Pequest and South Branch 1/13

[Eskimo]

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Sounds like a great day on the water.

That fox pic is disturbing. I guess I can't condemn trapping because we are all outdoorsmen harvesting this wild bounty. There are just some things I don't like to see.

If I am interpretting the Fish & Game laws correctly, leg-hold traps are outlawed in NJ. They can only use snares (which is like a wire noose), box traps like Havahart traps, and body-crushing traps like conibear traps.



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[shucker]

Originally Posted by Eskimo

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Sounds like a great day on the water.

That fox pic is disturbing. I guess I can't condemn trapping because we are all outdoorsmen harvesting this wild bounty. There are just some things I don't like to see.

If I am interpretting the Fish & Game laws correctly, leg-hold traps are outlawed in NJ. They can only use snares (which is like a wire noose), box traps like Havahart traps, and body-crushing traps like conibear traps.



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Fox was caught on the leg,it was jumping around like crazy.You can see the chain that led to the trap on the tree.

[FASTEDDIE29]

Nice catch buddy! Have you seen BUBBA? Loads of fish in that Pequest! Bummer about the fox. They are cool looking animals. See them all the time in Long hill township and throughout the great swamp, silver and red!

[AndyS]

Long story short. Contacted F&G after speaking to Shucker, thought it may have been a leg clamp. I used to trap a long time ago and I was pretty sure they were illegal. No less than 2 hours there was a CO back there looking for the fox. Like I said, been out of trapping for many years now and I was unaware of the use of snares. Kudos to the CO's that ran with this at lightning speed only to find the fox and trap gone.

[RussA]

I think I am going to go to the pequest soon as I need a fix of flyfishing!

I am a hunter, but trapping really gets my blood boiling. This is so inhumane it's not even funny. They trap these animals and let them suffer till they come to the traps, then shot them in the head.

If you want to take these animals at least give them the respect they deserve and hunt them and kill them quickly.

[FASTEDDIE29]

Originally Posted by RussA

I think I am going to go to the pequest soon as I need a fix of flyfishing!

I am a hunter, but trapping really gets my blood boiling. This is so inhumane it's not even funny. They trap these animals and let them suffer till they come to the traps, then shot them in the head.

If you want to take these animals at least give them the respect they deserve and hunt them and kill them quickly.

Agreed!!! Don't let em suffer. That's the worse thing in the world for any living breathing anim or human to go through!!!!