Beaver!; 3-10-09

Well here's some video of the season's first catch. We caught this nice beaver in a new house which wasn't there a couple of years ago.

Joey Stickman pulled it out, as seen in the video, and dries it in the snow. Drying is very important; wet fur would quickly freeze and get damaged. Joey skinned it later in the shop.

Some one will have a tasty dinner!

3-04-09; Putting in the sets

Today we set a couple of beaver houses. The deep snow made things a little difficult. Snowshoes are required, and it's a bit more work to check each house to determine if it's a "live house". But we got it done, or...I should say...we got it started. Two houses aren't much, but it's a good start.

We'll have more pics and updates as we go. I had some video of Randy spearing out the hole, but I recorded it sideways, so it's canned. Hopefully the next will be better.

Oh yeah, we put in one connibear set for a wolverine to. You never know!

3-02-09; "Breakin' Trail"

The boys were out in the country breakin' trail. Joe ("Big Worm"), Arthur ("Ukka") and Randy ("Creep") were tearing it up. Good thing the snow has settled; three days ago I would have been stuck on the wide track, today we could rip it up with the Tundra. (If it's really possible to "rip" on a 300) We put in the trail to some beaver houses; planning to go back in a couple days and start setting the houses. Lots of Lynx (the season just closed) and Wolverine (still open) tracks made it interesting. Hope you like the video and pics. Randy is the guy rippin' on the Tundra.

"Kobe goes Kung Fu!"; 2-26-09

"Hiiiiii-YAAAA!"

Here's a crazy photo I found on the net. No wonder the MVP is so hard to guard.

Mo is getting a close-up look at Kobe's new shoe. Hope he didn't lose any teeth. Wally is probably saying "Dude, you wanna borrow my mask?"

Melvin the hunter! 2-25-09

Here's a photo of Melvin the hunter. Well, it wasn't actually Melvin who shot this marten, but he was there and willing to pose with it.

As you can see, it's a VERY BLONDE marten; pretty unusual. It was blasted out of a tree here in town, by a hunter who will remain unnamed. For now we'll just give Mel the credit.

1-18-09; more photos

1-18-09; recent happenings

These photos are not directly related to the NLP, but they are cool pics. Check out the wind storm and some of the damage done. The night photos are at Maxie's when he was burning some of the stuff left behind (branches, etc.)