Thread: trapping

I always here that there are alot of red fox in your neck of the woods Pa.

right now i think peta is whats really hurting us there gettign famous people to ditch fur and thats creating less of a demand we need to get the message out that mother nature is a bitch to animals if there populations get to high iv seen the dieases that can star tto spread PETA needs to realize that a trappers gun or club is a lot more forgiving than mage or starvation. if we could get some good publisity toward wild furs i think the demand would pick back up

there are, there are also alot of greys and mountain coon , big mountain coon, i have one that im feeding out in my lower field and i bet hes every bit of 40 pounds

Originally Posted by Deerhunter1995

5 yrs ago i was only 10 so i was still learnign how to squrill hunt lol

nice to see ya getting an early start!! Your dad or uncle showing you the ropes?? Trapping is like Christmas every morning!

im actually teachign myself i live with my uncle but he dont trapp so i have been teaching myself with the help of one of my uncles friend that has been trappign for 40 + years , he showed me his 1983 sales slip and it said 7,000 for 10 coon, 7 red, 5 greys, 4 muskrat, and a few others thats how i knew about the prices being so low now

Im learnign how to trapp the same way im learnign how to use a stright trial and error and talk to who will ever give me a tip or two.

Straights and trapping kinda go together, not to many folks doing it like they use to.But they sure are fun!!! You should think about joining the Penn. Trappers Assoc. they have Fall round up and they have all kinds of demos put on buy expert trappers, you will learn something there for sure, plus you can get some equipment and luers.

what all do you trap, and what for trap do you consider the most reliable. me im after fox and coon, and i only have one type of trap for now duke 1.5 coil springs and they seem deadly on ground hog at the farm i work at.

A 1.5 coil is great for fox and coon, up here in New Hampshire we can put a 160 conibear on the ground ,in a cubbie or bucket for coon, You will have to check with fish & game to see what the biggest conibear you can put on the ground in your state. Up here i trap about 40-50 beaver,we have a limit of 10 otter and 5 fisher not alot of mink but then again i only put out about 10 mink sets and maybe catch 5 and i might go after the muskrats a little more this Nov. Iam mostly a water trapper, and cant forget some coons too, and some white ermine.

Ive never used a conibear before, im on top of a mountain so only use land foot holds but by next year i will have more trapps and maby some drowning sets