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Post by armando on Dec 13, 2020 15:55:57 GMT -7
I wondered if anyone else, in addition to hunting, was also a trapper.
I've been running my traplines every year for some time and have got my boys trapping since they were 13.
I've studied a lot of resources on old, antique traps from the 19th century and have done some research on the Rendevous Fur Trade era but not a lot on 18th century trapping.
The fur market is doing terribly right now so mostly everything we trap is for our own use and we make things out of the tanned hides (I had an article about a "coon bag" I made in a recent issue of American Frontiersman).
Anyone else running a trapline right now?
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Post by Sicilianhunter on Dec 14, 2020 5:02:24 GMT -7
Armando,
I am not a trapper but I would like to be.
A few years ago I got the bug to start trapping, I bought all kinds of traps, lures, baits and accessories.
I watched tons of videos and read few books.
I prepped, dyed and waxed my traps.
My target animal was the coyote. Here in NM you can take them all year round as they are a scourge to farmers and ranchers.
Unfortunately, I had a hard time finding places close enough where I could check my line every day so my interest waned and I still haven't got out there and got myself some experience.
I may have the opportunity to run a line with a tutor soon but that hasn't happened just yet.
Do you tan your own hides? If so, do you tan them traditionally?
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Post by spence on Dec 14, 2020 9:26:30 GMT -7
I did a fair bit of trapping in my college days to pay a few course bills, but haven't done any since. That was more than 60 years ago, in western Kentucky. I trapped mostly muskrats, an occasional mink. You said, "I've studied a lot of resources on old, antique traps from the 19th century..." What do you think of this old blacksmith-made trap? It is 18" wide, jaws 6" and weighs 3 lb.     Spence |
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Post by Sicilianhunter on Dec 14, 2020 10:15:54 GMT -7
Spence,
Beautiful specimen!!
Is that a 19th century example?
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Post by spence on Dec 14, 2020 11:02:52 GMT -7
I imagine it is, but I'm hoping Armando can enlighten us both.
Spence
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Post by armando on Dec 14, 2020 15:38:44 GMT -7
Looks like it might be a double long spring Newhouse, but not sure.
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Post by Black Hand on Dec 14, 2020 15:52:40 GMT -7
We did a trapping trek once - this is where we discovered Muskrat was delicious...
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Post by Sicilianhunter on Dec 15, 2020 5:02:01 GMT -7
Looks like it might be a double long spring Newhouse, but not sure. Armando, Are Newhouse's a 19th C era trap? |
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Post by hawkeyes on Dec 15, 2020 7:34:19 GMT -7
Trapped with my grandad and dad for many years. Dad stopped when the state dropped their price on hides drastically.
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Post by Joe on Apr 2, 2022 11:31:12 GMT -7
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Post by bushfire on Oct 11, 2022 17:37:16 GMT -7
I grew up doing a lot with my dad and brother. I loved it. These days we have restrictions where traps to be legal need a rubber strip across the jaws so I haven't done much seeing as mine all have steel jaws.
Rabbits were a big source of protein for poorer people in Australia through the 19th and first half of the 20th century. My grandmother always referred to them as "underground mutton" which was am aussie term used through the period. In recent times people think it was a humorous term, it wasn't though. As nan said people couldn't afford to regularly eat meat so trapping or ferreting was a necessity.
Since the late 20th century there have been several intentional releases of rabbit disease which has drastically reduced the population throughout the country.
I have taken my boys ferreting and they love it as I did. The fur market is pretty dead here now but we have a bounty on fox scalps so I've been wanting to buy new traps and target foxes.
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Post by Keith on Oct 13, 2022 17:03:26 GMT -7
I used to run a trap line many years ago, with that & hunting I managed to keep my family fed. I don't need to trap anymore though.
Keith.
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Post by Joe on Oct 14, 2022 8:51:09 GMT -7
I used to run a trap line many years ago, with that & hunting I managed to keep my family fed. I don't need to trap anymore though. Keith. I'm curious what trapping down under is like. What kind of animals and traps ? |
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Post by Keith on Oct 14, 2022 16:09:32 GMT -7
I used to run a trap line many years ago, with that & hunting I managed to keep my family fed. I don't need to trap anymore though. Keith. I'm curious what trapping down under is like. What kind of animals and traps ? Rabbits. Snares are banned here now ever since those commercial snares with locks were introduced! Keith. |
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Post by bushfire on Oct 15, 2022 0:25:03 GMT -7
I used to run a trap line many years ago, with that & hunting I managed to keep my family fed. I don't need to trap anymore though. Keith. I'm curious what trapping down under is like. What kind of animals and traps ? In some places also foxes and wild dogs. Laws vary state to state. |
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