Somebody that was or still is actively trapping.For me, I knew the fellow that went by the name of Furvor here on Trapperman.. He hung up his traps at about age 87.

When I first started trapping furbearers I had a local trapper from my home town show me his homemade box traps made from wood that he was using on a farm my dad rented. He was trapping until the old age of 93... if I remember right. His son made him give it up after he caught a big beaver water trapping and could not get up the creek bank. Even though he was old and slow... and getting weaker with years he trapped with a smile and a gleen in his eye. Passed away a couple years after giving up trapping.... maybe that's what got him, not doing what he loved... Rest in Peace Fred Chaloupka !!

There is a trapper in my district that is 87. He still wins the largest coon competition each year at our winter meeting. 2 years ago at a spring meeting he said it was the first year since he started trapping the he caught less beaver then his age. He turned 85 that day telling us the story and he had only caught 84 beaver for the year. Good ole Dick Wilken is still out there getting them.

White was trapping T-Rex's in his youth.

my dad jr. Woolsey trapped till 93 he passed away last summer at 94 , best mink trapper in nw Missouri but loved trapping .

Trapper Jake- Jake Corell and Bud Hall are probably the oldest trappers I can think of that I knew.
I can't remember how old Mell Hershberger was when he passed.
Been over 30 years since. Ray Milligan has to be getting up there. I don't know if he's still kicking or if he's still trapping . I'm sure Tim Caven would know. Speaking of old trappers. Lol

Shakeyjake is the oldest trapper I know.

I believe Ray Milligan is close to my age in the 70’s. He may still be outfitting in New Mexico. He is originally from my neck of the woods in SW Pennsylvania. I believe he is still kicking.

Just a young then.

Frank Webb West Canada Creek area here in NY was still trapping at 99. He has since passed. Loved talking with him, he was the go-to otter expert in NY.

and using the brown paper poke dispatch

Since we lost Art Scott recently, the oldest one I know now is 91. He worked he gate at the last NTA in Lima.

We have a guy in our FTA chapter now that is still trapping beaver in his late 80s...still hammerin' the fur. Unfortunately I can't think of his name right now. Irv Schirmer was 87 and still trapping when he passed.

His 88th birth day is about a week away. He has slowed down a lot but his heart is still in it! Hope I'm half that passionate when I'm his age!

Mike, I got to go with Frank on his line one day on the West Canada. We cut logs in that country for years, Frank was nice man.

In 2001, I bought some #220's from a guy living just west of Pine River, he was 100 years old and said he just couldn't do it any more. He had some great stories of the old days in Northern Minnesota.

I just hope to BE his age some day .

I wonder if that was old John Knutson.. He lived to be 100+ and still trapped with his son in law, Larry Buschmann. He trapped in the Pequot/Pine River area.