The Basics of Trapping
The Basics of Trapping By Mike Sells With the recent rise in the price for raw fur, many of you may be considering starting a trap line. It is an [...]
‘Rats and ‘Coons: Tried and True Sets
‘Rats and ‘Coons: Tried and True Sets As a long time trapper it is great to see a bit of resurgence in the sport over the last few years. While [...]
The Other Masked Bandit: The Badger
The Other Masked Bandit: The Badger I was sitting on the phones at work one day getting bored with no one answering the phone and having read every trapper magazine [...]
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Trapping Ol’ Bucktooth
Trapping Ol' Bucktooth By Chris Pohl Beaver, by far, are some of my favorite animals to trap. For the most part, they aren’t that difficult to locate. They leave quite [...]
Bobcat Trapping
Bobcat Trapping By Larry Sills Catching a bobcat in a foot hold trap in Iowa involves unique methods. It allows the trapper to use his/her imagination more than any other [...]
Dismal Days of a Fur Market
Every morning running the trapline, I’d roll up on many of my sets and find raccoon fairly regular. Each trap location that I’d scouted and set on was producing every [...]
Low Fur Prices? No Better Time to Start Trapping
Unfortunately the outlook for fur prices this year is, well no other way to put it, dismal. However there are still new trappers called to the sport every year with [...]
The Changing of Scenery: Where to Place Your Stand at Different Times of The Season
Let’s face it, archery hunting for whitetails isn’t always easy, in fact most of the time it’s the exact opposite. I mean, sure, sometimes you have great luck and you’re [...]
Being a Soldier Made Me a Better Sportsman
I Started hunting with my father when I was 9 years old. That Ithaca Model 37 was longer than I was and my heavy insulated rubber boots made walking through [...]
