Sure hope I can trap this fall
#7591594
05/26/22 07:38 AM
05/26/22 07:38 AM
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Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 4,673 Illinois
foxkidd44
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trapper
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OP
trapper
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Illinois
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As most of us are painfully aware,,, the cost of everything keeps rising… most of us won’t be able to keep gas in the truck to run traps this fall,,, we really have no local guy to sell fur to for gas .
Stand by your principles, Stand by your guns, and victory complete and permanent is sure at last. Abraham Lincoln
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Re: Sure hope I can trap this fall
[Re: foxkidd44]
#7591647
05/26/22 08:32 AM
05/26/22 08:32 AM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 29,750 williamsburg ks
danny clifton
"Grumpy Old Man"
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"Grumpy Old Man"
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Posts: 29,750
williamsburg ks
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Hopefully most trappers dont sell fur to the traditional buyer or auction. Sell tanned skins to tourists or make crafts or garments. Trap to protect calves or deer or ducks or quail or sweet corn and bury their catch unskinned.
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: Sure hope I can trap this fall
[Re: foxkidd44]
#7591689
05/26/22 09:25 AM
05/26/22 09:25 AM
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Joined: Feb 2016
Posts: 3,520 Kentucky
ky_coyote_hunter
trapper
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trapper
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Kentucky
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Might try a canoe water line, you can water & land trap cheap that way if you are near a creek or river.
Member - FTA
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Re: Sure hope I can trap this fall
[Re: foxkidd44]
#7592000
05/26/22 06:36 PM
05/26/22 06:36 PM
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Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 4,673 Illinois
foxkidd44
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Illinois
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I’m still going to try to find a way to get a few sets out,,,,, I simply have got to be out there to catch something. It might be no more than 5-10 sets.. but dang it!!
Stand by your principles, Stand by your guns, and victory complete and permanent is sure at last. Abraham Lincoln
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Re: Sure hope I can trap this fall
[Re: foxkidd44]
#7592019
05/26/22 07:00 PM
05/26/22 07:00 PM
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Joined: Sep 2020
Posts: 1,776 Pennsylvania
patrapperbuster
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trapper
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Pennsylvania
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As most of us are painfully aware,,, the cost of everything keeps rising… most of us won’t be able to keep gas in the truck to run traps this fall,,, we really have no local guy to sell fur to for gas . To help you keep enjoying trapping cheaply you can try just trapping a farm or two, limiting your gas. With the fur prices low you can try tanning the furs & selling them for more at flea markets or to people that do craft shows. Here in PA i know a hand full of trappers who trap farms just to get deer hunting permission. Keep trapping
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Re: Sure hope I can trap this fall
[Re: foxkidd44]
#7592046
05/26/22 07:36 PM
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Joined: Mar 2020
Posts: 7,216 W NY
Turtledale
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trapper
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W NY
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When I was growing up all my trapping was done on a bicycle! Run a small local line and get fit in the process. Skin your critters out on the line and carry everything in rear tire paper baskets. My trapping partner back then even had the basket on the handle bars. If someone called him a sissy for it they got skunk essence or fox urine spray.
NYSTA, NTA, FTA, life member Erie county trappers assn.,life member Catt.county trappers
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Re: Sure hope I can trap this fall
[Re: Turtledale]
#7592084
05/26/22 08:58 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,628 indiana
wamp
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trapper
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indiana
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I will trap more coons this year just like I use to trap possums for gas money.
"Keep your traps free"
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Re: Sure hope I can trap this fall
[Re: foxkidd44]
#7592089
05/26/22 09:01 PM
05/26/22 09:01 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 3,198 Midlands South Carolina
SGT. C
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trapper
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Midlands South Carolina
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If you can't run a full line. At least set a few. It does the mind well. Sarge
Getting old is a fatal mistake
Always looking for reloading componets
I know a beaver or two, because I've seen a beaver or two
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Re: Sure hope I can trap this fall
[Re: foxkidd44]
#7592097
05/26/22 09:12 PM
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Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 4,324 AK
FairbanksLS
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trapper
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AK
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Where there is a will there is a way.
formerly posting as white dog
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Re: Sure hope I can trap this fall
[Re: foxkidd44]
#7592136
05/26/22 10:37 PM
05/26/22 10:37 PM
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Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 3,960 Northern Nevada
Bob
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trapper
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I will find a way to run at least some traps. Might be a short line close to home but it’ll be something
"I have two guns, one for each of ya."
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Re: Sure hope I can trap this fall
[Re: Wanna Be]
#7592380
05/27/22 10:06 AM
05/27/22 10:06 AM
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Joined: Mar 2020
Posts: 7,216 W NY
Turtledale
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trapper
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I don’t see how y’all guys do it anyways for free. [/quote] Same way we go fishing for "free"
NYSTA, NTA, FTA, life member Erie county trappers assn.,life member Catt.county trappers
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Re: Sure hope I can trap this fall
[Re: Yooper1978]
#7592383
05/27/22 10:10 AM
05/27/22 10:10 AM
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Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 10,471 Iowa
trapdog1
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trapper
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Iowa
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My plan for this season is to add some more traps to the line! Maybe extend my line again. As much as it’ll hurt at the pump, it isn’t going to stop me. Pretty much what I'm thinking too.
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Re: Sure hope I can trap this fall
[Re: Turtledale]
#7592577
05/27/22 02:20 PM
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Joined: May 2018
Posts: 10,726 SW Georgia
Wanna Be
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trapper
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I don’t see how y’all guys do it anyways for free.
Same way we go fishing for "free"[/quote] I meant not get paid for your time or critters caught.
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