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Off-Season Trapping Activities #8574873 03/01/26 06:36 PM 03/01/26 06:36 PM
Joined: Dec 2025 Pennsylvania PennaTrapper OP trapper
PennaTrapper OP trapper Joined: Dec 2025 Pennsylvania	After my 2nd season of trapping, I am absolutely hooked and I love it. Although I have a lot of other hobbies that I focus on outside of trapping season here in PA, I want to keep some focus on trapping in preparation for next year. What types of things do you do for trapping during the off-season to prepare for next season? Last edited by PennaTrapper; 03/01/26 06:37 PM.

Re: Off-Season Trapping Activities [Re: PennaTrapper] #8574893 03/01/26 06:59 PM 03/01/26 06:59 PM
Joined: Oct 2009 east central WI k snow trapper
k snow trapper Joined: Oct 2009 east central WI	There's lots to do. Trap clean and prep Make bait Make waxed dirt Secure permissions Scout territory Go to conventions Vechile maintenance "in the midst of a savage wilderness to depend entirely upon their unassisted strength and hardihood"

Re: Off-Season Trapping Activities [Re: PennaTrapper] #8574909 03/01/26 07:25 PM 03/01/26 07:25 PM
Joined: Mar 2020 W NY Turtledale trapper
Turtledale trapper Joined: Mar 2020 W NY	Right now I'm making some wolf fang cable stakes. And some more fox boards. NYSTA, NTA, FTA, life member Erie county trappers assn.,life member Catt.county trappers

Re: Off-Season Trapping Activities [Re: Turtledale] #8576047 Yesterday at 12:48 PM Yesterday at 12:48 PM
Joined: Dec 2025 Pennsylvania PennaTrapper OP trapper
PennaTrapper OP trapper Joined: Dec 2025 Pennsylvania	Thanks for these tips guys. Anyone else?

Re: Off-Season Trapping Activities [Re: PennaTrapper] #8576054 Yesterday at 01:06 PM Yesterday at 01:06 PM
Joined: Aug 2014 PA M Marathon trapper
Marathon trapper M Joined: Aug 2014 PA	If you’re in a decent WMU, you can trap beaver till the end of March. Sift and dry peat moss. Scouting…Location will catch more fur than any lure, bait, or set.

Re: Off-Season Trapping Activities [Re: PennaTrapper] #8576074 Yesterday at 01:37 PM Yesterday at 01:37 PM
Joined: Jan 2017 Marion Kansas Y Yes sir trapper
Yes sir trapper Y Joined: Jan 2017 Marion Kansas	Testing lure and bait. You will learn a lot more than just what baits and lures are good.

Re: Off-Season Trapping Activities [Re: PennaTrapper] #8576076 Yesterday at 01:39 PM Yesterday at 01:39 PM
Joined: May 2011 Montana B beartooth trapr trapper
beartooth trapr trapper B Joined: May 2011 Montana	Traps aways need something done to them, cleaned. Bait making, waxed sand needs made. And I gotta re side the trap shed this year. Gonna do it with some old reclaim wind break fence. And got a couple old chevy pickups I'm working on. That should keep me going till October. Lol Let me sugar coat this

Re: Off-Season Trapping Activities [Re: k snow] #8576118 Yesterday at 02:44 PM Yesterday at 02:44 PM
Joined: Feb 2018 Hi-Line Montana Wild_Idaho trapper
Wild_Idaho trapper Joined: Feb 2018 Hi-Line Montana	Originally Posted by k snow Vechile maintenance I see what you did there. Matthew 5:3-12

Re: Off-Season Trapping Activities [Re: Wild_Idaho] #8576122 Yesterday at 02:57 PM Yesterday at 02:57 PM
Joined: Oct 2009 east central WI k snow trapper
k snow trapper Joined: Oct 2009 east central WI	Originally Posted by Wild_Idaho Originally Posted by k snow Vechile maintenance I see what you did there. Attention to detail will make a good trapper great. "in the midst of a savage wilderness to depend entirely upon their unassisted strength and hardihood"

Re: Off-Season Trapping Activities [Re: PennaTrapper] #8576333 Yesterday at 08:42 PM Yesterday at 08:42 PM
Joined: Nov 2012 Frazee, MN B backroadsarcher trapper
backroadsarcher trapper B Joined: Nov 2012 Frazee, MN	Clean skulls and other bones I put away. Going to give waxing some dirt a try for the first time. Take in a convention or two.

Re: Off-Season Trapping Activities [Re: PennaTrapper] #8576355 Yesterday at 09:04 PM Yesterday at 09:04 PM
Joined: Feb 2023 South Louisiana T Trappeur Gunny trapper
Trappeur Gunny trapper T Joined: Feb 2023 South Louisiana	I have several areas that I'm active in which is trapping related. I will spend a lot of time prepping my gear for the next season, and I spend countless hours studying everything I can on not only trapping but the animals I trap. I have an extensive library. I do research with various lures, baits, urines, sets in the off season and use this data in not only teaching but on my trapline. I have volumes of data. I teach trapping with LDWF/LTAHA. I spend a lot of time hands on with traps year round in a teaching environment, which makes me a better trapper. I teach trapping to veterans, hosting a couple of trapping events. I do off season trapping for coyotes and beavers. I'm VP of the Louisiana Trappers and Alligator Hunters Association.

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