The Outdoorsmen Magazine » Trapping
Many trappers have caught by design or accidentally a few mink, raccoon or fox in a single season. But try catching 100-200 mink, 100 coyote or 500 or more raccoon in a single season, or even half those numbers. It can be done, because there still are a few trappers in the upper Midwest and elsewhere who consistently break those figures season after season. Needless to say, these are good trappers. Trappers who fall into … Read entire article »
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I learned at an early age that properly handled fur was worth more money. I was at a new fur buyer that I had never dealt with. When I walked into his building there was another trapper there selling muskrat. He was dumping frozen blocks of rats out of 5 gallon buckets. There were these frozen muskrat blocks all over with tails, noses and feet sticking out here and there. I heard the buyer … Read entire article »
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Furbearers include all mammals, all of which by definition possess some from of hair. Typically biologists use the term to identify mammal species that have traditionally been trapped or hunted primarily for their fur. South Dakota furbearers are a diverse group, including both carnivores (meat eating predators) such as fox, bobcat, mink, raccoon, coyote, river otter, skunk, badger, pine martin, opossum, and rodents (gnawing mammals) such as muskrat, and beaver. Most furbearers possess two layers … Read entire article »
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Mink Trapping Memories After 52 years of mink trapping and over 3,000 mink trapped in that span of time, I have had my share of memories, and I would like to share a few of them with you. I have been fortunate to have the ability to have put up those numbers and the guidance of a couple of very good trappers in my early youth days. I have had several years where I have trapped … Read entire article »
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If you were a trapper 40-50 years ago in South Dakota, you would only need to travel to the next small town to sell your fur. It seems that fur buyers were in just about every town where there were trappers. Today only a handful of country fur buyers do business in South Dakota, and most of them travel from one town to another to buy fur. With fewer fur local market outlets, many trappers … Read entire article »
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A good old dirt hole set has without doubt caught more fox and coyote in the history of trapping than any other type of set. Most trappers target Red and Grey fox and coyote with the dirt hole set, but many other critters such as mink, raccoon, badger, skunks and others are also taken with this set. Most trappers have their favorite sets to catch fox and coyote, but the dirt hole set is still … Read entire article »
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There is a great deal more to successful coyote trapping than just knowing how to put a trap in the ground. Knowledge, hard work, preparation, and trap line management skill are just a few of the essential ingredients for successful trapping. Knowing how to read the terrain and making sets in good locations can take you so far. After that the trapper needs to make good sets using good attractors. The presentation of one or … Read entire article »
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