Heyyyyyy mudpuppy!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[blade310]

Hey ole buddy, I wasn't blessed with any of that special E.S.P.N stuff but I keep gettin' the feelin' that your fingers are gettin' the itch to pound one out on the keyboard . I know you gotta have a billion of em just waitin ' around the corner. I used to go with my brother Rick once in a while to check his muskrat traps. He taught me how to skin one. I even skinned a dead mouse once just to see if I could do it. I know he could tell dozens of tales about his trappin days. One night we sat out on the hood of his car in the middle of the night in the dead of winter, playing a cassette of a baby fox in distress, tryin' to call one in. It didn't happen that night but he got a couple that way. What do ya think Mud,stirring up any memories Ok ok may be this will stir somthing up. my older brother Rick and I were tossing those chewy gummy candies that are/were sugar coated,at each other and we had to catch them in our mouths with out touching them with our hands. Mom had given us a few apiece and now we were out so Rick went in to swipe a few more. This was at the house in Summit county. while he was inside I went around to the spigot and made a couple tiny mud balls real quick . Rick come out and handed me a few and we paced off again. We tossed a few back and fourth for a bit. and I took one of the mud balls and got ready to toss it. I was laughing out loud but I tossed it and it went right into his mouth and he bit down on it Score one for me. I imagine Rick chased me around the yard till he caught me and then probably punched me good and hard in the arm a couple times.... Anthing Mud? Fingers crossed and such

 

[mudpuppy]

Yep, you are right! I've been thinking since you started writing your stories about the old days trapping. I still have all my gear, but since I started Metal detecting 2 years ago, it hasn't been used. The strategic similarities between the two are amazing, but trapping takes a big commitment to get up early and check the gear no matter what the weather is doing.. I've trapped in OH, MN, WI, AL, SD, MT, MI, and WY. I really enjoy beaver, they are the only other animal on this planet that actually changes the ecosystem to suit their needs besides us. They build houses and dams, and canals. Amazing what they can do...the ecosystems they create supports all sorts of other animals as well. One of the stories I have comes with pictures, and involves a big old bobcat that I decided to let out of the trap alive, since it was 2 days before legal season opened. I took my wife and daughter and a friend of mine to assist, Man! Have you ever had a mad bobcat on the end of a fishing pole? Its not like what I saw on Wild Kingdom!
Mud

 

[blade310]

holy smokes mud!! How did you ever get that cat loose. When I worked at the animal shelter I had a few regular cats go off on me,but I can't even imagine a bobcat. Man I gotta hear/read that one. Wild kingdom,I had forgotten all about that show. The narrator always said 'we did this or we did that' but he never did much of anything . One of my favorite shows.