Strange catches

[antlercarver]

Snared a coyote carrying a rabbit, the coyote was dead with the rabbit along side the neck inside the snare.
A mink was dragging a muskrat when they went into a 110 conibear, they were both dead side by side.
A muskrat triggered a 330 conibear, the trap was closed with the rat dead and floating 4-5 feet away.
Probably others I cant remember.

[H380]

Ended up with a bone from the baitpile in coyote snares a couple times ,bet most guys have ...coyotes caught by only a couple back toes as well one caught by the end of the nose also in snares .

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[South west trappin RG]

Caught two young lynx in one 330. Caught a rabbit in a 330 baited with beaver

[wwbirds]

2 gophers in a 110 mag

[Big Grey Wolf]

Guys some interesting strange catches, however we might limit some of the ones that are extreme, PITA waiting for stuff like this.

[kingrat]

Caught an otter in a Fisher box this year set on the ground that's the first for me. Caught several fox in them but never an otter.

[Battle Rat]

Had a coyote leg bone in a snare that another coyote took of the carcass pile.
Had a fisher in a coyote snare about 200km south of where I would expect to see a fisher.

[Powder monkey]

I had a dead coyote in a snare with the head of a wild boar piglet beside it.

[oldjeda]

Caught a coyote in a neck snare but around the base of his tail. He was dragging pieces of an old carcass out of a bait station and had backed into it. Caught a cougar dog after the cougar he was chasing led him and his buddies through the middle of another bait station (smart cat).

[H380]

Originally Posted by Big Grey Wolf

Guys some interesting strange catches, however we might limit some of the ones that are extreme, PITA waiting for stuff like this.

I think that's why these guys haven't submitted pics.

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[Big Grey Wolf]

Rich had interesting catch set mink trap by creek and marten trap/box up real high on leaning pole. When he did trap check had mink on leaning pole and marten down by the creek.

[moose maniac]

Originally Posted by South west trappin RG

Caught two young lynx in one 330. Caught a rabbit in a 330 baited with beaver

Ha ha I did to

[fred1]

One spring I was doing gopher control near my yard. Thought I would try a plastic tube trap (might be called black hole) I think they are designed to place in a mole tunnel. They are not good on gophers. I had a few pieces of popcorn left in a bag in my truck so I thought I’ll try this for bait. In the morning a skunk was hanging from the trap by his very pointy nose. With his wind cut off I don’t think he went 10 ft. If I knew how to load pics I would find it & do so.

[Marty S]

I think i caught a dirt bike once in a snare when i was a kid!

Buddy caught a dutchman once in a ram at the forks, of course i got blamed!

Most strange animal catch was a bobcat in a snare with a cottontail between the snare and its neck, cat still down quick.

Caught a black coon once, very pretty coon, wish i hadnt sold it, tho we have a bunch in the store now tanned.

Never a black coyote or leucistic or albino, not even a single cross or silver fox. Couple blue/gray bobcats, those were neat. Never seen one of those ever at the sale. At least one ended up in a museum somewhere in Ont.

1 cougar once, that was cool for me. Too bad the AB govt prefers to incinerate them rather than somebody utilize.

[catnthehat]

When HMW was building the water reservoir , Timberlea sundivision was still barely developed, and my brother and a friend would set rabbit snares before work and check the at lunch or at quitting time . One day they went to check the snares and their was a big 'ol fisher in one of them!
Cat

[antlercarver]

Originally Posted by catnthehat

When HMW was building the water reservoir , Timberlea sundivision was still barely developed, and my brother and a friend would set rabbit snares before work and check the at lunch or at quitting time . One day they went to check the snares and their was a big 'ol fisher in one of them!
Cat

Rabbit snares will never hold a fisher. Someone must have been fooling with you.

[3blade]

The neighbors cat, in a little havahart baited with peanut butter, and the damn thing was facing the wrong way when I found him, as if he backed in. Which meant I had to deal with the sharp end to let him out and he was displeased with his sticky predicament.

I gave him a washing for his trouble, to make sure he didn’t do it again. He didn’t.

[catnthehat]

Originally Posted by antlercarver

Rabbit snares will never hold a fisher. Someone must have been fooling with you.

Well you can think whatever you want to, I saw the picture, and yes it was a fisher.
My bother put it on his trapline license .

Cat

[Big Grey Wolf]

Cat if your brother included it with license it must have been a fisher as F&W need to fill out report and place metal tag on it. However fisher are very aggressive when trapped, have had them break trapping chains to get away.

[Talking moose]

Originally Posted by catnthehat

Well you can think whatever you want to, I saw the picture, and yes it was a fisher.
My bother put it on his trapline license .

Cat

I believe it.
Some people (I don’t know why) snare rabbit with light cable type snares.
And even if it was the heavy gold type(brass?), it might hold a young fisher. Especially if it was caught not long before checking the snare.

[Talking moose]

Originally Posted by Big Grey Wolf

Cat if your brother included it with license it must have been a fisher as F&W need to fill out report and place metal tag on it. However fisher are very aggressive when trapped, have had them break trapping chains to get away.

Have seen fisher caught in a foothold and toggle. Looked like a war zone and every small tree and shrub was chewed off until the toggle finally held.

[dgl1948]

I caught a weasel in a leghold coyote set once. It clamped onto its body killing it. The weasel died with a mouse in its mouth. It was not letting go of its catch.

[Glas Ó Cairealláin]

Our friend's grandpa Chester caught a black coyote. He has it all tanned up & it's quite a beautiful animal for sure, so rare! This old fella (just turned 90) has been a trapper and sheep outfitter for over 44 years but only recently sold his trapline. Chester also has an AMAZING trophy barn, and he will be donating all his trophies to a museum in Rocky sometime this year. I think that will include the melanistic coyote.

[catnthehat]

Originally Posted by Big Grey Wolf

Cat if your brother included it with license it must have been a fisher as F&W need to fill out report and place metal tag on it. However fisher are very aggressive when trapped, have had them break trapping chains to get away.

I was running a registered line at the time as well.
We used to use picture hanger wire for rabbit snares.
Cat

[204ruger]

I caught a coyote in a snare but it looked like it had two heads because it had two sets of teeth. What happened was it grabbed a head from a dead coyote I put on bait and running out it got caught in a snare and the skull it had in it’s mouth went perfectly under its jaw. making it look like it had two mouths. It’s hard to explain and I can’t seem to figure out how to post pictures.

I also have caught a black coyote. Completely jet black.

[Northwinds]

I caught a pike in a 330 conibear.

[H380]

Originally Posted by Northwinds

I caught a pike in a 330 conibear.

Haha..me too and a cow ...the old man wasn't impressed

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[AtimoseMan]

Was out cutting wood recently and fell a dead poplar tree. Noticed an abandoned wood pecker hole. Cut the block at the nest and noticed something red. Pulled the insert of the nest out and there was a red face cloth in the nest. Thought it would fit this post of odd catches.
http://www.outdoorsmenforum.ca/attac...1&d=1705982046

[Grizzly Adams1]

Not in a trap, but in a tree at my place well east of Sundre . First thought was , what's that cat doing up there ?

[AtimoseMan]

Sunday November 3rd 2024, a beaver trapper was hired to catch the Beaver out of a small lake that knowingly has some fish in it. He had the set in the beaver run and caught a 7lb Rainbow Trout. It was a female and we think she was looking for a place to lay her eggs. A lake east of Edmonton