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This month's winner is...
Specimen: Red Fox
Location Trapped: Millwood, West Virginia
Date Caught: 1/27/2012
Submitted By: Sheldon Shamblin and Richard Horn
We are first year trappers. We both caught our first red fox.
Here are a few of our Braggn' Board photo's
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Simply e-mail your story along with a your name, photograph, location, and date of your big catch to info@florintrapping.com.
All submissions must be completed and submitted no later than the 25th of the month to qualify for the following month's drawing. |
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Specimen: Beaver
Location Trapped: Minnesota
Date Caught: 4/1/2012
Submitted By: Shane McCollum
This is our 7 day central Minnesota Beaver catch April 2012 (total of 67). First time trapping beaver in the spring and both of us are just learning. Loved your videos and learned a ton. Thank you for taking the time to show people the tricks of this wonderful trade.
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Specimen: Beaver
Location Trapped: Whitewater, WI
Date Caught: 3/31/2012
Submitted By: Dylan and Jen Dix
My wife and I are both first year trappers and after seeing demonstrations on beaver trapping during our trapping education class in Whitewater WI we were excited to try it this season. We got permission half way though season to trap a piece of land near our home but ice conditions were not safe enough to trap under ice at the pond. We finally had more time the Thursday before season ended. We set a few castor mound sets with 330s. The first day checking the traps one trap was set but with no catch, on the second day checking we caught our first beaver on the last day on the season weighing 23 lbs. We can 't wait until next year to try it again.
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Specimen: Red Fox
Location Trapped:
Date Caught:
Submitted By: Nate Benkofske
Hello Tom, I 'm 15 and this was my first year trapping and I caught my first Red Fox!
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Specimen: Beaver
Location Trapped: Ontario
Date Caught: 3/15/2012
Submitted By: William Freeland
I caught 45 pound beaver after trying for 2 years he was tearing up all my snares and when I caught the beaver he was thrashing and then after I put him down and weighted him he came out as a whapping 45 pounds.
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Specimen: Beaver
Location Trapped: Pennsylvania
Date Caught: 2/29/2012
Submitted By: Nathan Barrett
I finally caught this 40 pounder after 3 weeks of trying. He was as smart as they come and me being a complete rookie probly didnt help, I just started trapping at the end of December. He was in a friends pond and pretty much destroying the breast works and the trees surrounding the pond. He avoided leg-holds, 330s and snares baited with castor or food lure and plain old blind sets on his slides, he would simply take another route. I finally got lucky and just barley had him by the tail in a snare.
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Specimen: Raccoon and Fox
Location Trapped: Southern Indiana
Date Caught: 2/1/2012
Submitted By: Frank Bratton
My name is Frank and I live in Southern Indiana. Me and my dad caught 75 coons and 1 fox this season!
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Specimen: Beaver
Location Trapped:
Date Caught: 12/16/2011
Submitted By: Todd Lerum
This is my 1st year trapping and I received a lot of good info from Tom and his videos. This is my 1st beaver and weighed 60lbs. I caught it on 12-16-11 through the ice in a 330 conibear set in a channel through the cattails.
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Specimen: Red Fox
Location Trapped: Poynette, Wisconsin
Date Caught: 1/14/2012
Submitted By: Bryan Skaar
Heres another red fox that I caught on Saturday. My totals for the year are:
78 raccoons,
9 mink,
4 red fox,
11 muskrats,
9 opossums,
and 2 skunk.
I had a pretty good year.
Thanks for your help!
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Specimen: Raccoon
Location Trapped: Shelbina, Missouri
Date Caught: 1/16/2012
Submitted By: Brian and Jake Douglass
Here is a picture of my son Jake with the coon we caught using your products. Thanks!
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Specimen: Beaver
Location Trapped: Rocky Mountains
Date Caught: 1/10/2012
Submitted By: Mike and Dakota Kentner
My first time trapping I was born too late to trap beaver in Washington, I recently moved to Wyoming and my son decide we needed to trap. I want to say thank you for the videos they have helped a lot. 3rd day having traps out for Beaver, what a thrill you would have thought I just shot a record book bull elk, I am hooked for life The Rocky Mountains are the Marrow of the world, and there can be no place finer. This beaver was caught today 01/10/2012 I checked the line prior to work.
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Specimen: Mink
Location Trapped: New York
Date Caught: 1/15/2010
Submitted By: Harvey Dickens
I caught the mink in a 160 conibear under a deadfall in the Neversink River set up against the bank on a point where a brook enters the river. The mink must have just caught the frog when it entered the trap. I did not have a camera with me on the line but I took the picture in my garage as soon as I got home. Before skinning the mink I had to pry the mink 's jaw open with a screwdriver to get the frog out of its mouth. I guess I interrupted its dinner!
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Specimen: Beaver
Location Trapped: Pennsylvania
Date Caught: 12/31/2011
Submitted By: Nathan Barrett
Last Monday was the season opener, not knowing much about trapping I watched your video on beaver, very helpfull. I made my sets the best I could using #3 bridgers with offset jaws. Tuesday I had 2 sets hit, but both pulled free. So not wanting to educate them more I pulled the sets out and got different traps, #4 dukes, double coiled without offset jaws. I remade my sets yesterday evening using a different castor than what I had used earlier in the week. Upon making the last set one of the beavers snuck up behind me and gave me a good tail slap that startled the heck outa me, but made me smile. Upon checking them today I had caught 2, the 44 pounder and a small one, made my day. Not bad for the first week I had ever tried to trap a beaver. Not being greedy and wanting to save some for seed for next year, i pulled all my sets being content with what I have caught.
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Specimen: Beaver
Location Trapped: Southern Missouri
Date Caught: 12/28/2011
Submitted By: David Richardson
This spring I recognized that the beavers were skirting big oak trees around the lake. They had to go. As I investigated, I found two dens on the lake. I sat up in the woods behind one of the dens with a rifle and dispatched one the first evening. As I researched though, I found that the only way to clear them all out was to trap them out. I had never trapped before. Thanks to many of the online forums and a few great youtube videos, I outfitted myself with 3 conibear 330s and a bottle of backbreaker. Out of 8 sets, I caught six. After that, if there were any others, they left for the summer.
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Specimen: Large Mouth Bass
Location Trapped: Old Hickory Back Waters - Barton 's Creek
Date Caught: 12/26/2011
Submitted By: Christian Lazarides
I had a 330 conifer set on both sides of a 12" Drain Pipe. I am guessing he was chasing bait fish into the pipe. Yes I know it isn 't a fur bearer, it is however funny.
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Specimen: Bobcat
Location Trapped: Saltville, Virginia
Date Caught: 12/18/2011
Submitted By: Timothy Sturgill
I got this female Bobcat on some cliffs just across the river from my house. She weighed in at 15lbs 5 oz. I was using a Duke No 2 DCS stock no mods.
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Specimen: Fisher
Location Trapped: Northwest Wisconsin
Date Caught: 12/22/2011
Submitted By: Ernie Swanson
160 coni, beaver meat and gusto.
First year trapping, trap out for 4 nights.
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Specimen: Beaver
Location Trapped: Southern Wisconsin
Date Caught: 11/16/2011
Submitted By: Jeff and Dylan Amundson
One happy boy! My grandson Dylans first trip beaver trapping. Had a land owner that need the beavers removed due to them flooding his fields. 2 days 5 beaver later we were all done. The biggest 2 were 68 and 72 pounds. Once we got home I threw one in the trough, slipped on a pair of gloves to start skinning and he asked Papa wheres my knife? I told him pa was the only needing a knife for now. A minute later he was gone and I thought that didnt last long. The next thing I know he comes out of the house with a pair of gloves on an his toy knife and shouts lets get skinning BEAVER!
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Specimen: Beaver
Location Trapped: Wisconsin
Date Caught: 12/12/2011
Submitted By: Nick Helstad and Randy Matula
In Wisconsin after 4 checks.
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Specimen: Raccoon
Location Trapped: North Central Wisconsin
Date Caught: 10/16/2011
Submitted By: Wade Guensburg and Ben Giesbach
Big Raccoon from North Central Wisconsin caught in 160 bucket set on Oct. 16 2011. Not sure of the weight but went 40.5 inches on the board.
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Specimen: Beaver
Location Trapped: Wisconsin
Date Caught: 11/29/2011
Submitted By: Ryan Meinert
My first beaver! I caught her on this narrow piece of land between a pond and the creek in the background. I used a 330 conibear. It was trapped on 11/29/11 and came in at 44 pounds. What a thrill!
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Specimen: Beaver
Location Trapped: Wisconsin
Date Caught: 11/23/2011
Submitted By: Kent Beaver Pilz
I finally went to the northwoods and got some beaver. I trapped these two on the first day, Nov. 23, 2011. The insight Tom gave me and I 'm assuming the "Beaver Plus" made it possible. Ended up trapping 5 in 3 days.
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Specimen: Beaver
Location Trapped: South East Iowa
Date Caught: 11/22/2011
Submitted By: Eric Coble
I primarily trap mink and coon however our area has recently boomed with a beaver population. Long story short, I made 2 sets and caught 2 beaver the very next day.
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Specimen: Otter
Location Trapped: La Crosse, Wisconsin
Date Caught: 11/2/2011
Submitted By: Shane Blair
This is my second year trapping. This otter was taken near La Crosse, WI last year on the mighty Mississippi River on the second day of Otter season.
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Specimen: Raccoon
Location Trapped: Three Lakes, Wisconsin
Date Caught: 10/17/2011
Submitted By: Wynn Wollermann
On 10/17/2010 my son Wynn helped his Dad trap this coon that weighed in at 39lbs. Three Lakes, WI.
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Specimen: Red Fox
Location Trapped: Pennsylvania
Date Caught: 1/7/2011
Submitted By: Jeffrey R. Flowers
A very cold late season brought out a nice coat on this big old red, I was very happy to get such a beautiful picture.
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Specimen: Beaver and Fox
Location Trapped: South Eastern Wisconsin
Date Caught: 9/23/2011
Submitted By: Danny Hansen
Last seasons second batch in the end of 2010-2011 season.
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Specimen: Beaver
Location Trapped: Portage, Wisconsin
Date Caught: 11/1/2010
Submitted By: Randy Matula
A beaver I caught November 2010 near Portage, Wisconsin
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Specimen: Otters
Location Trapped: Northern Wisconsin
Date Caught: 1/1/2006
Submitted By: Jeremiah Florin
70+ lb. beaver caught in northern WI.
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Specimen: Beaver
Location Trapped: Missouri
Date Caught: 1/1/2010
Submitted By: Tom florin
2 day catch.
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Specimen: Beaver
Location Trapped: Missouri
Date Caught: 3/1/2009
Submitted By: Tom Florin
Long night of skinning head.
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