Wednesday, February 19, 2020

MIDWEST FINISHED FUR AUCTION - DETAILS HERE

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Cancelled due to the Covid19, please be well!  Current offering as of February 20, 2020: 1695 Coyotes 1000 Coons
Monday, February 10, 2020

My closing statement, February 10, 2020

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I want to thank all of you for following along on this Quest. Hopefully you were able to learn some small bit of beneficial trapping informa...
Tuesday, February 4, 2020

927/1000 (As of February 4, 2020)

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Saturday, December 28, 2019

1,000 Coyotes: Part I

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June, 2019 Three years ago, I heard a man say it wasn’t possible to kill a thousand coyotes in a year, let alone a fur season. When I hear...

1,000 Coyotes: Part II

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July, 2019 The most important pieces of equipment every trapper have are their trapline trucks and the trailers they pull out of state hau...

1,000 Coyotes: Part III

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August, 2019 I routinely have trappers ask how you decide where to trap in a faraway state and how do you do your scouting? Generally, I ...
Friday, December 27, 2019

Video: Trapping Raccoons and Coyotes - Encore - The Management Advantage #19

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86TAhqLX34s

Video: Trapping: Modifying and Building Snares - In The Loop - The Management Advantage #39

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=z8arMDCghlM

Video: Trapping Coyotes -Taking Care of Business - The Management Advantage #18

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I927TquNrT4
Wednesday, December 25, 2019

Support Fur Takers Of America

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If you enjoy following this story, viewing the pictures or have learned something, please consider joining Fur Takers of America. Together w...

Be a Responsible Trapper

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Guys, please properly dispose of your carcasses! Every year I trap properties behind other trappers and find this. This is a very easy way ...

"The Man in the Arena" Theodore Roosevelt Quote

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This quote has always resonated with me.  Another quote by Earnest Hemingway that I found to be powerful in my younger days is noted...

Introduction - Robert Waddell

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Let me take a moment to introduce myself. I started trapping at the age of 12 when my Dad brought home a dozen 110 conibears for the thr...
Sunday, December 1, 2019

4 Tips to make you a better coyote trapper.

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1) Make your sets as "animalistic" as possible.     They need to resemble prairie dog & ground squirrel dens or badger diggin...

February 4, 2020

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The last 6 coyotes of the Quest. 3 with mange and 3 to skin. #927 taken in a Duke #3 swaged jaw offset. This trap will be donated to F...

February 3, 2020

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Killed 13 coyotes and 1 bobcat today. 14 coyotes pictured. Had mistakenly left one mangey coyote in the field yesterday

February 2, 2020

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  I killed 15. Picture shows 14. Somehow I left one in the field with a Death Ray on it. Do remember it as a bad mangy one Daisy was standin...

February 1, 2020

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11 coyotes today.  2 with bad mange and a 3rd coyote not worth skinning.

January 31, 2020

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4 coyotes today. Pretty humble, knew it would be. Good solid work is all that has carried me through the last 3 days. Was able to rebuild ab...

January 30, 2020

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7 coyotes,  1 with mange Kansas Poodle

January 29, 2020

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12 head total. 2 with mange. Today's conditions are pretty tough.  Got stuck in some badlands and had to dig on the truck for over...

January 28, 2020

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14 coyotes,  4 were mangey and 1 was rubbed & broke along with 2 coons. Today’s weather:

January 27, 2020

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13 coyotes,  3vcoons, 1 bobcat and a badger

January 26, 2020

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5 coyotes today, no picture.

January 25, 2020

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 7 head yesterday,  2 had mange. The trapping job that I started today has been called quite a bit. Going to be very slow traversing ...

January 24, 2020

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5 coyotes and 1 coon Ripped up 75% of trapline today. Have taken on a job the other direction from where i have been working.  Will be putt...

January 23, 2020

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14 coyotes,  1 skunk and 1 coon

January 22, 2020

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12 coyotes  & 1 coon. 11 coyotes good. Were real mud balls today and had to wash the heavy mud off of them to even skin. Coyote #...

January 21, 2020

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12 coyotes today.  Rain starting now, supposed to rain all night.

January 20, 2020

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Only 5 coyotes.  Still in mud and slop.

January 19, 2020

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Only 6 coyotes a coon and a skunk today. Mud is still bad.

January 18, 2020

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 8 coyotes today. Started skinning before I remembered I hadn't taken a picture. Some real mud balls in rough conditions.  Would b...

January 17, 2020

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Bad ice storm last night. All of my sets have 1/2" of ice over them. This set was worked after the storm passed. The coyote dug up the ...

January 16, 2020

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17 coyotes (1 with mange) 2 coons and 1 bobcat

January 15, 2020

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9 coyotes & 4 coons

January 14, 2020

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14 coyotes, 6 with mange and 2 bobcats.