A.M. March 13, 2012

Nasty wind all night and is expected to increase in intensity today even up to 30 mph….grab your trap flags fellas!  Tighten down the bilge ropes and hang onto your hats!

Bob is going to set his first trap on Club 41 today.  WOOPPEEEE!!!  I hope to set another 50 or so and then up to Big Spring to pull the remainder of traps up there.  It’s going to be another butt kicker of a day today.

Expected rat catch: 20 for me, 10 for Bob.

Bears Butt

P.M. Report

A windy but warm day on the trap line.

Bob got a phragmiti stick poked into the base of his thumb and between his thumb and first finger about two weeks ago.  It has been giving him fits lately by swelling up and hurting real bad.  He has been soaking it in Epsom Salts every night for at least a week.  Well today, he had signs of blood poisoning traveling up his arm above his wrist.  He had to go to the doc.  No trapping for him today.  The doc lanced it to relieve the pressure and get some of the infection out.  Tried to find any slivers, but found nothing.  Then sewed him back together.

In order for him to go trapping tomorrow, he has to soak it in Epsom Salts for an extended time tonight and then in the morning he will have to put on a waterproof bandage and wear rubber gloves.  He should be alright to set traps because it was his left hand that got injured.

I was able to pull all the remaining traps out of Big Spring and only caught one rat and one kit out of all those traps.  It’s a good thing I’m leaving that area, as it is dead.

I set 22 more traps on Club 41, but most of them are not what I call “good sets”.  But as they say, a trap in the truck ain’t gonna catch nuttin.  So I now have 66 traps out.  Tomorrow I’ll set more.

Todays catch 21 rats!  Toss in the one kit and 3 other set off traps and it was a pretty good day in the field.

My butt is once again “kicked”.

Bears Butt