This past weekend my kids and I set traps for the first time. I had six leg-hold traps that I bought 15 years ago but had never used. At the time I lived in a more rural area, but I soon moved to a large city and public land that allows trapping is incredibly rare and hours away. Recently, however, my parents bought a retirement home on 50 acres and are putting in a garden. Momma's worried about her tomatoes come June and having some competition from the local coon population, so I decided to dust off the old traps, add a half dozen dog proofs, and see if we couldn't thin the population a bit.
We only let the traps sit one night, but we ended up catching two. The kids had a blast, both setting and running the small line. My son now wants to set out the traps every time we go to visit my parents. I held onto those original six traps all those years, hoping to some day escape the city and live someplace I could put them to work. I'm glad I kept them!

Congratulations , I bet those kids have smiles bigger than yours. You all are full fledged trappers!
Im sure this is just the start. Kudos to you for introducing the children to trapping

That is great! X2 on what Turtledale said.

Great story!! Thanks for sharing and good luck on ur future trapping endeavors

Fantastic! Nothing I enjoy more than trapping with the kids.

Good way to get started. Keep them kids at it with you!

Thank you, all, for the kind words

Fantastic! What a great experience with your children. One that you’ll all remember for a lifetime.