This is an excerpt from Trapper & Predator Caller‘s June-July 2014 Fur Market Report. By Serge Lariviére Let’s face it: We are on a down wave in the fur market. On the radar? Expect further decline in pelt prices with … [Read More]
Trap Line Blog
Scout for Water When Hunting Desert Coyotes
By Ted Stotler The most important thing to remember when hunting desert coyotes is that before you hunt coyotes, you have to hunt water. Desert water sources are much fewer and farther between than in any other type of habitat. … [Read More]
Editor’s Call: One Big Ol’ Ennui-nie
Our executive editor has a case of the mid-summer blues By Jim Spencer I was dawdling around the house not long ago, feeling sweaty and out of sorts and getting nothing at all accomplished, when Jill accused me of … [Read More]
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]
Scouting a New Trapping Area? Map it Out.
This is an excerpt from Cary Rideout’s article “Always Be Scouting,” which appeared in the April-May 2014 Trapper & Predator Caller issue. By Cary Rideout Scouting is easier when you have a good set of area maps to check on … [Read More]
You Can’t Catch What Isn’t There
Choosing where to trap is important to a longliner’s success This is an excerpt from Serge Lariviére’s article “5 Lessons of the Longliner,” which appeared in the April-May 2014 Trapper & Predator Caller issue. By Serge Lariviére Some guys … [Read More]
Predator Hunting Tip: Mix Up Your Sounds
This is an excerpt from Jared Blohm’s article “Schooled,” which appeared in the April-May 2014 Trapper & Predator Caller issue. By Jared Blohm Although some predator hunters swear by sticking with one or two go-to sounds on each stand, Hunters … [Read More]
School Days: New Trapper Catches Giant ’Coon
Austin Meinerts, 16, South Dakota In his first season, a South Dakota boy catches a raccoon that weighs nearly 30 pounds My name is Austin Meinerts. I am 16 years old, and this was my first year actually trapping. … [Read More]
Editor’s Call: Market Adjustment
Fur prices have dropped, but it’s not the end of the world The 2013-14 trapping season hadn’t even started before the gloom-and-doomers started griping about fur prices falling off from last season’s astronomical highs. I won’t bore you with the … [Read More]
Trapping Is Canada’s Least Common Occupation
Only 455 Canadians listed hunting and trapping as their career in a survey conducted by Statistics Canada. It was the least common occupation in the country of 35 million people. “It’s taken us so many thousands of years to gain … [Read More]