Who helped you out the most?
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03/12/18 07:56 PM
03/12/18 07:56 PM
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Posts: 9,947 Central Pa. 62
bic
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"Mr. Sensitivity"
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"Mr. Sensitivity"
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 9,947
Central Pa. 62
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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
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Re: Who helped you out the most?
[Re: bic]
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03/12/18 08:00 PM
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Joined: May 2010
Posts: 28,978 potter co. p.a.
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"Twerker"
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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.
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Re: Who helped you out the most?
[Re: bic]
#6185643
03/12/18 08:03 PM
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Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 1,948 Iowa.
imissed
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trapper
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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!
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Re: Who helped you out the most?
[Re: bic]
#6185649
03/12/18 08:07 PM
03/12/18 08:07 PM
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Posts: 8,773 East of the Mason-Dixon Line
DelawareRob
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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
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Re: Who helped you out the most?
[Re: bic]
#6185659
03/12/18 08:17 PM
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Posts: 2,598 N.W. Pennsylvania, Venango cou...
PA.Trapper
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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.
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Re: Who helped you out the most?
[Re: bic]
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03/12/18 09:19 PM
03/12/18 09:19 PM
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Posts: 4,828 Southwest Michigan
Michigan Trappin
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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
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Re: Who helped you out the most?
[Re: bic]
#6185746
03/12/18 09:28 PM
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Joined: May 2007
Posts: 2,626 Flint, Michigan
bhugo
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trapper
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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
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Re: Who helped you out the most?
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03/12/18 10:20 PM
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ky_coyote_hunter
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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
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Re: Who helped you out the most?
[Re: bic]
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03/12/18 11:39 PM
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Joined: Dec 2015
Posts: 414 Roanoke, VA
Meathunter1978
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This site, books, YouTube, and school of hard knocks. Still learning and enjoying every minute.
Formally known as Meathunter78. Just doing it for meat.
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Re: Who helped you out the most?
[Re: bic]
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03/13/18 12:38 AM
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Posts: 474 Wyoming
ttzt
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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.
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Re: Who helped you out the most?
[Re: bic]
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03/13/18 02:39 AM
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Wylee
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Wylee
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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...
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