Had man never fallen, we wouldn't be hunting, trapping, or fishing. But man did. So until that day when my want to don't want to or the Trumpet sounds, I'm going to keep on trapping.

Sampson is my hero. Did it without 1.75s too.
Jim

If you think the Lord doesn’t want you to trap. Then don’t.

Ed Patrick meant no disrespect. Your initial post seemed so silly I thought it would be deleted! Prayers always appreciated. I thought have you studied the bible or was this a trick post? No idea and don't care. Replied to another post in jest about Eastwood and whiskey. But was kinda true. Do not know if he is allowed at your church but if not.... I would suggest you watching Unforgiven and Grand Torino from Eastwood in that order. Smells of the struggle of God and man and you do not have to go back to the movies where a pale horse was involved!

I, too, am opposed to trapping Christians.

What you got for bait, lol.

Lord, lead me not into temptation. LOL

....Cornbread?

Footprints all over the set but not on the pan. I'm picky on cornbread.

I heard a lot of people get trapped using some kind of honey pot set?

Edit probably goes along with the cornbread.

That one is a killer set.

As a Christian I believe priorities should be:
1) Your relationship with God through Jesus Christ.
2) Your relationship with your family, both biological and spiritual
3) Your relationship with civil society (your Country, the needy, etc.).

If your trapping or any other hobbies are not negatively affecting or taking precedence over any of the above, you have nothing to worry about.

I have never liked the killing part. But it's part of it. Killing animals must have a reason for me to do so. Food, removal of problems and property damage
Example groundhogs diging under the barn or eating my pumpkin patch, coons killing chickens or eating my sweet corn. To keep the population healthy and below the lands Carrying capacity.

I gain enjoyment spending time in nature and doing my part. I in no way have any spiritual conflict killing animals. Infact I have more empathy for the coon killing my chickens than a human theft. The coon is just trying to eat and has no intention of doing harm and does not know better people do.

This is a great thread,
I've been a church goer my whole life. But I've only been born again about 10 years.
Ive come to realize that God has used my trapping skills and placed me were I needed to be through out my life
My 1st 15 years I was in Wyoming I was helping a Christian family with 7 children. Mostly without pay and probably the equivalent of 3 to4 years of that working out of a non self contained camper. I'm not complaining.
I was a free man doing what I loved. God was giving me skills of being a servent and living a simple life.
I know that My desire to trapp and utilize the critters where a natural desire given from God. I was always provided for. I developed a taste for whatever I was blessed with catching or shooting on the line.
To servive a Wyoming winter without lots of food preserved, somthing has to die.
As I've become older and now at retiment age I still trapp and hunt. But mostly to protect the livestock in our community and the wildlife. Of course I enjoy it and it's great exercise. God's guidance is always 1st in my life today. But using the skills the creator has given us is responsible and a benefit to man kind.

I've known alot of hunters and trappers (myself included) that as we get older start to feel the way you are about things. You start to get up there in years and aging, maybe dealing with illness that often comes with age and you realize time is fleeting and you start to see things differently. You observe the animals in their daily struggles to find food and stay alive one more day and I guess you kinda learn a new respect for them. You start to hunt for food, not trophies, keep just enough fish for a meal instead of filling a bucket, trap when only animal numbers start to get out of control- things like that.

Sunday afternoon buffet table at Golden Corral.

As a Christian only problem with any activity is when it replaces God as your god. I no longer shoot archery because I became so obsessed with it. It was replacing my devotion to Gog and my family.

I started trapping at 13 years old and am now 57. When I think about all of the animals I've dispatched over the years..the ones that stand out and make me feel a little guilty, because I know God saw, are the raccoons that wouldn't die, or a trap set in an 'iffy' location, maybe a small critter caught in an oversize trap on a super cold night. So, one thing I learned is that I want to be the most humane trapper I possibly can.

Letting animals overpopulate and die of mange and other diseases is way more inhumane than trapping.