Night calling gained in popularity exponentially around me. Amish spend a lot of money on expensive night shooting gear. I suppose more fox will be shot; both in and out of traps. I know some that will hunt hard Sunday night into Mondays. They will hire a driver and cover some ground. Last nice boom 2011-2013 was fun, I ran hard and made some loot.

Lot of completion here last year, I expect more this fall.

You may want to mention to them that using night shooting equipment is kind of "worldly" ain't it?

I was just a hobby trapper. I can assure you that I never turned a profit, but I had lots of fun and got some exercise. My dog enjoyed it too. I'd hate to try to support a household with my trapping skills. My hat is off to those of you who can.

And I would sell you everything and be happy if you make a great profit. And I would be glad something was heting done with them I trap to keep the predators in check and healthy. Its not been worth my time to learn how to get fast at puting up fur with my work schedule, family and farm demands on my time. Used to skin them all but the freezer full of furs never got sold and thrown out . Eventually I stopped taking the time to skin tham at all. .

Fur put up is part of trapping and some day I hope to get good at it and tanning and sewing as well but I dont know when that will ever be.

Same here.
There was an auction I’d like to have been at this weekend in Sprague, just north of the MN border. A trailer load of gear. Would’ve been nice to toss in a big bud on the whole trailer. Some junk, but lots of belisles in the pic.
I’ll be picking up a bunch of stuff off another oldtimer near St Malo (1/2hr north of the MN border).