My foothold traps are live traps untill i get there 😂😂😂👍

Glad you put this one out ! After 40 yrs trapping , I to realize not everything has to die !

Wow!! Great check day guys..

I trap gray squirrel with live traps. Mostly out of peoples attics. There's several sizes to suite the critters needing caught. Groundhog is a bit challenging, but you can purchase lures for everything 😉

Love it man I thought I was the only one releasing opossums

Great video man!

Stu kinda wish that you would dispatch the opposums for the turkey,and other ground nesting birds. However I respect your decision. Realy enjoy your channel and all the content , year-round.

@tommychew6544

5 ай бұрын

They do affect Turkey and many other ground nesting birds.

@timothy5988

5 ай бұрын

There have been numerous studies showing the removal of predators has little to no effect on turkey and other ground nesting birds. The most important variable by far is habitat. Farmers tearing out tree lined fence rows etc cause far more damage...and it's usually permanent. I used to believe the same thing until I read studies showing that the removal of predators would have to be constant and targeted consistently because the predators left have larger litters and breed more often. Not to mention federally protected birds of prey that kill young birds. Habitat is key.

@BornIn1500

5 ай бұрын

@@timothy5988 That's a common argument used by anti-hunters and anti-trappers, not saying you're in that group. However, I'd say those studies give a lot of support to sustainable harvest of a resource rather than leaving them alone. Does harvesting them help? Possibly. Does it hurt? Absolutely not.

@oldmanfred8676

5 ай бұрын

In the Spring all they do is search for nests and eggs. .22

Definitely like the ease of use on those live traps. 👊💀

I just bought a sweatshirt from Hoosier. Your PVC fleshing beams are Sold Out! I also wanted to tell you I caught a beaver using your drowners and they help up to a mean one! I seen it pulled tight around the stake and thought of you instantly.

I bought a Harbor Freight live trap to catch some ground hogs and after three catches where the critter broke out I got one of those Dukes, no more escapes after that.

Thank you for being a good Stuart 👍 💕 🙏

Yes in Pennsylvania no bait can be seen from the air. Unless your hunting Coyotes over a deer carcus

nice job.

Love your videos. Matthew Holland

I sure wish there was a market or a use for possums...

@mikecollins8241

5 ай бұрын

very useful, they eat ticks and other annoying insects, are harmless to humans, rarely bother other animals etc.. but will scare the crap out of you sometimes, if you stubble upon one (or visa versa) as you are looking for other critters ;)

@frez777

5 ай бұрын

tan the hides

@BigBeavrSlayer

5 ай бұрын

​@@mikecollins8241please present your source on ticks. It's been disproven time and time again and I'm real sick of hearing it repeated. So if something has change I would like to see it. Non biased source please

@charleyt4965

5 ай бұрын

@@mikecollins8241 fake news on the tick thing

@dungeonmaster6292

5 ай бұрын

​@@mikecollins8241they do affect other animals, namely game birds

They have a possum fest in a little town in west Florida and they have it baked and bbq and fried and they bye a lot of possums live and feed them out before they kill them it’s just south of Chippy Florida off I 10 fun day at the festival God Bless y’all and have a great thanksgiving

@jrdangerfield8325

5 ай бұрын

Aint it in wewa

@geneporter4849

5 ай бұрын

Warsall

@geneporter4849

5 ай бұрын

We used to take our fur to chippy too the fur barn and we would sale it got around 20 dollars for bev and 15 for xl coon and 6 dollars for the meat of the coon can’t even give it a way now

Another good video i set some for my daughter to check behind the house shes got the trapping bug bad i usually dont start trapping coyotes till after deer season this gives her something to check till then

I've caught two squirrels in foot holds. one on a blind set and one in a coyote set. there are two reasons for this. pan tension and squirrel population.

I have a couple opossum's that eat my cats food but don't bother us whatsoever. I heard they eat ticks and other insects so I don't see a need to trap them. Four raccoons and two opossum's eating dry cat food one night on my deck and no fights. Animals adapt in the city against all odds.

You def have the opossums

I'm 62 years old and when was a teenager I swore possum were much bigger than they are now. Those are not big possum trust me

Where do you sell your pvc fleshing beams?

They are migrating north. 40 years ago almost unheard of. Now every spring, roadkill is common. They act like rodents, weasal, skunk Racoons. Opportunist. No different than turkeys, they compete for same food supplies as native species, but also prey on their young or eggs of ground nesting birds like grouse or even rabbits. Wise decisions yield better results plus avert overpopulations that result in diseases, like rabies, CWD. Etc.

Again...GLOVES. Why not. It could save your hand from a bite or other damage. And god forbid, keep them warm too. But no...

You need to start tagging these frequent fliers, I think they're just fooling with you.

Sounds like peepers in the background why are they chirping in the fall background?

get rid of those egg eaters, and if you have horses keep them out of your hay