Trapper & Predator Caller

EMBRACING THE MANAGEMENT MINDSET

was beyond thrilled. The ice on the flowage wasn’t safe to cross and I’d made a mistake of setting an ancient beaver colony the day before. The flow made it so the ice never got more than one decent thrust with the ice pick thick. I’d actually brought a length of rope, to pull the supplies behind me, as even a few traps may be the difference between using my feet as cross country skies to cross or break

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