Thanks airport i am going to check that one out

I'll second dekalb. DVD worth getting.


I'll also say that dobbins books are top shelf learning material. Money well spent.


If Red O'Hearn has anything that I don't own, I will buy it when I find out about it. That guy has a gift for teaching.

Mn's Brian Fischer for coyotes. Sold through F&T, Schmitt Enterprises, etc

Sorry, but I'm no writer. There'll be no book written by me. I did participate in a beaver video with dad, and then after his death, I made a beaver video.

Wow lol! In my line of work it shows when a person is green, I guess that's true in all walks of life... Even here on Trapperman

I apologise for the mix up, and appreciate the correction. The book I have in my MTP cart does say Charles Dobbins.
Seems the Apple doesn't fall too far from the tree anyways.
Thanks

Best dvds for beaver (imho) that cover snaring,footholds, and bodygrips would be:
Open water beaver trapping by Charles Dobbins/Wayne Freeberseyser, beaver sites and sets by Paul Dobbins, and matt jones beaver dvd.
Dale Billinsgley and Jeff Dunlop have some good all around dvds also

Awesome I'll check into them

Honestly, June's coyote dvd is really good and he teaches very well. But I would compare Weisers video to a Mark June video on steroids. The nontarget catches are pretty cool, too.

Does weisers just have one video?

Yep

For beaver DVD's DeKalb, Dobbins, Dunlap & Shumaker are good ones.

It's a little over 3 hours long too!

Which of the Mark June's dvds is better in your opinions?

I can't tell ya, I don't have any of them yet.

I was not aware that Don Shumaker had made a DVD? Where can one buy that?

Thank

Just ordered Andy Weiser's DVD and will review it here after I have seen it.

All of the DVDs mentioned are pretty darn good. You really cannot go wrong with a instructional DVD by most of the big name guys. Each guys may have a trick or two that you can add to your methods if you choose to.

Wiser shows some methods that make a lot of sense. He shows some preseason work that if one did not know about this it would cost them.
Andy is admittedly old school. I like old school. I really like Andy's DVD

Ray Milligan has some great DVDs. I don't think he traps wicked hard anymore but that does not matter, That guy knows how to put up some catches.

Someone mentioned June's DVDs. He has quite a few and they are all good, but I really like his last one the best. The one he did with Johnson. I always try to look at the DVDs from a beginners view point. The last one he did he filmed a bit different. Usually when demonstrators make a set the take a lot of time and explain it. June and Johnson both explained and showed what they were doing very well but they did it like it was on a working line. And they are fast. I think this helps a beginner gain a little insight to the speed factor. You need to pay attention because he stresses a lot of points that are worth noting. Mark is a lot more chipper than I could ever be but I think he is a good teacher.

Some of the big mouth chest beaters have put down his coyote DVD but I am a Johnny Thorpe fan and liked his canine DVDs. Could be because I trap a lot of area that looks like the dack's. Plus Johnny was pretty old school. If I had a choice to trap with someone like those back biting, sniping dudes with the elementary school attitudes or Thorpe, I would pick a guy like Thorpe hands down.

Someone not mentioned above is Graham. Pretty good coyote trapper right there.
Dunlap has some good ideas on his coyote DVD.

If you listen close you learn some cool stuff off Derrick's DVD. (He also has some on gray fox and two on cats, all good)

I think Jeff Dunlap has a good way of teaching. I even broke down and bought is beginning coyote DVD because I was bored and there was nothing new out. Good job.
Beaver?
I really like Jeff Dunlap's beaver DVD. Charles Dobbins DVD is very good. I have not seen a bunch on under ice work but Trapper Art made a very good under ice snaring DVD.

A guy that people forget it is James Lord. He has put out some excellent canine, cat and beaver DVDs.

Probably a bunch more that I have forgot.

Hope this helps.

Amen Mac that helps a ton!

Milligan explains his location theory very well on his Art Of The 2 Inch Circle DVD. Down to earth and full of common sense methods. The man has caught over 6,000 coyotes in his career, when Ray talks I listen. The series includes a DVD on Cats and another on Fox. All filmed on his ranch and leases in Northern New Mexico from river bottom to timber line.

The key is to learn techniques, equipment, and locations you can use and create you own methods that fit you and your geography, then create your own system.

This is great advice IMHO.
Andy, Wayne, and Casey have all put out great information, no matter your area.
A couple that I have learned from that have not been mentioned are Scott Welch (coyotes) and Clint Locklear (beaver).