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What signs should a fox trapper look for to tell if any fox are around in the area? To start off with tracks are the prime indicator, and there’s no finer time to scout than after a fresh snowfall. Look for tracks along weedy fences or tree lines. Bushy draws and wood lots are likely [...]
Catching snapping turtles during the summer is a tradition in many areas of the United States. Unlike fish, which may grow lethargic, turtles become most active during the hottest season of the year. You will find late June through the dog days of summer to be most productive. In early summer, a few weeks of [...]
Tracks in the snow will tell you where to make your sets. If it is legal in your state to set #220 Conibears on land, bobcats and red foxes can be taken in them. Set them in cubbies and holes in the ground where you can protect them from the snow. Large, fresh bait of [...]
Although the average fisher is not very wary when it comes to traps, they are far from stupid. There is however no need to worry about human scent at fisher sets, and some fisher may be caught in uncovered traps. Another common misconception about fisher is that they are fierce. Fisher found live in traps [...]
Back in the 1970s, West Virginia and New Hampshire made an exchange. The mountain state needed fishers, and the granite state was determined to reintroduce the extirpated wild turkey. In the 1980s, Connecticut made another contract through the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department where New Hampshire trappers were paid for securing live, healthy fisher [...]
Accessibility of coyote trapping information is a good thing, but a coyote trapper, especially a greenhorn trapper, may have a grueling time sorting through all the different and sometimes differing ideas. It is easy to dedicate too much time and energy to trying new things when you need to be concentrating in stead on catching [...]
