Guide to Trapping Book 208 Pages by Jim Spencer
Guide to Trapping Book 208 Pages by Jim Spencer
Guide to Trapping Book 208 Pages by Jim Spencer
Complete guide to trapping this book covers making trapping sets for raccoon, muskrat, mink, otter, beaver, coyote, gray fox, red fox, bobcat, skunk and opossum
Authoritative advice on matching the right trap - whether leg-hold, body gripper, or snare - to each furbearer.
Species - specific instructions for making sets that deliver.
Tips for preparing and marketing pelts to maximize profits.
In Guide to Trapping, Jim Spencer gives strategies for successfully harvesting popular species such as raccoon, muskrat, mink, otter, beaver, coyote, gray fox, red fox, bobcat, skunk and opossum. Covered are trap styles and the basics of establishing and working a trapline, including techniques for fastening and adjusting traps and effective scouting. Spencer offers a species-by-species review of trapping tactics for the country's most persued furbearers and provides tips for fur handing and marketing to make any trapper's efforts profitable. These field - tested techniques, carefully explained and illustrated, will help trappers make sets that deliver maximum results.
Jim Spencer retired from a successful career as a writer and editor with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and is now a freelance outdoor writer. He has trapped for most of his life and continues to run a trapline each year, He is also the author of Mink Manual.
Contents
Part 1 Preparing your Trapline
1 What to Expect From Your Trapline
2 Appropriate Traps for Various Animals
3 Trap Fastening and Swiveling Techniques
4 Is "Clean" Trapping Worth the Bother?
5 The Basics of Eye Apeal
6 Scouting and Other Pre-Season Preparations
7 Maximizing Your Efficiency
8 Priceless Tips for the Trapper
Part II Making Your Sets
9 Raccoon
10 Muskrat
11 Mink
12 Otter
13 Beaver
14 Coyote, Gray Fox, Bobcat, and Red Fox
15 The Lowly Ones: Skunk and Opossum
16 Dealing With Live Catches
Part III When You're Not Trapping
17 Efficient Fur Handling and Marketing
18 Post - Season Chores
19 Trappers' Conventions and Other Learning
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Follow the links below to some more great trapping information on Lenon Lures website ...
- Secrets of Successful Trapping Fox, Coyote, Bobcat Trapping by Herb Lenon
- Beaver and Otter Trapping Book Online by Herbert Lenon
- Mink and Muskrat Trapping Book Online by Herbert Lenon
- Raccoon, Opossum, Skunk and Weasel Trapping Book Online by Herb Lenon
- Herb Lenon Trapper's Hall of Fame Article
- Herb Lenon 1947 Full Page Ad in Fur Fish Game Magazine
- How To Trap Fox & Coyote - Herb Lenon and Asa Lenon
- Mink Trapping by Herb Lenon Article 1946
- Trapper's Bible of Trapline Secrets, Sets and Knowledge by Herb Lenon
- Monthly Tips on How To Trap by John Chagnon & historical writings Herb and Asa Lenon of Lenon Lures
- Some other Good Bobcat Trapping Books, Good Red Fox and Grey Fox Trapping Books and Good Coyote Trapping Books