Now is the perfect time to get out and prepare for next trapping season. Whether you have new traps that need a lot of work to get ready, or used traps that need to be cleaned and repaired — there’s no time like the present to get it done. [Read More]
Article Index
Fur Market Report September 2022: Current Events Cloud Upcoming Season’s Outlook
As summer turns to fall, trappers and hunters start looking ahead at the upcoming harvesting season. Our fur market expert weighs in on what to expect. [Read More]
Fur Market Report Summer 2022: Castor Is Up, Coyotes Are Down
Summer is upon us now, and we can only hope that the ongoing pandemic issues and the war between Russia and Ukraine will be history by the time we enter into our next trapping season in the fall of 2022. [Read More]
Fur Market Report April-May 2022: The Year Ahead
The fur market is interesting in many ways, but one of the funky things about it is that harvesting occurs in fall and early winter, then big fur sales, the ones that set the official price trends, occur after all the harvesting is completed. [Read More]
Spring Beaver Trapping Tactics
The challenging conditions of trapping beavers as winter turns to spring keep the author heading back out to the creeks, sloughs and ponds every year. Learn the sets that collect the castor despite the weather. [Read More]
Trapping Gear: J3 Outdoorz HAGz Beaver Rod Ends
The HAGz Beaver Rod Ends (both stake and stop ends) were designed to work seamlessly with the HAGz® Universal Lock, on 1/2-inch Fiberglass Beaver Rods. As with all HAGz Trapping Products by J3 Outdoorz, they are built with efficiency, quality and the trapper in mind, and manufactured here in the U.S.A. [Read More]
Two Sets Are Better Than One
If one set is good, what about two? This veteran trapper knows a thing or two about when to double up, and when not to. [Read More]
Is Animal Damage Control Work Right for You?
The author follows an Animal Damage Control husband-and-wife team through their daily grind and finds out just how tough the job can be. [Read More]
Fur Market Report February 2022: Caution Continues Into the New Year
It’s interesting that trapping, hunting and fishing are activities that can make you completely forget about the pandemic, at least until you have to stop for gas and walk into a store to buy stuff. [Read More]
Anti-Hunting, Anti-Trapping Groups Making Moves
The new year brings renewed optimism and energy as people refocus on their goals and dreams for the future. Anti-trapping and anti-hunting groups are no different, and they have started out 2022 with a jump. [Read More]
