Up the Mountain Checking Wolf Traps

[@jonfoy9166]

Good morning. Having a chronic illness has taught me to pace myself. So that means alot of plans get pushed to the next day. Take care and good luck with your traps. It's nice to see Cindy up and atter again. I am glad she's healthy! The times you video about jams, jellies as well as the truck repair videos I find just as good as the trapping and hunting videos. Have a great day

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Good Morning! Things do change every day. It's just a part of life. Thank you very much! Cindy is doing good again now. I'm very grateful for that!

[@tmccormick48]

Good morning young man. I would have to take the class too so I could understand the rules. Thanks for the ride along. Have a good day

[@MuskratOutdoors]

The rules are kind of complicated! Some are just plain silly, like checking traps that you snapped shut. You know they are empty because you snapped them.....

[@tmccormick48]

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[@IdahoHillbilly]

Good Morning 🌄

[@MuskratOutdoors]

GOOD MORNING!!!

[@thecamocowboyoutdoors5693]

Good morning Gary, I know the feeling. We just don't get enough time to trap. Other things always get in the way. Tomorrow is the last day of hunting season here. I'm a little reluctant to put sets in certain spots till after hunting season is over. Even though I trap on my own ranch and no one else should be out there. There is always a few that sneak out on the land, and if they are willing to do that, they would be willing to mess with sets too. Have a good day my friend.

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Exactly! I'm 100% on public land. Hunting seasons worry me, and then until Christmas, there are people getting Christmas trees. Most of them have dogs. I don't want to ruin a kid's happy memories of cutting a Christmas tree with their family by catching their dog in a trap. I put up signs, but they don't read them. Anyway, I hope you have a great day!

[@ImixSpb]

My bet is that you could be a great tutor in these trapping classes. I always look forward to the video of you checking the traps. Thanks for sharing, have a great day!

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Thanks! I thought about helping with them, but it's an 8 hour class, and they don't pay you. It might be kind of fun, but I don't have the time.

[@AlexT-k7p]

Good morning MO. Well, tomorrow'll be better. I figure I win no matter how the day goes, I get to visit, lol. Btw, at about 11:43 I could swear you struck a banjo string. I listened a few times. Thanks again. Continued blessings to you and miss Cindy.

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Good Morning!!! Ha! I don't know what that might have been? Thanks!

[@stingray8585]

Good luck Gary you'll get some, as long as you don't trap another bear you'll be alright 😅😅.

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Thanks! Hopefully the bears will be napping by now! Wolf trapping is a lot of empty trap checks mostly.

[@GarrettGalloway-c8h]

good morning 🙏 thanx 4 the video ❤God bless my friend

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Just never happy are you?

[@MuskratOutdoors]

@@Ken-o2d Damn you are a nice fella......can't even spell wolf.....it has an "L" , it's not "Woof"....

[@reginaldwinsor2759]

Good morning Gary. I don't know about you but whatever I do, I have to get at it early. If I put something off, I lose my motivation. I guess I am an early morning person. There is a lot to be said for that. That is a really nice zoom you got on your camera. Great resolution. See you tomorrow.

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Exactly! I need to get going faster. It's too easy to wait for the sun to warm things and answer comments here, but it is slowing me down too much. I forget how soon the sun go's down again.

[@davemcnamee2298]

Minnesota Rancher. Late start because of good friendly visiting.... Not a bad problem to have! Good luck to ya!

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Good Morning!!!

[@billiep4338]

Have a great day ❤🙏🏻❤️

[@MuskratOutdoors]

You too!

[@pauloehmen1665]

Just checking traps for me is half the fun. Wish you the best of luck.

[@MuskratOutdoors]

It is! It's more fun when you catch something, but just getting out and trying is where the real fun is. After the catch, it's just work!

[@masstrapper7645]

Boy you ain’t kidding. Some days are just meant for spinning the wheels. Try as you might your not going anywhere. Good luck and Enjoy the day👍👍

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Frustrating sometimes......more trouble tomorrow!

[@clayhaddon3968]

Interesting thank you

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Thanks!!!!

[@FreeSpeechZoneUSA]

Good morning friends!! Thank you Ann have a blessed day all

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Good Morning! You too!

[@elkaholic338]

Good morning ! You can never have too many friends !

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Very true!

[@jeffryrichardson9105]

Good day in the woods!👍🏽😊❤️🇺🇸

[@MuskratOutdoors]

You bet!!! Any day in the mountains is a good day!

[@AC-nc8ue]

Howdy! Thanks for taking us along . Have a great Day!!

[@MuskratOutdoors]

You too, thanks! Good Morning!

[@cliffyarboro1163]

Mornin brother enjoyed the video hope you have better luck tomorrow👍👍

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Good Morning! Thank you!

[@johndavis2720]

Good morning! Good luck and have a good one!

[@johndavis2720]

That was nice of you to let that feller go ahead.when isnt there an elk season!

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Good Morning! Thanks you too!!!

[@SteveLynd]

Good morning muskrat and Cindy have a great day today is opening day of muzzleloader season here in Michigan so I will probably go sit this afternoon but tags are getting expensive 20$ for a doe tag this year witch is the same as last year but they said the price was going to go down but nope to get the base license and the combo license it is 51$ but anyway I hope you fill your wolf tags soon and stay safe out there have a good one

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Good Morning! Good luck hunting! Hunting license, and tags are getting high priced. Add in gas, and really we would be better off buying from the store......but what fun is that? Some stuff, like duck hunting, was enjoyable, but It got to be too much money. I don't like the way they taste, so I gave them to friends and family. I haven't done that since the 1980's.

[@dannysollis1063]

Good morning muskrat! Happy trappin, Have a great day!

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Good Morning!!!

[@ralphl8055]

Better luck tomorrow.,👍💯🇺🇸

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Thanks! It didn't get better! HA!

[@jasonaffeldt7838]

Good morning again Gary and Cindy. Small world. I heard you mention your friend Dave Morreli. I've been a subscriber of his before I found your channel. Bumping into folks on public land does get frustrating at times for sure. Hope you and Cindy have a great day. 🇺🇲🌲🔥🔪

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Good morning 🌄! He lives up the road from me about 40 miles, but here, that makes him a neighbor! We talk on the phone about every morning. I've been trying to get him back to doing videos. He needs something to do! Ha!

[@virginia7191]

Tomorrow is another day! Your trapping season has just begun. Think positive! 😊

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Yep! Checking empty traps is more common than full ones!

[@kevinkline6835]

Good mornin and many blessings. Good luck Gary!!!!

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Good Morning to you too! Happy to hear you are doing better!

[@kevinkline6835]

@@MuskratOutdoors Thank you Sir! Now if only I could get this darn knife sheath finished. LOL I can't find my brass rivets. And my darn credit card got scammed and I can't order on Amazon till I get a new one. Like a wise man once said. "Nothing ever goes as planned". Have a great day Gary!

[@MuskratOutdoors]

@@kevinkline6835 Dang I hate stuff like that! Once again, a crook is messing you up. Even if they don't get any money, it still costs you. I could send you some rivets if you tell me what kind. I might have them?

[@kevinkline6835]

@@MuskratOutdoors I only need 1 for the blade edge (top) on the sheath. So I'm thinking I will anneal a piece of my pin stock and go the old fashion route. Thanks for the offer though Gary. That's very kind of you. It will give it a blacksmith kind of look to it. LOL

[@pauldavis6242]

Good morning ! 14 this morning. Little chilly!

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Here too. We had 9F as the sun was coming up. About 14 now though.

[@amyeteel5379]

😊 good morning.

[@MuskratOutdoors]

GOOD MORNING!

[@thewildnorthnetley3054]

Beauty steady hand on the zoom shots of the elk I tell ya

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Thanks!!!!

[@patriotpreacher43]

Nice zoom on that camera! Hope the trapping improves soon. Have a good weekend!

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Thanks! Me too!

[@jackkeeble9272]

Thanks for the video brother

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Thanks, you too!

[@danielmastin3606]

Good Morning. Good luck with your trapline

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Good morning! Thanks!

[@impalaman4546]

Good morning friend

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Good Morning!

[@dlansburg2673]

I’m at 8000 and our south facing hills look just as bare,Higher up there is about a foot and a half

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Strange, ain't it? On top, there's about a foot of snow, but not much lower down.

[@gregorystevenson5769]

If you don't mind me asking what part of idaho are you from ?

[@j.c.curnes]

Mornin' !

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Good Morning!

[@stevemccoy8138]

Good Morning Muskrat, Some time things just don't work out. 😂 How expensive are the wolf tags ? Have a Great Day. 😊

[@MuskratOutdoors]

For residents, only $11.50 each. Nonresident tags I think are about $30 each? It's not bad, but you need one for each wolf before you catch it. It's hard to know if you need a bunch, or none at all. Kind of a gamble really.

[@danthompson1467]

I always before I go hunting walk through the cattle lot or goat pen to cover my scent

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Good idea!

[@bennyboiii4774]

Grea vid anyway 👍❤️

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Thanks!

[@Ouwkackemann]

Sorry if my question sounds like from another universe. Actually it´s not that far, but I´m a hunter from middle Europe. So, here it comes: May I know what´s the reason for hunting wolves? Am just curious.

[@MuskratOutdoors]

There's several reasons, money is one, but even more so it's to control the population of them. We didn't have really any here until 1995, and they were re-introduced. The anti-hunters/anti-trappers sued to block management of the wolves for right about 15 years. In that time, they overpopulated and pretty much destroyed the deer and elk herds. Moose were almost completely gone. Starting about 2012, we were allowed to start trapping them to control the numbers. Because of that, I think the wolf numbers are about where they should be finally, and the deer and elk are starting to come back a little. We still don't have anywhere as many as before, and hunting here is terrible, but it's slowly getting better. I don't hate wolves, in fact I really like them, but there needs to be a balance.

[@Ouwkackemann]

@@MuskratOutdoors Thanks a lot for giving such a detailed answer. The exact same thing is happening here right now. The wolves are invading from Eastern Europe since approx. a decade now. In areas where they are busy, the wildlife animals disappear, deers above all. Herds of sheep and goats, sometimes even singular horses, have big losses. The government supports fences, which do nothing. Many herd owners gave up, but the gov. doesn´t care. The numbers of wolves highly vary between animal welfarist organisations (lower numbers) and others. "Don't ever trust statistics that you haven't falsified yourself." The politics in this subject are made by people, which watch wolf films in their living-rooms, on the 12th floor of a skyscrapers in big cities. The country people which suffer under this politics are not heard. That´s a common thing, that people which are not affected decide over those who are. There were reasons why the wolf was exterminated, and those reasons are still there, they haven´t changed. It´s the same thing with the lynxes, which are now re-introduced over here. We have a much higher population density than you have in the U.S., and there is simply not enough space for humans and such strong predators. There will be interactions between wolves and humans over here, and that will be the tipping point, when the public opinion will fag. History will be repeated. Einstein once said: "I only know two things which are eternal, the universe and human stupidity. But with the first one I´m yet not already sure." Thanks for your insights. We over here will have to re-learn to hunt with wolf-traps. Just as a return present for you a little peace of history. Have you ever heard of a Wolfsangel (wolf-hinge)? That´s what they hunted wolves with in middle-age Europe. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfsangel#Jagdger%C3%A4t That were iron chains with hooks, on which meat pieces were attached. Those Wolfsangeln were hanging from trees with the hooks/meat pieces so high, that the wolves had to jump up to get them. So they got stuck and were litteraly hanging from the trees when catched. They were forbidden at the end of the 19th century. Best wishes from "the old continent", god bless.

[@numbskullskills]

Good morning. Yep yeah get skunked some days

[@MuskratOutdoors]

More often than not with wolves, but it's still fun to try.

[@numbskullskills]

@MuskratOutdoors yeah the dogs are harder and the wolf i would think would be the hardest

[@MuskratOutdoors]

@@numbskullskills Actually, wolves don't seem to be that hard to catch, except that they are so widespread. They pass through a spot every 2-3 weeks, and if you miss them, it's a long wait for them to come back.

[@numbskullskills]

@@MuskratOutdoors how often would you put reapply scent

[@MuskratOutdoors]

@@numbskullskills It depends on the weather. In cold weather, scent doesn't carry very well, so I add more every other trip or so. Rain, too. Some folks don't add it as often and seem to do just fine though.

[@kdseiwert7360]

Good Lord! Gary i wonder? Do wolf act to acustice Bait!?

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Maybe? Not sure what though? Years ago, a rooster in a cage was used, but live bait isn't legal now.

[@Vester661]

Howdy

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Howdy back!

[@OLDGRIZZ]

I heard flagging tape at your sets will spook wolves.

[@MuskratOutdoors]

I've heard that too. I think if they are small, it might be OK though.

[@johnnelson5659]

Flag the traps save yourself some grief. Big time wolf snare men in Canada flag everything They say it has no effect on the catch rate

[@MuskratOutdoors]

I think if the flags are small it's a good idea.

[@KGPNBK]

I need to take a class on You Tube rules and regulations. I got a strike on my channel for my mouse trapping short. I don't know how you can put out the content you do. Thanks for sharing and tight chains.

[@MuskratOutdoors]

It's stupid, ain't it? You should be able to dispute it. You have to be very careful with all of it. Gun stuff is even worse.