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Possible Extra Income
#7257207
05/04/21 12:48 AM
05/04/21 12:48 AM
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Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 552 Maine
andrews1958
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trapper
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OP
trapper
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 552
Maine
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After watching the weekly discovery show on mountain men and then seeing all of the high ratings they receive, I think there would be more of a market to take/ charge people to go out on your trap line and just drive with you while you check your traps. Charge $1200 a week? Cheap ?. Minus lodging, meals $300 a week?? Could give you a profit of $900 a week for having someone to tag along with you. More if you charge more for a weekly rate. With the price of fur being down. The tanned fur market being flooded . Outdoorsman's/ hunter's interest in trapping increasing this may be a way for a trapper to make some extra income. I really think there would be a market for this. Most of all it would give non and or up and coming trappers an opportunity to see the importance of trapping. The real picture. Not like PETA and other non trapping advocates portray how cruel it is Don't be negative Nellie about this idea, Just think about it. Examples: https://www.inzanaoutfitters.com/trapline-adventures/ https://fifteenmilestream.com/trapping/
Last edited by andrews1958; 05/04/21 01:26 AM.
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Re: Possible Extra Income
[Re: andrews1958]
#7257211
05/04/21 01:21 AM
05/04/21 01:21 AM
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Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 45,271 james bay frontierOnt.
Boco
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 45,271
james bay frontierOnt.
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Some do it here. I wouldnt want any part of babysitting a bunch of greenhorns in the bush.Not for any amount of money. I go out on the line for the solitude and to put in a days work. I did enjoy doing winter beaver runs with a partner back in the day. I dont mind having a couple women at the camp to do the camp chores while I'm out on the land all day.
Last edited by Boco; 05/04/21 01:22 AM.
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Re: Possible Extra Income
[Re: Boco]
#7257240
05/04/21 06:50 AM
05/04/21 06:50 AM
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Joined: Feb 2020
Posts: 8,866 Indiana
Providence Farm
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Feb 2020
Posts: 8,866
Indiana
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Some do it here. I dont mind having a couple women at the camp to do the camp chores while I'm out on the land all day. I'm shocked and appalled how sexiest you must be Baco. I thought Canadians were more woke than us Neanderthals down here in the states. Figured you keep younger men around for the camp chores and if women were there they would be in charge of running the line. Shows what I get for making across the board assumptions.
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Re: Possible Extra Income
[Re: andrews1958]
#7257394
05/04/21 12:08 PM
05/04/21 12:08 PM
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Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 4,421 Yukon
yukon254
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 4,421
Yukon
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Ive been doing it for years. Gator Foot is right though check on insurance because you have to have it. We run a fishing lodge as well, so our insurance covers everything. Also check your regs. The Yukon is the only place in Canada, where clients/guests can actually set traps, or have a hands on experience. Our clients actually get a trapping license. If you go with the outfit in BC in the links you posted, it is a 'ride along trip' only. They have no provision in their laws that allow non resident aliens to actually set traps themselves. Lots of trappers from this site have trapped with us over the years. https://grizzlycreeklodge.com/trapline-adventures/
Last edited by yukon254; 05/04/21 12:09 PM.
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Re: Possible Extra Income
[Re: Providence Farm]
#7257887
05/04/21 10:50 PM
05/04/21 10:50 PM
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Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 1,384 WI
BvrRetriever
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 1,384
WI
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Some do it here. I dont mind having a couple women at the camp to do the camp chores while I'm out on the land all day. I'm shocked and appalled how sexiest you must be Baco. I thought Canadians were more woke than us Neanderthals down here in the states. Figured you keep younger men around for the camp chores and if women were there they would be in charge of running the line. Shows what I get for making across the board assumptions. I would’t want two at one camp. I’d keep one at each camp so they didn’t fight and I could give each one my undivided attention😀
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Re: Possible Extra Income
[Re: Providence Farm]
#7281939
06/08/21 03:36 PM
06/08/21 03:36 PM
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Joined: May 2019
Posts: 437 Middle Georgia
zoozoo400
trapper
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trapper
Joined: May 2019
Posts: 437
Middle Georgia
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Some do it here. I dont mind having a couple women at the camp to do the camp chores while I'm out on the land all day. I'm shocked and appalled how sexiest you must be Baco. I thought Canadians were more woke than us Neanderthals down here in the states. Figured you keep younger men around for the camp chores and if women were there they would be in charge of running the line. Shows what I get for making across the board assumptions. I like this idea!
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Re: Possible Extra Income
[Re: andrews1958]
#7281949
06/08/21 04:01 PM
06/08/21 04:01 PM
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Joined: Oct 2015
Posts: 3,067 Wyoming
cmcf
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Oct 2015
Posts: 3,067
Wyoming
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In Wyoming you would be required to have an outfitters license with all the trimmings that go along with it. Many hoops to jump through. Plus the client would have to have their own N.R. Trapping license if their state has reciprocity to handle the gear their own trap tags. If not it’s just a ride along still have to have a healthy insurance Policy. Regulatory Agency of one kind or another has just about squashed small time enterprises.
“The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined” B. Disraeli
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