National Trappers Association has a comprehensive Fur Facts page on their website. It can be found at http://nationaltrappers.com/furbearer.html
National Trappers Association has a comprehensive Fur Facts page on their website. It can be found at http://nationaltrappers.com/furbearer.html
The weekend of June 4th, 5th, & 6th, OFBA held our 4th annual “Trappers Workshop” on Lake Eufaula at Gentry Creek camp site. Friday night 12 members visited around the camp fire while enjoying the weiner roast & sharing trapping stories. Thanks to Gene & Cloyce Callaway & Cody & Tina Presley for bringing food for the Friday night menu. Thanks to all the ones involved in gathering wood for the camp fire and to the men who helped BJ debone the meat, for Saturday, after the weiner roast. Saturday morning came early with coffee. Shannon, thanks for going to town & getting donuts for breakfast. We had a short meeting around 9:00 going over the agenda for the day. The men started on the demo’s shortly thereafter. A big thanks goes out to Darrin & Justin Unruh for helping BJ getting the smoker started & getting the meat...
OFBA Vice Presidents report I keep telling Cathy that I hate summer, but as it turns out its not the summer that I dislike, its just the heat, humidity, ticks, chiggers and mosquitos. If not for those things, I would probably not mind the summer months. As I write this, just a few days before the 4th of July, we are faced with a cool front, only 92 degrees instead of 97 degrees that has been so common this summer. I have a beaver trapping job to work on through the 4th and it is a toss up, wear waders or not. You are going to get just as wet because of the sweat if you wear waders. The only thing about trapping in the summer is that you don’t have to worry about saving a pelt and that is not a big deal with $3 beavers that we...
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Key Ingredients for Trapper Who Care Many people view trapping and the use of fur as controversial issues. Much of this controversy stems from misinformation and misunderstanding on both sides. As trappers, we know our sport is a legitimate use of a natural renewable resource, but we often have trouble putting this in terms that non-trappers can understand or appreciate. Few of us are accomplished public speakers or trained in public relations. Nevertheless, we communicate a message about our sport and about ourselves every time we mention that we’re trappers. Demonstrating ethics and responsibility while trapping sends many positive messages that nontrappers understand and appreciate more than any explanation. These values are understood universally and don’t require extra time or special training. Yet they tell people that we’re proud to be trappers, we care about our sport and we care about the resource we’re using. You are your brother’s keeper. Your actions reflect either credit or discredit on the thousands...
I. Trapping was started in the USA way back when to support the making of beaver pelt top hats. Those tall big hats like you see on Abraham Lincoln. It was a European driven market. Many large fur companies such as the Hudson Bay Company would contract woodsmen to trap beaver for their hattery orders. It was one of the largest and richest industries in the Americas’ younger days. II. Trappers such as Jim Bridger would spend most of the fall and winter in thier trapping grounds. They not only trapped beaver, but many other species. Many of the other species they trapped could be traded with Native Americans and furbuyers for staples such as pemmican, sugar, and coffee. It was a very rough life, and many trappers suffered a cold and painful death in the wilds of America. After many years the top hat craze in Europe stopped and the beaver markets fell away. Many...