Unmarked Trap Line?

and again, why we are losing to the anti's on full display...


OP- go back and leave a note saying you didn't know any better. Apologize, offer to make amends and leave your contact info.

You just might gain some first hand experience in trapping as reparation.
 
kodiakjack said:
Property? What property? The suffering weasel? Is that the property you're referring to? Because that's the only thing the op said he interfered with. And I'd have done the same thing (not with a bullet though) and damn the consequences. That's how I was raised.

Maybe you would have kept walking. That's fine. If that's what your moral compass leads you to do, so be it. No judgment here. Honestly. But expecting the op to hold to your moral standards is... well... I suppose that's what the liberals are always trying to pull, isnt it?




Anyway, I don't have a weasel in this fight. I was just trying to say that perhaps the op could benefit from more of a correcting tone, than a condemning tone. A hammer isn't the right tool for every job.

Cheers.
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Again...well said.

Would have done the same thing.
 
Trappers often set for every available furbearer in an area, makes checking weasel traps worthwhile if you're already checking coyote snares, I knew a guy that used to catch over 1000 squirrels every year while he was running his regular line, at 1.00 a piece they paid for a lot of gas.

As for the open snare, one of my best snare areas was an old logging road with alders just starting to grow (10") leaving the wheel tracks open, snares set in the old wheel tracks took a lot of coyotes and foxes.
 
I pulled a portion of my trapline last year because of
trap tampering. What's an appropriate penalty for days of lost time, hundreds of miles of wasted driving, and the lost revenue from that section, perhaps for years because of
Joe Sneakum? A buck for the weasel? 1000 bucks for wasting his time? An incalculable amount because he may be required to take a certain amount of species due to regulation or trapline management? Being condemned to the inside of a bear barrel for not minding his own business? A year or so without a hunting licence to think it over?
 
Was not sure about signage and a trap line. There are trap lines all over around here and lots of country so I just go elsewhere when running the dog. Problem is I sometimes happen across them unknowingly, the dog will surely head for the bait. I can see why trappers do not want to advertise. Sort of a rock and a hard place as far as knowing where the trap lines are.
 
Dogleg said:
I pulled a portion of my trapline last year because of
trap tampering. What's an appropriate penalty for days of lost time, hundreds of miles of wasted driving, and the lost revenue from that section, perhaps for years because of
Joe Sneakum? A buck for the weasel? 1000 bucks for wasting his time? An incalculable amount because he may be required to take a certain amount of species due to regulation or trapline management? Being condemned to the inside of a bear barrel for not minding his own business? A year or so without a hunting licence to think it over?
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My point exactly! $1 for the weasel my ***! It's all the above!! Unfortunarely some guys, the one's who think a Tim Horton's coffee will suffice for loss don't get it!
 
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Superbrad said:
While I agree with those suggesting to leave the sets alone, the coyote snares set on open trails are highly suspect...... I dabble in trappingband have my own sets on my private land and have never heard of this method...... seems amateur and almost zero chance of success..... I highly doubt this is a legally assigned line, but best to leave it alone and report it......
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I wouldn't be so quick to call what could clearly be inexperience an illegal line.

I have zero respect for those that tamper with lawful and legal practices of hunters and trappers. (that includes calling a CO based on your own personal opinions rather than law) We didnt all start out knowing everything before going on our first hunt or setting our first line, It takes years of experience and not everyone has someone to learn from.
 
kodiakjack said:
Property? What property? The suffering weasel? Is that the property you're referring to? Because that's the only thing the op said he interfered with. And I'd have done the same thing (not with a bullet though) and damn the consequences. That's how I was raised.

Maybe you would have kept walking. That's fine. If that's what your moral compass leads you to do, so be it. No judgment here. Honestly. But expecting the op to hold to your moral standards is... well... I suppose that's what the liberals are always trying to pull, isnt it?



Anyway, I don't have a weasel in this fight. I was just trying to say that perhaps the op could benefit from more of a correcting tone, than a condemning tone. A hammer isn't the right tool for every job.

Cheers.
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There's a pretty big grey area between tampering and humanely despatching a suffering animal. If the OP's intent was the latter, then so be it. He is an adult and made the correct choice in his mind. Leaving a note would be a commendable action.
A classic example of this is bear baiting. Legal in Alberta, drive an hour west into BC and do the same thing and you'll probably be imprisoned. We all have slightly different perceptions on some topics. What is "right" and what is lawful are not always one and the same.
And yes, I fully acknowledge that I know NOTHING about trapping.
"Anyway, I don't have a weasel in this fight" = Gold! Time to clean coffee off my monitor.
 
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Brian46 said:
I wouldn't be so quick to call what could clearly be inexperience an illegal line.

I have zero respect for those that tamper with lawful and legal practices of hunters and trappers. (that includes calling a CO based on your own personal opinions rather than law) We didnt all start out knowing everything before going on our first hunt or setting our first line, It takes years of experience and not everyone has someone to learn from.
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I agree Brian.... I was more alluding to the idea of calling it in and seeing if there is a trap line registered to the area.... not having the CO's come out and screw the line up even worse.....
 
One thing that those of us who have been exposed to trapping don't realize...
Most folks that have never set or checked a trap in their life don't understand the commitment it takes. The endless hours of preparation and planning. The time and money spent setting out traps and maintaining them. Resetting everything after a warm day or a wet snow. Miles of travel in sub zero weather. The disappointment of finding an animal eaten (or shot) in your trap, or a trap missing.
Spending huge sums of money on the chance you might get it back, and a little more, at the fur sale. Every time a trapper checks his sets he is going out of pocket for fuel in the hope he finds something in his traps. Then the work involved skinning and fleshing and stretching if you do. Tampering, and spreading man scent along a trap line can have serious repercussions beyond that one spoiled hide, and I'm pretty sure the OP understands that now.
He was doing what he thought was right, even though he was wrong.
I stand by my previous post.
Make amends OP, you may make a friend and you might even learn something.
 
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