For a trapper when you are skinning out a critter it seems the tail can be one of the toughest things to make come out right. I’ve heard claims that a tail zipper makes doing the tail like wo
Category: Trapping
First Raccoon of 2014 Trapping Season
Well, after 3+ years of not trapping I got back into it this year and today I got my first targeted animal this year. Earlier this week I got a squirrel and an opossum. Raccoon is what I set my sig
Pennsylvania Bobcat And Fisher Season!
Yesterday the PGC released the adopted 2010-11 seasons and bag limits. Among them a Bobcat season in which all licensed furtakers can obtain one permit! Also new is a Fisher season following the sa
Coyote Skinning Video
I found a good Coyote skinning video. This really applies to more than just coyote, because the way you do the ears and legs are very similar to skinning a fox. How To Skin A Coyote from On Stand P
09/10 Trapping Season Is Over
Trapping season ended yesterday. I had a fairly slow season due to a very reduced trap line mainly because of college work. I ended the season with only one possum, but I still had a good season. T
Lots of snow tonight
It started snow pretty good late this afternoon and it was still snow last time I looked. The weather says we are supposed to have about a foot of snow by sometime tomorrow. It will be fun finding
Heard Some Coyote Howling
Last Saturday night I heard a bunch of Coyotes howling. I tried my rabbit screamer call on them, but they shut up and never came in. Still was a great hunt to hear them howling. Put out a few hay s
My First Traps Of The Season
College has kept me busy, but now with Christmas break I have time to trap again. Today I put out one hay set in the same area where I got my two Grey Foxes last year. Maybe tomorrow I’ll get
Getting Ready For Trapping
Even though trapping season started last Sunday, still did not have my traps ready. So, today I boiled my traps in Black Walnut hull juice (to dye them black) then waxed them (to keep rust away). H
My 2008-2009 Fur Season Totals
My trapping in the 08-09 fur trapping season is over. My season totals are:1 Red Fox2 Grey Fox1 Possum 1 Tuft of raccoon hair in a trap.