Taking on a trapline partner might be just the ticket during these difficult days and a way to energize lagging spirits. Sharing the success or frustration, exchanging methods and time in the pelting shed are all great. [Read More]
Trapping Advice
Find Unique Ways to Sell Your Fur
Not sure what to do with this season’s catch? The author discusses a few clever ways to still make some cash. [Read More]
Bucket List Trapping: Ursus Americanus, the Black Bear
This trapper’s 2020 trapping season started a little different than most years. He was setting steel for a massive Northern black bear. [Read More]
The Management Trapper: Save Your Corn Crops
It’s no secret that growing corn in bear country or near a huge raccoon population can be downright tough. At the same time, almost all serious habitat managers understand that corn can be a powerful draw for whitetails, and be good for the deer to fatten them up for the rigors of the rut and then survive winter. [Read More]
Sizing Up Trap Size
Is there a perfect size trap that is the optimum tool for the species you are pursuing? Questions — as they say — always lead to more questions. [Read More]
Lure Strategies for Coyotes and Cats
Every trapping lure is made for a specific response, the trick is to figure out where and how to use them in every different scenario. [Read More]
Is Round the New Square?
There are traps for every situation, and lately the author finds that round body grips fit the job more and more. [Read More]
The Management Trapper: Embracing the Management Mindset
There are two main challenges to overcome in management trapping. The first is simply learning the habitat and animals, and the second is how to switch from common sustainable trapping practices to a management and control trapping mentality. [Read More]
Open-Country Fisher Trapping
While someday I’d love to chase fishers in their traditional big-woods habitat, it’s a testament to the adaptability of the species that the farm country trapper can catch the beautiful “black cat” on their home turf. By scouting to find locations the animals frequent and using bait in the preseason, this wonderful furbearer can be added to the trapper’s fur board. [Read More]
North! To New Trapping Adventures
The author traveled outside of his comfort zone to experience fisher and marten trapping firsthand. Follow along to the frozen north country. [Read More]
