Robert, my comment was to N50. As I am not vaccinated Canada won't let me in and I don't plan on it at 5he moment. I would love to come up and trap if it were available.

Dusty, Bakk and Tomasonni are retiring. Both are vehemently opposed and both wielded a bit of influence.. You know what I forgot Ruud is out this year as well, her area was redistricted and didn't win the endorsement. frankly she wasn't really in favor. As she was the chairperson of the Senate environment and natural resource committee it was tough.

Tom, we would be happy to have ya here, iffen we could get politician out of the way! And thank you for your years of teaching.

Seek, I've run into that mentality too. National forest, but this is my ridge, I always hunt here. And you wonder what you're going to find when you walk out to your truck after the hunt. I only ever have that issue up north, where there is so much more public land.

We have laws that allow NR to hunt coyotes here free and we pay to hunt there

1.00 per inch …lol

I would love to trap MN with my grandson and teach him.

You want to trap Mn., you better move.

Not really have plenty to trap at home but grandson lives in the western swamp.

Seems like there would be a way to teach him without a license.

Perhaps a "Baby Step" forward would be defining "Assisting" a trapper at the State level. Clarify what assisting consists of in the context above. Is a NR trapper verbally explaining on site what needs to be done considered "assisting" the trapper? If so, maybe look at changing that to "Physically setting or placing" the trap is prohibited???? Just a though.

anyone can trap in Michigan even Canadian

If we are going to change it let's make it a meaningful change not a participation trophy.

Actually nonresidents ADC businesses can operate here. No trapping license required for that.

Guys from Wisconsin travel to the MSP area every day

Work on registering your lines in the north part.Get the councils involved and have all the trappers bring in maps where they traditionally trapped for years.Where they overlap the council mediates and draws the final lines between drainages to de lineate trappers exclusive areas.Some gain a little bit,some lose a little bit but everyone is better off after.
Thats how it was done here in the 40's,started in central Ont,which would be similar demographic as N Minnesota.

Absolutely not.

Not only the best for trappers but best for the resource also.
Line registration was driven by trappers across the country.