New here, a little about me

[toecatch]

Hi, my name is Dan Shaw. Nice forum you got going on here.
anyhow a little about me:
I am from SE Iowa, and live rock throwing distance from the Mississippi river in the bottoms. I am more of a trapper then a hunter, even though I still try to get a few critters every now and then. My favorite animal to trap is coyote (see my sig), favorite animal to hunt is the wild turkey. I have no hunting pics, but a few trapping pics I am willing to share. I am 28 yrs old, been married for 7 LONG years (just joking about the long part), and have 3 children. Two boys (ages 7 and 5) and one little girl (2.5 yrs old). I recently got recalled to the Army (back door draft, served my time, then got recalled) and was injured (note, not wounded, injured stateside). I am currently on a program called CBCHO, which allows me to get surgery and recover from home. What after that, I dont know. They may release me, or send me to Iraq.

Before being recalled, I ran my own trapping business Big River ADC So, clicking on the link will let you see what I still want to live and breathe.

I am a staff member for a program called Traps4kids and love it. They are my second family. I have been with T4K since they opened up to help the kids.

I have 3 hunting dogs. One chocolate lab, a walker and black and tan. All are still pups. I use to raise and sell German Shorthair pointers, however I got back into trapping, and hunting less. The lab is basicly for the kids, and the few times I get out to scare some ducks. Havent gotten her out yet, as she still needs some work.

I also love to fish. The army pretty much put a stop on my fishing this summer, so my kids got to miss summer time fishing. I quit taking my wife fishing with me after the problem we had. I woke her up at 5am to go fishing with me, as she asked. She was running a jig off a wing dam (no boat just yet), and started yelling she cought something. I was about 100' away, and she told me it was a bass. Very low lighting so I had a hard time seeing the fish. I knew it was a biggen, but looked to skinny to be a bass, as she reached for it, I yelled at her to stop. I was right, it was a walleye. A 24 1/4" walleye. This was years ago, and We have only been out 2 times since then. Now she is getting into trapping, but if the trend continues, that will stop too

I bring a wealth of knowledgeto trapping to the table here, not much in the line of hunting and fishing, but enough to hold my own.

I hope to make some new freinds here.

Till I log back in, take care!

[Valigator]

Hey guy, welcome to Hunt Chat, sounds like you have your hands full and are having a good time to boot....glad your here....quite a few trappers here, you should enjoy yourself...

[royinidaho]

Welcome toecatch,

THanks for your service. Hope things workout ok.

Just one question: How the heck does one catch a yote in a trap?

When I trapped fox all I got were coon & possom.

When I trapped yote all I got was nothin

Guess I stink in more ways than one

Welcome aboard

[toecatch]

Roy, biggest factor:
LOCATION..
Now if you would explain your set up, I could be of a little more help.
basic dirthole with trap uncovered;

Here is a pic of a Thanksgiving day female I cought last year

just so you know I too catch them dang coon when I dont want to:

[icequeen]

Welcome to Huntchat Dan!