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littlebuf:
i brought it up so i should probably post.

to you experianced trappers out there, any advice on a good start to trapping. I.E- good number of traps to start with, what types, good suppliers and any little items youve found indespencable on the trap line. explain like your talking to a noob, cuz ya are  :chuckle:

Kain:
And pictures please.   :chuckle:

tlbradford:
Here is a good tip that is common sense, but often missed by beginners.  Buy two sizes of traps.  Then you can put the smaller one in the larger when transporting to a new line.  It is a space saver.

Machias:
First thing I would recommend is buying S. Stanley Hawbecker's book titled "Trapping North American Furbearers"  It's all about legholds, but the description of the sets, the animal habits and their habitats and fur handling are golden.  Since you live in this POS State you don't really get to run a proper trapline, but we have to make the best of what we can.  You can actually make decent money doing nuisance work, but we could fill a whole section just on that subject alone.  One thing about trapping now is it is sooo darn expensive compared to the old days.  I would target coons, skunks, badgers, martins and Roberts.  Safeguard traps are probably some of the best on the market.  Alot of the professional NWCO use Safeguard traps.  I would HIGHLY recommend you check out www.trapperman.com probably the best trapping resource going.  There is a fella on there that has turned cage trapping for bobcats into a science and he sells some really good traps for bobcats.  If you want to run very much of a line you'll do well to have a game cart to haul these cage traps around.  One problem that has plagued trappers since the first steel trap was layed is Johnny Sneekums stealing your traps, well now it really hurts when you have a $75-$100 trap stolen along with a $250-$300 bobcat that was inside.  Get some good scents, some decent traps of various sizes and have some fun.

WAPITIHUNTER:
Usually start with an apple box and a stick to hold up one end and a long piece of string tied to the stick to pull on and catch the wabbit. :sas: :lol4:

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