I hope you enjoy the reading. I went up to the UP week of NTA show to show Asa prior to posting online. He is doing fine.

We will make it to Escanaba next year, wish Escanaba NTA show would have been 2024 when we celebrate 100 Years Serving the American Trapper

The following are links to some of Herb Lenon Best Books

The Secrets of Successfull Trapping by Herbert Lenon Wolf, Coyote, Fox and Bobcat Trapping
Copyright 1944 Revised 2022
BEAVER AND OTTER TRAPPING by Herbert Lenon
Copyright 1946 Revised 2022
MINK AND MUSKRAT TRAPPING by Herbert Lenon
Copyright 1946 Revised 2022
RACCOON, OPOSSUM, SKUNK AND WEASEL TRAPPING by Herbert Lenon
Copyright 1946 Revised 2022 

Thanks!

Great share

Thanks
Mac

Mr. Lenon had a unique style of writing that is enjoyable to read.

Coyote Trappers young and old alike would do well to heed the good advice he has to offer.

Many of the old ways are often times ignored. They are labeled as “outdated” by later generations who were raised up in a time where cutting corners to save time takes precedence over all. Taking shortcuts out of laziness or just to get a few more traps out can cost you on the line.

Many scoff at precautions taken particularly where scent control is concerned. Using a canvas tarp is a prime example of this.


Here is an excerpt from chapter ten.

”The scent I use is scarce among trappers, it is not scent, it is common-sense.”

“Now for those so-called secrets to successful trapping, here they are. A combination of scores of minor factors which combined make three major factors; the three major factors combined make common-sense.”


A good read indeed !


Thanks for the post John!

I’ll second that...good read!

The little things that common sense dictates add up over time. The best trappers understand that... Thank for the share John.

Thanks.

One thing dates it to the depression era, when talking of cats, "Every trapper should do his best to trap them off as they are surely worse killers than coyote or fox and their fur is of little value." I remember reading old fur-fish-game articles and other books written in that era, and always being surprised that during a big fur boom the one fur that had almost no value was the highest value fur for most of my lifetime.

He must have been in the East. My landowners are happier with coons, cats, and possums than they are with fox and coyotes.
Seems everyone West traps for calves and fawns. Here it’s quail and turkeys. Now this is management trapping.

Top 5 best posts I’ve ever read. THANK YOU for sharing!!!!

Awesome! Good to hear Asa is doing well.

Very good read ...never read that about skunk dispatch.

Learned some good info from these and will past along.

Awesome, thanks

Winter will be here soon. Check out the Winter Trapping The Secrets of Successful Trapping by Herbert Lenon Wolf, Coyote, Fox and Bobcat Trapping
Copyright 1944 Revised 2022 the Secrets of Successful Trapping Herbert Lenon Wolf, Coyote, Fox and Bobcat Trapping