I am not posting this to cause an uproar.

I just have a couple questions.

I have a couple friends on here from Minnesota who haven't been able to go out of state to trap furbearers due to the restrictions on non resident trappers and theyre kinda upset.

According to them the majority of trappers from the northern part of
Minnesota are the trappers not wanting non reaident trappers.

Is this true?

I was also wondering if any of the rest of yall from MN feel that the restrictive laws on non resident trappers have impacted your ability to travel out of state to trap?

Do yall ever think the DNR eill ever say..enoughs enough and override the restriction of non resident trappers?

I have no desire to come to MN to trap I just told one of the guys I'd make the post he was wanting to but didn't want the repercussions

Maybe I am missing something but how does Minnesota not allowing non residents to trap affect their residents from going out of state? Are there laws in other states that don't allow Minnesota residents to trap their state?

I'm in NW MN and some time in my life would love to head to NW North Dakota and trap some highline coyotes . Not everyone in N MN is against it . 49er would be a good resource of the trial's of this issue - Hopefully he'll chime in

Many states are reciprocal. If non residents can't trap in MN, then MN residents can't trap there.

Lol to the first sentence

No to the second.

We will eventually follow Colorado and California banning effective trapping eventually, I doubt trapping restrictions ease in this state.

Northern MN is. Beaver mecca. The guys up there can make serious money if beaver prices rise and imo that is the main driver of not allowing non residents

Idaho is one of them.

It's a Sad old fight

Many states ..like Wyoming are reciprocal which means mn residents cannot trap fur bearers in Wyoming solely because MN does not allow non resident trappers

It's like if you won't let us trap in your state you're not trapping in ours

The way it was explained to me is that when miners would get laid off from work, many would trap to make ends meet. For many it was a matter of survival and became quite cut throat even between close friends. Good money could be made and competition was heavy and one way to eliminate some of the competition was to no longer allow non-residents to trap. As a result, now many states won't allow us to trap in their state. I have had several offers to trap out of state for bounty but can not due to this law. Would love to get it changed but from what I have heard there is little chance of that happening. With fur prices being in the tank and fuel prices being as high as they are I doubt there would be many non-resident trapping licenses sold any time soon.

Serious money? Beaver? I guess one would have to define what serious money is.

I live 3 miles from Wisconsin. Over the years I have gotten dozens of calls to trap problem animals there. But because of our restrictions,I cannot trap in Wisconsin.
Though as a Wi. trappers ed instructor, I have been able to help my Wisconsin brothers--learn to trap.
Was hoping to see non resident trapping allowed in Mn. before I die, but doubt if that will happen.
Tom

My guess is MN residents could buy a license to trap in as many or more states as not.

Don't know for sure, just a hunch.

Last I checked Minnesota and Hawaii were the only states I can’t trap.

Not true.

Talking historically not currently. Yes, perhaps "serious" was a bit of an overstatement.

Donner, not even historically, when I was a child we had a limit on beaver. Tom is as old as the wind, he'd remember. I believe it was 10.

Not only was there a limit,seasons were short with almost no open water trapping.
Tom

Tom, when do you think we got a spring season? 80s?

My uncle used to tell us about the time there was a beaver pair that moved into this water hole. He said people would come and watch them in the moonlight as they were rare. He just amazed how we'd catch them by the hundreds now in the same area.

Steven, I am thinking it was 1981. I was 30 that year and trapped bever close to home. It wasn't just a spring season--beaver opened in the fall along with the rat and mink openers.
Tom