You share a lifetime of knowledge. I appreciate it.

42 here, enjoy trapping and the knowledge shared here

Must be some younger trapper you trust to turn it over to.

Paul, it might be safe to say we all think that way in regards to the trapping gear and such that we've accumulated over a lifetime.

I'm 37 and hope my boys will keep the tradition going as well

45 here. Just learning how to catch coyotes figure I got 30 good yrs left in me. Still start colts and rope and Dr cattle by myself but I'm getting a little more cautious with age. I have to work a little harder to cover the ones that want to buck as I can tell my reactions may not be what they were when I was twenty.

Well, one week from today will hit the 79 mark. Don't much left of the last 4 discs in lower back and make walking and lifting pretty hard sometimes. I refuse narcotics drugs... so must suffer what ever the Good Lord wants me to tolerate. After my fall earlier, I gave it 3 more very painful days and have pledge to do no more trapping unless I can drive to within 4 or 5 steps to the trap. I has been a long run that started in at 6 years old in 1947 until now. God Bless you all and keep laying down the steel.

Garry-

I am 73. Everything was OK until 71. Since then, AFIB, two cancer surgeries, another colonoscopy tomorrow to follow up on colon surgery, and a large hernia surgery in a few more days. Cancer scares me because you don’t see it coming. Living with a single kidney also scares me. Three major surgeries in nine months.

We all get old and some wear out before others. No pain is a good thing, and I am thankful.

I'm sixty. Still in relatively good health but I'm pretty sure my sheep hunting days are behind me.

58 here. Got into trapping later in life. Tman has been a great help in shortening the learning curve. A little busted up from a life of labor. Most recent one was a shoulder. It’s never gonna be the same , but not because I quit trying. Still running and lifting too. Can still keep running with my daughter, though that will probably change soon. Just gotta keep moving

39 and not a sick day in my life until they found an aortic aneurysm... open heart surgery to repair my aorta, an artificial aortic valve and continually adjusting meds, currently 12-13 pills depending on the day. At 46 I had a stroke, came out of that pretty well though, only a problem with my speech. My heart problems have continued to progress. At 53 they gave me a pacemaker/defibrillator and now Heart Congestive Failure is becoming an issue. I'm currently 60 going on 80, but that's a pretty spry 80! All in all, I have been truly blessed...

63 years young. LOL

That's a tough row to hoe, hang tough brother

One of my favorites, appropriate for this thread I think. I like the thought of praying longer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kElHR66Y3es

Well into my 30s here. WELL into them.

I see there is great hope for me I am only 68 and I read you guys in your 70's and 80's still trapping that is my dream.

Gentlemen keep up your love for the outdoors and this great game of chasing critters.

Beaverpeeler; In all honesty? I don't know about Europe either. Simply because I have absolutely no contact with anyone much younger than me. Meaning; I've really no way of knowing What youngsters get up to, these days. Phones would probably be a vast part of it though.

Couple of local guys I do know? Probably both a couple of years older than me. Only other lad I know is on here. And in his forties.

Dunno. Sort of puts me in mind of a big " T ", now. Big plateau of fifty odds up. Then, that pencil thin line down through the rest of the age groups.

Sustained fur boom? How likely's that? Worst of all? I'd predict more of a free for all ~ if it ever happened ~ of inner city kids, dashing out into the countryside ..... No. Sorry. Tell ye what? This is actually, genuinely bringing me down so much; I don;t even think I want to discuss it any further, myself

Not to end on that note though; My compliments too, to ye lady wife there! I looked at that photo and thought; " Oh, aye? Beaverpeeler and his daughter, obviously. " Just didn't question it!

Ha ha. She is one of the only women you'll meet that is happy for an excuse to mention her age. For me it's just "carry on".

1931 model. Gave up trapping a year ago.