Great news for trappers in Montana and across the country! An anti-trapping group in Montana has failed to get enough signatures to put an anti-trapping initiative up for a vote in the November election. The initiative proposed a ban on … [Read More]
Trap Line Blog
Trapper Helps Educate Non-Trappers About What We Do
The opening line of a Stewart Houston Times story from today says it all: Most folks might think trapping is a thing of the distant past, a part of wilderness lore from when Europeans were making their earliest inroads on … [Read More]
Illegal Raccoons the Least of the Worries for These Alleged Poachers
Officers discovered 30 illegal untanned raccoon hides and carcasses in the freezers of a rural Pulaski County, Indiana home Sunday, according to a Northwest Indiana Post-Tribune story. But the owners of the home might be a little more concerned about … [Read More]
Trappers Must Hang Together
While market is down, we have to support the trade so we’re ready when it bounces back.
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“North American Trapper” Debuts Tonight!
Trappers, you’ll want to make sure you get control of the remote control tonight. “F&T’s North American Trapper,” television’s first all-trapping show, debuts at 6 p.m. EST. The show, which is hosted by Alan Probst of “All Outdoors With Alan … [Read More]
Cougar Caught on Upper Michigan Trail Camera
“How come no one gets pictures of mountain lions on trail cameras if they’re here?”It’s a question that many ask when questioning the accounts of people who claim to have seen cougars in the wild where the big cats are … [Read More]
Fur Market Could Develop Slowly
It’s just a gut feeling, says Parker Dozhier, but this season is looking a lot like last year’s.
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Oil Cleanup Delays Spill Into Trapper’s Business
James Dean, a Florida animal damage control trapper, thought he was going to the Gulf Coast to help with the BP oil spill cleanup. Instead, he’s on the other side of the state fishing. The frustrated trapper has been waiting … [Read More]
Man Says He Lured in Bigfoot While Coyote Hunting
A man in rural North Carolina says a bigfoot came in to his coyote calling. The self-described “mountain man” says the bigfoot tried to get his dog, but the man “rough-talked” the bigfoot and scared it away with a big … [Read More]
Mountain Lion Attacks Man in Arizona
It sure seems like there have been a lot of predator attacks on humans in the last handful of months and we’ve got one more to add to the list. A man in Arizona was attacked by a mountain lion … [Read More]
