Source: The Giant Rodents Eating Louisiana’s Coast … [Read more...]
Lynx Exclusion Devices on the Maine Marten and Fisher Trapline
Sometimes politics get in the way of trapping and wildlife management. It’s just a reality that trappers in some states have to deal with, and such was the case with marten and fisher trapping in northern Maine. After a long battle in the courts over incidental trapping of ‘Endangered’ Canada lynx, Maine trappers were required to use newly approved - and specifically designed … [Read more...]
Trappers: Explaining the attraction is all in the experience | The Daily Times Leader
Source: Trappers: Explaining the attraction is all in the experience | The Daily Times Leader … [Read more...]
The Aleutian Experience: One Trapper’s Story of Fox Trapping the Alaskan Islands
Kris Pope got the opportunity to do something many of us trappers dream of. One summer, he worked as a government trapper removing foxes on one of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. Kris is now a forester in Georgia, an avid trapper, and founder of Coyote Trapping School, a video course program designed to teach you how to trap coyotes from the ground up. Find more about Kris … [Read more...]
A Winter Spent Fur Trapping Helped Me Reconnect With My Old Man
Here's an interesting article from Sam Karney of Manitoba. He created a documentary film titled "A Life on the Line" about his journey of learning on his father's trapline. Soon I was following my father's hard-learned bushcraft skills in the unforgiving setting of the Duck Mountains of the Manitoba wilderness. Source: A Winter Spent Fur Trapping Helped Me Reconnect With My … [Read more...]
Bobcat Sightings on the Rise in Southern Minnesota
The number of reported bobcat sightings have gone up in southern Minnesota over the past year. Source: Bobcat sightings on the rise in southern Minnesota … [Read more...]
Montana Trappers Oral History
If you like learning about trapping history, the Montana Fur Trappers Oral History Project is a fascinating collection to listen to. Back in the early 1980's Edd Nentwig and Diann Wiesner conducted interviews of old timer trappers who cut their teeth trapping the frontier in the early 1900's. Interviews include fascinating information, historical details, and some pretty … [Read more...]
Roggenkamp has built his life around his passion for trapping (StarTribune.com)
Todd Roggenkamp, who started trapping when he was 6 years old, wanted nothing more than to follow in his father's footsteps. Goal, accomplished. Source: Roggenkamp has built his life around his passion for trapping - StarTribune.com … [Read more...]