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Olson's New England Trappers Weekend
My two daugthers and I made the trip again this year to Olson's New England Trappers Weekend in Bethel Maine.
The girls have been coming with me off and on to this event for a number of years. Great event I highly recommend it to any trapper.
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Grading and Handling Tips on Fisher Pelts,
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What to look for as a trapper when grading fisher pelts. The biggest problems I find with Fisher handling is not fleshing them and using the old style wide boards. I recommend males on fox boards 5 1/4 inches wide and females on fisher boards 4 1/2 wide. Every fisher needs to be fleshed on a beam and I highly recommend using a wedge when placing on a stretcher. Fisher espeacially the males have...
2 Minute Beaver Set
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Today's video is about the Sauvageau snap swivel and anchor lock. We show you how to intall the snap swivel on the trap and how the lock works along with making the set. My favorite system for tying off my 330 size traps for beaver and otter, saves on wire and the snap swivels and locks are reusable. Avaiable just about anywhere that sells Sauvageau traps, I buy mine at Mactrap.ca When I mentio...
Marten for Money: Rough Grading and Handling Tips
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Follow along as we try to give a few tips on marten fur handling. I talk about why I use the boards that I do and how to get the most out of each pelt. My goal is to help you maximize what you can get out of each pelt. A fur brush is a must.
Rough Skinning Beaver
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I am buying rough skinned frozen beaver for Groenewold Fur & Wool Co. This video is to explain how we want to buy them.
April Beaver Trapping
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A short video of spring trapping using floater sets to adjust to water levels going up and down.
Late Summer Bait Fishing
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Follow along as we harvest baitfish and deliver them to the store. We use a minnow grader to keep the harvesting sustainable.
I take my Advil before I start.
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Sorry about the audio it was a windy day when we were picking and I did not notice until Kasey was doing the editing. Follow along today as we explain how to use a berry rake. It has been a great blueberry season this year. I pick each season to sell wild blueberries and love getting out everyday to pick. Being a red head I have to cover up otherwise I burn everytime I pick berries. Before I st...
Leeches and Bait Fish: Spring Harvesting
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Trapping baitfish in the spring is a lot more fun than in the winter and or the heat of the summer. Follow along as we are harvesting leeches and baitfish.
Nuisance Beaver
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Follow along today as Kasey and I are checking nuisance beaver traps. Almost stepped on a hornets nest. The trials and tribulations of doing summer beaver work.
Handling Wet Beaver
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I show you how to clean up a beaver that I drummed after fleshing. The beaver pelt was still wet so I drummed the wet pelt which caused the sawdust to stick to the skin side. I made sure to scrap clean all the sawdust off the skin side of the beaver. If I left it on the sawdust would make the hide like sandpaper and the beaver graders do not like this.
Picking up the Line
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On today run I have some help from David as we pick up the line for the season. Always a bitter sweet moment end of one season but we always have the next season to look forward too.
Spring Beaver Trapping
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My son Tyler runs the spring beaver line with me on today's trip. We had just laid out the line the day before. In northern Ontario with water so abundant beaver need to be managed otherwise they cause a lot of problems and really like to plug up culverts causing major issue for highways, forest access road, railways, mines, farmer, and municipality. They can cause thousands of dollars of damag...
How I Rough Skin Beaver
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Rough skinning a beaver using my improvised extra hand. Funny thing I started out as a clean skinner but evolved into a rough skinning. Hopefully you pick up a few tips that will help you. For sure I have skinned a few thousand beaver. I always prefer to skin beaver that have been dried.
Size Matters: Stretching and Sizing
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Follow along as I explain how and why I stretch beaver for the present day Hatter market. Hopefully you gain a few tips to make the job easier.
Spring Beaver Challenges
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Spring Beaver Challenges
No Cheap Bait fish in Winter
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No Cheap Bait fish in Winter
How to: Fleshing Beaver Tips and Tricks
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How to: Fleshing Beaver Tips and Tricks
Redneck Fur Drum
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Redneck Fur Drum
How I Set up Snares on the Trapline
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How I Set up Snares on the Trapline
How to: State of the Art Wolf Snaring
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How to: State of the Art Wolf Snaring
Trapping Vlog: Triple Header
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Trapping Vlog: Triple Header
Frost scraping Beaver part 2
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Frost scraping Beaver part 2
Embracing the Cold: Frost Scraping Beaver Part 1
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Embracing the Cold: Frost Scraping Beaver Part 1
Beaver Trapping and I catch a Coyote
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Beaver Trapping and I catch a Coyote
First Ice Beaver Trapping
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First Ice Beaver Trapping
Open Water Beaver Trapping
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Open Water Beaver Trapping
All in on Castor $
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All in on Castor $
Chaos on the Trapline: Winter Ice Storm Shuts Me Down
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Chaos on the Trapline: Winter Ice Storm Shuts Me Down
How to Up your Beaver Pelt Game: Tips on Taking Beaver off the Board
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How to Up your Beaver Pelt Game: Tips on Taking Beaver off the Board

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  • @MarcelPoirier-j8d
    @MarcelPoirier-j8d 6 днів тому

    Awesome video ,im a fellow bait harvester from watershed area

  • @Dogskinner719
    @Dogskinner719 8 днів тому

    I hope to meet you next year, if you can make it. I’m a long time subscriber of yours.

  • @MarkJLarsonOutdoors
    @MarkJLarsonOutdoors 10 днів тому

    Looked like a great time!! Thank you for sharing my friends!

  • @GenXDesigns
    @GenXDesigns 15 днів тому

    did you use heat if so how much?

  • @RonaldGervais
    @RonaldGervais 20 днів тому

    Do you buy beavers from Quebec trappers

  • @RonaldGervais
    @RonaldGervais 20 днів тому

    Your videos are very helpful thanks for sharing your experience

  • @davidmcgregor4691
    @davidmcgregor4691 26 днів тому

    The amount of knowledge you have is amazing. Thank you for sharing all you do.. Finding "good" quality information is challenging. Glad I found your channel.

  • @dougfairburn2037
    @dougfairburn2037 Місяць тому

    I like it, I'm gonna speed dip my heavy wire before hand. More videos please. I like what you are sharing with trapping 😊

  • @gksox
    @gksox Місяць тому

    great idea on the snare support ... drilling a hole in the tree ! I'll be using that trick ! thanks Jim !

  • @kevinsmith9190
    @kevinsmith9190 Місяць тому

    Dammit Jim! I’m just a trapper!’

  • @ChuckoMountain-fv9yj
    @ChuckoMountain-fv9yj Місяць тому

    Houghton Lake has leeches. Big blood sucking leeches. Swim like radar seeking victims. Missing any children? ua-cam.com/video/zs49He80k7Y/v-deo.html

  • @dougfairburn2037
    @dougfairburn2037 Місяць тому

    GREAT idea! Thanks eh!

  • @dougfairburn2037
    @dougfairburn2037 Місяць тому

    Thanks for the info. I'm one of those that is accidentally catching Fisher. Nice to know how I can maximize on my results.

  • @hyangooh
    @hyangooh 3 місяці тому

    Incredible! Where to buy berry-picking rake in Finland? I didn't find it in stores.

  • @geo8576
    @geo8576 4 місяці тому

    Great video. Thanks for the idea. Is there a washer under the end stop. Im going to be ordering the parts

  • @MarkJLarsonOutdoors
    @MarkJLarsonOutdoors 4 місяці тому

    Thank you for sharing my friend! We don't have fisher in Illinois would you like to sell one so I can tan ir myself for my mancave?

  • @yvonnehighland
    @yvonnehighland 4 місяці тому

    Great tips! I met you when you did a mink handling demo in Wisconsin many years ago. When you have time you should do a video on mink. Thanks

  • @jamesdickson7515
    @jamesdickson7515 5 місяців тому

    rolled 2 gallons twice in less than 5 minutes !! I used 1/4 hardware wire , CRAZY clean and fast !

  • @robertstitt9512
    @robertstitt9512 5 місяців тому

    Where can one purchase these?

    • @gibbsadventures12
      @gibbsadventures12 5 місяців тому

      I get them made by Mactraps in Quebec, They have them on their website but in french only. I prefer my cable to be 12 feet long they sell them 6 feet but i get them custom made.

  • @Bryce_Robert
    @Bryce_Robert 5 місяців тому

    I love this… looks very user friendly and organized! I just lost a 330 cause a bear grabbed it.. now I was cheap on the wire length so I was kind of asking for it but this method here looks great!

  • @MarkJLarsonOutdoors
    @MarkJLarsonOutdoors 5 місяців тому

    Great info! Thank you for sharing my friend!

  • @nbeaudry7710
    @nbeaudry7710 5 місяців тому

    Thorough and clear.....as usual, Thank you. Been using the clips a few years now, but have always been clipping them on a spring ( near the coil) , your set up makes more sense.

  • @gksox
    @gksox 5 місяців тому

    Thanks Jim ... another very informative video !

  • @fernfournier3625
    @fernfournier3625 5 місяців тому

    Jim is right I’ve been using the same method for many years now you don’t need wire you don’t need pliers very quick method fast easy simple . Good job Jim

  • @kenwilson5896
    @kenwilson5896 5 місяців тому

    Little slack on the nails!

    • @gibbsadventures12
      @gibbsadventures12 5 місяців тому

      Most folks go overbroad with the nails, just enough to maintain the oval pattern. Too many nails cost you a lot of time.

  • @sarahklein4516
    @sarahklein4516 5 місяців тому

    Hi! Loved the video it was informative and easy to follow. Do you tan it after it’s done drying and if so what is your process? And if not, why? How does it stay preserved? Sorry for all the questions Im new to harvesting fur and have a fisher id like to dry using your board method but im concerned about how soft it will be after drying.

    • @gibbsadventures12
      @gibbsadventures12 5 місяців тому

      I ship them to sell after I dry them. If I hold them for any amount I store the raw dried pelt in my freezer. The pelt will turn yellow and the bugs will get into it if not in a freezer.

  • @bryanjones14
    @bryanjones14 5 місяців тому

    This year here in michigan a dozen leaches are $7.99 .....thats why im watchinh this video ,I wont pay that , or 6 bucks for crawlers. Prices have gottten crazy . I like to use the little leaches for bluegill and the big ones for smallmouth and brown trout .... Thanks for the video

  • @dlansburg2673
    @dlansburg2673 6 місяців тому

    Thanks Jim for the tips,friend of Toby here

  • @frez777
    @frez777 6 місяців тому

    love your videos

  • @scottk0623
    @scottk0623 6 місяців тому

    I like that table with the lift up top to hold the feet. Sometime a video on it would be great. Thanks for sharing

  • @greasemonkeygarage7855
    @greasemonkeygarage7855 7 місяців тому

    Hi JIm, do you wash them before boarding?

  • @philipjean1086
    @philipjean1086 7 місяців тому

    So interesting that you leave flesh on mink a no-no in northern Alberta lots of fat under the saddle In my section. Good to see price is finally starting to rise

    • @gibbsadventures12
      @gibbsadventures12 7 місяців тому

      different sections of mink are handled a little different a western type mink has a heavey saddle with a lot of fat that needs to be scraped a northern type has very fine leather and little fat so better to leave the saddle on. Central type mink same deal you have to take the saddle off.

  • @robertstitt9512
    @robertstitt9512 7 місяців тому

    Here in SE Yukon, nearly all juvenile female marten will make the large size when put on male board- a prime example of Bergmans Law. Biggest marten occur at higher elevation-3,000-3500'. Why, I have yet to determine.

  • @philipjean1086
    @philipjean1086 7 місяців тому

    Good video Jim the worst thing I see in marten trappers is ground sets and handling the trapped animal from trap location to skinning shed. Mouse chews 80 % discount to select. If I can’t catch a marten hanging from a pole and then wrapped up in a fur bag and moving blanket on its way to the fur shed better to let it live and breed

  • @coondogbob
    @coondogbob 7 місяців тому

    Awesome info sir

  • @trapperstrailsandtales4657
    @trapperstrailsandtales4657 7 місяців тому

    Thanks for sharing Jim Miigwech

  • @NorthernTrapper
    @NorthernTrapper 7 місяців тому

    Good explanation Jim. I always tell my students. You are spending money until you catch the animal. Now how you handle it can either make you money or lose you money. It’s all in presentation and primeness of the pelt.

  • @briansnyder3316
    @briansnyder3316 7 місяців тому

    As per usual another great video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

  • @camaro6810
    @camaro6810 7 місяців тому

    Great to see you post more videos its been a while, this is one of my favorite channels I learn so much, thank you!

  • @timminstraprs2169
    @timminstraprs2169 7 місяців тому

    Still have fur for ya Jim. Froze 3 beaver in ball form, once I get those stretched, I’ll text ya, if you’re still buying. 👍✌️

  • @whatido3021
    @whatido3021 7 місяців тому

    Awesome Jim, always great information!

  • @corygardner101981
    @corygardner101981 7 місяців тому

    What do you mean by the sawdust in the drum and I missing a step skinned to fleshing but I'm having issues

  • @camefromthenorth
    @camefromthenorth 7 місяців тому

    Great educational vid helps a lot.

  • @douglasbattjes3991
    @douglasbattjes3991 8 місяців тому

    Jim, I'm in Michigan, do you put yours in sawdust before you flesh all you hides out,, or just to dry them and then freeze with the sawdust.? Fill me in please , great video and presentation 👍👍👍👍

    • @gibbsadventures12
      @gibbsadventures12 8 місяців тому

      I use the regular sawdust when fleshing the beaver, I make sure to get it all of the hide before stretching them. If they are wet I will use an old dryer that I have modified into a drum to clean and dry the fur. using hardwood sawdust.

    • @douglasbattjes3991
      @douglasbattjes3991 8 місяців тому

      Thanks so much Jim, great idea with a old dryer, @@gibbsadventures12

  • @kusterflattail
    @kusterflattail 8 місяців тому

    One tip for anyone drumming fur, for really greasy animals like coon, beaver or bear capes , we always added mineral spirits to our sawdust . It's like night and day how well it cleans that dirt grease crap out of the fur and leaves it soft silky and clean. Obviously before fleshing.

  • @camefromthenorth
    @camefromthenorth 9 місяців тому

    Ya great video, good idea with the box construction, will copy this. Thanks I subscribed and thumbs up...

  • @pine456
    @pine456 9 місяців тому

    Where can you get the aluminum to build those traps?

    • @gibbsadventures12
      @gibbsadventures12 9 місяців тому

      Roofing supply places you can buy it by the roll used to make fascia and soffits.

  • @jonathanwhite9242
    @jonathanwhite9242 9 місяців тому

    What thickness boards do you prefer and what do you use instead of a sharpie to make your pattern? Great video.

  • @craigsager9660
    @craigsager9660 9 місяців тому

    Isn't a Leech a blood sucker to?

  • @jocelynbourgoin
    @jocelynbourgoin 9 місяців тому

    Thanks for the demo Jim. I used to frost scrape after learning from a trapper from Hearst. I agree, the leather side is much better looking but I thought FHA has requested that beavers not be frost scraped anymore? That is why I have not done it in years. One thing I did, was a simple A frame and would sit the beaver board about belt height on the cross piece to not have to bend down. My legs could work in between the A frame legs. Worked really well. I just rest the board against the wall. The scrapings are awesome for marten bait. I would put them in plastic milk bags. Kept the bait nice an clean. At the set, I just slice the bag open and squeeze into the box. Gloves don't touch the bait. All your other tips, are 100% on the money, especially not going sideways!! You only do that once or twice. :) Thanks for taking the time to make these videos. Always learn something from them.

    • @gibbsadventures12
      @gibbsadventures12 9 місяців тому

      I think they have problems with frost drying, have never heard any complaints about frost scraping.