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ratherhunt:
I trapped allot in the 70's and early 80's Beaver, muskrat, raccoon,mink, otter and a few coyotes when you could use leg holds  and I sold my furs to Goldbergs in Seattle so I will be watching this thread also.

Cylvertip:
This is from a post I had on "Wild About Trapping"  on the Trap Line Forum - subject was  - Carrying it all.

This is what I use for my water based activities. There is probably enough room for some land base supplies too.


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I use the Cabala's Bird Belt. It's made for pheasant hunting but works great for carrying all the essentials. It has two side pouches with shell loops and a rear bag. The side pouches are divided which helps keep things organized. I am mainly trapping for beaver, and the rear bag works great for carrying killer trap tongs and also a pair of fiskar loppers. I modify the shell loops in the left side pocket to allow them to hold linesmans pliers, fiskars sliding saw, and a multi-bit screw driver. I also carry some extra wire in the outside pocket on this side. On the right, trap tags go in the loops, a large craftsman handycutter goes in the large pocket , with scent bottles and drag rope in the outside pocket.

As a side note, an aw some tool for digging out sets, tearing out dams, clearing trails, and use as a wading staff is the V&B 36" Handy Mattock Tiller. It's a good attitude adjuster as well.




Here's a note from the same site on waders and another blurb about the mattock - tiller.



I used to wear hip boots, but wanted a little more "clearance". I have been using the Cabela's Dry Plus waist high waders for the last two seasons. They are very durable, holding up to everything but barbed wire, but what does. They are easy to repair if you need to. They have the "tractor tread" and work just fine. I am hot blooded so I wanted something that I would not melt in. I still sweat in these but they are much more comfortable in the summer than neoprene for sure. I have never gotten cold in these since I'm moving quite a bit, even in rivers that are glacier run off. I'm 6-1 and can pull these all the way up to mid chest if needed, but they usually run just above my waist.

For a wading staff, I just posted a note on another thread about the V&B handy mattock tiller - the 36". It has multiple uses and will keep you from going in too deep ( as long as you remember to use it before taking that next step...... kurplunck). The handle floats - hickory - but the head will stay on the bottom. If you drop it in 3' of water or less, you can find it easy enough. I add a lanyard to make sure it doesn't wash away from me when tearing out a dam. It works great for climbing up steep banks if you use it Ice Axe style - this has saved me more than once when dams that I was tearing out completely failed and became big moving walls of death.


Best advice I've got though, is find some one that has done it for a while in your area and tag along on a couple of days runs.  The problem these days is that there are a lot fewer trappers than there used to be.   There are so many little tricks and tips that are difficult to relate on-line that you will pick up from a seasoned vet.  I had the fortune to be able to follow the old man since I was three up until just a few years before he went to the "Big Trapping Grounds" back in 03.  The seasoned vets  - most - got there knowledge from their predecessors and so on. 

I still read as much as I can too.

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