ESCANABA — The National Trappers Association’s annual Convention/Outdoor Show will be July 26-28 at the U.P. State Fairgrounds in Escanaba. Among the many Source: Zagger to share coyote expertise at trappers convention in Escanaba | News, Sports, Jobs - The Daily news … [Read more...]
Raccoon, Oppossum, Skunk and Weasel Trapping – Herb Lenon
Following his highly popular book “Secrets of Successful Trapping”, Herb Lenon wrote several other trapping books to cover various details and additional species of interest to trappers. In 1946, he wrote “Raccoon, Oppossum, Skunk and Weasel Trapping”. As you might expect, there’s much less detail to cover on these ‘lesser species’, as Lenon termed them. They are much easier … [Read more...]
2018 Fur Prices: Fur Harvesters May Auction Results
Just a few days after the North American Fur Auctions sale, Fur Harvesters held their May 2018 auction. For the most part, results were similar to the NAFA sale, which showed pretty much flat line prices similar to the entire 2018 fur selling season. The better Eastern beaver averaged $14.31, which is poor, but an improvement from past sales. Western and 3rd Section … [Read more...]
Trapping Today Podcast: Episode 27 – News, Auction and Basic Trap Modification
In this episode I discuss some news, go over the results of this week's Fur Harvesters Auction, review a Herb Lenon book, and discuss trap modification. Specifically, I go into detail on modifying old or less-than-desirable new foothold traps to make them suitable for coyote trapping. … [Read more...]
The Secrets of Successful Trapping – Herb Lenon
In his landmark 1944 book “The Secrets of Successful Trapping”, professional trapper Herb Lenon brought gold to the trapping world. Lenon was quite a successful trapper at the time and was developing quite a reputation. With this book, he provided a source of information that was hard to find in the trapping world in those days. The book covered the basic concepts needed … [Read more...]
2018 Fur Prices: NAFA May Fur Auction Results
The results are in from the May 2018 sale at North American Fur Auctions, and the news is more of the same. Fur prices have remained pretty much flat the entire selling season, without any significant movement in either direction for most species. I guess that isn't bad news - at least prices didn't continue to fall like they often do in the late season sales. Continuing … [Read more...]
Trapping Today Podcast: Episode 26 – a Book, a DVD, an Auction, and a Shoutout
In this episode, I review Kellen Kaatz' new DVD "The Flat Set Fix", review Herb Lenon's 1944 classic "Secrets of Successful Trapping", give a shout out to an old trapping friend in Montana, and go over the recent NAFA Fur Auction results. Enjoy! … [Read more...]
The Flat Set Fix DVD – Kellen Kaatz
Dirt hole and flat sets make up the bulk of a good fox and coyote trapper's arsenal, but the flat set is probably one of the least understood sets in trapping. While most beginning predator trappers learn to master the dirt hole, the flat set comes later. Flat sets add variety to a trapline, and can be much more effective than dirt hole sets in many situations, but getting the … [Read more...]