Preserving Trapping Bait with Salt: Video
In this video I show you how I salt down meat scraps to use for trapping bait six months from now. The salt seems to do a good job preserving the meat. You can get the 50 lb bags of loose salt at a feed store for less than $10, so it's a pretty good option for getting some meat preserved. … [Read more...]
Serious Money Making Strategies – Clint Locklear DVD
Most trappers are entrepreneurial by nature, but how many of us are actually making money in the industry? Clint Locklear has succeeded in the business better than most. Starting from nothing, he built a wildly popular brand of trapping lures, created numerous books and DVD’s, developed a high end ADC business, and started a business training program for trappers. In “Serious … [Read more...]
Bench Swager Review
In this video, I show the bench swager I've been using to make snares, extension cables, drowning rigs and cable stakes. Works great, and worth the money if you're going to do any volume. … [Read more...]
Glands: A Trapper’s Commodity – Kyle Kaatz
If you're stacking up the fur on the trapline and aren't saving glands, you're missing out on a good chunk of extra money. Glands are worth quite a bit to the lure making industry, and trappers who take the time to save them can get a pretty good financial reward for a little bit of time. If you're an amateur lure maker, collecting glands from your own animals can save a lot of … [Read more...]
Oscar Cronk Historic Trapping Video
Oscar Cronk is a legendary Maine trapper, and one of the few left who remembers the Walter Arnold mountain man days. Here's a short video and Cronk interview with the Maine State Library. … [Read more...]
Fur Market Video Update: February 2018
Herb Lenon Classic Trapping Video
From 1937 to 1940, legendary trapper and instructor Herbert Lenon put together a series of trapping videos that were the first of their kind. We're talking serious, old school, silent films on trapping. Herb was a true innovator in the trapping industry and put a lot of work into getting trapping information out on video. This DVD captures the original footage from Herb's … [Read more...]