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Have you ever stopped to think..... #7442219 12/26/21 05:03 PM 12/26/21 05:03 PM
Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 50 Columbus, Oh T Toptrapper1 OP trapper
Toptrapper1 OP trapper T Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 50 Columbus, Oh	Christmas was yesterday so i would hope some young folks found that santa brought good old traps.That very same person is about to embark on a life long journey of discovering the wonder that trapping can provide. While most will unfortunately abandon the sport a few won't and that is a great thing. I know it was a few new 1.5 coils i got 41 years ago that started me on the path to my career , well that and watching Jeremiah Johnston too mant ties. I was once told during a fur market low (late 80s) that i was wasting my time now looking back i learned my skills and learned them well enough to spin them into a decent ADC business and then became a Wildlife Biologist with USDA. 7 All that from a 1/2 dozen foorholds. I only wrote this because i came across the 3 from that Christmas 41 years ago.

Re: Have you ever stopped to think..... [Re: Toptrapper1] #7442228 12/26/21 05:11 PM 12/26/21 05:11 PM
Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 398 Indiana F fishnhunts trapper
fishnhunts trapper F Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 398 Indiana	Very nice story! Thanks for sharing.

Re: Have you ever stopped to think..... [Re: Toptrapper1] #7442232 12/26/21 05:17 PM 12/26/21 05:17 PM
Joined: Oct 2014 Posts: 4,203 Eau Claire Wi Trap Setter trapper
Trap Setter trapper Joined: Oct 2014 Posts: 4,203 Eau Claire Wi	X2 thank you for sharing Life sure is tough when you don't learn from the mistakes of others.

Re: Have you ever stopped to think..... [Re: Toptrapper1] #7442237 12/26/21 05:23 PM 12/26/21 05:23 PM
Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 6,415 east central WI K k snow trapper
k snow trapper K Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 6,415 east central WI	Very nice story. I'm sure many trappers got a start with gifted traps.

Re: Have you ever stopped to think..... [Re: Toptrapper1] #7442301 12/26/21 07:04 PM 12/26/21 07:04 PM
Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 7,371 W NY Turtledale trapper
Turtledale trapper Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 7,371 W NY	Didn't get traps for Christmas when I was a kid. My mom got me stretchers which was even better. Got me on the path to finishing my own fur at a young age. NYSTA, NTA, FTA, life member Erie county trappers assn.,life member Catt.county trappers

Re: Have you ever stopped to think..... [Re: Toptrapper1] #7442449 12/26/21 09:21 PM 12/26/21 09:21 PM
Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 6,225 Kansas Pawnee trapper
Pawnee trapper Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 6,225 Kansas	Great story Everything the left touches it destroys

Re: Have you ever stopped to think..... [Re: Toptrapper1] #7442460 12/26/21 09:32 PM 12/26/21 09:32 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 20,087 SEPA L Lugnut trapper
Lugnut trapper L Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 20,087 SEPA	Good story, I can relate. I received a dozen 1.5 Victor long springs for Christmas when I was a kid. they changed my life. Maybe not as profoundly as yours but I'm still trapping fifty years later. Eh...wot?

Re: Have you ever stopped to think..... [Re: Toptrapper1] #7442533 12/26/21 10:46 PM 12/26/21 10:46 PM
Joined: Aug 2016 Posts: 1,957 Central New York D Dewey NY trapper
Dewey NY trapper D Joined: Aug 2016 Posts: 1,957 Central New York	Cool story..

Re: Have you ever stopped to think..... [Re: Toptrapper1] #7442647 12/27/21 07:05 AM 12/27/21 07:05 AM
Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 14,146 Michigan T Trapper Dahlgren trapper
Trapper Dahlgren trapper T Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 14,146 Michigan	what a great story , I started out young also , and have never miss a year setting steel in 50+ years

Re: Have you ever stopped to think..... [Re: Toptrapper1] #7442794 12/27/21 11:49 AM 12/27/21 11:49 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,719 Williamsport, Pa. J jk trapper
jk trapper J Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,719 Williamsport, Pa.	I got shirts pants and school stuff, had to buy my traps $1 1/2 longs were $.50 back then. The B& L 1 1/2 stoploss were $.65, I loved them......jk Free people are not equal. Equal people are not free. What's supposed to be ain't always is. Hopper Hunter

Re: Have you ever stopped to think..... [Re: Toptrapper1] #7442796 12/27/21 11:50 AM 12/27/21 11:50 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,719 Williamsport, Pa. J jk trapper
jk trapper J Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,719 Williamsport, Pa.	I got shirts pants and school stuff, had to buy my traps $1 1/2 longs were $.50 back then. The B& L 1 1/2 stoploss were $.65, I loved them......jk Free people are not equal. Equal people are not free. What's supposed to be ain't always is. Hopper Hunter

Re: Have you ever stopped to think..... [Re: Toptrapper1] #7442920 12/27/21 03:20 PM 12/27/21 03:20 PM
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 20,337 The Hill Country of Texas Leftlane "HOSS"
Leftlane "HOSS" Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 20,337 The Hill Country of Texas	I inherited a couple dozen traps from my grandpa the year I could get a driving permit. At that time, the coon market was way up and I had a native man who would buy fresh beaver in the round as he finished the pelts, harvested castor, and processed the meat so I soon doubled or tripled my gear and the rest is history. “What’s good for me may not be good for the weak minded.” Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers

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