How to use materials found in nature to enhance your sets. By Cary Rideout / Photo by Lorain Ebbett-Rideout For some reason we trappers like to mess with nature hoping to improve on things. How many times have you decided … [Read More]
Author Archives: Trapper Predator Caller Staff
Farm Country Bobcats
As bobcat populations increase, these predators are moving into agricultural areas for their next easy meal. Here’s how to catch them. BY JOHN MURRAY Across much of the United States, visual sightings of bobcat have dramatically increased. People are seeing, … [Read More]
New Michigan Out of Doors Episode Features Trapping Segments
Our good friend John Chagnon, of PCS Outdoors, is featured on this week’s episode of Michigan Out of Doors Television. The episode features an elk hunt and two segments on Michigan trappers, including footage of catches of foxes, coyotes, beavers, raccoons … [Read More]
School Days: Persistent Trapper Finds Success
Behind a never-give-up attitude, this West Virginia boy trapped raccoons and muskrats My name is Ben Smith. This is my first year of trapping. I live on a working cattle farm in Jackson County, W. Va., where we grow … [Read More]
Fur Market Report: Selling Season About to Start
This is an excerpt from Trapper & Predator Caller’s January 2015 Fur Market Report. By Serge Lariviére No large international sales have occurred for this new selling season yet, and honestly, although most folks in the industry hope for some … [Read More]
Editor’s Call: Passion for Trapping
Few outdoorsmen are more dedicated than trappers By Jim Spencer What is it about trapping that brings out such dedication? Few deer hunters are as passionate and dedicated as the average trapper. Likewise, few turkey and waterfowl hunters are … [Read More]
