Thanks for the info Bean. I'm still learning too but thinking I might flesh and stretch my own...or at least try. I've made a fleshing board and a few stretchers so I guess we'll see.

bean, maybe I have the terminology wrong....but a "cubby" is a hole that is open on both ends, and a pocket is a hole that dead ends. Mink love to crawl through holes. My mink "cubby's" start as a hole up on the bank, and ends in the water. Or, both ends in shallow water. I typically use a 1.5 coil spring under the water at the entrance. I toss a dead shad, or other type of fishy smelling bait up in the hole. You can use a body grip if you like. I set a foot hold trap because 110's aren't very effective on coon. I built some boxes, but prefer to build them out of rocks and natural material found on the bank. Since the mink season comes in tomorrow, I hopefully will be setting them. I'll take some pics and post.

bean, maybe I have the terminology wrong....but a "cubby" is a hole that is open on both ends, and a pocket is a hole that dead ends. Mink love to crawl through holes. My mink "cubby's" start as a hole up on the bank, and ends in the water. Or, both ends in shallow water. I typically use a 1.5 coil spring under the water at the entrance. I toss a dead shad, or other type of fishy smelling bait up in the hole. You can use a body grip if you like. I set a foot hold trap because 110's aren't very effective on coon. I built some boxes, but prefer to build them out of rocks and natural material found on the bank. Since the mink season comes in tomorrow, I hopefully will be setting them. I'll take some pics and post. It has been YEARS since I've seriously went after a mink. I can't wait!

I understand what you mean. Going to try that tomorrow as well. Be cool to catch one or 10!! If you take pic it would be good to see them.

We get our deer killed this weekend this trappin thing will go into overdrive.

Right. That is an excellent price.

A few years ago, top end finished coon were going for prices in this range.

caught 3 more this morning, brings my total to 18

caught my first skunk of the year also, made for an interesting morning...

The two on the right are good ones Chevy. I'm down to one bucket set and a couple of DPs set. Just haven't had time, and just been leaving traps thrown after getting the fur out. Hope to leave work early today, and team up with Pop, and get some sets put out this afternoon. Stuff should move good this weekend!

Here is one of two I got last night. I'm up to 11.....I think, including the one my house hound treed behind the house a couple nights ago.

2 skunks in DP's and a grinner is all today. Did watch a mink from the tree stand this morning. That was cool.

Nice job guys. 76 you are wearing them out.

One of my issues is that our good deer spots will probably be our best trapping spots. Not setting them yet.

I check this thread every day. You guys are looking good!

I'm in the same boat bean........

atleast you guys have traps out. i trap on my familys ground and waiting for them all to get their deer. its killing me. im ready to be trapping.

I stand corrected: 1 small coon. I went back to take care of the dispatched skunks and had a coon nearby. I went back to take care of skunks after Luke went to school. I can just hear everyone talk about the smell if he got the juice on him.

Makes 2 coons... hey got to get the skinks and possums out of the way.

skin those possums its good practice and if you catch enough they add up. i skinned one last night that was a big female. one of the biggest coons i have seen.

Heck yea!!! Grinners brought $7.00 put up and dried last year. There have been times when I wished coons brought $7.00.

Me too! Soons as I kill my buck I setting traps. h.h.

If I get through this weekend without a deer..........I setting traps anyway....to he!! with the deer hunting.

Went from one from spectrum to the other: yesterday caught the biggest coon of this year so far and today brought in the smallest.. haha

you averaged $7 on grinners or is this the price for your top one?

I am hoping for a big coon weekend, and no deer hunters messing with my traps or coon

the biggest went right at 20lbs on a digital scale. Not nearly as big as you think it "should weigh" tons of fat and really nice looking fur.

I have a road line mapped out for December. I amd hoping it produces big time....

I caught 2 skunks in a DP and my trapping guy thought that was really rare. I caught 2 side by side. Pretty things but they sure stink. You guys catch any in a dp?

No, but I caught a few of them in a 220 Conibear. h.h.

I have not, my Father has.....several times.

I have caught 2 skunks in the past 2 days in DP traps...both sprayed. Fun stuff.

Caught a small little possum in a dp last night

Mixed bag. My catch for the morning. Rats in the top corner are my fathers. I think I caught the only two rats on the ditch where I'm trapping. Creeks are going to get ugly. So I just left the traps tripped, and did not re-bait anything this morning. Hope we don't get the water they are predicting. They were up a bit this morning.

Had a DP, and a 220 in a bucket tripped (bait gone), and had a mink steal my bait out of another set. Only think I can figure is he came in from the top on the bank, and went back out that way. The bucket is in the cattails in the pond. I have a suspicion that was a mink also.


Dad had a good morning. He caught a dozen rats also The fox came in a snare under an old barn floor.

Dang, nice catches Yaz. Seems odd to me the red would have tried the under the barn route. Catch many that way? Also, my wife and i are tagged out on deer so Tennessee is calling my name! I'll keep you posted.

Nice catch today. We caught 1 possum and had a couple misses. Did not set minks sets due to rain and the creek will be up quite a bit after today.

I agree bean. probably a waste of time to make any sets along the creeks right now. Grinners moved good last night!

Dave, the fox was incidental. There is a raised wooden floor in my Brother in laws old barn. Foxes have raised several litters under that old floor over the years. Coons were going in and out, and a snare was set just in case a fox came back through. It got tangled, and was not able to be released. We TRY not to catch foxes, as the coyotes have really put a hurt on them. The foxes have made a little comeback since we have been working on the coyotes so hard around there. I hope they do!

Nice catch. Possums moved GOOD last night.

Time to change up lines for me, I have got nothing but garbage and one dink coon the last 3 days.

You guys are doing good! Keep up the good work! h.h.

I sure wish the deer would cooperate with me so i can start hitting the lines. I have to get me a deer first and it is not looking good.

Trapping is now my #1 thing to do. Deer hunting is #2. I don't NEED to kill a deer. This dam "job thing" and the farm keeps getting in the way of my fun! I don't have enough time for both! :rolleyes:

I'm ramping up my sets today. War is on!

I caught coon #20 of the season this morning. One of my farms is way down, I caught 35 off of it 3 years ago. Only 3 so far and next to no sign...I think the drought last year might have hit them pretty good.

Got some new sets out and hoping for a good coon night

Caught a possum, kitty cat, and a 24# female coon today. Had a few DP's hit but not tripped. When water goes down, mink sets will go in.

Nice job on #20 76....

I set one DP at the pond today and baited it with marshmallows. h.h.

We are finding the same thing Chevy. The coon population is off this year around us.. We are having to move around a lot to keep catching, and its just one or two at a spot. Drought did hurt the kitten coon IMO. Lack of berries and no water in the ditches probably took its toll. A lot of the coon we are catching are good size coons though.

You are doing very well at 20 IMO. Not exactly sure, but with Dad trapping 1/2 the county, and the few I have nabbed, its about 30 between us.

bean, we didn't get that much rain here. .8" is all. I know you got hit pretty hard over there. The ditches came up about 3" and it didn't hurt a thing. Matter of fact, I like seeing some water in them now.

I moved to some road spots which show some OK sign. I also plan to get back on the river and try to pick some up there-it is about the only place with decent coon sign now.

My other couple spots produced 1 to 3 and then went dead.

I am basically out of spots so I will need to change things up somehow to meet my goal of 50 coon for the season.