51 years for our business this year.

Stud!
I smelled like you yesterday. Felt good.

Pete Rickard since 1929.
Great change up beaver lure.

I thought his son sold it?

I googled it and you are correct.

How many years has Dobbins lures been made now?

I don't know who is the longest, but I don't feel we should discredit or not give a good nod to those who take on the old lines and continue their great work. They take on risks in doing so and they help provide us with good products and diversity.

Bryce

I believe this is a stupid question. How many has collected glands and made their own lures and baits. Fox urine and glands are a gland lure that is used the next year. People have been trying for years to find anything that would draw an animal to the set. Either that or blind sets for traps or snare. The question should be who was in business .

I didn't start making Dobbins' Lures until 1997 after dad passed in that year. So, I've only been at it for about 29 years.

I assumed your dad was selling lure as Dobbins brand before that.

Yes, he started sometime in the 70s, but I don't know exactly when.

Noted. I'll be sure to run my posts by you next time.

Odd post you made here Mr. Cowden.....

Or far! LOL

When I started in late 70s to early 80s trapping coyotes, mink, coon, and beaver…
My bag had bottles of lures and baits from hawbaker, Carmen’s, blackies blend, and grawes.
It’s not too tough to find these brands around today.
Back then I had to buy it at fall conventions or get my hands on a mail order catalogue and send them a check.
My local fur buyer carried a few bottles but not many options.
I still lean hard on these same brands, probably from familiarity and confidence more than anything.
I use different baits today. I like grahams and keg creek, or stuff from Bruce.
But if I do buy lure, I still reach for that old short list above.
Carmen’s canine call and blackies red ranger always had a place on my coyote line. So did Carmen’s mink gland lure as a change up.
For beaver and coon I reached for blackies stuff it was solid. I started buying dobbins beaver lures when I started on this forum and I’m sorry but I don’t recall when I actually joined. I met Charlie at the national convention when it was in Nebraska WAY back when. Was so impressed with his knowledge and how I could barely keep up with him walking across the field for a demo. I was a young dude and he was older but wow was he in good shape. I Still have his signed land trapping book. It’s pretty tattered and well thumbed but it is my predator trapping bible. I asked Charlie some questions once in a letter to him and he wrote me a letter back. I could barely read his handwriting but it was solid advice and I cherished the fact he wrote me back. Black always wrote me back too. Carrol gave me some great advice on converting a dirthole to a post set by just simply shoving a stick in the hole and adding a shot of coyote pee. It’s been a huge back pocket trick I’ve used for so many, many years when dirtholes wouldn’t produce. Such a simple but awesome piece of advice. And, I’ll buy Paul’s beaver lure any day. Beaver, cats, coyotes, coon, I haven’t found anything that doesn’t find it attractive. It’s money in a bottle.
Good thread, thanks for starting this.
Jim

I was brought up to believe there wasn't such a thing as "stupid questions," only stupid answers.

Thank you for reaffirming my beliefs.

Not to go off-track but is Grawes still being made since he passed away?

Grawe’s is still being made but this will be a line to watch. I was given to understand Gary Jepson owned or partly owned that lure line now.