I have several very nice Newhouses for trade. These are in very good to excellent condition. No Bear traps but many of the others. I also have a #4 1/2 that is in mint condition. These are not for sale. I am trading for Sterlings, Alphas, gold and silver coins, bars, bullion, rounds or old US paper currency.


Thanks for looking,


Jediknight

Our District 9 meeting is planned for Saturday, March 7th, 2026 at Grandma Mary’s Café in Arena, WI at 10:00 am. We will be planning our June rendezvous and covering a few other topics. We will also order some breakfast or lunch and raffle off some items. Everyone is welcome, and it’s been nice to start seeing some new and returning members joining us for meetings.

You can reach me by email at district9@wistrap.org or by phone via the WTA phone system at (888) 601-8727 ext 209. That toll-free number transfers directly to my home phone.

See you there!
Patrice Rhodes
WTA District 9 Director

50 marten skulls for $130. USPS shipping included in price. USPS money order. 1-907-460-2716

$20 per oz.

Two classic trap collecting books for the price of one ! Tons of descriptions, info, and pictures in these books for trap collectors. The 252 page Andreski / Parr book is a 2016 second edition and the 150 page Frodelius / Burt book is a 1981 third edition. Both books are in excellent condition. $25 for the pair postpaid (media mail) to lower 48 states. Check or Postal Money Order only. PM me with any questions.

Snowshoes aren't terribly common in the West, but they were present.
Here are a few lines that reference snowshoes being used in the West:

From Robert Campbell:
I then prepared to leave to join my party, who were with the Flatheads, on Flathead river.
We packed our bedding on the dog train.
I had two half breeds, Mountain Indians, with me. We carried no tent for ourselves.
At night we shovelled off the snow with our snowshoes, for the dogs tent.
We killed buffalo to live on. We fed our dogs at night so that their food could digest, while they
were at rest.


From River of the West (Clyman):
It was about Christmas when
the camp arrived on Wind River, and the cold intense. While the men celebrated Christmas, as
best they might under the circumstances, Capt. Sublette started to St. Louis with one man, Harris,
called among mountain-men Black Harris, on snowshoes, with a train of pack-dogs. Such was the
indomitable energy and courage of this famous leader!

Some time during this winter, Meek and Legarde, who had escaped from the Pawnees, made another
expedition together; traveling three hundred miles on snowshoes, to the Bitter Root River,
to look for a party of free trappers, whose beaver the company wished to secure. They were absent
two months and a half, on this errand, and were entirely successful, passing a Blackfoot village in
the night, but having no adventures worth recounting

From John Work:
Friday 24 th Overcast, Cloudy weather, snow showers. At daylight set out for Spokane accompanied
by an Iroquoy & an Indian, and encamped at 4 oclock in the afternoon between the big hill
and the Lake. The snow on the portage is generally from 3 to 4 feet deep and very soft and on
account of the smallness and badness of our snowshoes walking through it is very fatiguing, when
we encamped we were very tired, & had no water, however, by melting snow on a piece of bark at
the fire we soon obtained a sufficiency.-We stopped early having only a small axe to cut firewood.

American Mountain Men member snowshoeing in Colorado.

Kind of a what in the.... moment though.

https://www.facebook.com/share/1DS7PmemjC/

Reported to be one of their own shadow tankers.

Just posting the link due to language.

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Hi everyone, I wanted to inform members of the Northern Great Lakes Fur Harvesters Inc. that we have merged back with the UP Trappers Association, and are now operating as UPTA District 4. All Active memberships will be transferred over, as well as all lifetime memberships. If you have any questions, please reach out. Thank you!

I’ve got around 50 that are in great condition $30ea. I live in Lancaster Wi can send pictures if you give me your phone number. Might trade for MB, no bs, bridger dogless or just let me know what you got

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(5) fitting (H-stands)
Send me phone number and I will send a picture thru text.

*All books in this post have been sold *




*All Sold* All books are $5 shipping included, and in very good condition....4 book minimum due to shipping costs....Thanks for looking.


Top row L-R
(1) Fox Trapping the Mad River System by T.B. Gannon & W.H.Brown
(2) Smitty's Fox Trapping Encyclopedia by R.C. Smith
(3) The Fox Trappers Partner by Donald Bierman
(4) Expert Mink & Coon trapping by Donald Bierman
(5) *Sold* Trapping the Eastern Brush Wolf by Russ Carman
(6) *Sold* Winter Fox Trapping Methods in snow by Russ Carman
(7) Grawes Fox Trapping Methods by A.M. Grawe

2nd row L-R

(8) Russ Carman's Raccoon Trapping Methods
(9) Russ Carman's Mink Trapping Methods
(10) Russ Carman's Fox Trapping Methods
(11) Foxes by the 100's by Russ Carman
(12) Russ Carman's Proffessional Fox Trapping Methods
(13) Russ Carman's Mink Trapping Methods
(14) *Sold* Profitable Mink Trapping by Jim Helfrich

3rd row L-R

(15) Fur Trapping by Bill Musgrove & Jerry Blair
(16) Guide to Trapping by Jim Spencer
(17) Seasonal Pro Trapping by Mike Lapinski
(18) Successful Trapping Methods by Walter Chansler
(19) Trapping Secrets by William Wasserman
(20) Eastern Coyote Trapping by Austin Passamonte
(21) Coon Come Easy by John Somonick & John Wilson

4th row L-R

(22) You Can Make Record Coon Catches by Caroll Black
(23) The Complete Cooner by Ray Milligan
(24) Fox Trapping Across America by Ray Milligan
(25) Coyote Trapping East & West by Bud Boda
(26) Land Trappers Trouble Shooting Guide by Bud Boda
(27) Proficient Raccoon Trapping & Handling by Mick Mohr & Gary Armstrong
(28) Grawes Raccoon Trapping & Snaring Methods by A.M. Grawe

5th row L-R

(29) *Sold* Competition line Coyote Trapping by Tom Miranda
(30) Dynamite Fox Trapping by Tom Krause
(31) *Sold* Profitable Coon Trapping by Jim Helfrich
(32) *Sold* Profitable Fox Trapping by Jim Helfrich
(33) *Sold* Profitable Fox Trapping #2 by Jim Helfrich
(34) *Sold* Fox Trapping in and around Suburbia by Mark June
(35) Competition Line Fox Trapping by Tom Miranda


6th row L-R

(36) Grawes Mink Trapping Methods by A.M. Grawe
(37) Competition Line Water Trapping by Tom Miranda
(38) Predator Trapping Theories & Techniques by Scott Welch
(39) *Sold* A New Approach to Coyote Trapping by Jason Houser
(40) Coyote, Widcat. Gray Fox Trapping by James F. Mast
(41) All About Professional Fur Handling by John Epler
(42) Farmland Fur Trapping by Bernie Barringer

All 12 issues for 1959. Magazines are in very good condition. A couple of scrapes and very small tear on 2 issues. No loose pages or covers. Lot's of coon hunting articles. Also articles by O.L Beckham. All 12 issues for $55.00 shipped.