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Re: Is trapping a sport? [Re: trap master] #7126215
01/07/21 11:16 PM
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Originally Posted by trap master
No, neither is hunting. they're not sports because they are not competitions. sports do not involve life and death. I absolutely despise when people within the "outdoor "community call it "sport hunting"


Who do you figure sportsmen organizations represent? Off to Sportsmen's Warehouse to find a football tommorow. smile

I used to love to watch The American Sportsmen with Curt Gowdy. Luckily it was not a sport.

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Who is John Galt?
Re: Is trapping a sport? [Re: beaverpeeler] #7126220
01/07/21 11:18 PM
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Nope, same as hunting.
Aint a sport.


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Re: Is trapping a sport? [Re: Dirt] #7126245
01/07/21 11:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Dirt
Originally Posted by trap master
No, neither is hunting. they're not sports because they are not competitions. sports do not involve life and death. I absolutely despise when people within the "outdoor "community call it "sport hunting"


Who do you figure sportsmen organizations represent? Off to Sportsmen's Warehouse to find a football tommorow. smile

I used to love to watch The American Sportsmen with Curt Gowdy. Luckily it was not a sport.


Hey Dirt, let me know if they have any croquet sets on sale while you're there please :-))))))))


"Humans are the hardest people to get along with."
Dr. Phillip Snow
Re: Is trapping a sport? [Re: beaverpeeler] #7126253
01/07/21 11:31 PM
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Are those behind the bullets or the arrows? smile


Who is John Galt?
Re: Is trapping a sport? [Re: beaverpeeler] #7126257
01/07/21 11:33 PM
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Next to the volley balls, and the hockey pucks ;-)


"Humans are the hardest people to get along with."
Dr. Phillip Snow
Re: Is trapping a sport? [Re: SJA] #7126276
01/07/21 11:56 PM
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Originally Posted by SJA
Originally Posted by Posco
A lot of people live in the concrete jungle and they're constantly bombarded with stories about how the planet ain't likely to make it. It comes as no surprise when they think hunting and trapping are pushing us closer to the brink.


You would absolutely be amazed how many GW's came out of the "concrete jungle" got hired, never fished, hunted, trapped, or had any wildlife experience and don't have a clue!!!

Trust me I wouldn't be surprised --- I call them educated idiots.

Re: Is trapping a sport? [Re: beaverpeeler] #7126307
01/08/21 12:30 AM
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As trappers we should pick up quickly on the fact that ADC work or animal control is a very favorable aspect of trapping. We can use the natural resource science and biology staff persons to help and assist in enlarging that message. After all take a state like WI where we open coon ( and I use coon as they are common and also interact negatively a lot with the public) that season about 3-4 weeks before the most of the animals have very limited value in the current market. So in reality if I trap coon in WI early I am doing ADC work for the tax payers of WI at no tax payer cost with limited to no return on my time and resources. We have not been doing a good job of promoting that aspect. We typically as trappers argue about the price of fur and or gas and why we don' t harvest and the number of unskilled and un trained and unlicensed citizens who harvest these animals and in many cases in very inhumane ways.

Bryce

Re: Is trapping a sport? [Re: beaverpeeler] #7126316
01/08/21 12:42 AM
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I cant make money fishing, folks don’t make money golfing....I love to trap, so why do need to make a profit.

I’m trapping beaver now...no possible way can I recover my expenses. Who cares...it’s what I like to do.

Re: Is trapping a sport? [Re: 330-Trapper] #7126317
01/08/21 12:42 AM
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Originally Posted by 330-Trapper
Its a part of me.... More than a Lifestyle, part of who I am


Well said. That’s me in a nutshell


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Re: Is trapping a sport? [Re: beaverpeeler] #7126436
01/08/21 05:23 AM
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Trapping is a conservation tool for me. I do not sell, but keep my pelts for our own use, including making clothing and displays. Everywhere I trap, ground nesting birds are doing great. Grouse, turkeys, whippoorwills, other songbirds have space to raise a brood or two without each clutch being eaten by a raccoon, possum, skunk, fox etc. All the little nest raiding predators are overpopulating because human residential development is creating perfect habitat for predators to grow, without fear of being hunted or trapped. The safety zones are too big and the critters fear nothing but being hit by a car on the road. These artificially high populations pulse out into the undeveloped areas and upset any semblance of natural balance. Birds that under normal conditions might lose an egg or a clutch but then go back to successful nesting are now driven off of every nest they make. Trapping is the only way to save these birds. And so absolutely no legal animal caught in one of my traps is left alive.

Re: Is trapping a sport? [Re: beaverpeeler] #7126451
01/08/21 06:07 AM
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no , it's a job , wild life renewable resource, manger , smile

Re: Is trapping a sport? [Re: beaverpeeler] #7126575
01/08/21 08:58 AM
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Beaver feeds a lot here, and I buy less dogfood


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Re: Is trapping a sport? [Re: beaverpeeler] #7126654
01/08/21 10:21 AM
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You can live without a sport but you can't live without meat fish and something to keep you warm in.
You can write a book that says the art of fishing the art of hunting probably even the art of trapping.
That word art along with the word sport don't reflect the real reason people do any of the three activities I mentioned.
But when you dumb down the title and call it sport or art it's easy to Rally people behind the movements to stop these activities. To me fishing hunting and trapping are a way of life in some degree in my everyday life. You try to take them away and you are taking my lifestyle away which is a little different than taking a sport away from me or some art away from me. Watching TV is a non-essential activity in fact I don't even own a TV but try taking away somebody's TV without them wanting to give it up.

Re: Is trapping a sport? [Re: Antelope Montana] #7126676
01/08/21 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Antelope Montana
You can live without a sport but you can't live without meat fish and something to keep you warm in.
You can write a book that says the art of fishing the art of hunting probably even the art of trapping.
That word art along with the word sport don't reflect the real reason people do any of the three activities I mentioned.
But when you dumb down the title and call it sport or art it's easy to Rally people behind the movements to stop these activities. To me fishing hunting and trapping are a way of life in some degree in my everyday life. You try to take them away and you are taking my lifestyle away which is a little different than taking a sport away from me or some art away from me. Watching TV is a non-essential activity in fact I don't even own a TV but try taking away somebody's TV without them wanting to give it up.

Agreed I like your style .....awesome


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Re: Is trapping a sport? [Re: beaverpeeler] #7126710
01/08/21 10:59 AM
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If you have a small farm and need liability insurance you will likely see the word hobby farm pop up. I'm doubtful they consider the percent of your income taken in but more likely the size of the land holdings. But I could be wrong.

Re: Is trapping a sport? [Re: beaverpeeler] #7126730
01/08/21 11:15 AM
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A sport refers to competition, wnners and losers, etc.. The only sport I can see related to hunting, fishing and trapping is competitive bass fishing, which I think is about as interesting as watching paint dry, and I suppose now with the whitetail craze and these idiotic canned hunts and stuff like that there has become a sporting issue related to some types of hunting, if you can really call it hunting.
So, no, trapping is not a sport.


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Re: Is trapping a sport? [Re: beaverpeeler] #7126740
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I would classify it as a "Sacred Heritage."

Re: Is trapping a sport? [Re: beaverpeeler] #7126743
01/08/21 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by beaverpeeler
Just curious what you consider this activity.

I recently read the results of a large national survey about the public's attitude towards trapping.

People were asked if they had positive or negative views of different sub-categories of trapping. Subsistence and ADC trapping had the highest marks (over 60% favorable), coming in second to lowest was commercial trapping, and lowest of all, sport trapping with under 30% favorable.

I think when the term "sport trapping" is used it sounds to the uninformed public that we kill animals just for the fun of it. Not using the fur,bones,and meat or managing the land against disease from overpopulation. Or the flooding of farm land by beavers etc.. The term to some has a negative connotation putting us in a bad light. To some of us it's a way of life, to others a job and some a hobby with benefits.


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Re: Is trapping a sport? [Re: beaverpeeler] #7126774
01/08/21 11:52 AM
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If none of those activities is a sport, why do people keep score? I caught so many of these. Is this a record? The antlers scored this many points. My fish is a new record. Seems awful competitive for people?


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Re: Is trapping a sport? [Re: Dirt] #7126780
01/08/21 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Dirt
If none of those activities is a sport, why do people keep score? I caught so many of these. Is this a record? The antlers scored this many points. My fish is a new record. Seems awful competitive for people?


Some people.Its heritage,way of life and a right to me


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