He'd been practicing, trying different ways to set up his traps on the poles he cut..... He worked in a quiet room all by himself for hours...When he emerged he was happy with what he came up with. This is something he use to do without much thought, NOW it takes agonizing time to figure it out....I'm proud that he doesn't give up...it would be so easy to do...instead he persists.....and I encourage him to do so.
He came home COLD......but said he set all 12 of his beaver traps and 2 mink
traps....
"Ya! and I was rushing to get home because you said you were going to call in law enforcement to look for me if I wasn't home by dark and that's all I could think of....." He said with a boy like attitude. It was 4 pm..... "oh my!" I thought. "it's not dark for another couple of hours"
He didn't hear that...He just said not to call anyone unless he's not back by 6-7 o'clock...... I just replied with "Okay!"
Than he had a funny story....... No it's not the one where he is setting a trap and a beaver is watching him.... This one is about him concentrating on setting a trap and than from behind him someone said ((((HEY)))))
"I must have jumped ten feet! He scared the H**L out of me. Good thing I had just let go of the trap or my hand would have been in it" He said quite seriously.....I said " oh that would have been bad." He said "YA! That's what I told the guy!"
I asked what he said to the guy.... He replied chuckling "I said who are you? and he said who are You?......ha ha
Ended up being someone from out of town staying at a shack and was bird hunting....... "But he sure scared me.... He probably walked away laughing his ass off at how bad he scared me....."
SO this morning he went to check his traps and came home with two beaver, one mink and one partridge.
He was so happy with the mink...."Gosh it has to have been a good 25 years since I trapped a mink" The sparkle in his eyes said the rest.
The good news for me is...The guy who took Tom's beaver and skun them last year is willing to take them again this year. Once again, I luck out : )
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