By Serge Lariviére This is the last report of speculation before the big fur sales start. Indeed, January is already going to see some fur selling, and starting January 9, 2017, Kopenhagen Furs will start selling ranch mink over in … [Read More]
Furbearer News
March 2016 Fur Market Report
By Serge Lariviére This is going to be one tough season, and if you have not yet started to complain about fur prices, do not worry, you will get lots of opportunities. We are simply in one of the worst … [Read More]
New Michigan Out of Doors Episode Features Trapping Segments
Our good friend John Chagnon, of PCS Outdoors, is featured on this week’s episode of Michigan Out of Doors Television. The episode features an elk hunt and two segments on Michigan trappers, including footage of catches of foxes, coyotes, beavers, raccoons … [Read More]
Justin Bieber Music Saves Russian Man From Bear Attack
A Russian fisherman narrowly avoided death when a Justin Bieber song frightened an attacking brown bear. Igor Vorozhbitsyn’s cellphone, which was set to play Bieber’s hit single “Baby” as the ringtone, rang during the attack, according to the New York Post. The bear immediately … [Read More]
Lumberjack Uses Logging Machine to Free Bear’s Head From Milk Can
A Wisconsin logger used his forwarder to pull a milk can off of the head of a black bear. The bear was struggling to free itself from the milk can in a cornfield when the video began. The man was … [Read More]
Fisher Spotted in NYC Is First Seen There in Modern Times
A fisher has been seen roaming the streets of the Bronx in recent weeks. It is the first fisher seen in New York City in modern times, according to the New York Times. “At dawn on April 15, a city police … [Read More]
Video: Bear Chases Joggers in Canada
A black bear ran after two joggers in Alberta, Canada earlier this month. One of the men recorded the incident on his phone as the bear followed them along the Macheetawin Trails on June 5. “Look around for a rock. If … [Read More]
Trapping Convention Season Nears
The FTA Convention hits Pennsylvania and the NTA Convention Visits Upper Michigan By Jared Blohm Winter held on as long as it could, but we’re finally seeing signs of summer. And that means we’re closing in on convention season … [Read More]
Trapping Is Canada’s Least Common Occupation
Only 455 Canadians listed hunting and trapping as their career in a survey conducted by Statistics Canada. It was the least common occupation in the country of 35 million people. “It’s taken us so many thousands of years to gain … [Read More]
Edmonton Newspaper Takes a Deep Look Into Tradition of Trapping
Gordy Klassen, the president of the Alberta Trappers’ Association, is prominantly featured in a compelling Edmonton Journal story on the culture of trapping. “This isn’t a job that everyone can do,” Klassen said in the story. “It takes a lot of skills. … [Read More]
