Trapper & Predator Caller Field Editor Serge Lariviére interviews expert wolf trapper Gordy Klassen about the sets he uses when wolf trapping. [Read More]
Furbearer News
Scientists: Red Foxes Use Magnetic Field to Help Them Hunt
A Discovery Channel video shows how red foxes pinpoint field mice buried deep beneath snow using their incredible hearing and the magnetic field of the North Pole. “He almost always comes up empty handed, unless he’s facing north,” the narrator … [Read More]
T&PC Reader Traps 51-Pound Raccoon
In his November 2013 Furbearer Behavior column, Trapper & Predator Caller Field Editor Serge Lariviére asked T&PC readers to send him photos and info on raccoons they’ve trapped that weighed more than 40 pounds. The largest raccoon Lariviére received a photo … [Read More]
Prepare Your Furbearers Using The Mountain Man Cookbook
The Mountain Man Cookbook —The How-To Recipe Guide for Preparing, Cooking and Eating Raccoons, Muskrats, Beavers and Other Unconventional Wild Game has hit bookshelves. The Mountain Man Cookbook is the ultimate compilation of wild game recipes from readers of Trapper … [Read More]
Photographer Captures Image of Mountain Lion in Front of L.A. Skyline
It took a National Geographic photographer a year to capture a stunning photograph of a mountain lion in front of the Los Angeles skyline at night. You can see the photo HERE. Steve Winter photographed the cougar known as P-22 in … [Read More]
Biologists Air-Drop Marshmallows to Help Control Rabies
Biologists have taken to the air to combat rabies outbreaks. Recently, more than 1 million marshmallow-flavored packets of a trial vaccine called ONRAB were dropped from small planes and helicopters or distributed by hand in five northeastern states. The effort is … [Read More]
Raccoon Breaks Into Alabama Police Station
A raccoon crashed through the ceiling of an Alabama police station earlier this week. The surprised Gardendale, Ala., police quickly set the bandit free. Surveillance video captured the raccoon falling through ceiling tile in the police station’s lobby Monday morning. … [Read More]
Canadian Man Rescues Partner by Killing Mountain Lion With a Spear
A Canadian man used a spear to kill a cougar as the animal attacked his partner earlier this week. The attack took place near the couple’s home on Flores Island in Clayoquot Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island in … [Read More]
Man Accidentally Shoots Himself While Trying to Chase Away ‘Coon
An 81-year-old Connecticut man accidentally shot himself in the shin while waiting for a pesky raccoon to return to his porch. James Pace Sr. is OK, but the large raccoon that had been regularly scratching at his back door is still … [Read More]
Minnesota Wolf Attacks Boy, Bites Him in Head
A wolf bit a 16-year-old boy in the head near Minnesota’s Lake Winnibioshish on Saturday morning. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources said it was the first wolf attack resulting in a serious injury ever recorded in the state. The … [Read More]
