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Re: When did you start trapping? [Re: goldnut] #6377540
11/19/18 09:34 PM
11/19/18 09:34 PM
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minnesota
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1972 @ 7 years old with my grandpa. He passed away spring beaver trapping when I was 10. Better than being in a nursing home!

Re: When did you start trapping? [Re: goldnut] #6377542
11/19/18 09:34 PM
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Asheville, NC
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I was 58 I think. Do I have the senior badge?

Re: When did you start trapping? [Re: goldnut] #6377543
11/19/18 09:35 PM
11/19/18 09:35 PM
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fayette,al.
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I went with my grandpa when I was 10-13 ( 1970-1973)
Started on my own in 1980 at 20 years old..
Once it gets in your blood it never leaves..
always draws ya back..

Re: When did you start trapping? [Re: goldnut] #6377547
11/19/18 09:37 PM
11/19/18 09:37 PM
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Wisconsin
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1967, before I could drive. Had been listening to my brother's trapping tales my whole life, reading books about frontiersmen, etc. Skinned out a couple fox I had been given after the ears had been cut off for the bounty. Finally went to a sporting goods store in Waukesha, WI and bought 1/2 dozen Victor 1.5 longsprings. Did not even dye them. Rode my bike out to an area outside of Pewaukee that had fox dens and made what I thought were great sets. After about a week of checking I decided to pull, figuring I had to study up a little more and would come back. I thought "Why carry all these back?" and buried them along a fenceline. Well, as far as I know they are still out there. Started back up in 1994 when my son was interested. We had a blast. The last few years have been difficult getting around the marshes for me but can hardly wait till I can get back out there again.

Moosetrot

Re: When did you start trapping? [Re: goldnut] #6377551
11/19/18 09:39 PM
11/19/18 09:39 PM
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ND
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1972 with my dad, I've trapped something to one degree or another every year since.


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Re: When did you start trapping? [Re: Bowwhitetail] #6377554
11/19/18 09:42 PM
11/19/18 09:42 PM
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Berlin, Pa.
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Started i guess when i was about 12 give or take. That would have been 1965. Of course life throws
Some curve balls but always picked it back up.

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Re: When did you start trapping? [Re: goldnut] #6377556
11/19/18 09:43 PM
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venango county,pennslyvania
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I was about 5-6 (1965-66) uncle showed me how to set a victor snap rat trap in a board, baited with a carrot. he gave me .25 for each rat. did that for 4 more years. moved in 1970 and in 1973 found 4 traps set in august outside of franklin. called the game warden and he said go get them he wanted to see them. no tags, so he said keep them.so my buddy and I started the next season with them 4 traps. no one to show us anything, we lost them real fast! didn't know you was supposed to fasten them down! years later found out who's traps they where, a classmate took them from his uncles garage and set them. got his butt whooped for it! been at it ever since!


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Re: When did you start trapping? [Re: goldnut] #6377558
11/19/18 09:45 PM
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Holmes Co. Ohio
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1964-65 Got 2 11/2 and a #2dls for C-mas. Was 6-7 yo.

Re: When did you start trapping? [Re: goldnut] #6377559
11/19/18 09:45 PM
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Mt. USA
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I just started 4years ago and I am 68 years old now I never had a mentor but I had Trapperman and Dvds

Re: When did you start trapping? [Re: goldnut] #6377564
11/19/18 09:50 PM
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Washington
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Re: When did you start trapping? [Re: woodchip] #6377565
11/19/18 09:51 PM
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western pa
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Originally Posted by woodchip
I just started 4years ago and I am 68 years old now I never had a mentor but I had Trapperman and Dvds


Well you certainly sound like you hold the oldest rookie title!



Re: When did you start trapping? [Re: goldnut] #6377567
11/19/18 09:52 PM
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Richmond county N.C.
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I started Last year at 44. Caught rabbits in boxes and snares as a kid and hunted my whole life.


Personal Accountability. That would fix most of our problems.
Re: When did you start trapping? [Re: goldnut] #6377594
11/19/18 10:13 PM
11/19/18 10:13 PM
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potter co. p.a.
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8yrs old and in 76,every year since,some more-some less.









Re: When did you start trapping? [Re: goldnut] #6377597
11/19/18 10:15 PM
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utah
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1959 on rats amd mink on the creeks around home first red fox in 1961 first coyote in 1962 thanks to Bill Nelson been going strong ever since

Re: When did you start trapping? [Re: goldnut] #6377601
11/19/18 10:18 PM
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On Georgian Bay, Ontario Canad...
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Born in 86, been trapping for about...9 years now? 10 maybe?

Re: When did you start trapping? [Re: goldnut] #6377610
11/19/18 10:27 PM
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Alaska and Washington State
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Fall of 1969 bought my first trapping license.


"My life is better than your vacation"
Re: When did you start trapping? [Re: Rat Masterson] #6377614
11/19/18 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Rat Masterson
1968, man the Mississippi had rats back then.




Right about then. Muskrats, then coons, and then fox. Had a lot of fox back then too.

Osky


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Re: When did you start trapping? [Re: goldnut] #6377619
11/19/18 10:35 PM
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About 2:30


Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
Re: When did you start trapping? [Re: goldnut] #6377621
11/19/18 10:36 PM
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Firth, Nebraska
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Mid to late seventies I started. My uncles were big influence drug me to conventions, start meetings, gave me ton of stuff to get started. Ken kreshel was a big influence too, so was Dennis vicars.
I still send pics and updates to my one uncle throughout each season.
Now I'm going out checking sets with my two boys and having a ton of fun.
Jim


Money cannot buy you happiness, but it can buy you a trapping license and that's pretty close.
Re: When did you start trapping? [Re: goldnut] #6377624
11/19/18 10:38 PM
11/19/18 10:38 PM
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evansville Indiana age72
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evansville Indiana age72
1956, I was 10 years old.

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