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I hit the mother load! #6302585 08/15/18 02:37 PM 08/15/18 02:37 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 313 New London, Wisconsin W WisTrapper OP trapper
WisTrapper OP trapper W Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 313 New London, Wisconsin	I stopped at a new farm today to ask permission, I got permission on his 400acre farm. After talking for a while another truck pulled in. So I said thank you and started to walk to my truck. The farmer said wait a minute and said this guy needs a trapper, I got his 250 acre farm 2 miles a way. Then they started taking about other people in the area that need trappers. I have a list of farms I want to stop and talk to, I knocked 4 of those farms off my list with one stop.

Re: I hit the mother load! [Re: WisTrapper] #6302589 08/15/18 02:39 PM 08/15/18 02:39 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 34,914 Central, SD Law Dog trapper
Law Dog trapper Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 34,914 Central, SD	Keep them informed show them your catches and it will grow even more! WTG Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that! Jerry Herbst

Re: I hit the mother load! [Re: Law Dog] #6302597 08/15/18 02:46 PM 08/15/18 02:46 PM
Joined: Apr 2014 Posts: 7,084 MO cfowler trapper
cfowler trapper Joined: Apr 2014 Posts: 7,084 MO	Originally Posted By: Law Dog Keep them informed show them your catches and it will grow even more! WTG This! Develop and keep those landowner relationships strong. I trap for fun. I skin 'em for the money! Grinners For Life-Lifetime Member, MO Chapter, Den #1 ~You Grin, You're In~

Re: I hit the mother load! [Re: Law Dog] #6302610 08/15/18 03:06 PM 08/15/18 03:06 PM
Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 4,571 Nebraska Trapset trapper
Trapset trapper Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 4,571 Nebraska	Well done Wistrapper! Originally Posted By: Law Dog Keep them informed show them your catches and it will grow even more! WTG Exactly what I was thinking LD. I have sent cards with a few pics of catches enclosed after the season or at Christmas. Its surprising how appreciative land owners are when I take the time to do that. As far as keeping them informed, I like to drop them a line or give them a call and let them know when I'm going to be there about a week ahead of time. As well as ask about dogs, other people with permission to hunt, fish etc. during the time I will be trapping. www.rtssetter.com

Re: I hit the mother load! [Re: WisTrapper] #6302612 08/15/18 03:09 PM 08/15/18 03:09 PM
Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 16,951 OH Catch22 trapper
Catch22 trapper Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 16,951 OH	Lucky duck lol. WTG!! I wonder if tap dancers walk into a room, look at the floor, and think, I'd tap that. I wonder about things.....

Re: I hit the mother load! [Re: WisTrapper] #6302615 08/15/18 03:19 PM 08/15/18 03:19 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 34,914 Central, SD Law Dog trapper
Law Dog trapper Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 34,914 Central, SD	Text them a pic if you have their numbers and carry a jar of fence staples in your rig and few in a lure carrier for fence repairs they see a yote in a pic and see it's on their place they take pride in that soon you will be "their trapper" when they talk about you. LOL Fix a fence or two and your part of the family then! Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that! Jerry Herbst

Re: I hit the mother load! [Re: WisTrapper] #6302647 08/15/18 04:37 PM 08/15/18 04:37 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 21,049 St. Louis Co, Mo B BigBob trapper
BigBob trapper B Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 21,049 St. Louis Co, Mo	Just leave a gate as you found it. Every kid needs a Dog and a Curmudgeon. Remember Bowe Bergdahl, the traitor. Beware! Jill Pudlewski, Ron Oates and Keven Begesse are liars and thiefs!

Re: I hit the mother load! [Re: Law Dog] #6302672 08/15/18 05:42 PM 08/15/18 05:42 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 20,081 SEPA L Lugnut trapper
Lugnut trapper L Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 20,081 SEPA	Originally Posted By: WisTrapper I stopped at a new farm today to ask permission, I got permission on his 400acre farm. After talking for a while another truck pulled in. So I said thank you and started to walk to my truck. The farmer said wait a minute and said this guy needs a trapper, I got his 250 acre farm 2 miles a way. Then they started taking about other people in the area that need trappers. I have a list of farms I want to stop and talk to, I knocked 4 of those farms off my list with one stop. Originally Posted By: Law Dog Keep them informed show them your catches and it will grow even more! WTG This is excellent advice. I send "thank you" letters to all my landowners at the end of each season and include catch numbers and sometimes pictures. Quite a few of them have referred me to to nearby landowners. Eh...wot?

Re: I hit the mother load! [Re: WisTrapper] #6302675 08/15/18 05:49 PM 08/15/18 05:49 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 34,914 Central, SD Law Dog trapper
Law Dog trapper Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 34,914 Central, SD	I have 40 chickens and I give my extra eggs to my landowners! Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that! Jerry Herbst

Re: I hit the mother load! [Re: WisTrapper] #6302699 08/15/18 06:29 PM 08/15/18 06:29 PM
Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 1,934 SE WI DuxDawg trapper
DuxDawg trapper Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 1,934 SE WI	Congrats! "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." -Edmund Burke "We are fast approaching... rule by brute force." -Ayn Rand

Re: I hit the mother load! [Re: WisTrapper] #6302715 08/15/18 07:00 PM 08/15/18 07:00 PM
Joined: Mar 2018 Posts: 471 SW MISSOURI R Rockfarmer trapper
Rockfarmer trapper R Joined: Mar 2018 Posts: 471 SW MISSOURI	Great Job! Congrats! www.nationwidecartparts.com 3rd Infantry Division 1st Infantry Division U.S. ARMY

Re: I hit the mother load! [Re: WisTrapper] #6302721 08/15/18 07:09 PM 08/15/18 07:09 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,223 Midlands South Carolina S SGT. C trapper
SGT. C trapper S Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,223 Midlands South Carolina	Work hard at keeping them. But don't put all your marbles in one bag. Always have a plan B. Here today, gone tomorrow. Sarge Getting old is a fatal mistake Always looking for reloading componets I know a beaver or two, because I've seen a beaver or two

Re: I hit the mother load! [Re: WisTrapper] #6302830 08/15/18 09:22 PM 08/15/18 09:22 PM
Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 4,853 Frazee, MN B backroadsarcher trapper
backroadsarcher trapper B Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 4,853 Frazee, MN	Now is a good time for getting property. I made sure I agreed to problem beaver jobs this spring and it paid off. Got more land to trap other critters this fall. Already have picked up some more beaver area for this winter and next spring. Keep them coming. Lower fur prices are not really that bad.

Re: I hit the mother load! [Re: WisTrapper] #6303231 08/16/18 10:58 AM 08/16/18 10:58 AM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,459 Montana Taximan trapper
Taximan trapper Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,459 Montana	Congratulations.You are going to be a busy man!

Re: I hit the mother load! [Re: WisTrapper] #6303251 08/16/18 11:21 AM 08/16/18 11:21 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,115 Minnesota 330-Trapper trapper
330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,115 Minnesota	Good Deal... congratulations! NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: I hit the mother load! [Re: WisTrapper] #6303485 08/16/18 05:54 PM 08/16/18 05:54 PM
Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 2,895 NNY 0 080808 trapper
080808 trapper 0 Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 2,895 NNY	Good going Keep in mind that when/if prices go up these landowners will surely be approached by other trappers. After developing a relationship you may want to remind them that your “da man”.

Re: I hit the mother load! [Re: WisTrapper] #6303607 08/16/18 08:17 PM 08/16/18 08:17 PM
Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 447 Kiel,Wisconsin H Hatchetman trapper
Hatchetman trapper H Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 447 Kiel,Wisconsin	Right on! Low fur prices sure make acquiring trapping turf easier!

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