Pennsylvania trapper is looking forward to getting back out on the trapline with his dad My name is Isaac Kocher. I am 13 years old. I live in Pennsylvania where there are lots of beautiful woods and farms. My … [Read More]
Tag Archives: Opossums
School Days: Two Raccoons and a ’Possum
Caleb Hershberger, 12, Ohio With help from his dad, an Ohio boy had a great first trapping season My name is Caleb Hershberger. My first trapping experience was when my dad said that trapping season is coming. I bought … [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]
School Days: A Trapper’s First Trapping Trip
Austin Kolb, 13, Oley, Pa. Pennsylvania boy caught a red fox and a gray fox in an exciting weekend My name is Austin Kolb. I am 13 years old, and this is my second year of trapping. My first trapping … [Read More]
School Days: It’s a Family Affair
Jacob King, Dadeville, Mo. Missouri boy traps with his father and brother When I was 8 years old and my brother was 4 years old, my dad got us into trapping. I learned that trapping is a good way to … [Read More]
School Days: Boy Has New Favorite Pastime
Cory Farnsworth, 16, Moab, Utah A young Utah trapper is addicted to the thrill of the trapline and working in the fur shed I was introduced to trapping by my grandpa when I was 6 or 7. I’ve helped since then to … [Read More]
New Zealand Man Makes $40,000+ a Year Trapping Possums
How would you like to make a living as a possum trapper? One New Zealand man is doing just that, and he’s earning more than $40,000 a year. Shay Williamson, an 18-year-old from the Bay of Plenty in New Zealand, … [Read More]
School Days: Prepared To Go Solo
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School Days: Education Specialist is a Trapping Teacher
Education Specialist is a Trapping Teacher James Howe Oley, Pennsylvania, Age 14 Why would a 14-year-old high-school freshman want to get up an hour early for school? To check traps, of course! This season was my first trapping experience. Since … [Read More]