ASSOCIATION CONTACT — Arkansas Fur Trappers Association, P.O. Box 1681, Greenwood, AR 72936; 479-651-3597; arkansasfurtrappers@gmail.com President — Brad McDaniel; 479-651-3597 Vice President — Greg Griffith; 479-774-1434 Secretary/Treasurer — Mark Alexander; 479-310-0692; arkansasfurtrappers@gmail.com General Organizer — Donald Wilcox; 479-997-8559 Membership … [Read More]
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Arkansas Trappers Association August 2014 Report
www.arkansastrappers.org President — Aaron Hitchcock, 9331 Sister Lane, Mulberry, AR 72947; 479-997-5361; AHITCH81@YAHOO.COM Vice President — Charlie Bass, 6755 Bethesda Lane, Batesville, AR 72501; 870-698-1154; trapper38@hotmail.com Secretary/Treasurer — Gary Gray, PO Box 493, Arkadelphia, AR 71923; 870-403-2469; secretary@arkansastrappers.org NTA … [Read More]
How to Prepare Your Traps
This is an excerpt from the article “There Is No Offseason” which appeared in the August 2014 Trapper & Predator Caller issue. By Dave Morelli If your traps are a ball of mud at the end of the season like mine, they … [Read More]
Fur Market Report: The Fur Market Bubble Has Burst
Some experts say the steep drop in average prices from 2013 to 2014 was unprecedented By Serge Lariviére This is an excerpt from Trapper & Predator Caller‘s August 2014 Fur Market Report. The perfect storm has now hit in full … [Read More]
School Days: Michigan Boy Enjoys Targeting ’Rats
He hopes to catch raccoons, weasels, muskrats, squirrels, coyotes and more this season My name is Travis Foos. I started trapping four years ago. I attended a trapper’s convention in Hermansville, Mich., where they gave me a weasel box. I … [Read More]
Editor’s Call: A Little Elbow Room
Falling fur prices are a bummer, but there’s some positive news By Jim Spencer It’s just my opinion, but the recent downward adjustment in fur prices isn’t altogether a bad thing. Sure, it’s nice to sell green raccoons for … [Read More]
Lumberjack Uses Logging Machine to Free Bear’s Head From Milk Can
A Wisconsin logger used his forwarder to pull a milk can off of the head of a black bear. The bear was struggling to free itself from the milk can in a cornfield when the video began. The man was able … [Read More]
Results in From FHA’s Final Fur Sale of 2014
Fur Harvesters Auction held their final sale of 2014 on Saturday, June 21. The auction results are below:
Fisher Spotted in NYC Is First Seen There in Modern Times
A fisher has been seen roaming the streets of the Bronx in recent weeks. It is the first fisher seen in New York City in modern times, according to the New York Times. “At dawn on April 15, a city police … [Read More]
How to Trap Turtles
This is an excerpt from the article “Summer Serpentinas” which appeared in the June-July 2014 Trapper & Predator Caller issue. Turtle trappers rely on luring the animals to food, so to catch them you need to know where they feed and … [Read More]
