Author Archives: Caleb

A couple of months ago, I had some spare time on my hands, and I had recently cut down a tree.  I decided that I was going to try my hand at tree carving.  At first it did not look … Continue reading →

Yesterday I set some traps in two ponds to trap some beavers.  I had a beaver catch today. Below is a picture of the beaver and on down is some more pictures. A book that I have been reading is The … Continue reading →

A couple of months ago I removed a honey bee hive out of a building.  The bees have moved into the soffit and had been living there for about three years.  They were getting into the soffit by going through … Continue reading →

This last week I removed a snake out of a window well. The snake was in the bottom of the window well curled up under the drain tile. Once the snake was located, I put it in a bucket and … Continue reading →

This last Saturday, I had a bat job down in Ark City, KS.  There were several bats living in the attic, but they had migrated for the winter.  When I got there the bats were gone, so I just plugged … Continue reading →

This past Friday, March 4,  I had a job that required removing squirrels from an attic and stopping them from coming back in.  When I got there the squirrels were not in the attic, so I only had to stop … Continue reading →

            Yesterday I pulled a squirrel nest out of an attic for one of my customers.  The squirrels were getting into the attic by climbing up a tree to get on to the roof.  Next they were going through a … Continue reading →

            The little brown bat as the name suggest, its fur is uniformly dark brown and glossy on the back and upper parts with slightly paler, and grayish fur on the underneath side.  Wing membranes are dark brown on a … Continue reading →

What is a Composite Biomaterial?  Composite materials are engineered materials made from two or more constituent materials with significantly different physical or chemical properties and which remain separate and distinct within the finished structure.  Some of the different composite materials … Continue reading →

The Furbearers Seasons for the state of Kansas, ended yesterday, February 15th.  Beaver trapping is the only season that is still open.  It will remain open until March 31, 2011. A few days ago, I caught the skunk shown in … Continue reading →

Last week, I went over to my neighbor’s and hunted rabbits.  I got three in one afternoon. To hunt rabbits you must be a fairly good shot, because they run so fast.  To hunt them, all you do is begin … Continue reading →

A book that I have been reading is The Evolution of a Creationist by Dr. Jobe Martin.  One of the chapters talked about beavers so I thought I would share it will you.  The chapter is the Marvel of God’s … Continue reading →

Last night, the temperature dropped to 2° F in Wichita, KS.  The wind was blowing about 30 mph and was gusting near 40 mph.  This made the wind chill to be below -25° F.  It is now 12:30 P.M. and … Continue reading →

Here is one of my homework questions from fluid mechanics.  It involves an ice skater and ice.  See if you can find the answer for the question.  The solution is shown; all you have to do is plug in the … Continue reading →

Weather is a big part of trapping.  If there is rain, snow, ice, or a wintry mix, they all have to be considered when trapping.  If you are trapping beaver in the ice on a pond or a river the … Continue reading →

One of my newest projects is making a knife.  So far, I have made two of them.  Both of them have handles of deer antler.  The blades are made of brake springs from a car.  The first one is small, … Continue reading →

Recently, I bought a dozen Duke conibear traps to add to my collection.   Afterwards, I began wondering whether I had gotten a good deal.  I decided to shop around and find out.  Here are the results. www.fntpost.com Traps   … Continue reading →

These are pictures of an opossum that one of my friends, Brittany had just trapped.   It was being a nuisance on their farm, so she put it under control.

                Here are a few pictures of my raccoon trapping project, which took place in the neighborhood.  There was a hole with raccoon tracks going into it.  In order to trap the raccoon I set a 220 conibear trap over … Continue reading →

                Here are a few pictures of my beaver trapping project, which took place just after Thanksgiving.  They were doing some tree damage, east of Andover.  I set a few traps at the lodge, and I got two beavers out … Continue reading →

These are pictures from my dad’s cousin John in Virginia.

One night, my brother and I were out looking around a pond and setting beaver traps by flashlight. We had just arrived at one location when I noticed a large snapping turtle sitting in the water about 8 feet from … Continue reading →