Very impressive trophy game room! Thanks for sharing it Mark.

Chris

... nice ... I remember learning from the “ professionals of predator trapping” vhs as a kid ... I always thought y’all talked funny... and you Mark were really intense about your handy dandy notebook lol,.. good stuff

.....But y’all ain’t shaving your legs these days are you ?... might just be the lighting

What years did that take place? Was that SMTA?

Yes SMTA days. I can't remember, must have been late '70's or very early '80's.

In the early 80's he trapped both Ohio and Michigan U.P. and there was NO NONRESIDINT allowed then.

Zone 2 did its own investigation on him and he left for S. Dakota shortly after. Originally an Ohio resident.

Just wanted to make it clear.

Back in the day.

Tom Miranda's only catalog, I believe.


Early Mark June catalog.

Who cares? Please don’t ruin a good thread.

Thank You Mike

So many good comments and Im going with LMBO @ shaving legs now!

Might be LMBO @ Texas Steers & *%$#!....Who notices man legs anyway?

I still re-read toms competition line coyote book before every season. Well that one and a few others too but his is one I pick regularly before each season.
That's pretty cool yiu stopped by his place and thank you for sharing the pics Mark.
Jim

He had a great outdoor show IIRC. One of the better ones on TV.

My goodness. How time does fly!
Thanks for posting ky_coyote_hunter.

I sure did enjoy meeting him in person in Springfield at last year's NTA... and you as well in Cape Girardeau at the Missouri Trapper's Association last year. Thanks for sharing, Mark.

tom lived in the u p of Michigan for a number of years ,a family friend own his cabin now

Tom is a stellar guy and anybody who knows him knows that! No one is perfect,no not one!!!!

A "blast from the past!" photo I recently came upon that Tom still had!
I used a bunch of Tom Miranda lure in the early 1980's, as well as Ray Milligan's smells, and I sent Tom a testimonial photo in 1981, my Junior year in college. I paid for my junior AND senior year in CASH with the 163 red fox and 78 mink I caught that year. I did not sleep in 1981. School + trapping only!



Thanks Tom for saving what I don't even have anymore.

Blessings,
Mark

Nobody does trapping videos like Tom. Nobody.

I learned all I know about editing from him, and he eagerly taught a competitor and friend (me). That's speaks volumes about Tom in my humble opinion.
Tom still helps hunters and trappers be the best they can be, as long as you bring the hard work ethic.

Here's Tom, myself, and Paul Voz in the 1990's filming archery deer hunts. Who knows what state as we went to a bunch.

LL, I sold furs in 1981 in Gladwin, MI for $11,700. I was king of the world for a day, but I can't describe the work that I put in that year, what with grad studies and trapping. I darned near killed myself twice that season, falling asleep while I was driving to check traps, and running my Chevy into the ditch and back out.

Those were special times, that I'm sure many of us have.
Young and dumb was I. But I always attempted to outwork the competition in three game zones during the fur boom, so Tom's "Competition Line" lures always had a brand that appealed to what I was up against.