No Profanity *** No Flaming *** No Advertising *** No Anti Trappers ***NO POLITICS
No Non-Target Catches *** No Links to Anti-trapping Sites *** No Avoiding Profanity Filter


Home~Trap Talk~ADC Forum~Trap Shed~Wilderness Trapping~International Trappers~Fur Handling

Auction Forum~Trapper Tips~Links~Gallery~Basic Sets~Convention Calendar~Chat~ Trap Collecting Forum

Trapper's Humor~Strictly Trapping~Fur Buyers Directory~Mugshots~Fur Sale Directory~Wildcrafting~The Pen and Quill

Trapper's Tales~Words From The Past~Legends~Archives~Kids Forum~Lure Formulators Forum~ Fermenter's Forum


~~~ Dobbins' Products Catalog ~~~


Minnesota Trapline Products
Please support our sponsor for the Trappers Talk Page - Minnesota Trapline Products


Print Thread
Hop To
Page 2 of 2 1 2
Re: Where do Old Trappers Go? [Re: HobbieTrapper] #8208224
09/02/24 09:21 PM
09/02/24 09:21 PM
Joined: Oct 2013
East of the Mason-Dixon Line
DelawareRob Offline
trapper
DelawareRob  Offline
trapper

Joined: Oct 2013
East of the Mason-Dixon Line
Originally Posted by HobbieTrapper
Originally Posted by Rob & Neall
Stay away from the Peoples Republic of Maryland...we have areas that are nice to visit but this is not the state your looking for.

Rob


That’s a bit harsh. Here on the shore life is pretty good, it’s still pretty folksy. Great fishing, crabbing and hunting. Lots of public land. There are places to avoid, but they can be easily. We aren’t quite there yet with CC but the SCOTUS corrected the “must show a legit reason to carry” crap. CC carry is on the rise here. Taxes are a problem but if you are just visiting, you can avoid most of them by patronizing neighboring tax free or lower taxed states.



He is correct though Hobbie, we’re full on the Eastern Shore.

Last edited by DelawareRob; 09/02/24 09:22 PM.

Stop over cooking your meat! It isn’t gamey, it’s over cooked!

Gordon Ramsey, maybe…
Re: Where do Old Trappers Go? [Re: GregPaulman] #8208549
09/03/24 11:51 AM
09/03/24 11:51 AM
Joined: Dec 2006
MN, Land of 10,000 Lakes
T
Trapper7 Offline
trapper
Trapper7  Offline
trapper
T

Joined: Dec 2006
MN, Land of 10,000 Lakes
Originally Posted by GregPaulman
I'm an old fart but most standards I'm not that old, 59 in a week. But I have had 5 knee surgeries (last one was a replacement) 4 shoulder surgeries including have both replaced and messing up one of those. A neck fusion and a back fusion. My right knee grinds and needs replacing as well. Add to that a limited income on disability, the price of gas, low price on furs and a heavy anti movement in my state.
About the only trapping I do now is that which people pay me to do and I'm limiting what I do there.

So my question is, where do old trappers go to enjoy the trapline time while not killing ourselves. I've lived in VT all my life but the place has been taken over by those from the larger cities and they've turned the state I grew up in into a crap hole like they came from. Hence, VT had not one but two of the most dangerous cities to be in over the holidays last year. I really don't like heat and humidity bit am also tired of moving snow. I've found central New Mexico climate is a nice compromise, but as an avid 2nd Amendment defender, gun owner and gunsmith I really don't want to move to a state that has gotten as restrictive as where I'm leaving.

So share with me some of your experiences where you live, the pros and cons from weather to housing costs and taxes to how well your state stands for our freedoms and how accessible lands are for hunting and trapping. I have brothers in MO and AR and friends who are planning to move the NC so I was thinking some area in between.

Currently looking for a toy hauler camper to travel and visit some areas so if someone has a good one they want to get rid of, let me know. And of course if you would welcome an old fart in for a cup of coffee if I happen to be on the road in your town.

Sounds a lot like Colorado. According to an elk guide I hunted with for a number of years said a lot of left wing liberal Californians and Hollywood types moved in and were responsible for banning trapping. They would love to ban hunting if they could as well. He said Steamboat is overrun with antis who haven't got a clue on life. And now reading about the sanctuary cities and the chaos with the gangs............


When us older people say, "Enjoy them while they're young." We are talking about our hips and knees, not our kids.
Re: Where do Old Trappers Go? [Re: GregPaulman] #8208574
09/03/24 12:40 PM
09/03/24 12:40 PM
Joined: Jan 2012
PA
P
panaxman Offline
trapper
panaxman  Offline
trapper
P

Joined: Jan 2012
PA
GP, dang, how’d you get beaten up over the years?
I’m 59 no major surgeries ever, Been eating right, limiting booze, and working out for decades so I can trap hard full-time - WHEN THE NEXT FUR BOOM COMES —- LMAO

Re: Where do Old Trappers Go? [Re: GregPaulman] #8208608
09/03/24 01:19 PM
09/03/24 01:19 PM
Joined: Jun 2015
rogers city mi.
J
jeff karsten Offline
trapper
jeff karsten  Offline
trapper
J

Joined: Jun 2015
rogers city mi.
You would be welcome in the Democratic Republic of Mishigone wear a tyedyed teeshirt long shorts get a handfull of hair with a black nose so you can tell people its a rescue dog If you let it slip that you hunt or gasp trap you're on your own and have to get legal help to understand the hunting digests for every game animal with 67 pages of what you can't do and when you can't do it Other then that its great


olden tyred
Re: Where do Old Trappers Go? [Re: jeff karsten] #8208672
09/03/24 03:23 PM
09/03/24 03:23 PM
Joined: Dec 2006
East-Central Wisconsin
B
bblwi Offline
trapper
bblwi  Offline
trapper
B

Joined: Dec 2006
East-Central Wisconsin
I have lived and trapped in WI all my life and plan to stay even when I hang up my traps. Lots of places in WI to enjoy the outdoors and be away from the hustle and the bustle.

Bryce

Re: Where do Old Trappers Go? [Re: GregPaulman] #8208759
09/03/24 05:57 PM
09/03/24 05:57 PM
Joined: Dec 2006
Alabama (Bama for short) 108 y...
Jtrapper Offline
trapper
Jtrapper  Offline
trapper

Joined: Dec 2006
Alabama (Bama for short) 108 y...
Seems most old trappers go in the nursing home.


Not my circus, not my clowns.
Re: Where do Old Trappers Go? [Re: GregPaulman] #8208769
09/03/24 06:04 PM
09/03/24 06:04 PM
Joined: Aug 2010
Asheville, NC
C
charles Offline
trapper
charles  Offline
trapper
C

Joined: Aug 2010
Asheville, NC
More and more, I find myself going to the bathroom. Not a problem when outside.

Page 2 of 2 1 2
Previous Thread
Index
Next Thread