Re: How many of you on this Forum really trap
[Re: Grandpa Trapper]
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07/23/22 05:34 PM
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Posts: 2,061 Ames, IA
MikeTraps2
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Ames, IA
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I have trapped in some way or another, be it fur trapping or now nuisance trapping for 46 years straight. I don't really fur trap now, due to making enough money at work to be comfortable and by November I am worn out from working 2 jobs (I run a NWCO business as a side business). Also the money it not there to get me out to trap for fur now. I did trap coyotes for fun last year while nuisance trapping beaver and got 7 in 12 days on 2 sections, had a blast.
If I had a buddy ask me to go and he agreed to skin I might think about it LOL
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure
Theodore Roosevelt
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Re: How many of you on this Forum really trap
[Re: Donnersurvivor]
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07/23/22 05:39 PM
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Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 7,697 Virginia
52Carl
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Mostly just a few pest around the farm. Every year I plan on a big cat/marten/fisher trip and never follow through Are you scared of getting stranded somewhere and run out of party members to eat? Get out there man. Life is for living, not just thinking about it.
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Re: How many of you on this Forum really trap
[Re: Grandpa Trapper]
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07/23/22 05:53 PM
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nightlife
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I do just not like I used to but I catch a few of just about everything the area has to offer as well as more beaver then I really want to deal with to help my farmer friends, seems every creek, stream or river has a good population and even some farm ponds, just wish they were worth the effort
�Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks.� ― Robert A. Heinlein
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Re: How many of you on this Forum really trap
[Re: Grandpa Trapper]
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07/23/22 05:56 PM
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Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 23,696 New Hampshire
Nessmuck
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I trap nuisance beaver for a few towns…and Iam on the NH F&G list for nuisance beaver trapping….So they hand my name out. I get paid to trap now. Chased mink,muskrat,otter,fisher ,beaver …when it was worth it. Just a hobby trapper. But can’t give up the beaver game ! I’ve shown what I’ve learned to a few youngsters…and that’s a lot of fun. I’ve always stayed in the water…except for fisher.
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It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
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Re: How many of you on this Forum really trap
[Re: Grandpa Trapper]
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07/23/22 06:02 PM
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Posts: 2,786 Northern lower Michigan
Feedinggrounds
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Every year for the last 50 years in one fashion or another. Now mostly beaver then mink. I will rough up the coon as needed, and hammer them when I can make a $ on them. Have made many friends I look forward to seeing every summer at the conventions!! Trapping is the glue for some long term friendships!
you're only allowed so many sunrises... I aim to see every one of them!
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Re: How many of you on this Forum really trap
[Re: Grandpa Trapper]
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07/23/22 06:03 PM
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danny clifton
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"Grumpy Old Man"
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I wont go out of state this year. I wear out faster now but I am still at it.
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: How many of you on this Forum really trap
[Re: Grandpa Trapper]
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07/23/22 06:29 PM
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Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 6,704 Newark, Ohio 83 years
Actor
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Newark, Ohio 83 years
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Most certainly... not sure why some days when my back hurts so bad I want to cry. I trace back to my 4th great grandfather as far as trapping goes and he was a professional hunter/trapper. This will be my 76th years at it. I used to trap a lot of canines and still have that in my blood, but it hurts too much.
BUT... last Monday I got a call from one of the golf courses I trap each year. They had a momma and 3 pup red foxes that loved to tear up the greens on the course and wondered if I could help them do something about them. I told them I would give it some thought and call them back. After thinking about it for about an hour I got in the car and went to the course.
There is a narrow strip of woods that runs along where 3 of the greens are that they are having a problem. I spent about an hour walking the woods trying to find the den. I found what appeared to be 2 dens about 75 yards apart. The largest den is about 15 feet back in the woods and about 20 yards from the green that has been attacked the most. I had brought along a couple of #2 coils and 4 snares. The biggest joke is, although I had made the snares in 2013, I had only ever set but one for a coon, but never caught anything.
By the time I found the den I was wore out and couldn't find a good place to make a good dirt hole set. So, I decided to set a couple of snares. After walking about 75 yards looking for a good trail or path to set the snares, I couldn't find any. So, my experience and common sense told me if you can't find a place from the outside looking... go inside and look out. I went into where the den was and got down on one knee and pretended, I was a fox looking to go out to the green. Strangely enough I saw 2 avenues that looked good to me. It took a little additional blocking, but I made my first 2 snare sets for canine.
The first check: 1 red fox pup in the first set and the second set had closed down like something had brushed by it.
The second check: We had rain and wind during late afternoon before and messed up the loops. I made a dirt hole set close to snare sets inside the woods.
The third check: 2 small coons. One in snare and other in #2 at dirt hole. Pulled #2... reset other set with new snare.
The fourth check: 1 red fox pup in snare. I have now caught a fox in both of the snare sets, on paths that weren't there, but I saw them anyway.
So, to answer the question... yes, I am still a trapper and still trying new things when the call demands it.
Garry-
“Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.”
Have been trapping 77 years…
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Re: How many of you on this Forum really trap
[Re: Grandpa Trapper]
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07/23/22 06:55 PM
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Posts: 3,302 S/W Wisconsin
rpmartin
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I do part time. Sometimes I get pretty serious about it.
Life member, NRA, NTA, RMEF, Pheasants Forever. WTA,TTA,FTA,SA,GOA, member
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Re: How many of you on this Forum really trap
[Re: Grandpa Trapper]
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07/23/22 07:02 PM
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Posts: 11,941 Oakland, MS
Drifter
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For sure not as much as did in the 70's but still set some every year. My mind says go for it and my body says you are gonna pay for this.
Some individuals use statistics as a drunk man uses lamp-posts — for support rather than for illumination.
Andrew Lang (1844-1912) Scottish poet, novelist and literary critic
Life member NTA , and GA Trappers assoc .
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Re: How many of you on this Forum really trap
[Re: Grandpa Trapper]
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07/23/22 07:17 PM
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Posts: 9,337 Northern MN
Osky
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I do. I shoot more than I trap. I’d do more while out shooting but due to Minnesotas policies most states I shoot in don’t reciprocate trapping, nor should they.
Osky
"A womans heart is the hardest rock the Almighty has put on this earth, and I can find no sign on it" Jabless in Minnesota www.SureDockusa.com
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Re: How many of you on this Forum really trap
[Re: Grandpa Trapper]
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07/23/22 07:24 PM
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Posts: 3,859 Pa
Wright Brothers
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I caught a coon today.
It's a lazy man that can't get his wife a second line.
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Re: How many of you on this Forum really trap
[Re: Grandpa Trapper]
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07/23/22 07:45 PM
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Mark June
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Mark June
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While I took a heap of taunting in my earlier days cause I wasn't a boozer, druggie, smoker, or a party on the weekend kinda dude, (I was usually trapping or hunting or fishing).... Now I'm 53 years into being a trapper at this point... with great knees solid elbows all major body organs clicking along at 100% and a brain I keep tuned up with reading material every day. People forget that old adage; Garbage in Garbage out.If longevity is a life goal, it's better to have; Healthy In Healthy OutI wanted to trap for 80-90 years as a young boy and I still have that goal so I treat the bodily engine and all its components as if they need to last a century. The good don't die young. They keep trapping while the rest of the herd is laid up, stove up, stacked up, crippled up, or dead. Blessings fellow trappers! Mark
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