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When did you start trapping?
#6377475
11/19/18 08:49 PM
11/19/18 08:49 PM
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Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 4,276
western pa
goldnut
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trapper
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OP
trapper
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 4,276
western pa
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I trapped as a kid but soon gave up since I had no mentor and no clue what I was doing. I took it up again many years later when I was about 45. Thanks to Minklessinpa. Sure wish I would have stayed with it as a kid but hind sight is 20/20. When did you start?
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Re: When did you start trapping?
[Re: goldnut]
#6377484
11/19/18 08:56 PM
11/19/18 08:56 PM
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Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 17,038
Fredonia, PA.
Finster
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 17,038
Fredonia, PA.
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I started back around 1982 and trapped until around until my late 20's. I started up again in the early 2000's . I just didn't have the time or space in between because of my job.
I BELIEVE IN MY GOD, MY COUNTRY AND IN MYSELF.
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Re: When did you start trapping?
[Re: goldnut]
#6377494
11/19/18 09:06 PM
11/19/18 09:06 PM
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Joined: Feb 2017
Posts: 2,229
Priest River, Idaho USA
SundanceMtnMan
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Feb 2017
Posts: 2,229
Priest River, Idaho USA
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I started in the late 80s and I was in my early 30s. It was the first time I was around someone who trapped. I did trap gophers for my grandpa when I was a kid.
"They Say Nothing is Impossible,
But, I Do Nothing Every Day."
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Re: When did you start trapping?
[Re: goldnut]
#6377499
11/19/18 09:07 PM
11/19/18 09:07 PM
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Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 2,697
Idaho, Lemhi County
Gulo
"On The Other Hand"
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"On The Other Hand"
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 2,697
Idaho, Lemhi County
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1968. Brother and I threw together and bought a dozen #1 Herters longsprings. Amazingly, I still have three of them, and catch at least one muskrat every year with one of those old Herters traps just for the sake of nostalgia. I often wonder, through the ensuing 50 years that I've set those traps, how many muskrats, mink, marten, weasels, and skunks each one of those traps has caught. I suspect they were a pretty good investment.
Jack
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Re: When did you start trapping?
[Re: goldnut]
#6377506
11/19/18 09:12 PM
11/19/18 09:12 PM
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krispcritter
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krispcritter
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Last year at age 50. Late bloomer.
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Re: When did you start trapping?
[Re: goldnut]
#6377515
11/19/18 09:18 PM
11/19/18 09:18 PM
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Joined: Mar 2014
Posts: 3,655
Central Texas
Chancey
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Mar 2014
Posts: 3,655
Central Texas
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1991 when I caught my first coon; I was eleven years old and never will forget it. Took me till I was 14 before I caught my first coyote. Won't forget him either!
Resident Conspiracy Theorist
Accused Moron, Nazi, Low IQ, and Putin Fan Boy
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Re: When did you start trapping?
[Re: Gulo]
#6377524
11/19/18 09:24 PM
11/19/18 09:24 PM
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Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 4,276
western pa
goldnut
OP
trapper
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OP
trapper
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 4,276
western pa
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1968. Brother and I threw together and bought a dozen #1 Herters longsprings. Amazingly, I still have three of them, and catch at least one muskrat every year with one of those old Herters traps just for the sake of nostalgia. I often wonder, through the ensuing 50 years that I've set those traps, how many muskrats, mink, marten, weasels, and skunks each one of those traps has caught. I suspect they were a pretty good investment.
Jack Awesome story!
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Re: When did you start trapping?
[Re: backroadsarcher]
#6377536
11/19/18 09:32 PM
11/19/18 09:32 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 2,882
SE Kentucky
kytrapper
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trapper
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 2,882
SE Kentucky
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when I was 12 years old, 1976 Me to. I hung an apple on a string over a #1 longspring and caught a rabbit first night. It was my “ go to” possum set too.
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