trapline fun

[trapman]

F350 the word love is probably not the right word, tolerate is more like it.

[Weatherby Fan]

Hey Yogi is that you ? Your Trapman ? It’s been a long time since we swung a seine needle in the net loft !

[trapman]

Weatherby fan. The pictures are of Yogi. But he’s not trap man. He’s just one of my best friends and spend the day with me on the driveway

[Weatherby Fan]

Weatherby fan. The pictures are of Yogi. But he’s not trap man. He’s just one of my best friends and spend the day with me on the driveway

I see thanks for the update, used to do some freelance Seine net loft work in Steveston so would work alongside Yogi at times as well as see him fishing.

[Moose63]

Thanks for this thread Trapman. It sure looks like fun....

Did you just start this year?

[trapman]

Moose 63 I’ve been Trapping on and off for 19 years. It can be a lot of fun and a lot of work depending on snow conditions. But it’s a great outdoor activity once hunting season is over and before spring bear starts

[trapman]

Ok slowly getting this thread up to date. So Christmas is coming and we are off to the Caribbean for 12 days, great gives the traps and snares tome to soak. Coming home I discover we have had over 3 feet of snow just after we left on the line, this means the traps will be buried and the snares will have been noneffective well I was away. The day after i'm back, my son and I head up for a couple days of digging out traps and rehanging all the snares what a pain. Like I thought every trap and snare was buried , all empty but for one snare. We had a yote come in to a bail pile and picked him up on one of the very outside snares

[trapman]

[Moose63]

I should have known better with a handle like Trapman.

Just curious, what would be the budget figure to get started? Assuming that you've acquired a trapline (i know trapline costs can vary). Is a snowmobile a necessity?

[trapman]

I would say ATV and snowmobile are both necessary.
Atv-$5500(good used)
Snow mobile-$5500(good used) should have 2
Winter gear-$1200(snow shoes,parka,pants,boots and so on)
license, permits,insurance- $375
traps, lures, supplies -$450
Fuel per year-$3800(truck, atv, snowmobile ,chainsaw)
Cabin if needed-$ 20,000
But the time is the big one ,I spend 400 hours a year on my line. cutting trail and installing boxes and getting bait areas ready all summer long. Than 2 to 3 days on the line each week of the season, with 6-10 hours a week skinning and drying fur