My passion for trapping bobcats all started with my 12-gauge shotgun and an old Johnny Stewart call, ironically enough. I remember trudging through the deep snow to an old stump-lined fencerow on the edge of a large stand of hardwoods. A cold night a

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Whether one is a fur trapper or an Animal Damage Control professional, we need every possible tool available for our work. Foothold traps, snares, foot-snares, muzzle-snares, M-44s, toxicants, cage traps and conibears, all of these are essential and

Most trappers know that crossing logs make good set locations. For example, take a look through any old trapping book, and you are bound to find a drawing of a log leaning across water with traps set on it, at each end, or near it. Depending on the t

During the fall, Miz and I spend some amount of time on the road attending trapper conventions. Being one of the foremost food critics in the trapping industry, I am compelled to comment on some of the places we dine on our travels. We often eat at t

I’m working a gigantic beaver complaint. The beavers have infested this low bottom. They’ve plugged up the ditches that are supposed to drain this area and flooded several acres of cropland. These ditches went through culverts under access roads that

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Few things are more satisfying than preparing and correctly forming quality fur. Yep, an assortment of fur slowly drying in the rafters sure sets a mind at ease. But when your gaze slides over to the scrap buckets and skinned carcasses, a slight game

The adult male red fox trotted at a brisk pace along the logging trail, which had been roughly carved through the low-elevation deciduous forest. It was predawn, and the first initial glimmer of light would soon occur on the eastern horizon. Heavy, c

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When muskrats start causing erosion and plant damage — which they often do — trapping is the best way to get rid of them. In states where it is legal, colony traps, like those available from Wildlife Control Supplies, can remove a lot of muskrats in

Ask a trapper about B&B methods and you’ll get some strange stares — and rightly so. The phrase means overnight accommodations with breakfast. But in my trapper dictionary it means Blind & Baitless, and while certainly not serving breakfast, there’s

The big male coyote approached the windmill and its overflow puddle as he’d done a hundred times. The thick South Texas brush prevented him from seeing more than 50 yards, but he used his nose to discover new odors. And a new odor was found — a small

My friend was bummed. For the first couple years he owned his hunting grounds, a lush alfalfa field was a magnet for turkeys and deer. Then, time and conditions took their toll. When it came time to replant, the renting farmer switched up to grains.

Knowing the behavior of the coyote during different times of the year can help the coyote trapper understand him better. I know it has helped me in a lot of situations. I have gained a lot of respect for the coyote through the years. Their life cycle

Mink do a lot of damage. Whether it is destroying fish populations in farm ponds and hatcheries, raiding chicken coops for an easy meal, even lakes, rivers and gardens are not safe from mink. There are several repellents that are available on the mar

Over the seasons I’ve acquired a number of farm ponds on a number of properties where muskrats, tunneling into the embankments, were a nuisance. A lot of these ponds were grazed by cattle, and between the muskrats tunneling and the cattle stomping, i

The value of cubby trapping has been well documented in trapline literature. Any trapper targeting raccoons, skunks, martens, fishers, mink, weasels and similar small, curious, easily fooled furbearers will quickly find that cubby sets are among the

When the American Trappers Association dissolved in 1936, its founder E.J. Dailey helped members from the Keystone State form the Pennsylvania Trappers Association (PTA). A small group held its first meeting at a one-room schoolhouse in Centre Hall,

Looking back on my trapping career, I don’t think I was ever more enthusiastic than when I was 10 years old and just getting started. It was an adventure. I didn’t have any equipment except a handful of No. 1 longspring traps, and some wooden stakes