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Re: Is trapping a sport? [Re: Dirt] #7126790
01/08/21 12:04 PM
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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?



That's why I don't care for record books at all. I don't care how many inches a deer is.

Re: Is trapping a sport? [Re: Law Dog] #7126791
01/08/21 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Law Dog
It is now!


x2- you would have to be one (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) of a hand to make a living at it with these prices


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Re: Is trapping a sport? [Re: beaverpeeler] #7126802
01/08/21 12:07 PM
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True sport fishing and hunting go back to the lords of England and sport trapping is a new thing that happened in America somewhere after world war II. There really is a short history of sport trappers. Low prices make more everyday though. smile


Who is John Galt?
Re: Is trapping a sport? [Re: Dirt] #7126803
01/08/21 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Dirt
True sport fishing and hunting go back to the lords of England and sport trapping is a new thing that happened in America somewhere after world war II. There really is a short history of sport trappers. Low prices make more everyday though. smile


What's your definition of sport?

Re: Is trapping a sport? [Re: beaverpeeler] #7126806
01/08/21 12:13 PM
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A physical activity done for recreation.


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Re: Is trapping a sport? [Re: bblwi] #7126810
01/08/21 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by bblwi
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

This is an excellent point. Trappers save the public money and aggravation in so many ways

Re: Is trapping a sport? [Re: Dirt] #7126815
01/08/21 12:21 PM
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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?



I could be wrong but wasn't Boone and Crockett and Pope and Young originally organized as a means for wildlife management?

Ol'dad


"I season my food with hunger"
Re: Is trapping a sport? [Re: Dirt] #7126818
01/08/21 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Dirt
A physical activity done for recreation.

Prostitution?

Ol daf


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Re: Is trapping a sport? [Re: ol' dad] #7126827
01/08/21 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by ol' dad
Originally Posted by Dirt
A physical activity done for recreation.

Prostitution?

Ol daf


No those girls are making a profit. smile


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