can wreck havoc with you until you get use to it.

I don't care for braided seal gut like mom in law used to make nor seal liver.
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