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Post by 2Poppa on Oct 29, 2007 16:36:38 GMT -5
Pennsylvania’s Phil Brown might be the best fox trapper of all time. From November through January, no matter how cold, wet, muddy or miserable it is, Brown is out there laying down the steel. “Come fall some guys live for deer hunting,” says Brown. “I trap.” Last season Brown logged a daily average of 190 miles in his Toyota pickup. He walked untold miles to make 9,247 sets and caught 1,202 red foxes—888 of which he dried and stretched himself. On his best day on the line, Brown caught 30 foxes in 90 sets. (He owns more than 5,000 traps, mostly Victor #2s and Montgomery #1s.) Almost all his foxes are caught in a simple dirt-hole set; he never uses bait, only Carmen-brand lures. Last year marked the third time Brown, 47, put up more than 1,000 red foxes in a season—boosting his lifetime total to roughly 13,000. With prime red fox pelts fetching $15 to $21, Brown could gross as much as $25,000 from last season’s haul.—story written by Bob Butz Question: Wonder how long it took Phil to cover his truck, barn and yard with all those foxes, amazing?
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Post by 4Pointer on Oct 29, 2007 16:58:25 GMT -5
Looks like he has alittle FUR in his yard,,Now thats some work there..
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Post by JerseyHunter on Oct 29, 2007 17:51:21 GMT -5
Trapper he must be the best around.
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Post by Country2dBone on Oct 29, 2007 18:31:35 GMT -5
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Post by Webejonesin2 on Oct 31, 2007 4:45:54 GMT -5
WOW, thats awesome!! thanks for posting
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Post by Kt29 on Oct 31, 2007 14:35:57 GMT -5
Wow! Almost unbelievable.-KT
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