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Will we be our own demise? #7316155
07/28/21 10:19 PM
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I said this in my last video, and alot of what I'm seeing here supports it. Whether we want to believe it or not, our sport is dying, we have more people leaving the world/the trapping community,, then we do youth getting involved. It's the truth. We are constantly being attached by antis, and they are gaining ground, we really need to support each other and the art of trapping before it's to late, me and LLL battle made that more clear then ever. Numbers, experience, years trapping don't matter, but we need more people out there trapping. There's obviously doubt now in our community of my experience as a trapper, but I will say no matter what, I will sacrifice whatever kind of line I have going to take a kid trapping, if you followed me you witnessed that last year. And I will gladly do it again. Stick together fellas before it's to late..I believe that day is closer then most think.

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Re: Will we be our own demise? [Re: IowaTrapper] #7316157
07/28/21 10:24 PM
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As long as there are critters there will be trappers just how you will get paid will be different in the future. IMO


Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!

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Re: Will we be our own demise? [Re: IowaTrapper] #7316159
07/28/21 10:26 PM
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I have thought of some of those items. Main thing we need is a market and prices.

Re: Will we be our own demise? [Re: IowaTrapper] #7316162
07/28/21 10:29 PM
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trapping , hunting and, yes, even fishing is dying....it's an electronic, instant gratification world now


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Re: Will we be our own demise? [Re: IowaTrapper] #7316163
07/28/21 10:29 PM
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I disagree, trapping is changing but there will always be a need. The fur market as is was is probably gone but ADC has moved to the big city as NWCO work and broadened into all species, to include exotics and invasive, not just furbearers. As rural land gets tied up in leases trappers are hiring on as predator control and/or other sportsmen AND WOMEN are taking up the steel as they take up all aspects of game management.


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Re: Will we be our own demise? [Re: IowaTrapper] #7316167
07/28/21 10:33 PM
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some of that is true..... but, like any skilled trade, it takes at least 5 years to be there. .that's then hard part


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Re: Will we be our own demise? [Re: IowaTrapper] #7316172
07/28/21 10:38 PM
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If trapping paid the bills it wouldn’t be dying. Kids got plenty of other hobbies and sports to chose. Money making opportunity for kids are more limited.


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Re: Will we be our own demise? [Re: IowaTrapper] #7316176
07/28/21 10:42 PM
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Know anybody who bird hunts for food? Me neither.

Re: Will we be our own demise? [Re: charles] #7316203
07/28/21 11:12 PM
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Originally Posted by charles


Know anybody who bird hunts for food? Me neither.


Why yes I do. Mostly pigeons, lots of starlings and geese, some gulls. Lots of bird work in the NWCO side of things.
Not exactly the sporting side over pointers but I know quite a few that get in quite a bit of shooting, air rifles mostly.


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Re: Will we be our own demise? [Re: IowaTrapper] #7316214
07/28/21 11:27 PM
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Fossil fuels propelled man into the greatest movement out of poverty in the history of mankind. Doesn’t mean that we are finished we just need to get more involved. I never give up


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Re: Will we be our own demise? [Re: IowaTrapper] #7316225
07/28/21 11:42 PM
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If you look back to just last year what happened when the idea of people not being able to get the basic things they wanted/needed. All of a sudden people are canning, baking breads, growing gardens and asking about hunting and fishing. 7 million new gun buyers so start seeing what can see and question everything you hear on the MSM. A hack reporter standing in front of a burning building saying peaceful protesters would be my example.


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Re: Will we be our own demise? [Re: IowaTrapper] #7316227
07/28/21 11:46 PM
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The anti's are slowly picking away at our sport. They haven't been able to outlaw it outright but bit by bit making it more difficult to follow the rules. At this rate it will be so impractical to even try to trap an animal legally that many will just give up all together and that's what they are hoping for. What's worst is that we have trappers who are willing to give away our ability to trap out of state just because they done't want competition. Here in MN we don't allow out of state trappers so in response other states won't allow us to trap in their state. To me this is stupid as we have just surrendered so much to the anti's and with the way things are going, we will never be able to change it back. Give them an inch and it will take us a mile to get it back.


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Re: Will we be our own demise? [Re: TurkeyTime] #7316229
07/28/21 11:50 PM
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Originally Posted by TurkeyTime
I have thought of some of those items. Main thing we need is a market and prices.


While that of course would help, why is it a necessity? What is the market and prices of hauling in a big bass, or shooting a couple pheasants? When I think back to when I was a kid, I hunted, fished and trapped everything, but the thing that kept me awake at nights and woke me up before dawn sure was never a deer or a bass.... it was a coon or a fox.

As the years went by, I hunted less and less and trapped more and more. I think some people are born hunters, and others are born trappers. The born hunters trap when prices are up, but the born trappers cannot sit out more than a season.


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Re: Will we be our own demise? [Re: IowaTrapper] #7316236
07/29/21 12:03 AM
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I had 14 kids signed up for my 4H class last year and another 15-20 that either came with my students or just stopped by for a class or two. Maybe we are not offering enough of what is needed when the need is out there.


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Re: Will we be our own demise? [Re: IowaTrapper] #7316240
07/29/21 12:09 AM
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A fat, soft and lazee society will be the demise not I.


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Re: Will we be our own demise? [Re: IowaTrapper] #7316290
07/29/21 06:13 AM
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Depends on where you are looking.


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Re: Will we be our own demise? [Re: yotetrapper30] #7316300
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Originally Posted by yotetrapper30
Originally Posted by TurkeyTime
I have thought of some of those items. Main thing we need is a market and prices.


While that of course would help, why is it a necessity? What is the market and prices of hauling in a big bass, or shooting a couple pheasants? When I think back to when I was a kid, I hunted, fished and trapped everything, but the thing that kept me awake at nights and woke me up before dawn sure was never a deer or a bass.... it was a coon or a fox.

As the years went by, I hunted less and less and trapped more and more. I think some people are born hunters, and others are born trappers. The born hunters trap when prices are up, but the born trappers cannot sit out more than a season.



Thank you for helping me identify myself. I am a born trapper who loves to hunt but trapping always comes first.
Example: I caught, scraped, and boarded 130 coons this year which I sold for a whooping $2 a piece. I know it’s foolish, it’s plan stupidity. But I just can’t seem to NOT do it.

Re: Will we be our own demise? [Re: IowaTrapper] #7316305
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Just my thought but I think keeping trapping alive for kids sake is a very good thing. But as far as kids keeping the populations down while working for free is not feasible. I missed the following thread until now but somehow seems to me it has merit in todays world. But still not as practical as a free market !

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Re: Will we be our own demise? [Re: TurkeyTime] #7316319
07/29/21 07:32 AM
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Originally Posted by TurkeyTime
I have thought of some of those items. Main thing we need is a market and prices.


Yes!!

No interest for many when coon sell for 2-3$. it is a money losing venture at that point

Bring back the 70s and 80s fur market boom with fox at 1980 prices and see how many new trappers we have grin

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Re: Will we be our own demise? [Re: keets] #7316321
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Originally Posted by keets
trapping , hunting and, yes, even fishing is dying....it's an electronic, instant gratification world now


I hear this all the time and then see tag sales are up, hunting leases in high demand, whitetail properties co. selling top end farms for $500K+ for deer hunting, public land parking lots full

Trapping seems like it might be the first to go though

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