Fisher Reintroduction to Washington’s Olympic National Park

Washington is considering reintroducing 100 fishers into Olympic National Park, in an effort to re-establish a viable fisher population. 

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New York DEC Adopts Emergency Trapping Regulations

To avoid the potential for trappers to incidentally harm or kill dogs with bodygripper traps set on or near the ground, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation has adopted emergency regulations that will restrict the way many trappers operate.  The regulations deal mainly with dog-resistant cubby sets, blind conibear sets, and mandatory trap setback distances from public trails. 

The New York State Trappers Association supported the regulations, and encouraged their trappers to make sets that avoid the potential to catch dogs even before the new rules were in place.  The regulations were already in the rule-making phase, but the DEC adopted them as emergency rules to avoid potential conflicts with pet owners in the upcoming trapping season.

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Great Trapping Video Clip

Check out this video from MyOutdoorTV.com.  The first segment follows a couple of trappers making and tending sets on the Little Miami River in Ohio.  The two trappers are well experienced and educated in wildlife management as well.  Their interview provides a great perspective on the sport of trapping for the newcomer as well as the seasoned trapper.

The End of All Trapping in Colorado???

Many of you probably remember when the state of Colorado passed a ballot initiative to ban trapping back in 1996.  Trappers lost all rights to do what they loved, until a small semblance of trapping was restored when the state allowed the use of box traps and padded footholds. 

Well, the state’s ruling is now being challenged in court by some of the same groups that helped ban trapping over 10 years ago.  The battle officially ensued Monday, when the two opposing sides met in the state District Court. 

In the end, a judge will likely decide the fate of trappers in Colorado, and could make the last bit of trapping heritage in Colorado become obsolete.

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Welcome to Trapping Today!

Hello, and welcome to trappingtoday.com!  I decided to start this site after realizing that most trapping related information on the web is currently disseminated via message boards or forums, and I saw a lack of up-to-date information and news stories related to trapping. 

I plan to create this site in a blog format, where the first thing you see as you enter the site will be the most recent blog entry/news story related to trapping.

The blog will also have an informative sidebar with blog topics to navigate through, as well as pages related to the different aspects of trapping.

I’m excited to get this site off the ground, and hope everyone enjoys and finds this an interesting and entertaining source of information.  Thanks for visiting trappingtoday.com, and stay tuned for frequent updates.