No Profanity *** No Flaming *** No Advertising *** No Anti Trappers ***NO POLITICS
No Non-Target Catches *** No Links to Anti-trapping Sites *** No Avoiding Profanity Filter


Home~Trap Talk~ADC Forum~Trap Shed~Wilderness Trapping~International Trappers~Fur Handling

Auction Forum~Trapper Tips~Links~Gallery~Basic Sets~Convention Calendar~Chat~ Trap Collecting Forum

Trapper's Humor~Strictly Trapping~Fur Buyers Directory~Mugshots~Fur Sale Directory~Wildcrafting~The Pen and Quill

Trapper's Tales~Words From The Past~Legends~Archives~Kids Forum~Lure Formulators Forum~ Fermenter's Forum


~~~ Dobbins' Products Catalog ~~~


Minnesota Trapline Products
Please support our sponsor for the Trappers Talk Page - Minnesota Trapline Products


Print Thread
Hop To
Page 1 of 3 1 2 3
Who helped you out the most? #6185635
03/12/18 07:56 PM
03/12/18 07:56 PM
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 9,947
Central Pa. 62
B
bic Offline OP
"Mr. Sensitivity"
bic  Offline OP
"Mr. Sensitivity"
B

Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 9,947
Central Pa. 62
we all got into trapping for one reason or another. Mine was to be like my late grandpa that was a really good trapper in his day. Unfortunately, He had passed and wasn't able to pass on any of his secrets to me.
So, who helped you out the most when you first started out. For me it was a fella named Bill Goughenour, He sold trapping supplies. He gave me a lot of pointers when I first started. Then after a few years, he moved to a new area (alum bank) and I never saw him again. If I did, I would surely say thank you.


Life always offers a second chance.
It's called Tomorrow
Re: Who helped you out the most? [Re: bic] #6185638
03/12/18 08:00 PM
03/12/18 08:00 PM
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 28,978
potter co. p.a.
P
pcr2 Offline
"Twerker"
pcr2  Offline
"Twerker"
P

Joined: May 2010
Posts: 28,978
potter co. p.a.
granpa all the way.he worked second shift and always made sure i got to do everything he did.dad also but he always worked 2 jobs.i was lucky that way for sure.









Re: Who helped you out the most? [Re: bic] #6185643
03/12/18 08:03 PM
03/12/18 08:03 PM
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 1,948
Iowa.
I
imissed Offline
trapper
imissed  Offline
trapper
I

Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 1,948
Iowa.
I started on my own at 12 yrs. old. Dad hunted but never trapped. FFG helped a lot. Back in the 70's there was no internet, youtube,etc. School of hard knocks for me.

Brad


WISH I HAD MORE TIME TO TRAP!
Re: Who helped you out the most? [Re: bic] #6185649
03/12/18 08:07 PM
03/12/18 08:07 PM
Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 8,763
East of the Mason-Dixon Line
DelawareRob Offline
trapper
DelawareRob  Offline
trapper

Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 8,763
East of the Mason-Dixon Line
Reddawg from this site helped me the most. He really showed me that there is more than one correct way to go about trapping. He showed me how he does things but that I should not be afraid to go and put out sets and find what works best for me. He really helped shorten the learning curve for me, I can’t thank him enough. He also taught me to observe how the animals respond to my sets because they are the best teachers. He also has a really cool fur shed and taught me how to skin my first fox, which gave me that first hand experience that I think is very helpful.



Who is John Galt?

You don't rise to the occasion, you fall to the level of your training.

Semper Paratus
Re: Who helped you out the most? [Re: bic] #6185658
03/12/18 08:17 PM
03/12/18 08:17 PM
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 453
ky
R
Redsleeves Offline
trapper
Redsleeves  Offline
trapper
R

Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 453
ky
Dad showed me some he was mostly a houndsman, but trapped some fox and coon he loved fox, my pap was a minker back in the 40s 50s also hunted them with dogs, but he never got to show me how he died when I was 6 but dad showed me how pap did it, the rest I learned on my own FFG and Hawbaker books,there was videos when I was young but they might as well have been on the moon! We didn't have money and people in this country didn't use to believe in that kinda stuff! My mom's dad mink and rat trapped back in the 50s and 60s he told me some stuff, I didnt meet another trapper till I was 18 and right know there's only one other person in this co. Who traps seriously!and he don't actually live in this county! So yeah I whent from walking a possum skunk and coon line to running nearly 100 mile longline pretty much on my own! It was TUFF! WISH I could've had a mentor to learn from!

Re: Who helped you out the most? [Re: bic] #6185659
03/12/18 08:17 PM
03/12/18 08:17 PM
Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 2,562
N.W. Pennsylvania, Venango cou...
PA.Trapper Offline
trapper
PA.Trapper  Offline
trapper

Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 2,562
N.W. Pennsylvania, Venango cou...
My stepdad pointed me in the right direction to get started but just like imissed pretty much learned as i went.no internet or youtube.read everybook i could get my hands on and attended local trappers association meetings and picked the brains of all of the old timers.just finished my 42nd year trapping and still love it as much today as i did when i started at age 8.i help teach trapping school when asked to and teach as many youngsters as possible.


Life's too short, enjoy everyday like it was your last.
Re: Who helped you out the most? [Re: bic] #6185683
03/12/18 08:34 PM
03/12/18 08:34 PM
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 5,536
fayette,al.
G
grisseldog Offline
trapper
grisseldog  Offline
trapper
G

Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 5,536
fayette,al.
My grandpa started me when I was abt ten years old. That was around 1970..
He had fur fish game magazines ,I Wud read them over and over.

Re: Who helped you out the most? [Re: bic] #6185694
03/12/18 08:40 PM
03/12/18 08:40 PM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 11,165
Central NC
T
traprjohn Offline
trapper
traprjohn  Offline
trapper
T

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 11,165
Central NC
Paul Dobbins, Claudie Taylor, Jimmy Pierce, Hal Sullivan. other instructors at our free trappers ed classes, for trapping

Oscar Cronk, Asa Lenon, Carroll Black for lure/bait making.


www.sevenoakstrappingsupplies.com for trap mods and gear
The 10 Commandments are not suggestions.
Buy a soldiers meal EVERY chance you can.

Re: Who helped you out the most? [Re: bic] #6185733
03/12/18 09:19 PM
03/12/18 09:19 PM
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 4,828
Southwest Michigan
M
Michigan Trappin Offline
trapper
Michigan Trappin  Offline
trapper
M

Joined: May 2014
Posts: 4,828
Southwest Michigan
I started on my own about 35 years ago, I had no one to teach me so I bought some traps and went out and made a ton of awful sets, even looked up one time while setting a trap and seen a red fox about 30'yards away in the brush watching me. I never caught a fox back then

About ten years ago my son wanted me to teach him to trap, it wasn't real good but we caught some coons I had figured out how to do that But he wanted fox and coyotes and beaver so then I decided we needed some real teaching and we started attending trapping conventions and as they say "the rest is history"


Every day is a gift from GOD, don't waste it!!

If they have plenty of food, give them something interesting to smell
Re: Who helped you out the most? [Re: bic] #6185746
03/12/18 09:28 PM
03/12/18 09:28 PM
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 2,626
Flint, Michigan
bhugo Offline
trapper
bhugo  Offline
trapper

Joined: May 2007
Posts: 2,626
Flint, Michigan
S. Stanley Hawbaker. Best book ever. I read it when I was 9 and re read it almost every year since then. Spectacular for dreaming kids.


Member MTPCA, FTA and NTA
Re: Who helped you out the most? [Re: bic] #6185796
03/12/18 10:20 PM
03/12/18 10:20 PM
Joined: Feb 2016
Posts: 3,520
Kentucky
ky_coyote_hunter Offline
trapper
ky_coyote_hunter  Offline
trapper

Joined: Feb 2016
Posts: 3,520
Kentucky
My Grandfather who passed in 1978...He was a deadly blind set man for fox, coon, and mink... He never used lure even one day in his life...Next would be Major Boddicker, Tom Miranda, and Dan DeZarn.


Member - FTA
Re: Who helped you out the most? [Re: bic] #6185799
03/12/18 10:28 PM
03/12/18 10:28 PM
Joined: May 2015
Posts: 497
utah
M
mike mc murray Offline
trapper
mike mc murray  Offline
trapper
M

Joined: May 2015
Posts: 497
utah
My grandad helped me out early on with rats and mink then I took two days of instructions for fox and coyote back in 1962 from bill nelson and haven't ever looked back

Re: Who helped you out the most? [Re: bic] #6185821
03/12/18 11:05 PM
03/12/18 11:05 PM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 62,659
Minnesota
330-Trapper Online content

trapper
330-Trapper  Online Content

trapper

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 62,659
Minnesota
I started trying to trap birds at 4 1/2 yrs old ...then on to Squirrels, all kid stuff. My Grandpa Cruger let me help him in the late 60's and 70's catch rabbits in his Wisconsin garden. I really didn't have anyone ever in my Family who was a trapper. In'86' I started on my own, I read FFG magazines, Trapping books etc. I really went Wild after meeting Merlin Ladd the fall of 86. Merlin showed me in his fur shed the first 330's I'd ever seen, He told me how to look for and make two different Beaver sets ...Three days later on my own I caught my first 3 Beaver. All is a Blurr since then 32 years of fun in the Minnesota and Wisconsin woods and Swamps. That's the furside the ADC learnin' came later in 2010 from LT Gray. Amazing men who showed their craft.


NRA and NTA Life Member
www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com




Re: Who helped you out the most? [Re: 330-Trapper] #6185823
03/12/18 11:09 PM
03/12/18 11:09 PM
Joined: Feb 2018
Posts: 793
Norborne MO
B
BBarnes Offline
trapper
BBarnes  Offline
trapper
B

Joined: Feb 2018
Posts: 793
Norborne MO
Got my love for the outdoors from my Dad. My little brother talked me in to trapping. Spent 4 hours at Red O'hearns house talking coon trapping and I was hooked. Never forget it.
B

Re: Who helped you out the most? [Re: bic] #6185848
03/12/18 11:29 PM
03/12/18 11:29 PM
Joined: Sep 2015
Posts: 1,614
Livingston, Texas
S
Sheepdog1 Offline
trapper
Sheepdog1  Offline
trapper
S

Joined: Sep 2015
Posts: 1,614
Livingston, Texas
A man that I call my grandpa but he really isn't and he calls me the son he never had. His name is Earl Gipson and his wife is Velma Anne. They took me under their wings when I was about twelve. Thank God they did. I sure got tired of check g empty traps.

Re: Who helped you out the most? [Re: bic] #6185865
03/12/18 11:39 PM
03/12/18 11:39 PM
Joined: Dec 2015
Posts: 414
Roanoke, VA
Meathunter1978 Offline
trapper
Meathunter1978  Offline
trapper

Joined: Dec 2015
Posts: 414
Roanoke, VA
This site, books, YouTube, and school of hard knocks. Still learning and enjoying every minute.


Formally known as Meathunter78. Just doing it for meat.
Re: Who helped you out the most? [Re: bic] #6185905
03/13/18 12:38 AM
03/13/18 12:38 AM
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 471
Wyoming
T
ttzt Offline
trapper
ttzt  Offline
trapper
T

Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 471
Wyoming
Daddy and Pawpaw took us hunting and fishing from as far back as I can remember. They taught me to love the woods. Daddy didn't trap and Pawpaw trapped, but passed when I was eight. I started trapping with his traps when I was 12, but didn't catch much until I started hanging out in a neighbor's, Mr. Robert Walters, fur shed. He took me along on his line in the Turkey Creek Brake and showed me how to catch nutria, coon, and mink on the cypress logs. I trapped with him until the rheumatism in his hands forced him to stop just a couple of years later. After that I would take my catch by his house to show him until his death. When I started high school my ag teacher, Butch Calhoun, introduced me to coon hunting. For the next 8 years we trapped, fished, and hunted for just about every thing Louisiana had to offer. He moved to Florida and I moved to Alaska and then Wyoming and we did not see each other for 25 years, though we kept in touch through his daughter. Thru total coincidence his family and mine both separately made plans to be in Nashville after Christmas this year. We got together and now have plans to go hunting next year. I can't wait.

Re: Who helped you out the most? [Re: bic] #6185906
03/13/18 12:40 AM
03/13/18 12:40 AM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 17,770
N.W. Iowa
T
Tactical.20 Offline
trapper
Tactical.20  Offline
trapper
T

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 17,770
N.W. Iowa
Ogorman, bill Austin

Re: Who helped you out the most? [Re: bic] #6185945
03/13/18 02:39 AM
03/13/18 02:39 AM

W
Wylee
Unregistered
Wylee
Unregistered
W



An old biker called "magoo". Also wish I could give credit to the dude on here that simplified bedding for me..man what a difference that made. Three years later and I'm in Alaska, time to learn all over again...

Re: Who helped you out the most? [Re: bic] #6185958
03/13/18 05:10 AM
03/13/18 05:10 AM
Joined: Jul 2017
Posts: 2,665
PA
W
w side rd 151 Offline
trapper
w side rd 151  Offline
trapper
W

Joined: Jul 2017
Posts: 2,665
PA
I join the PTA in 1982 . In those days you got the old Trapper and Predator magazine . Until than I had never heard of Charlie Dobbins ,Carroll Black ,Willis Kent and on a more local level Russ Carman and Kermit Sterns .And there where many others that wrote articles for the magazine at that time. Just the ads in that magazine open my eyes to a whole other world about trapping .It was still the school of hard knocks but it changed the learning curve . Best money I ever spent on trapping was to join the PTA

Page 1 of 3 1 2 3
Previous Thread
Index
Next Thread