Its land was donated to the United States government by Catherine Filene Shouse, who sought to preserve her former farm as parkland. Through a partnership and collaboration of the National Park Service and the non-profit Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts, the park offers both natural and cultural resources. Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts (originally known as the Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts and simply known as Wolf Trap) is a performing arts center located on 117 acres (47 ha) of national park land in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, near the town of Vienna. Still plenty of time left.Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts While you're out checking scout around for the locations along wolf travel routes that are melting off - these are good places to establish a bait next year, or even this year. ![]() A good stinky dirt hole is my go-to this time of year. If there's a tree or two around those areas that has or will melt off to dirt, get a set established there and be patient. Any bones that start protruding the snow will be magnets. The bait sites that you got out earlier will be good spots once the snow starts melting back and breaking up. Have picked up two in that location and is one of the few areas/situations I do use snares as all the deer have long since moved out of that area and it's an established bait site that I keep their interest in with a random bone or two. After the winter snow/slush sets up it becomes a little "tunnel" of sorts that funnels wolf movement into the location. Without deep snow, the location isn't something that would have stood out - just a random spot where a snare's been hanging. I just picked one up the other day in a snare I hung and hadn't touched since mid-October (been checking them of course). They travel differently when the snow/slush piles up and your snare (and foothold) locations will become more evident. The slush just sucks to deal with and it's made harder by the fact that the wolves are still consistently visiting baits and set locations this time of year, even more so now in some areas.Įven though there's a super-low probability of catching one in these conditions, your time isn't lost.what you're learning about where/how they're travelling and habits this time of the year will pay dividends for next year. Trying to bed a trap in anything other than dirt is an exercise in frustration, at least for me. ![]() I certainly wouldn't discourage you from trying some sort of dog bedding/hay set, but no one I know has been successful with it (tried it) mostly because it requires the conditions to remain stable for longer than they do. Or do you just set the area and then wait for the snow to cover your tracks in and place your traps under a heavy-branched tree for shelter? Thanks in advance. But I'm curious how you northern guys who use footholds do it. Usually by the end of February or beginning of March some of our south facing slopes will start to show some bare dirt, so I was considering waiting until then to get some steel in the ground. Our wolf trapping season ends on March 31st. I'm not snaring them due to our diverter requirement and an abundance of whitetails in my area. So what do you guys in Alaska do for setting a line in deep winter. Caught another wolf, only to have it stolen, but did have some success. I initially got my sets out when there was just a few inches of snow and then it snowed on top of any sign I left. ![]() Just seems to me like a really good way to educate the wolves or have them avoid the area altogether. ![]() We've got a bunch of snow (for Idaho) with about 4 feet on the ground in my wolf area and I don't want to create a bunch of boot tracks or snowshoe tracks getting a line back out there. Now I've been paranoid about getting a line back out there. Had my wolf line out before I went down to the ITA sale and also for some bird hunting with the dogs, but pulled all my traps because I wouldn't be back before our 72 hour check law.
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