Trapper & Predator Caller Field Editor Serge Lariviére interviews expert wolf trapper Gordy Klassen about the sets he uses when wolf trapping. [Read More]
Trapping Advice
Frost-Proof Your Traps With Calcium Chloride
This is an excerpt from Trapper & Predator Caller Field Editor Dave Morelli’s article “And Then It Snows,” which appeared in the December 2013 Trapper & Predator Caller issue. By Dave Morelli The weather here in Idaho can go from good … [Read More]
Bobcat Trapping Tips From Jim Spencer
By Jim Spencer I’m still far from being what I’d consider a good bobcat trapper. Mark June, Mike Bailey, John Graham, Matt Jones and their peers don’t need to worry about me stealing their thunder. But this past season of … [Read More]
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]
Set on Sign When Trapping Marten
This is an excerpt from Cary Rideout’s article “Trapping Marten,” which appeared in the November 2013 Trapper & Predator Caller issue. By Cary Rideout The most productive way to trap sables is probably to set on sign since they generally … [Read More]
Essential Gear for a Muskrat Canoe Trapline
This is an excerpt from Tom Berg’s article “Paddling for Muskrats,” which appeared in the November 2013 Trapper & Predator Caller issue. By Tom Berg Obviously, the first item on your gear list should be a stable canoe. Any canoe … [Read More]
Trapping Raccoons With Randy Smith
By T.R. Hendrick The clock was ticking by the time I caught up with Randy Smith at his home in western Pennsylvania. It was late February, and there were only a few days left in the Pennsylvania trapping season. Randy … [Read More]
Is the Set Location or the Bait More Important in Trapping?
By Jack Spencer Jr. There are two common theories I often hear from trappers when trying to explain trapping success. Is it the magical location or the tempting bait we trappers purchase or make on our own that produces catches? … [Read More]
