Trapping Convention Season Nears

The FTA Convention hits Pennsylvania and the NTA Convention Visits Upper Michigan   By Jared Blohm Winter held on as long as it could, but we’re finally seeing signs of summer. And that means we’re closing in on convention season … [Read More]

Edmonton Newspaper Takes a Deep Look Into Tradition of Trapping

Gordy Klassen, the president of the Alberta Trappers’ Association, is prominantly featured in a compelling Edmonton Journal story on the culture of trapping. “This isn’t a job that everyone can do,” Klassen said in the story. “It takes a lot of skills. … [Read More]

The Best Sets for Trapping Wolves

Trapper & Predator Caller Field Editor Serge Lariviére interviews expert wolf trapper Gordy Klassen about the sets he uses when wolf trapping. [Read More]

Scientists: Red Foxes Use Magnetic Field to Help Them Hunt

A Discovery Channel video shows how red foxes pinpoint field mice buried deep beneath snow using their incredible hearing and the magnetic field of the North Pole. “He almost always comes up empty handed, unless he’s facing north,” the narrator … [Read More]

T&PC Reader Traps 51-Pound Raccoon

In his November 2013 Furbearer Behavior column, Trapper & Predator Caller Field Editor Serge Lariviére asked T&PC readers to send him photos and info on raccoons they’ve trapped that weighed more than 40 pounds. The largest raccoon Lariviére received a photo … [Read More]

Prepare Your Furbearers Using The Mountain Man Cookbook

The Mountain Man Cookbook —The How-To Recipe Guide for Preparing, Cooking and Eating Raccoons, Muskrats, Beavers and Other Unconventional Wild Game has hit bookshelves. The Mountain Man Cookbook is the ultimate compilation of wild game recipes from readers of Trapper … [Read More]

Photographer Captures Image of Mountain Lion in Front of L.A. Skyline

It took a National Geographic photographer a year to capture a stunning photograph of a mountain lion in front of the Los Angeles skyline at night. You can see the photo HERE. Steve Winter photographed the cougar known as P-22 in … [Read More]