Here's number 13 taken today. A female. 12/18/07
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That is cool! ...he's all hiding and stuff :laf:
Nice pic :congrats:
Thank you. We have made some new sets, and moved some old sets around on this 80 acres. Hopefuly, we will start seeing some more critters that are worth pictures soon, so I will have some more to put on this board.
Nice pics Reg! Keep 'em coming! Where's all the snow and ice??
The snow and ice is supposed to be here this weekend, and again next weekend. However, here's another Male Coyote removed today ... 12/21/07. He had bad mange ... and something took his rear right foot just below the knee. A good one to remove. 14th of the season off of 80 acres.
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Man those are nice pics. :biggrin: You just love this sh--- dont you Reggy? Ah know Ah do! :biggrin:
It is my life ... :biggrin: :nono: :biggrin:
Nice pics :yoyo:
Too bad about the mange though.
Looks like this cazy weather we are having in Oklahoma with every-other-day freezes, sleet, snow and rain ... have put me on a dry spell for the last week. I have no signs of movement except for the deer and ducks.
I feel your pain! :sad: Same here! The weather man says two days of rain this week then more rain next week! That much rain will shut down the line again for sure! :shrug:
Brent
As I haven't seen very many raccoon this year ... I thought I would share this with yall. It's my 4th of the season, but notice it has lost its tail in a fight.
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Ringtail? :nofgr: :nono: Ringless :eyebrownod:
5th coon of the season. All have been males. This one was taken by a friend I have been teaching how to trap. It's his first ever.
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:confused: Kinda looks like he's showing off :biggrin:
Wait sec! :doh2: he's...... ok, I feel voilated :rolleye:
Thats one laid back coon!....lol
Nice pic's!
Brent
This is Greg and his first skunk, which was taken in the same set a few days before the coon.
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Well ... even with most of the ground frozen, and a few traps tripped by the horses, I still managed these two male coyotes today. These make #15 & #16 off of this 80 acres.
#15
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#16
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:biggrin: :yoyo:
First one looks like he's got some nice fur, how are the furs looking anyway?
Both of these were real nice. All 16 have been prime, but 3 had mange.
Nice looking Coyotes OKTrap. That farm seems to have a good population of Coyotes!
Brent
I think it does. I took 17 yotes from the same place last year.
Here's # 17 for the season. A big male.
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And here's #18 for the season. A Red Female.
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Here's #19. A male yote removed 01/09/08.
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I also had a beaver toe-nail in a foothold. I guess it's educated now.
No coyote this time ... but here's today's.
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Congrats on the catches Reggie. You take great pics..... Keep em coming!! :biggrin:
:highclap: Lovin those pics Reg.
Hey how come ya weren't holding that Beaver by the tail like you do in those other pics? :laf:
Thank yall ... and I'll try to keep them coming. I put in some more beaver sets this evening ... maybe they'll produce good pictures in the morning.
The beaver meat produced this photo. #6 for the season ... a Tom.
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This male is #20 for the season. Taken from the same 80 acres as everything else. And he ain't happy.
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Coyote #21 (female by both front feet), Bobcat #7 (Tom), Raccoon #6 (Boar) taken 01/16/08 from the same 80 acre contract.
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:laf: The cat looks like it's saying, " ahhhh and where have you been?"
Pretty cool ya got both front feet on the yote...how often does that happen?
Nice criters Reg!
Your alls weather must be mild right now?
Brent
We have bad weather coming in right now. It's been on and off.
Out of 21 yote so far ... this is the first with both front feet in the trap. Out of the 17 from the same property last season, I only had one with both front feet also.
22th Coyote this season. A male. Removed this morning 01/17/08.
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And a female "Grinner" ... #8
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I am amazed at how many cats and dogs that piece of property holds :confused:
I had a grinner walk right in front of me today and climb up a small tree on a trail down to a pond I'm working. Was a slow morning as it had snowed overnight and had turned to rain after sunrise..... All I picked up was a coon and this little guy....
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He'll work just fine :eyebrownod:
Nice otter ... it's too bad that speculation has them priced the same as a good coyote.
This queen was taken on a dirthole with pure skunk essence for an attractor. She is #8 bobcat for the season so far. Here are three picks of her by herself, and a great one with Chas (pronounced "Chase"), my youngest trapping pard.
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:laf: She IZZZZZ quite proud of herself isnt she? Posing for the camera LOL
Nice Reggy...real nice :wink:
She certainly was ... she weighed in at 19 pounds ... which makes here a big queen in this area. And I think she knew it.
Nice pics.
Thank you. This is the 23rd Coyote (female) taken this morning 02/04/08 ... from the same 80 acres as all of the other pictures I have posted on here so far.
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My apologies for the poor quality pictures. I was worried about my Walker hound jumping out of the truck window when I was trying to take the pictures. However, 24th Coyote and 9th Bobcat.
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Okay Reggie, explain to me how in the world you can get 23 coyotes off an 80 acre plot? Is there a coyote condo next door? :eyebrownod:
Reggie ,24 coyotes and 9 cats on 80 acres is incredible!!! Don't have a place like that anywhere around here. Way to go! One of the amazing things is such a concentated number of coyotes and very little mange. 9 bobcats with such overlapping territories is unheard of here.
We pulled traps today, because I have to have back surgery on Tuesday (Feb.12, 2008). We removed the 26th coyote along with the trap line from this 80 acre contract. She had a long long coat, except where she had mange.
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24 coyotes and 9 bobcats from 80 acres........ WOW! :huh:
Please PM the GPS coordinates immediately! :biggrin:
WOW, Whatever you do, don't let that 80 acres get away from you!
Great job.
Sounds like you have a nice honey hole. Congrats on the fur :congrats:
Thank yall. I belioeve it's a crossing point for wildlife. I took 17 yote from the same 80 last year, and 26 total this year. Along with 9 bobcat, and numerous opossum, skunk, raccoon, beaver, muskrat, ducks, and a deer. I think I'll keep it.
That is nothing short of impressive by any measure Reggie. Congratulations :congrats: :congrats:
I sure do hope your surgery goes well and fixes ya up so you can be back at it again. I really enjoy you sharing your season with us the way you have and look forward to many many more..... God willing.
Please know you are in our prayers for a speedie and complete recovery and please let us know, as you can, how things go.
Thank yall for the support. As far as this property goes, I believe it to be a crossing point for all the wildlife, which would be why it produced so much. I removed 17 coyote last year from the same 80 acres. Along with the 26 coyote from it this year, were 9 bobcat, several raccoon, opossum, beaver, skunk, ducks, a couple muskrat and a deer. I think I will be trapping it again next season if my recovery goes well.
Thank you all ... it has been a pleasure sharing this year with each of you. I will sneak on from time to time as long as my wife doesn't catch me sitting up-right ... since the doctor said I couldn't for more than 20 minutes a day after the surgery.
Thanks again yall:
Back surgery! :sad3:
Man that stinks. Sure hope it works out real good for ya. I'll be praying. :wink:
Geeze I was hoping you could give me something more than "I believe it to be a crossing point." :iroll:
I figured you'd lay something deep & biologically sound on me. ;yes;
Good luck on the back surgery. Keep up with the rehab for life.
I think that's probably the most important part of the whole
process.
I have really enjoyed your posts.
Good luck,
Nelson
Here goes:
Due to the fact that this particular 80 acres is surrounded on three sides (North, South and East) by approximately 2000 acres of pea patches and corn fields ... and it's bordered on the entire West side by a high traffic road to reduce a Westward escape ... with a creek running the entire length from South to North through the property with a few twist and turns which is also lined with large rocks and boulders ... the relevancy of the location in contrast to the over population of beaver and muskrat as a natural food source on this property will continue to entice other nuisance and predatory animals to build housing, lodges and dens to raise their offspring with the comforts of an abundant food source and natural protection from other wildlife populations. I have determined through extensive and scientifically based studies, utilizing an unbiased panel of youthful experts (of 7, 9, & 10 years old) ... that there could not be a better habitat in this area other than the aforementioned 80 acres.
After careful consideration, countless man hours, endless research with consideration to controlled polls of the general public in order to assure that my conclusions coincide with those that are socially accepted, and with the input of all concerned parties being professionally scrutinized by another independent expert panel of One ... we have determined the final conclusion to the productive nature of this 80 acres as being ... A CROSSING POINT.
We would like to thank all parties for their interest and input in this troubling situation.
Thank you:
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Why didn't ya just simply say it was a point of crossin for em or somethin. :shrug: Sheesh.
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Thanks again for sharin em all with us. Scott
:confused: ... I did a few post earlier. But it wasn't good enough then either. Geesh yall are a hard crowd to please. :wo:
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I know, it was a joke back at ya. :eyebrownod:
Man sometimes it's hard to do, or understand emotions through typed out words isn't it. :laf:
There's been times when I've typed somethin out jokin around, and read it the next day or somethin and think, boy that sounds dumb. :confused: :laf:
Okay ... duh dense me. I know exactly what you mean. I try to joke around ... and after I read it back to myself I think ... Man, what a dern jerk. And to make things even worse is, I have a real dry sense of humor ... so even when I say something verbally, folks don't really know if I'm joking or not, unless I tell them I am.
REGGIE :laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2:
You about had me in tears reading your "sceintific" post! :roflmao:
Now if you had wrote it that way in the first place I would have been like "whoa, this guy knows his chit!" :bowingsmilie:
:laf: :laf: :laf:
Why I pressed you on this is that coyotes being so territorial; why would so many coyotes be crossing/in a territory.
I think I'll start another topic w/ this question & have our panel of experts work it over. Hope you don't mind my pasting your above sceintic post on it ... tough, I'm going to anyhow! :eyebrownod:
Thanks Reggie! :wink:
That is NOT a crossing point!!! :nono:
In Kaintuckee that is called a HONEY HOLE!!!! :shck: :biggrin:
Reg, ol' buddy, ol' pal, there are entirely too many critters for one man with a bad back to handle there. I'll be glad to ease on up to OK land and give ya a hand. We gots to take care of each other ya know. I KNOW you'd do the same for me. :biggrin:
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:laf: :laf: Semp
Come on down. I just got back from the hospital ... and from the looks of things ... if I try really really hard to run ... I can cover a span of 5 feet in an hour.
Best wishes for a speedy recovery.
Pat
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Come on down. I just got back from the hospital ... and from the looks of things ... if I try really really hard to run ... I can cover a span of 5 feet in an hour.
Hope ya get well soon but take 'er real easy until ya do.
Semp
Now you take that time to heal up before you out there & go busting yourself up again! :nofgr:
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LOL ... that's EXACTLY what my boss (bless her ever loving heart) is making me do. Geesh I'm bored.
Do what the boss and doc tell ya. Ohterwise they might give you some of those pills that will let you up long enough to take a leak and nock yer butt out again :eyebrownod: Been there and done that one myself , didn't remember a danged thing for ten days.
i'll be praying that everything works well for you. Jimmie