New Mexico would be a terrible place to fox trap with population being under 500! And Alaska Being Amazing at 40k-50,000! New Mexico Trappers For Fox Must Have a lot of bad luck!

No trapping in NM.

Alaska has way better muskox hunting than New Mexico.
But NM has better civet population.
So it's a wash...

There's a lot of states that isn't good for fox trapping.

Plenty of grey and swift fox in NM

I think trapping is still allowed on private ground. No trapping on public ground.

When I was in the 7th grade I had some trapping experience. My best friend at the time was a lawyers son. I would go to school telling my friend my latest achievements on my trapline and would really get him pumped. We were making big plans to go Latin America to the jungles and trap fur. He knew a missionary from his church that said there was jungle everywhere. Must be great trapping, right? Our 7th grade teacher knew of our plans and spent 5 minutes of his time telling us we needed to go north to Canada. Then we spent our valuable time in the sports magazines trying to buy 640 acres for like $50 bucks. His dad shut us down on that.

Kids have dreams and isn't that a good thing? Now my mind goes back to that teacher that is dead and gone now and just wasted that 5 minutes minutes he gave us about our trapping adventure. I doubt he ever got that 5 minutes back, or did he?

What I see with a lot of the youth today is they want the attention or the image but no go when it comes to the doing. More they talk usually less they do. Daughters boy friend dresses like a cowboy, wears a big cowboy hat but is scared to get on a horse and wont get on one even if its the gentlest old nag in the world. All goes back to participation awards and the idea everyone is a winner without accomplishing anything. A lot of young people have started on here all fired up and people give all kinds of "participation awards" then they try trapping and realize how much work it is and they can't become experts on the computer then give it up. All fuse no powder. I'm not even sure if wolfie actually traps any more.


The your great no matter what you do attitude is killing the motivation and self worth of our youth

So as far as I know my childhood friend nor I ever went to Canada trapping. Does that mean we were all fuse and no powder or just plain worthless ?

Yes Sir are you hurtin feelings again? Dang it that is like the 2nd time this month, once more and Ima call Callie on her (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman)!

Foxpaw
Think of all those minutes u will never get back that u spent talking about the jungles and Canada

Toughening up the tribe lefty

I just wish that was my worst investment, lo.

LOL, yeah I have done way dumber stuff back in the day.

Yes Sir I will take you at your word even tho all the flirting with Boco in the PMs is creepin me out a little bit.

Good thing wasn't Charlie's reaction to Bennie's dream of being a beaver trapper.

Bad? Over 800 on private land
Taken from the harvest report 21-22 data

If a guy really needs good advice Hal's good friends Grump and Restor could give good advice on every thing from blowing dams to pizza pans for snow shoes.

The Red Fox here varies a lot, I think it is disease that knocks the snot out of them.It's been several years since I have caught more than a handful. I sold some in Canada for a 50 plus AVERAGE years ago, have to get them early before they rub/bleach out, I don't put much in what I can't verify from someone I trust, Grump is pretty reliable, Restor can be a little skecthy?!

You would feel plumb dirty if you saw them. Worse than when u hopped the tracks at F&R....