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Other Activities => Trapping => Topic started by: littlebuf on August 06, 2009, 07:20:28 PM

Title: trapping books
Post by: littlebuf on August 06, 2009, 07:20:28 PM: a friend lent me this one as well as a old fish and game trapping text book from when he took the class, would like to hear about other good books on the subject. im trying to learn as much as i can
Title: Re: trapping books
Post by: Kain on August 06, 2009, 07:24:14 PM: I posted this on the other thread but this is the Home study manual for Washington. Lots of good info on animals, conservation, and trapping.

http://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/huntered/trapper_education_manual.pdf
Title: Re: trapping books
Post by: Kain on August 20, 2009, 12:52:48 PM: Not a book but a "how to" make a Washington legal muskrat trap. (I think its legal)

http://www.trapperman.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/243644/Colony_Trap_Building_a_Floatin#Post243644
Title: Re: trapping books
Post by: Machias on August 20, 2009, 01:08:38 PM: Yes, it's legal.

A great book for new trappers is "Trapping North American Furbearers" by S. Stanly Hawbecker. Fur-Fish-Game is a great magazine for new and old trappers alike and they have a section in there with some great trapping books.
Title: Re: trapping books
Post by: Da stump on August 20, 2009, 01:15:26 PM: I like the "trapper and predator caller" it is a great mag. Keep in mind that most of what we do in Washington state anymore is live trapping. I was a control trapper in king co for about 10 years and have trapped a lot of animals in live traps. The big drawback is cost and i really love to be able to use coils, long springs, and snares. :'(
Title: Re: trapping books
Post by: Machias on August 20, 2009, 01:17:48 PM: That is true, but alot of trapping books, even though they show leghold and snare sets, are still good for new trappers because they discuss location, target animal habits, scent control and other very valuable information.
Title: Re: trapping books
Post by: rasbo on August 20, 2009, 01:23:00 PM: I like the "trapper and predator caller" it is a great mag

me to on that.I will reup my wsta mebership sat..
Title: Re: trapping books
Post by: Hannibal on August 20, 2009, 02:41:45 PM: Here is a good link to Learn about the Target Animal....Habits and "Other"

I think it is very important to know more about the animal then the trap.......

http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/collections/mammalogy/mamwash/mamwash.html (http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/collections/mammalogy/mamwash/mamwash.html)
Title: Re: trapping books
Post by: Da stump on August 20, 2009, 09:51:53 PM: Years ago when i just hunted, fished, panned for gold, and hiked the back country i thought i new what was happening around me. Then I became a trapper under a friends guidance and learned that i didn't understand half of what was happening around me.
It really opens your eyes and passing a stream or old skidder trail will never be the same. :)
Title: Re: trapping books
Post by: timber tiger on November 06, 2009, 05:06:18 AM: Quote from: Machias on August 20, 2009, 01:08:38 PM
Yes, it's legal.

A great book for new trappers is "Trapping North American Furbearers" by S. Stanly Hawbecker. Fur-Fish-Game is a great magazine for new and old trappers alike and they have a section in there with some great trapping books.
+1
Title: Re: trapping books
Post by: dayn on December 30, 2011, 08:35:33 PM: Quote from: Kain on August 20, 2009, 12:52:48 PM
Not a book but a "how to" make a Washington legal muskrat trap. (I think its legal)

http://www.trapperman.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/243644/Colony_Trap_Building_a_Floatin#Post243644

Has anybody tried one of these floating colonies? Do they work?
Title: Re: trapping books
Post by: Humptulips on December 30, 2011, 11:23:05 PM: Quote from: dayn on December 30, 2011, 08:35:33 PM
Quote from: Kain on August 20, 2009, 12:52:48 PM
Not a book but a "how to" make a Washington legal muskrat trap. (I think its legal)

http://www.trapperman.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/243644/Colony_Trap_Building_a_Floatin#Post243644

Has anybody tried one of these floating colonies? Do they work?

Bob Maier and Fatslinger would be good ones to ask what they thought of them. I know they both have them, at least one anyway.
Title: Re: trapping books
Post by: bob maier on December 31, 2011, 11:21:35 AM: The floating colony traps work but have disadvantages. they take time and money to make(costly), biggest disadvantage is weight and bulk. Work best in ponds and backwaters. Also highly visible so thieft could be a problem. I gave all of mine away. But if you want to make some give them a try and see how you like them.
Title: Re: trapping books
Post by: Sno-King on January 02, 2012, 08:07:35 AM: A few more floats to look at.
http://jayme220.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=archive&thread=21&page=1
Title: Re: trapping books
Post by: Hannibal on January 02, 2012, 06:00:15 PM: floating colony traps work best after the ice off,,,,,,,,,,,,,,!