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Post by nightrider on Jun 14, 2010 19:25:15 GMT -5
I think it would be interesting to here how every one got started.
Me i got to become friends with a guy who was a trapper he was just starting out at the time,we trapped a few seasons together learning as we went.I went on my own,I really took a liking to it ,,we are still friends
and compete every season.
now its your turn.
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Post by fuzz269 on Jun 14, 2010 19:51:22 GMT -5
I always wanted to learn how to trap but other than snarrin a few bunneys and gettin rid of some problem squerrils I never had the chance as a kid. After I finaly bought my quarter and got moved on to it, the beavers kept damin the road and the coyotes got so bad that the deer were startin to get run out of the area. So I sighned up for a trappers Ed course and got licenced, now I am mad I waited so long, to get started.
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Post by boomhawr on Jun 14, 2010 20:51:06 GMT -5
Farming. Had critters to get rid of. My older brother, my cousin, and I found my uncles old traps in the shed, so he showed us how to use them. Just took off from there. J.r. high and High school, I worked staff at the boy scout winter camp mountainman program, and helped teach the little traping course we had there.
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Post by white316 on Jun 14, 2010 21:26:46 GMT -5
I was the kind of child that always wanted to be outdoors mom ma
could never get me inside,I am sure i fished every day that it wasn't raining,i seen mink -muskrat beaver foxes on my travels all the time.
In the fall i set snares for rabbits set #0 traps for weasel & squirrel.
I had a great childhood,My grandfather and uncle were trappers,however they didn't catch much they were still trappers,
When they told me a good marten could bring $ 160 fox $ 70 to 100
mink $ 30 to 50 etc.I wanted to catch some of these animals,
Marten could only be found in the northern ranges and i had no way to get there,,i seen mink in the stream that crosses threw the farm so i\d try my hand at them,,I am sure it took 2 months to catch my first mink.
i snared some foxes,trapped some beaver and i was hooked,
the next season i trapped mink i got 9 and kept getting better as the years went by,I bought a skidoo one fall for $ 90 and went north to trap
marten & fisher,I spent a few nights beside a fire and walked many miles
over skidoo break downs,but when i look back on it i say it was all good fun and i did make some money,If the trapping bug bites you theres no way to get rid of it ,,I know
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Post by Cam on Jun 14, 2010 21:44:11 GMT -5
Very interesting topic keep it going guys
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Post by boomhawr on Jun 15, 2010 10:20:40 GMT -5
Very interesting topic keep it going guys Well, post YOURS!! ;D |
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Post by Cam on Jun 15, 2010 19:39:26 GMT -5
Me and a friend out hunting rabbits & grouse seen a red fox running off he up and shoots.Fox runs a bit and falls over,
Texas heart shot him,He takes the fox to a local trapper to sell and gets 50 or 60 dollars,so i said i would like to catch some fox.
It all started there,I became a dirt hole trapper and got very good at it,when i learned that location was more important than the dirt hole its self i could regulary catch foxes
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Post by catmando1 on Jun 15, 2010 22:46:47 GMT -5
Love the location is everything remark Cam! So true!
When I was twelve, I seen some old traps in my grandpa's shed, and asked him about them. He said that my dad use to use them when he was a kid, and if I talked to dad to see if it was alright, that I could have some and try it. He said they were small and muskrats would be about all they would hold where we are at. I Rushed to the house and asked dad and he said he would show me how. So, I guess my Grandapa, and my Dad, were both trappers, and they got me on my way. I started trapping rats, possums, skunks, and a few coon. Even tried for mink and fox. I trapped for 5 seasons straight, but got side tracked with coon hunting and women! Oddly I never started trapping again until about 4yrs ago, with the exeption of one year I trapped a few coon behind the house I lived in.
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Post by basshunter on Jun 18, 2010 20:26:40 GMT -5
I started Trapping squirrels with a cardboard box when I was 4, My mother and father would laugh when I caught One,, It always got away when I lifted the box  There were no Trappers in my Family,,, I learned all my Trapping on my own with Trial and Error,, going on 27,28 years now,, Like Mr. White said,,, We just cant get away from it now its all I know for surrrrr........  |
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Post by mohawk on Jul 9, 2010 16:07:10 GMT -5
I got started by the encouragement of Catmando, who has known me for 20+ years and knew that it was something that would get my attention. He would talk about it and before I knew it I was buying 3 Herters #2 c.s. traps off of ebay. Then they were quickly accompanied by a doz Bridger 1.5 coilsprings. I wasn't sure about all of this until opening day of '08. I took off 1/2 day from work and went to setting steel. I quickly realized that this was a valuable way to become "one with nature" in a way that I have never experienced before. So here I am now, a hopeless addict, and I am dragging my any of my kids that will follow down with me! Sounds like an AA meeting eh?
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Post by catmando1 on Jul 20, 2010 21:32:59 GMT -5
Actually, Mohawk was a trapper LONG before he started exercising the art. HE JUST DIDN'T REALIZE IT YET!!!
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Post by mohawk on Jul 20, 2010 22:54:54 GMT -5
Actually, Mohawk was a trapper LONG before he started exercising the art. HE JUST DIDN'T REALIZE IT YET!!! Oh look! another use for hip boots!  |
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Post by catmando1 on Jul 21, 2010 17:30:58 GMT -5
That one took exactly a full 15 seconds to sink in Mo!!!!! (eeewwww!) LOL LOL LOL!  |
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Post by mohawk on Jul 21, 2010 22:38:49 GMT -5
LOL! Yeah, that did seem a little vague.
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Post by catmando1 on Jul 25, 2010 20:24:56 GMT -5
nope! i'm just dense!!!  |
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There were no Trappers in my Family,,, I learned all my Trapping on my own with Trial and Error,, going on 27,28 years now,, Like Mr. White said,,, We just cant get away from it now its all I know for surrrrr........ 
