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Dec 2020 28

Conservation Organizations Need Your Help NOW

By | Wildlife Conservation | 1 Comment | 3 min read

As we plan for 2021, we know that we will not be attending sportsman’s shows.  We won’t be able to catch up with fellow hunters, trappers and anglers and we won’t be spending money on all of those raffle tickets. And that is hurting hunting organizations – a lot. Many outfitters and conservation organizations rely on the foot traffic that these shows provide to help get reach more people which helps to draw more donations.  Businesses rely on shoppers to buy the cast iron, jackets, wooden carvings, jerky and more but we will not there to make those purchases next year. And while everyone is still feeling the pinch of the pandemic and a changing world, we need to make sure that these organizations have what they need to continue with...

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Oct 2015 12

Becoming a Maine Trapper

By | Maine Trapping | 0 Comments | 4 min read

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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