Trapping Today

Pat Connelly and I talk about trapping bans, crazy laws, education and outreach, trapper recruitment and more. Enjoy! Support our Sponsors:Kaatz Bros. LuresOnXMaps (use code 'TRAP' for 20% off!)Moyle Mink & Tannery

Pat from Massachusetts started his ADC business and his fur trapping adventures at pretty much the same time. You may remember Pat from Episode 115 of the podcast back in February 2020. In this episode we catch up and see how Pat's trapline and ADC business have progressed. Support our Sponsors:Kaatz Bros. LuresOnXMapsMoyle Mink & Tannery

In the third and final part of my interview with Jim Comstock we talk about many of the varied types of trapping where cage traps can be useful. We discuss animal damage control work, under ice beaver with cages, and even some limited coyote cage trapping. Enjoy! Support our Sponsors:Kaatz Bros. LuresOnXMaps (use code 'TRAP' for 20% off)Moyle Mink & Tannery Check out Jim's website, Comstock Custom Cage or contact him: info@comstockcustomcage.com (phone 518-792-2371). Kaatz Bros. has a limited supply of TS-85's in stock and ready to ship. Get 'em before they're gone!!!

In this episode Jim Comstock talks about different cage trap design considerations, what works and what doesn't, and more. Enjoy! Support our sponsors:Kaatz Bros. LuresOnXMapsMoyle Mink & Tannery Check out the specials and closeout deals from Kaatz Bros!

In this episode I talk with Jim Comstock about how he got started trapping, his experiences with Johnny Thorpe, trapping out of state and designing cage traps. Enjoy! Support our Sponsors:Kaatz Bros. LuresOnXMaps (use code 'TRAP' for 20% off)Moyle Mink & Tannery Contact Jim and check out his cage traps:Comstock Custom Cageemail: info@comstockcustomcage.comphone: 518-792-2371

In this episode I talk with Cole Porter about bear trapping in Maine. Enjoy! Support our sponsors:Kaatz Bros. LuresOnXMaps (use code 'TRAP' for 20% off)Moyle Mink & Tannery

In this episode of the Trapping Today Podcast we talk with Cole Porter about his involvement with the Maine Trappers Association and how we as trappers can get involved to support and promote trapping within our associations. Support our Sponsors:Kaatz Bros. LuresOnXMaps (use code 'TRAP' for 20% off!)Moyle Mink & Tannery Get lure, shirts, mugs and more at the Trapping Today Store!

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In this episode we hear from Georgia trapper Kirk DeKalb on his discovery of the impact positive and negative ions and the Earth's magnetic field may be having on the way animals react to specific sets. Enjoy! Support our Sponsors:Kaatz Bros. LuresOnXMapsMoyle Mink & Tannery Check out Kirk's book here. Browse the Trapping Today Store. Kaatz Bros. are now manufacturing trap setters for the TS-85.

Guide, bait, bump, dive and tangle. The trapline requires all kinds of sticks. In this episode I discuss the various use of sticks in trapping, and my experience with each. Enjoy! Support our Sponsors:Kaatz Bros. LuresOnXMaps (use code 'TRAP' for 20% off)Moyle Mink & Tannery Check out the new TS-85 setters and sign up for the newsletter at Kaatzbros.com!

In this week's episode, Bruce Fournier joins me in the fur shed to talk about his background trapping in Connecticut, and his recent beaver trapping in northern Maine. Enjoy! Support our Sponsors:Kaatz Bros. LuresOnXMaps (use code 'TRAP' for 20% off)Moyle Mink & Tannery Check out the new setters for the TS-85 beaver trap!

Billy Thompson and I talk spring beaver trapping, marketing fur, the Irbis snowmobile and more on this week's episode. Enjoy! Support our Sponsors:Kaatz Bros. LuresOnXMaps (use code 'TRAP' for 20% off)Moyle Mink & Tannery Kaatz Bros. have come out with a pair of custom made setters for the TS-85 trap! Check em out here. Visit the Trapping Today Store for your TT mugs, t-shirts, tanned furs, lure and more!

In this episode, Billy Thompson and I talk spring beaver trapping in northern Maine. Enjoy! Support our Sponsors:Kaatz Bros. LuresOnXMaps (use code 'TRAP' for 20% off)Moyle Mink & Tannery Check out the new TS-85 trap setters from Kaatz Bros!

My short spring beaver trap line is starting to wrap up, and I thought I'd share some thoughts and observations. Support our Sponsors:Kaatz Bros LuresOnXMaps (use code 'TRAP' for 20% off)Moyle Mink & Tannery After many requests, Kaatz Bros. have developed a setting tool for the TS-85! Click here for more!

In this episode Jeff Traynor of Furbearer Conservation and I have a timely discussion around how we as trappers advocate for what we do and the actions we can take to help prevent trapping bans and promote trapping as part of responsible wildlife management. We talk about recent attempts to ban trapping, arguing on social media, letters to the editor, showing up at legislative hearings, talking to your representatives, and overall, communicating what we do to an otherwise uninformed public. Support our Sponsors:Kaatz Bros. LuresOnXMaps (use code 'TRAP' for 20% off)Moyle Mink & Tannery Find Jeff at Furbearer Conservation Kaatz Bros is still buying glands, castor and skunk essence! Trapping Today mugs are back in stock!

In this episode we talk spring beaver trapping plans, the latest goings on around here, and get into foothold trap options for open water beaver trapping. Support our Sponsors:Kaatz Bros. LuresOnXMaps (use code 'TRAP' for 20% off)Moyle Mink & TanneryTrapping Today Store Kaatz Bros. is buying glands, skunk essence and beaver castor. Click here for more info! Mentioned in this episode:Bridger #5 CDR / WCS Pro 7.5MB-750TS-85No-BS Beaver Extreme

Jeff Traynor and I talk about how he started the "Live Free and Trap" blog, and how that morphed over time into Furbearer Conservation. We talk about dealing with the anti-trapping crowd and a focus on scientific wildlife management. Enjoy! Support our Sponsors:Kaatz Bros. LuresOnXMaps (use code 'TRAP' for 20% off!)Moyle Mink & Tannery Check out Furbearer ConservationGet your Trapping Today coffee mug!Kaatz Bros are in the market for glands, essence and castor!

In this episode I chat with Jeff Traynor from Furbearer Conservation (www.furbearerconservation.com). We talk about his background in New Hampshire, the "Live Free and Trap" blog, his animal damage control business, and public perceptions on trapping. Enjoy! Support our SponsorsKaatz Bros. LuresOnXMaps (use code 'TRAP' for 20% off!)Moyle Mink & Tannery Kaatz Bros. are in the market for glands, beaver castor and skunk essence!

We've talked a lot on here about fur prices and recent trends, but I've never really gone into detail on the broad economic factors impacting the fur market. This episode represents the first real deep dive I've attempted to better understand where we might be headed in the coming years. From the strength of the U.S. Dollar and the price of crude oil, to GDP growth in China and Russia, combined with the global supply of ranched fur, we go macro on this one. Support our Sponsors:Kaatz Bros. LuresOnXMaps (be sure to use the code 'TRAP' at onxmaps.com for 20% off your purchase!!)Moyle Mink & Tannery Kaatz Bros. is aggressively buying glands, beaver castor and skunk essence! Check out the Trapping Today Store for shirts, books, lure and tanned furs!

The bounce from rock bottom fur prices may be in its beginning stages, and as economies around the world begin to reopen and economic activity picks up, the backdrop of low inventories and increased fur demand should be good for prices. In this episode I take a look at some of the recent fur market news and specific prices for furbearers paid at recent auctions. Stay tuned for an upcoming episode on the macro-state of the fur market and what we might expect in the years to come. Support our Sponsors:Kaatz Bros. LuresOnXMaps (use code 'TRAP' for 20% off)Moyle Mink & Tannery Mentioned in this episode:Jeremiah Wood talks trapping on the "Maine Outdoors" Radio ShowNew book "A Fall Fur Hunt in Maine"My tanned fur for salePat's MB-750 Article Kaatz Bros. Lures is buying glands, castor and skunk essence!