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Do you have a totem animal? #8335723 02/08/25 01:08 PM 02/08/25 01:08 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Oregon beaverpeeler OP trapper
beaverpeeler OP trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Oregon	My wife and I had this conservation recently. A spirit animal that aligns with your personality or represents you in some way. Maybe an extreme adherent/believer of totem or spirit animals even calls upon them for strength or wisdom. I finally admitted mine is probably the rat. Smart, resourceful...a little mischievous. At home in messy conditions and very persistent, perhaps gluttonous. Hard to kill. ....and it turns out my wife's is the hawk! What is yours....and why? My fear of moving stairs is escalating!

Re: Do you have a totem animal? [Re: beaverpeeler] #8335730 02/08/25 01:16 PM 02/08/25 01:16 PM
Joined: Mar 2020 W NY Turtledale trapper
Turtledale trapper Joined: Mar 2020 W NY	I live next to the Seneca reservation and have always been called Turtle by my friends. To the Senecas the turtle carries the great tree of life on its back. NYSTA, NTA, FTA, life member Erie county trappers assn.,life member Catt.county trappers

Re: Do you have a totem animal? [Re: beaverpeeler] #8335733 02/08/25 01:24 PM 02/08/25 01:24 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 williamsburg ks D danny clifton "Grumpy Old Man"
danny clifton "Grumpy Old Man" D Joined: Dec 2006 williamsburg ks	So how does it work? Do you just pick one? I am not real interested in dancing naked without water or something till I have a vision. Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Re: Do you have a totem animal? [Re: beaverpeeler] #8335744 02/08/25 01:40 PM 02/08/25 01:40 PM
Joined: Jan 2023 Pennsylvania elsmasho82 trapper
elsmasho82 trapper Joined: Jan 2023 Pennsylvania	If I had to choose one it would be the mountain lion. I’m not sure how it works either…whether you choose or take a test or it comes to you in a dream? According to a certain Native American horoscope type calendar, I’m an Otter Years ago in psychology, a book on the four types of intimacy (animal types) also told me I’m an Otter.

Re: Do you have a totem animal? [Re: beaverpeeler] #8335747 02/08/25 01:41 PM 02/08/25 01:41 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Alabama (Bama for short) 108 y... Jtrapper trapper
Jtrapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Alabama (Bama for short) 108 y...	Mine is probably a raccoon with rabies Not my circus, not my clowns.

Re: Do you have a totem animal? [Re: Jtrapper] #8335749 02/08/25 01:43 PM 02/08/25 01:43 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Minnesota 330-Trapper trapper
330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Minnesota	Originally Posted by Jtrapper Mine is probably a raccoon with rabies NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: Do you have a totem animal? [Re: beaverpeeler] #8335751 02/08/25 01:45 PM 02/08/25 01:45 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Minnesota 330-Trapper trapper
330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Minnesota	I haven't a had a "Dream" yet I like catching otters though NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: Do you have a totem animal? [Re: beaverpeeler] #8335753 02/08/25 01:50 PM 02/08/25 01:50 PM
Joined: Sep 2013 Green County Wisconsin G GREENCOUNTYPETE trapper
GREENCOUNTYPETE trapper G Joined: Sep 2013 Green County Wisconsin	I would say Clydesdale horse not sure if that is a totem animal America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.

Re: Do you have a totem animal? [Re: beaverpeeler] #8335757 02/08/25 01:55 PM 02/08/25 01:55 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Northern Maine Bruce T trapper
Bruce T trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Northern Maine	Wolverine.......Wild and Free NRA,NTA,MTA,FTA #1 goal=Trap a wolverine

Re: Do you have a totem animal? [Re: beaverpeeler] #8335764 02/08/25 02:11 PM 02/08/25 02:11 PM
Joined: Jan 2008 Alaska and Washington State W waggler trapper
waggler trapper W Joined: Jan 2008 Alaska and Washington State	Probably a mutt. "My life is better than your vacation"

Re: Do you have a totem animal? [Re: beaverpeeler] #8335767 02/08/25 02:15 PM 02/08/25 02:15 PM
Joined: Nov 2017 West Central MN 20scout trapper
20scout trapper Joined: Nov 2017 West Central MN	Most people would chose something like a bear or lion or something else majestic, but the fact is you can't choose. It comes to you in a dream and it'll tell you. One would think great people like Crazy Horse would be something like a grizzly but in fact he's was the prairie dog. Here one second, dissappear only to pop up someplace else. Being able to do this helped him become a great warrior. Common sense is a not a vegetable that does well in everyone's garden.

Re: Do you have a totem animal? [Re: beaverpeeler] #8335791 02/08/25 03:02 PM 02/08/25 03:02 PM
Joined: Dec 2022 illinois J jalstat trapper
jalstat trapper J Joined: Dec 2022 illinois	Last few days mine would be this lol

Re: Do you have a totem animal? [Re: beaverpeeler] #8335797 02/08/25 03:07 PM 02/08/25 03:07 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 coastal ny G gcs trapper
gcs trapper G Joined: Dec 2006 coastal ny	20 scout is right, you don't pick. it comes in a vision or dream, everyone wants to be a bear or wolf or some other "majestic" creature, it can be a frog, bug, or other "lower" life form, doesn't matter as they're all important. So be careful what you wish for, lol

Re: Do you have a totem animal? [Re: beaverpeeler] #8335799 02/08/25 03:12 PM 02/08/25 03:12 PM
Joined: Jan 2008 S/W Mich. Dillrod trapper
Dillrod trapper Joined: Jan 2008 S/W Mich.	Canine for me "Some Domestication Required " Life is an adventure, Don't live it any other way !!

Re: Do you have a totem animal? [Re: beaverpeeler] #8335824 02/08/25 03:37 PM 02/08/25 03:37 PM
Joined: Oct 2017 perry co.Pa wetdog trapper
wetdog trapper Joined: Oct 2017 perry co.Pa	I did the vision quest back in the 90s, it consisted of fasting for 24 hours with only taking in wild lettuce that was made into a tea. It's a natural laxative. It was winter and I was taken into a sweat lodge and given a large mug of some disgusting drink that had crushed morning glory seeds in it. About 8 hours later I was escorted outside ( naked) and left in the cold for what seemed like forever, but I was told later it was only an hour. I had a vision and my spirit animal is the snake. So that's my totem animal

Re: Do you have a totem animal? [Re: wetdog] #8335832 02/08/25 03:42 PM 02/08/25 03:42 PM
Joined: Feb 2015 Iowa T trapdog1 trapper
trapdog1 trapper T Joined: Feb 2015 Iowa	Originally Posted by wetdog I did the vision quest back in the 90s, it consisted of fasting for 24 hours with only taking in wild lettuce that was made into a tea. It's a natural laxative. It was winter and I was taken into a sweat lodge and given a large mug of some disgusting drink that had crushed morning glory seeds in it. About 8 hours later I was escorted outside ( naked) and left in the cold for what seemed like forever, but I was told later it was only an hour. I had a vision and my spirit animal is the snake. So that's my totem animal I think I'll just choose some critter from my recliner instead.

Re: Do you have a totem animal? [Re: trapdog1] #8335835 02/08/25 03:45 PM 02/08/25 03:45 PM
Joined: Oct 2017 perry co.Pa wetdog trapper
wetdog trapper Joined: Oct 2017 perry co.Pa	Originally Posted by trapdog1 Originally Posted by wetdog I did the vision quest back in the 90s, it consisted of fasting for 24 hours with only taking in wild lettuce that was made into a tea. It's a natural laxative. It was winter and I was taken into a sweat lodge and given a large mug of some disgusting drink that had crushed morning glory seeds in it. About 8 hours later I was escorted outside ( naked) and left in the cold for what seemed like forever, but I was told later it was only an hour. I had a vision and my spirit animal is the snake. So that's my totem animal I think I'll just choose some critter from my recliner instead. That's not how it works. You have to be shown your totem animal not choose one

Re: Do you have a totem animal? [Re: beaverpeeler] #8335840 02/08/25 03:48 PM 02/08/25 03:48 PM
Joined: Aug 2011 james bay frontierOnt. B Boco trapper
Boco trapper B Joined: Aug 2011 james bay frontierOnt.	My wife is bear clan thus bear is her dodem. I am unafilliated. Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.

Re: Do you have a totem animal? [Re: beaverpeeler] #8335850 02/08/25 03:57 PM 02/08/25 03:57 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 MD D DaveP trapper
DaveP trapper D Joined: Jan 2007 MD	Possum

Re: Do you have a totem animal? [Re: wetdog] #8335853 02/08/25 04:03 PM 02/08/25 04:03 PM
Joined: Feb 2010 pa H hippie trapper
hippie trapper H Joined: Feb 2010 pa	Originally Posted by wetdog I did the vision quest back in the 90s, it consisted of fasting for 24 hours with only taking in wild lettuce that was made into a tea. It's a natural laxative. It was winter and I was taken into a sweat lodge and given a large mug of some disgusting drink that had crushed morning glory seeds in it. About 8 hours later I was escorted outside ( naked) and left in the cold for what seemed like forever, but I was told later it was only an hour. I had a vision and my spirit animal is the snake. So that's my totem animal A hit of acid back in the day is alot easier than all that rigamorow, lol. There comes a point liberalism has gone too far, we're past that point.

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