Alaska Trapping 09-10

[Kusko]

Here are a few pictures from our longline. We run 170 mile trapline on snowmachine (snowmobile) for three months every year.

lynx in a foothold

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e296/rafejohnson/Trapping%202010/2010trap84.jpg

Our only wolf of the year

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e296/rafejohnson/Trapping%202010/2010trap78.jpg

a wolverine in a bucket set

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e296/rafejohnson/Trapping%202010/2010trap24.jpg

another lynx

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e296/rafejohnson/Trapping%202010/2010trap102.jpg

a marten in a mailbox set

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e296/rafejohnson/Trapping%202010/2010trap21.jpg

an arctic fox...rarity out here

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e296/rafejohnson/Trapping%202010/arcticfox1.jpg

a big mink

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e296/rafejohnson/Trapping%202010/2010trap58.jpg

an otter

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e296/rafejohnson/Trapping%202010/2010trap59.jpg

our final catch pic

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e296/rafejohnson/Trapping%202010/endoftheyear2010.jpg

[bigbrother]

Awesome pics! Good job this past year.

[wrenchman]

that is cool

[popplecop]

Great thread, nice catch. Good to see trapping is still doing good in places. Afraid it might fade in to oblivion in the lower 48. I remember when when a person could make a fair living from trapping alone.