i just stated above that i remember one. you miss that post?

I too trapped SD for a year and land owners thanked me for being there and killing rats. They said the locals couldn't keep up and some from Montana were dumb.

This is probably the longest Minnesota NR thread I've ever seen without a poof. Thanks for the reading material for the evening.

boone, yup, you missed that post. page 6. 3 posts above you.

LOL,Wade.During the course of this,I have written but never posted 4 other replies. I try to never get a post--POOOFED.
Tom

Creative editing software must have been inserted in your puter there Tom.

so this is what happens when there is no summer convention in Mn.

Our fellow trappers got the non resident trappers run out of SD. They tried to do that In ND but some prominent land owners put a stop to that.
I trapped 2 counties In ND and I never ran In to a resident trapper. Well there was one local trapper that was running maybe 30 sets and we never had any problems. The land owners were just siting out at night with a sixer and a 22 and killing rats for the fun of It.
I was getting gas and this pick up pulled up to get gas. I just happened to look In back of his truck there must have been 40 rats In there. I asked If he was a trapper. He said no but him and his wife had fun shooting them. He asked me If I wanted them and I took them. Then I got permission to trap all of is ground.He said that as long as he had owned the land no one had ever trapped It.

Election year. Write incumbents and challengers. Tell them you want their support for trapping. With email this takes seconds to accomplish. If 1000 trappers in MN did that each year it would have a lot more effect of change than voicing your opinion to other trappers. Think of it as planting the seed and fertilize it every year. You can pick the same topic (maybe NR) or a different (no more loss of tools like a 220). Or even straighten out some of the misinformation (ie... the MN Dog-liar's posts). Best yet, invite them to join you on a trap check.

For those of you in the metro-suburbia areas the chances are when your legislators came to office they did not know that people still trap. So the probability is their first knowledge will come from anti-trappers who are darn good at lobbying for their interests. First seed planted usually survives in a freshly turned field.

The point I am making is there are easy steps to actions that make a difference.

We let coyote hunters hunt free no border states allow us the privilege . Reciprocal is my idea as fair

2, So why the dog in the fight?

3.4 It would be nice to visit Family and run along on their line, my guess there would be way more NR that would just want to tag along. Fur prices will never be what they were or a very good reason for a NR to trap Minnesota.

Why does someone constantly have to beat this dead horse? We've had this discussion a million times and it always ends the same way!

It would be nice if a moderator would just delete this thread and all others like it.

So it would be nice to limit the free exchange of ideas and thought?

Why? Here's one reason: the Minnesota residents that would like to trap here in WIsconsin with friends and/or family on public and private lands other than what they might own would sure like to see this horse brought to life.

I am curious. I did not read back thru this thread but I’d imagine this has come up. In other non reciprocal states if you lease land can the outsider trap or do you have to actually own the land to be trapped on?

Osky

I am curious. I did not read back thru this thread but I’d imagine this has come up. In other non reciprocal states if you lease land can the outsider trap or do you have to actually own the land to be trapped on?

Osky


To my knowledge the only nonreciprocal "states" that Wisconsin does not allow nonresident trapping on public and/or nonowned land are Hawaii, Minnesota and Washington D.C.

I do not believe leasing land here in Wisconsin would allow a Minnesota resident to legally trap on that property.

From the Wisconsin trapping regulations: Landowner Provisions: The owner or occupant of any land and any family members who live with them do not need a license to trap coyote, beaver, fox, muskrat, raccoon, woodchuck, rabbit and squirrel on the land year-round.

Many States have all types of NR restrictions that people forget to mention during these discussions. Many draw systems often favor the residents not just in trapping but hunting also. Usage fees also impact some people’s choice to go to another states. I pay $265 to hunt deer in MO when a resident pays little to nothing for a tag (free on their own land) if I want to hunt I pay it I like MO so I pay it.

Serious question here. If Minnesota resident buys a lifetime small game or sportsman's license it includes a trapping license. The lifetime license is good for life, irregardless of where you live. So, how would that affect a trapping license?

True Law… the nonresident deer only tag in Montana this year was well beyond 800.00 very close to 9 all in.

Osky

Patfundine,
Did they recently change the law to forbid nonresidents from cat hunting Minnesota? I know a couple friends who used to go there and hunt them every year. But neither have in the last few years. Had thought of doing it myself just because I've never hunted that far east. But their season is the same time as my season here and so I've never done it. Haven't looked into it in a few years, but nonresidents used to be able to go there and cat hunt.