Source: Low fur prices discourage WV trappers | Hunting & Fishing | wvgazettemail.com … [Read more...]
Gang Setting for Muskrats (Video)
Getting it Out of the System
Trapping season officially began up here today with the opening of early fox and coyote trapping. Muskrat starts next week, and then the big season gets going the week after, when I'll be out on the marten and fisher line in full force. Until then, my plan's been to get things wrapped up around the house and farm before taking off to the woods on my days off. That means lots … [Read more...]
Bobcat Recovery and Trapping Opportunity in Illinois, Indiana
Bobcats in Illinois and Indiana are the latest example of conservation success stories in state wildlife management. In Illinois, 2016-17 marked the first hunting/trapping season for bobcats in decades. Here's a recap: New Illinois Hunting and Trapping Season for Bobcats a Success Preliminary harvest of 141 bobcats SPRINGFIELD, IL – Hunters and trappers took a … [Read more...]
Fur Harvesters NWT, Season 1 Episode 5
In this episode, Andrew is joined by Francois Rossouw, fur marketing specialist for Canada's Northwest Territories. They check the trapline and find a nice lynx caught in a snare set. Later on we see a beautiful wolverine catch, and a special visit with a pelt handling specialist with Fur Harvesters Auctions. … [Read more...]
Cleaner Water Contributing to Muskrat Decline?
The seemingly widespread, long term decline in muskrat populations has been puzzling to trappers and wildlife managers for years. Despite less trapping pressure and far lower harvest, muskrat numbers continue to go down. Theories attempting to explain lower rat numbers range from habitat loss, higher populations of predators, disease, and many others. Pennsylvania … [Read more...]
Federal agency denies protections for small, fanged predator – NBC Montana
Federal wildlife officials say a cat-sized predator that lives in old-growth forests of the Northern Rockies is not in danger of extinction despite worries about habitat loss and accidental trapping. Source: Federal agency denies protections for small, fanged predator - NBC Montana … [Read more...]
Land Trapping Made Simple
In 1996, while most of his contemporaries were probably playing video games, Kyle Kaatz was writing trapping books. A quick learner and an ambitious young trapper, Kaatz shared his knowledge in the book "Land Trapping Made Simple". In about 100 pages, "Land Trapping Made Simple" covers the very basics of most every topic on the subject of land trapping, primarily for fox, … [Read more...]