Re: Winter trap lines
[Re: Mattty843]
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11/17/20 11:58 PM
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A combination of both. I know a few guys who work road construction all summer, then get laid off in the winter and trap bobcat. Keeping your expenses low is key. Don’t get into debt, don’t have a car payment and live frugally and you can pretty much live how you want to live.
"I have two guns, one for each of ya."
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Re: Winter trap lines
[Re: Mattty843]
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11/18/20 02:15 AM
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I can make more money in Alaska in 6 months than I could in NC or TN in a year. The cost of living is somewhat higher but it isn't twice as high and no state income tax doesn't hurt. The price for groceries is higher but very affordable unless you live off the road system.
You're married but for a single guy there are plenty of attractive women who are independent minded and like the same in a man. Thank you early pipe line workers.
I could make the same income in NY but I could never be as free.
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Re: Winter trap lines
[Re: Mattty843]
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11/18/20 11:33 AM
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Where do they stay in the summers though? This would be a dream for me in the future. I receive disability from the VA, but I don’t think it would be enough to survive off of per month in a place like that with cost of living so high. A lot of them would stay on their traplines all year round.They guide in the summer and trap in the winter. With the price of fur low and the covid restrictions on their tourists they are hurtin big time now.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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Re: Winter trap lines
[Re: Mattty843]
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11/18/20 12:10 PM
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Oh Snap
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The trappers featured on the shows you mentioned make money on the shows and work summers. If they own an airplane some have a home here in the interior.
Now with the prices of fur they need a job doing something else!
Over the years I have trapped and worked construction here in Fairbanks I have met a lot of bush trappers who come to town and work the summer then head back out for the winter.
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Re: Winter trap lines
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11/21/20 12:54 AM
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Will be interesting to watch the shows and see how those guys adjust to the covid restrictions. Don't believe everything you see on TV. Most of it is scripted and/or down right lies.
Common sense is a not a vegetable that does well in everyone's garden.
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Re: Winter trap lines
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11/21/20 04:02 AM
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Matty, there are lots of open CDL jobs in AK right now. PM me if you're serious and want me to send you some. Don't go to Juneau no matter what... very little economy besides political jobs. And not much trucking with nowhere to drive! Like others said, there is LOTS of seasonal summer work in AK, which works out well for trapping. Construction, fishing, firefighting, mining, tourism, etc. With a Class A I'm fairly confident you could find a summer job, assuming we don't get shut down by a "pandemic" again...
Boco couldn't catch a cold. But if he did, it would be Top Lot.
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Re: Winter trap lines
[Re: Mattty843]
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11/21/20 05:57 AM
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Juneau and Fairbanks are quite different places, climate-wise, job-wise, and politically-wise.
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Re: Winter trap lines
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11/22/20 01:23 AM
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One big difference I have noticed about how Alaskans are much different that most people from the lower 48 is that Alaskans are much more mobile and know how to travel around. It doesn't really seem to matter much about ethnicity, income, or social status. People in Alaska are always traveling around. It could as easily be frequent flights into Anchorage or Fairbanks, or Honolulu, Seattle and Cabo.
Flights down to watch a Seahawks game, or to the Muckleshoot's casino, or to Spokane and then on to to Dave Smith Motors in Kellogg Idaho are routine.
The world to most Alaskans is a much smaller place than for many lower 48 Americans who don't get very far from the farm (not slamming farmers, I like to eat too). It's just that the perception of work and travel are much different in Alaska than elsewhere.
"My life is better than your vacation"
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Re: Winter trap lines
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11/22/20 04:36 AM
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Good point, Waggler. I'm usually flying somewhere a few times per year.
Jim
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Re: Winter trap lines
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11/22/20 09:00 AM
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I think the PFD and Alaska Airlines sales are big reasons why Alaskans can afford to travel more. Long nights, short days, frigid temperatures, and extra cash all encourage out of state travel.
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