Lake Michigan..., damn Lake Effect! I heard we have 8 more inches coming tonight


I went to check my trapline( all 4 #220's) I had behind the house, Note: had, after work yesterday on my way to the deer stand. I get to the first set and the trap is gone and the stakes are there. I check 2 more on the trail and there are gone traps and stakes! I check my last one and it is there with a fox..., squirrel in it. I find tracks in the snow leading to my neighbors house, the one with the cats. I am so infuriated at this point I decide not to hunt deer and do something about my missing traps. I call the LAW. A CO makes my location. I explain the situation to him how I have written permission to be where I was trapping, how the neighbor has cats, loves animals and is a strange character. The CO asks if I want to press charges?? I think for a moment...., I would love to but it is a neighbor, I don't want to stir-up problems. I decide not to press charges unless my traps are not returned or are destroyed. I awaited the return of the CO in the field while he went to talk to the neighbor. Long story short, I got my traps and stakes back unharmed. He walked my traps way back into his woods and left them and threw the stakes under his shed. The neighbor was not very happy because 3 of his cats had turned-up missing in the last week and there were 2 caught in traps on this days. One did not make it and the other will never be the same. The CO explained to me he did not think this incident was over and if there were any more problems to contact him.

I have no traps out at this time so there won't be much to report for awhile.

Running Total:
beaver- 2
coon- 1
grinners- 7
fox squirrel- 1
feral cats- 4

------------------I am really a vegetarian...., I hunt for the violence!