found the site when I got into trapping had been wanting to trap for a while and life had gotten in the way so when my son was about 8 we took trapper ed together and got started.

Always loved the smell of skunk. Raised a red fox in the house like a dog. Had an older brother that got me into trapping in high school but always had "the bug". Got pretty deep into fur trade re-enactments for many years and dealt a lot of furs, beads, etc. to retail dealers for many years. Had my own shop for a while.

When my son was about 9-10 he developed an interest in trapping, soooo...got back into it. Picked up some traps and we started a muskrat line and did well. While surfing the net in the late 90's or early 2000's I happened on on a forum called Trapperman. Been here ever since. Fought a few battles here and there but overall I think this is the best bunch on the best forum on the internet.

I still love the smell of skunk.

Moosetrot

Stumbled across this site by chance...love the back n forth!

I googled if trapping was still legal in Canada. This forum popped up and I joined right away. I was hoping to add another reason to be in the bush for more than hunting seasons.
Now I know everything! Like everyone else here lol.

Found this site about 2001 or 2. Not sure how I found it. There was another Alaskan on it and he had good info on posing pics. I was doing well trapping in western Alaska, and wanted to share info. Joined soon after and have enjoyed it ever since.

At a public outhouse I saw scribbled on the wall...."for a good time log on to Trapperman.com". The rest is history.

Got a cell phone from work(never have had a home computer) and was home figgeting with it and looked up something to do with trapping. This site came up, lurked for many many years. Then crippled my leg and had six months in a chair and read on it every day. Finally joined couple years ago. I like the mix of trappers on here always something new to learn.

YEARS ago found the forum through suggestion by Mr. Newt and Mr. Olson, and also Mac. I think we were on the trapping forum on Greybeard Outdoors and someone there was making fun of for me using #2 longs for coyotes. Like really giving it to me because i was (and still do). Really let me have it. I know what I do and what works for me, and they just wouldn't let it go. Mac and Newt said don't listen to them and maybe try this other forum trapperman. So I took their suggestion and came over here.

Paul runs a great shop, folks on here are genuine, and i just liked the info and comradery. Also like following the guys in Alaska on wilderness forum. Definitely not the staged TV crap on this site, real folks and real lives.

I was always a huge fan of Charlie Dobbins, still am, and I have a signed copy if his land sets and trapping techniques book. Its my Bible for coyote, coon, and cat trapping around here.
My copy is pretty well thumbed, worn, had to tape the binding back together several times. But I always reread it before each season. Amazing to find new stuff in it each year, too.

Huge fan of John Graham. Same with Marty at keg creek. Just lots of good stuff and real folks on here who get it.

Jim

i was mentoring a young man and he got into trapping, because that what i did, he would come over to the trap shed an talk about this site , so I lurk for a while and finally join , some years ago ,

I have always trapped but was continually seeking to learn new things and googled trapping information and found this site and lurked for years before finally joining in 2007. I am still learning and being entertained on this site and appreciate being a part of it all.

Its been so long ago, I can't remember why I am here

I believe it was a google search on Fisher sets years ago. I lurked for a few Yrs before joining.

same here lol been here since 2000 now

I’m a self taught trapper. You all have shortened the learning curve for me
Thanks to you all

I was told about tman by a friend and checked it out. Stayed for the Savell slap tamin stories. Lol

I thought it was a dating site.

The main instructor of my trapper ed course recommended Trapperman.com as a resource to further advance our knowledge.
He is a fairly prominent member here, although I haven't seen him post much recently.

I had some traps to sell...

LOL! Classic!

I came here after I resumed trapping about twenty years ago. Found it on the internet.

We had no such resource when I was trapping back in the 1970s. Trappers were secretive about their methods, or sold information about them. I learned how to make a dirt-hole set from a pamphlet (advertised as a "book") I bought from E.J. Daily.

Jim

I stumbled onto than while googling something trapping related. I joined immediately and have enjoyed ever since. I believe I was recovering from back surgery at the time.