Get your shopping list ready, because the year’s largest gathering of trappers and trapping-related equipment is right around the corner.
The 48th annual National Trappers Association convention is set for Aug. 2 to 5 at the Elkhart County Fairgrounds in Goshen, Ind.
As usual, NTA convention coordinators have scheduled a slate of demonstrations by top trappers from throughout North America.
THURSDAY
9:00 Tom Larson – Coyote
**10:00 Clint Locklear – Cats
11:00 Jeff Squires – Modifications, Tips & Tricks/K-9s & Cats
12:00 Tim Kressel – Water Trapping
1:00 Matt Jones – Coon
**2:00 Pete Askins – Mink
3:00 Neil Bock – Snaring
4:00 Mark June – Coyotes
5:00 Rally Hess – Building Snares & Snaring Beaver
FRIDAY
9:00 Paul Dobbins – Open Water Beaver
**10:00 Bob Jameson – Cats
11:00 “Red” O’Hearn – Coon
12:00 FHA
1:00 Steve Wood – Cats
**2:00 Hal Sullivan – Beaver & Otter
3:00 Ryan Ruhl – Trap Modifications & Adjustments
4:00 Carroll Black – Lure Making & Setting up Canoe for River Line
5:00 Spencer & Schmitt – Mink Discussion & Methods
SATURDAY
9:00 Gary Armstrong – Coon
**10:00 Johnny Thorpe – Trap-Shy Fox & Coyote
11:00 Tom Olson – Open-Water Beaver
12:00 NAFA – Auction Grading Raw & Dressed Furs
1:00 Newt Sterling – Snaring
**2:00 Ron Leggett – Canines
3:00 Scott Parks – Visual Attractors, Scents & Gland Collecting
4:00 Jim Halseth – Cats
5:00 Claudie Taylor – Otter
**NTA Members ONLY
A large benefit auction, dinner, dance, trap-setting contests and numerous other activities are planned. Camping and tailgating space is still available.
Remember to stop at The Trapper & Predator Caller booth to sign up for special prize drawings.
An inside dealer list follows:
Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies
Back Country Decals
Barker’s Trapline Tools
Bethell Wildlife
Big Country Lures
Blose Hollow Trading Post
Blue Valley Trap Supply
CDR Trap Company
Coon Creek Trapping Supply
Crit’r Call
Critter Skinner
Cumberland Northwest Trappers
Dan’s Collectibles
Dobbins Products
Double R Traps
Dream Catchers
Duffer’s
Duke Trap Company
Dunn Knives
Epler Fur
FBU
F & T FurHarvesters Trading Post
Frank’s Korner
FTA Ch. 7B
Fur-Fish-Game
Fur Harvesters Auction, Inc
FurTakers of America
Hoosier Trapper Supply
Hutton Valley School of Taxidermy
Illinois Trappers Association
Indiana DNR
Iowa CVB
Iowa Trappers Association
J & T Enterprises
Jameson’s Ultra Blend
JC Conner
JDW Modifications
Joe Goodman Prints
JR & Sons
Kaatz Brothers Lures
Ken’s Furs
King’s Custom Knives
Larry A Finch Trap Tags
Lord’s Diversified Inc
Louisiana Trappers & Alligator Hunters
M & M Furs
Mark June’s Lures Inc
Minnesota Trapline Products
Mississippi Trappers Association
Missouri Trappers Association
Montgomery Fur Co.
Moyle Mink & Tannery
NAFA
Night Owl Lures
North American Trapper
Northern Sport
NTA
NWCOA
Oneida Victor
Otter Creek Lures
Ozark Mountain Taxidermy
PDK Snares
PM Furs
R & G Enterprises
R & M Lures
Rally Snares
Richard Musto
Rodgers Hide
Schmitt Enterprises Inc
Smokey Red’s Snare Supply
Snare One
Snare Shop
Sterling Fur
Sullivan’s Scents & Lures
Tennessee Fur Harvesters Association
Tennessee Free Trappers Association
TNT Trapping Supply
Top Dog
The Trapper & Predator Caller
Traders of the Bighorn
Trap & Trail Magazine
Traps 4 Kids
Trapper Arts
USA Foxx & Furs
Wacha’s Wildlife Art
Wisconsin Trappers Association
Zumbro River Brand