Re: Trap ak
[Re: Mkglasen]
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11/09/18 11:38 AM
11/09/18 11:38 AM
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Posts: 11,204 Armpit, ak
Dirt
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"smart enough that they realize the future of trapping depends in large part on bringing new trappers into the activity. "
Pretty quiet around here.
Who is John Galt?
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Re: Trap ak
[Re: Mkglasen]
#6369609
11/09/18 06:07 PM
11/09/18 06:07 PM
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Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 646 North Pole ak
Team V
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Ok I will bite. First how old are you. Second how much money do you have. And third what is your physical capability and any health problems. I am not being a smart $&@ just these questions will need to be answered to guid you to the promise land . And Fort Yukon is not the place for you . If you have ever been there your will know what I am talking about.
Last edited by Team V; 11/09/18 06:09 PM.
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Re: Trap ak
[Re: Rusty Newhouse]
#6370009
11/10/18 05:40 AM
11/10/18 05:40 AM
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Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 1,500 Kenai AK
KenaiKid
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This looks like just the deal for you: It’s been filled. I contacted them with a couple questions after it was posted a few weeks ago. MK, you said you can come up with “the money.” How much is that? Alaska is an expensive place. Measure it in tens of thousands $$. Are you planning on working to support yourself here, or saving up $20k to live off for a winter? What are you going to do in the summer? Your best, most realistic course of action is to find a good job, of which there are many now, and more increasing in the next couple years. Get a job and a place to live, then start working on recreational opportunities, which is what trapping is going to be for a few years for you. Alaska is a place for the hard-working young or the wealthy retired. It’s a crappy place to be lazy or poor.
Boco couldn't catch a cold. But if he did, it would be Top Lot.
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Re: Trap ak
[Re: Mkglasen]
#6370010
11/10/18 05:46 AM
11/10/18 05:46 AM
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Posts: 1,500 Kenai AK
KenaiKid
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Very few of us, if any, moved where we are just to trap. We live where we because of jobs, homes, family etc. Then we started trapping where we are. Some have remote lines we travel to, which is another option that also takes a lot of research and connections to find, and $$ to operate. I think I can safely say no one here makes their living strictly from trapping.
Boco couldn't catch a cold. But if he did, it would be Top Lot.
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Re: Trap ak
[Re: Mkglasen]
#6370196
11/10/18 11:41 AM
11/10/18 11:41 AM
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Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 11,204 Armpit, ak
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Did you ask them the big question:" Is anybody else trapping there?"
Who is John Galt?
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Re: Trap ak
[Re: Mkglasen]
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11/10/18 12:41 PM
11/10/18 12:41 PM
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Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 91 Southwestern, AK
Castor Gitter
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Mk:
I'll chime in... I came from the same state as you, it's a lot of work to just up and move up here without having any sort of a base to start out. Best idea is to move somewhere up here and have a decent job for awhile first. That will allow you to get residency, meet locals, explore/travel around as time/money permits, and get accustomed to the environment. Do you have any marketable skills for the job market? If you do that will give you an avenue to pursue. You could also go back to school at the U up here. I did that myself. I went back to school at UAF, graduated, got a job, and am now living/working in a more remote location. Just moving up can help open up a lot for you since you can only do so much by chatting online and research like this.
I'm also still working developing a line myself. My best advice is to get established somewhere and go from there with trying to trap. If I could just trap I would, but that is not feasible for most of us these days.
Good luck!
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