By Serge Lariviére This is a portion of Serge Lariviére’s story “Secrets of Otter Longliners,” which appeared in the October 2014 Trapper & Predator Caller issue. Otter trapping is not really about sets. It is all about locations. Otters are one species … [Read More]
Trapping Advice
Staking Dirt Sets
This is a portion of Jim Spencer’s story “Holding What You Catch,” which appeared in the October 2014 Trapper & Predator Caller issue. By Jim Spencer Staking is by far the most common method of fastening traps. Staking is just … [Read More]
How to Prepare Your Traps
This is an excerpt from the article “There Is No Offseason” which appeared in the August 2014 Trapper & Predator Caller issue. By Dave Morelli If your traps are a ball of mud at the end of the season like mine, they … [Read More]
How to Trap Turtles
This is an excerpt from the article “Summer Serpentinas” which appeared in the June-July 2014 Trapper & Predator Caller issue. Turtle trappers rely on luring the animals to food, so to catch them you need to know where they feed and … [Read More]
Scouting a New Trapping Area? Map it Out.
This is an excerpt from Cary Rideout’s article “Always Be Scouting,” which appeared in the April-May 2014 Trapper & Predator Caller issue. By Cary Rideout Scouting is easier when you have a good set of area maps to check on … [Read More]
You Can’t Catch What Isn’t There
Choosing where to trap is important to a longliner’s success This is an excerpt from Serge Lariviére’s article “5 Lessons of the Longliner,” which appeared in the April-May 2014 Trapper & Predator Caller issue. By Serge Lariviére Some guys … [Read More]
Trapping Tip: Evaluate the Potential of Your Trapline
This is an excerpt from Jim Spencer’s article “Trapline Expectations,” which appeared in the March 2014 Trapper & Predator Caller issue. By Jim Spencer No matter how much expertise you develop as a trapper, you can’t catch more critters than … [Read More]
Canadian YouTube Trapper Star Gets Reality Show
A lifelong Canadian trapper who has attracted thousands of views on YouTube will be the star of a trapping reality show set to debut this fall. Fur Harvesters NWT will feature Northwest Territories trapper Andrew Stanley, who is better known as … [Read More]
Trapping Tip: Man-Made Eye Appeal
Sometimes there won’t be any obvious eye appeal at a set location. This is especially true in flat, open farmland or prairie, but it can also happen along streams, farm roads and other places where furbearers travel where there’s nothing … [Read More]
Lure Tips for Trapping Coyotes
I break down lures into six categories. The categories are bait, urine, food lure, gland lure, curiosity and long-distance call. By Paul Antczak So when and where do I use these attractants for coyotes? For starters, there is gland lure. … [Read More]
