Post by mark572 on Apr 19, 2011 22:39:50 GMT -5
Areas to look for are thickets and swamps that hold rabbits and squirrels.
Check your laws before setting for these guys. in northern Maine is pretty tricky keeping track of the laws.
My mess of rules i have to follow.
d. Killer-type (body-gripping) traps. Killer-type traps may be used to trap for all legal species of furbearing animal, but the size of the traps (jaw spread), and the Wildlife Management District, determines where you are allowed to set them:
1.Killer-type traps with a jaw spread of 5 inches or less are the only killer type traps which you are allowed to set at ground or snow level, except in Wildlife Management Districts 1 through 11. (They may also be set above ground level or under water.)
2.In Wildlife Management Districts 1 through 11 all killer-type traps must be set completely under water or at least 4 feet above the ground or snow level except that killer-type traps with an inside jaw spread of 5 inches or less can also be set:
- partially covered by water at all times, or
- under overhanging stream banks, or
- in blind sets that use no bait, lure, or visible attractors (animal droppings or urine are allowed.
Those traps that are required to be set 4 feet above the ground or snow level need to be set on poles or trees no greater than 4 inches in diameter and at an angle of at least 45 degrees from the ground.
3.Killer-type traps with a jaw spread from 5 to 8 inches may be used only if they are set completely underwater or at least 4 feet above the ground or snow.
4.Killer-type traps with a jaw spread greater than 8 inches may be used only during the beaver trapping season and must be set completely underwater.
This is my set up for marten and fisher i use a mix of muskrats and beaver meat and for lure i use a few drops of gusto!!
I also use mostly 120's body grippers when i run out of 120's i will use 110's and have no problems with either one for marten and fisher.
First check on the above box!
same day!
Even with modified extra long triggers this shows you how tricky a marten can be!!
Nice female fisher in a 120.
Days catch of marten out of 30 traps, the white tags in there mouth is my marten tags only allowed 25 marten and 10 fisher per year!
Leaning pole cubbie with a 120 guarding the bait 9note how thick the cubbie is, this is due to our laws no visible bait from above)
Leaning cubbie usen a 160.
Random pics of marten and fisher catches.
Days catch of marten weasel and a beaver.
days catch weasel beaver fisher and marten.
Check your laws before setting for these guys. in northern Maine is pretty tricky keeping track of the laws.
My mess of rules i have to follow.
d. Killer-type (body-gripping) traps. Killer-type traps may be used to trap for all legal species of furbearing animal, but the size of the traps (jaw spread), and the Wildlife Management District, determines where you are allowed to set them:
1.Killer-type traps with a jaw spread of 5 inches or less are the only killer type traps which you are allowed to set at ground or snow level, except in Wildlife Management Districts 1 through 11. (They may also be set above ground level or under water.)
2.In Wildlife Management Districts 1 through 11 all killer-type traps must be set completely under water or at least 4 feet above the ground or snow level except that killer-type traps with an inside jaw spread of 5 inches or less can also be set:
- partially covered by water at all times, or
- under overhanging stream banks, or
- in blind sets that use no bait, lure, or visible attractors (animal droppings or urine are allowed.
Those traps that are required to be set 4 feet above the ground or snow level need to be set on poles or trees no greater than 4 inches in diameter and at an angle of at least 45 degrees from the ground.
3.Killer-type traps with a jaw spread from 5 to 8 inches may be used only if they are set completely underwater or at least 4 feet above the ground or snow.
4.Killer-type traps with a jaw spread greater than 8 inches may be used only during the beaver trapping season and must be set completely underwater.
This is my set up for marten and fisher i use a mix of muskrats and beaver meat and for lure i use a few drops of gusto!!
I also use mostly 120's body grippers when i run out of 120's i will use 110's and have no problems with either one for marten and fisher.
First check on the above box!
same day!
Even with modified extra long triggers this shows you how tricky a marten can be!!
Nice female fisher in a 120.
Days catch of marten out of 30 traps, the white tags in there mouth is my marten tags only allowed 25 marten and 10 fisher per year!
Leaning pole cubbie with a 120 guarding the bait 9note how thick the cubbie is, this is due to our laws no visible bait from above)
Leaning cubbie usen a 160.
Random pics of marten and fisher catches.
Days catch of marten weasel and a beaver.
days catch weasel beaver fisher and marten.