Ontario is well over 80%,probably closer to 90.
There is a 5 million liability insurance policy included with the membership.

There are a lot of licenses being sold in NY, but with fur prices being low, I would bet most don’t trap! That being said, participation and involvement is pathetic!

Boco, how much are the dues?

Michigan is number one for nta memberships at about 1000 my district of u p trapper has about 200 members of that we have about 30 active ones ,that come to meeting an help out with all the stuff we do ,some travel 40 plus miles to go to meeting

$22.60 is the cost of membership to a licenced Ontario trapper who gets his licence thru the federation.

What a bargain Boco, considering you get liability insurance with that. That's an interesting marketing technique.

Fur taker license sales in PA have been from 42000 to 45000 every year for the last 5 years. I am not sure how many people belong to the PTA . But the conventions that I have been to put on by the PTA are usually well attended . In the NTA American Trapper magazine they always list state and individual donations to the NTA .The PTA and its districts along with individual donators are usually on those list consistently .

And that's payable in the Queen's colorful monopoly money !!

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Are those numbers correct or did you mistakenly add a zero? Just curious.

Seems like a lot of trapping licenses!! Or is a furtaker license required for other sports - like Raccoon hunting with dogs.

Yes a fur taker license is required to hunt fox ,coon etc in PA with a dog or using a call .That certainly makes the numbers higher .I do not know if they track those that trap or hunt separately or not .The numbers come from the PA Game Commission web site They break down the sales into many different categories and list them for the last 10 years of sales

When I lived in PA several years ago, the PA Trappers Assoc. said there were 3, 000 members. It was estimated this number was about 10% of the total trappers in the state which would make about 30,000 trappers. I doubt these figures changed much since I left the state. However, the state has a inexpensive lifetime fur takers license for senior citizens. Since most trappers are older, I imagine some of of the figures for number of trappers can be skewed. Unlike here in Idaho, I believe PA trappers are still not required to submit a yearly report of their trapping activities.