Becoming a Maine Trapper

I bought into the Hollywood version of trapping.  I sat on my couch in my warm house and watched the guys on Mountain Men check their traps and through ‘that could be fun.’ I watched as they put their traps out, checked them the next day, skinned an animals and did it all over again the next day.  Through the wonders of editing, it looked so simple to be a trapper.  I had a couple of friends who offered to take me out when I told them I had an interest in learning, but they wanted me to take the Trappers Ed class beforehand so I could legally handle the traps. There were six of us in the initial class in Sidney.  Most were there to make trapping their hobby and pick up some extra income in the off months of...

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