FAIRBANKS — On Halloween 2017, Alaskan Steve Ebbert, 56, retired from his job as an invasive species biologist. His longtime mission of removing arctic foxes and other human-introduced species from Source: Biologist trapper retires after helping transform Alaska's Aleutian Islands | Alaska Science Forum | newsminer.com … [Read more...]
Trappers ask court to throw out lawsuit over US fur exports | News & Observer
Fur trappers are asking a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit from wildlife advocates who want to block the export of bobcat pelts from the United States. Source: Trappers ask court to throw out lawsuit over US fur exports | News & Observer … [Read more...]
Trapping can be a fulfilling pastime, despite low fur prices
Fall is here, and furbearer trapping season has begun in Arkansas. The period for trapping beavers, muskrats and nutrias started at sunrise Nov. 11 Source: Trapping can be a fulfilling pastime, despite low fur prices … [Read more...]
Trapping Tradition Alive and Well in Michigan – Outdoornews
Roughly 30,000 people buy fur harvester licenses in Michigan every year, about half of whom are trappers. Source: Trapping tradition alive and well in Michigan - Outdoornews … [Read more...]
Welcome New Advertiser PCS Outdoors!
I'd like to welcome PCS Outdoors as a new advertiser here on Trapping Today. John Chagnon runs the company. He's an enthusiastic trapper and a fun guy to talk to. If you're wondering what PCS stands for, it's Phoenix Composite Solutions. They're an aerospace company - a seemingly strange match for the trapping supply business. The business was a creation of John's passion. As … [Read more...]
2017-2018 Fur Prices: Trapping Today’s Fur Market Forecast
Note: This is NOT the most recent fur market forecast. Click here for Trapping Today's 2018-2019 Fur Market Forecast. The 2017-2018 trapping season is upon us, and trappers everywhere are looking for a clue as to what fur prices will bring. Since the crash in the fur market a few years back, it's been tougher to get information on fur prices until late in the selling … [Read more...]