Don Shumaker started the magazine and while he was the owner and publisher it was an awesome publication with many articles by well known trappers in each issue

The first full year of publication was the year 2000. There are 12 issues as in the beginning the magazine was published monthly. The issues are in very nice condition. The very first Trapper's World magazine was published December 1999, that issue is not included in this lot. Some of the feature articles in this lot are; Chronicles of a Trapper's Life by J. C. Conner, Tale of a Trap Shy Beaver by Paul Dobbins, The Legendary V. E. "Wildcat" Lynch by Oscar Cronk, Do Something by Slim Pedersen, Catching Digger Fox & Coyotes by Russ Carmen, Beaver on a Short Chain by Johnny Thorpe, The Early Years by Charles Dobbins, Modern Scents & Their Use by V. E. Tingley, Dream Trapline by Russ Carmen, Trapping Along the Lower Wabash by Walter Chansler, Luring Muskrats by Nick Wyshinski, Mink on the Stretchers by Bill Nelson, A Chat with Ed Danko by Barry Graft, Thanksgiving Trapline by Nathan Petron, Holding Bull Head Otter by Kirby Avery, The Search for a Superior Skinning Knife by Carroll Black, The Little Black Cat by Johnny Thorpe, Trapline Comedy by Herb Lenon, The Full Time Trapper by Slim Pedersen, High Rolling the Hard Way by Don Shumaker, To Be A Professional by Craig O'Gorman, Dream Occupation by Paul Dobbins, Legendary Trapper E. J. Dailey by Donald Anderson, Mo-Hole Set by Morris Fenner, Trapping Hard Trapped Territory by Walter Chansler, Post Sets by Charles Dobbins, Fox in the Farm Yard by Leonard Pavek, High Hopes by Pete and Ron Leggett, Blitzkrieg Coyotes by Craig O'Gorman, Trapping Southwestern Grays by Curt Boonewell, Unusual Catches by Conrad Russell, Too Soon Old-Too Late Smart by Johnny Thorpe, Be Prepared by Slim Pedersen, Powder River Beaver by Gayle Crawford, My First Wilderness Trapline by Mike Marsyada, Mink & How to Get Them by J. Curtis Grigg, My Pine Knoll Trapline by V. E. Tingley, A Country Boy Will Survive by George Wacha, Secrets of Successful Trapping by Herb Lenon, The Pleasures of Prospecting by Don Shumaker, Ginseng Hunting by John Epler, Trapping Basics by Dan Kroll, Trapline Memories by Adrian Dokken, Prospecting the Trapping Grounds by Walter Chansler, Trapping Marten by Joe Kielman, A Day in the 'Dacks by Bryan Culver, Beaver Trapping by Leonard Pavek, Trapping Basics by Russ Carman, Running Traplines in California by Jim Mast, Our Indian Lake Trapline by E. J. Dailey, Art Harl-The Mink Master by Merle Harl, Dealing with Predator Control Problems by Slim Pedersen, The Southern Country Gentleman by Mike Marsyada, Mink Are the Craziest Animals by Johnny Thorpe, Forty Nine Years a Trapper by Russ Carman, The Bushman Look's Back by John Ehn, Grandpa-The Good Old Days by Jack Anderson, Preserving Scent Glands by Nick Wyshinski and many others. Regular Departments include Young Trappers, Ask Russ, The Fur Market Report and the Last Set.

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