For animal damage control professionals, snakes can be easy or a troublesome By James Card My ten-year-old son scampered up the basement stairs after yelling a word he is not old enough to say. At the top of the … [Read More]
Author Archives: James Card
October 2017 Fur Market Report
By Serge Lariviére Fall is here and trapping seasons all over North America are about to begin. By now, every trapper out there has a plan, either to take advantage of the money species such as western coyotes and western … [Read More]
September 2017 Fur Market Report
Cats and Western Coyotes Lead Market Toronto auction confirms trends; Russians still not buying fur By Serge Lariviére Selling season is now over and most of us have been seeing the impact of lower fur prices at conventions we attend. … [Read More]
Earn a Top Lot Award This Season
The highest honor in trapping and fur handling is a certificate worthy of framing and hanging in your trophy room. By Serge Lariviere With the advent of the Internet, it probably has never been easier to learn just about anything … [Read More]
August 2017 Fur Market Report
From East to West, Coyotes Are Hot Parka market drives huge demand for song dogs By Serge Lariviére Since my last report in the June/July issue of Trapper and Predator Caller, two major wild fur sales have occurred: one at … [Read More]
Trapping as a Trade: Ground Hog Day
The story of this day is told over again, and again and again . . . By Deric Beroshok I got a call from a very elderly lady about a groundhog under her house. I arrived and did my usual … [Read More]
Smoke Your Hide
With some egg yolk and a smoky fire, you can tan your fur the old fashioned way By Cody Assmann The fur forecast for the winter of 2016 wasn’t looking good. Prior to the opening of the trapping season I … [Read More]
Trapline Math
Use this simple equation to figure out what is working By Brad Lindblad ost capitalist trappers will eventually ask themselves this question: “How can I trap more fur?” He sees pictures from other trappers in Internet discussion forums or sees … [Read More]
How Not to Kill a Skunk
A youthful quest to catch the rarest of fragrant furbearers By Jim Spencer Adult trappers, for the most part, are none too thrilled when they catch a skunk. But to a 12-year-old kid like I was in 1959, they were … [Read More]
Summer Project: Put Together Your Dream AR-15 Predator Rifle
By Matthew Breuer It’s either a huge coincidence that AR-15s and predator hunting are two of the fastest growing things in the hunting world, or people already know that AR-15s and predator hunting go together like peanut butter and jelly. … [Read More]
