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Post by Creek on Jun 26, 2005 19:49:07 GMT -5
Ok, Its alright. You can tell us some of the stupid things you have done while trapping.
Some one go first please. I`m a little shy. ;D
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Post by blakcoyote on Jun 26, 2005 21:56:49 GMT -5
Forgot to wire a 330 to my stake on a castor mound.The next day,I had a beaver in it,dead but about 6 feet from shore caught in a little eddy in the river just going round and round on the bottom. I got lucky.
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Post by Creek on Jun 26, 2005 22:10:42 GMT -5
I did the same thing with a coyote trap. Only the coyote and trap were not there the next day.
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Post by Snareman on Jun 26, 2005 22:16:24 GMT -5
Walking quickly in chest waders in unfamiliar shoreline in early November.
...went SPLASH! ;D
Always take it easy the first time through and either make mental notes of deep spots and soft spots or mark with a stick.
Snareman
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Rod17
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Post by Rod17 on Jun 26, 2005 22:19:56 GMT -5
Ok, heres a "really stupid thing".
Last year I was out scouting out some new area just after Christmas. We had 4-5 feet of new powdered snow on the ground and I had just gotten new 44" snowshoes for X-mas. So, off I go, both partly casual snowshoeing and partly scouting for places to hang snares along a large flat river bottom. I got an early start and covered alot of ground but with that much snow I also really over did it. After several hours I was really tired and on the way back to my truck.
However, my travels had taken me in roughly a verly large oval and I needed to cross the river to get back to my truck. The way I had walked on the way out, I had crossed the river in a very shallow area about a mile and a half from where I now was standing. It was late and I was tired. So, did I walk back down river where I had crossed originally or look for a another way across? I opted for the latter. After a bit of searching I found a large tree about 3-4 ft in diameter that had fallen across the river, which was abut 10-15 feet wide and ran about 10 feet below this fallen tree. The tree had about 2 ft of snow on it and the whole thing looked like a solid crossing.
Better judgement told me that this was kid of risky, but better judgement lost out to haste that day. So, across the tree I started, going nice and easy, firmly planting one snowshoe after the other into that fresh snow, using my poles for extra stability. I was one step from getting off the tree and onto the opposite bank when the snow on the tree broke loose and down I went.
As I fell, I mangad to grab the tree with both arms, but was now hanging above the river, which was about 5 ft below my feet. Snow continued to fall off the log onto my head and neck and any struggling just brought more snow down on top of me.
Well, I had two choices. I could just drop into the river, get wet and get to my truck that was about 1/2mile away or I could try to swing my body enough to get to the bank which was only a few feet away. Since this was new territory, I did not know how deep the water was and I did not like the idea of dropping. So I started swinging my body to get enough momentum to jump to the bank. After a few good swings, I heaved myself to towards the bank, twisting abit so the tips of my snowshoes would dig it. The plan worke and I hit the bank hard and dug the tips in deep...but that fresh powder let go instantly and in a mini avalache, down I went into the water. At the edge it was only about 2 ft, but the slide down the bank pulled my jacket and shirt up and I had a a shirt a pants full of snow!
The bank was very steep and getting back up was no easy task. I cursed myself for doing something that has disaster written all over it. After several more slides down the bank, I had cleared enough snow to get some footing and finally got up and out.
Fortunately, I came away with only some scrapes and brusies but the whole thing could have been alot worse had the water been deeper. Listen to that little voice in your head when it tells you something's not safe!
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ADC
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Post by ADC on Jun 26, 2005 22:22:07 GMT -5
It's hard to pick just one. ;D I have a hammer handle that a coon chewed the heck out of, when I left at the snare set. I have also made the mistake of thinking "the creek bottom has to be solid here, it was a mile back." NOPE in to my butt in soft mud way over my 16" burleys. LOL. now ;D
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