The second season of Yukon Men begins this Friday on the Discovery Channel. The first season of the reality television show featuring the residents of a small village in Alaska was popular among Trapper & Predator Caller readers because it … [Read More]
Trap Line Blog
Video: Sea Otter Dunks Basketballs
Here’s something you don’t see every day: A basketball-dunking sea otter. Eddie, a 15-year-old otter who lives in the Oregon Zoo in Portland, was trained by the zoo’s lead sea otter keeper, Jenny DeGroot, to play basketball in order to help alleviate … [Read More]
School Days: It’s a Family Affair
Jacob King, Dadeville, Mo. Missouri boy traps with his father and brother When I was 8 years old and my brother was 4 years old, my dad got us into trapping. I learned that trapping is a good way to … [Read More]
Groups Sue to Stop Wolf Hunting and Trapping in the Midwest
A group of animal rights organizations has teamed up to file a lawsuit in an attempt to bring back federal protections for gray wolves in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan. Wolf hunting and trapping seasons opened in Wisconsin and Minnesota in 2012, … [Read More]
Fur Stars on New York Fashion Week Runways
There are few things I’m less qualified to blog about than fashion, but even with my extremely limited knowledge on the subject, I can recognize some good news for trappers and predator hunters when I see it. Fur has been … [Read More]
Pro-Trapping Petition on White House Website Counters Anti-Trapping Request
A trapper has created an online petition on the WhiteHouse.gov website to counter a petition created by anti-trappers who want to ban trapping. A poster using the handle L. River Raisin on the popular trapping forum Trapperman.com posted earlier this week … [Read More]
Raccoons Make Home at Top of 150-Foot Crane
A crane operator in Ballard, Wash., found unexpected visitors when he climbed up to the cab of his 150-foot tower crane earlier this week — two raccoons. The construction company called an animal damage control business in to trap the … [Read More]
Video: Raccoons Attack Coyote
Raccoons can be pretty ornery, but something really got under the skin of the two ‘coons that decided to take on a coyote in this trail cam video. The video comes from Full Draw Hunt’s Facebook page. “A good … [Read More]
Wolverine Protection Would Lead to New Trapping Restrictions
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that they are considering classifying the wolverine as a threatened species in the lower 48 states of the United States under the Endangered Species Act. “Extensive climate modeling indicates that the wolverine’s … [Read More]
Wolf Killed in Kansas Is First Documented in State Since 1905
Coyote hunters shot an animal in northwest Kansas this December that they later believed was too large to be a coyote. It turns out they were right. Following tissue testing, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has confirmed that the … [Read More]
