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Advice
#6371534
11/11/18 09:49 PM
11/11/18 09:49 PM
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Joined: Feb 2016
Posts: 168 KY USA
Ray smith
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trapper
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OP
trapper
Joined: Feb 2016
Posts: 168
KY USA
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I don't know if there is already an article on this or not but just trying to spice up the forum a bit... so what is some advice you would give new trappers
Ray
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Re: Advice
[Re: Ray smith]
#6371644
11/12/18 01:12 AM
11/12/18 01:12 AM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 5,278 Lakeland,Minnesota
Bogmaster
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 5,278
Lakeland,Minnesota
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Learn everything you can,about the animals you are going after. Knowledge is the key to a good trapper. Tom
If my feet aren't wet,I must not be trapping. Tom Olson MTA life member#100,also WTA life member
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Re: Advice
[Re: Ray smith]
#6371946
11/12/18 12:57 PM
11/12/18 12:57 PM
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Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 711 Near state college, PA, God Bl...
trapre
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 711
Near state college, PA, God Bl...
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I couldn't give any trapping advice as I'm a beginner myself. But I would say, stay on/get on trapperman! I have had so many different people give me advice via this site!
Just a personal experience. I asked about bipods on here a month and a half ago and a trapper\predator hunter that lives 45 minutes from me contacted me and said he would give me one. I was near him one day and went and met him to pick it up. He showed me his fur shed and gave me so many tips and tricks. He offered to come up to my place and give me tips on locations and other stuff. In the meantime before he came up I asked about his fleshing beam. I planned to buy one off of F&T and wondered what size to get. Instead of giving me detentions he gave me a contact to a retired trapper 30 minutes away from me that makes beams. So I went over and bought a beam from him for $25 instead of $45. Then he came down and showed me baits, lures, we drove around the valley while he pointed out good locations, gave me tips on the fur shed and told me about "deer dust".
My point is, do not be afraid to ask questions on here. Someone will give you an answer. And you will learn alot.
"To not read the news is to be uninformed. To read the news is to be misinformed" -Mark Twain
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Re: Advice
[Re: trapre]
#6372386
11/12/18 11:03 PM
11/12/18 11:03 PM
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Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 2,631 Ohio, 55yrs old
Pasadena
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 2,631
Ohio, 55yrs old
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I couldn't give any trapping advice as I'm a beginner myself. Lol. A lot of folks give Trapping advice that are beginners with very little experience. Heck, just check out you tube. Plenty of folks on there giving advice with little to no real Trapping Experience. The difference between them and you are that you seem to grasp that concept. Not that you can’t give advice though. You could give advice on what has and has not worked in your Trapping.
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Re: Advice
[Re: Ray smith]
#6543499
05/24/19 11:44 PM
05/24/19 11:44 PM
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Joined: Jul 2017
Posts: 2,672 Ohio
Willy Firewood
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Jul 2017
Posts: 2,672
Ohio
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Learn what you can from other trappers. That will get you far enough along that you can start to learn from the real masters - the animals themselves. Look for sign everywhere. It is amazing how a trapper can understand an animal situation.
FRAC LIVES MATTER
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