Trapping Radio 2.0

This week I started out with an idea of were we would go with the show, but did not happen. I received a letter from C. R. from AR. He is 14 years old and says he IS GOING TO BE a professional trapper….How cool is that! He asked me some questions about professional trapping. The more I got into the subject, it took over the show. I was going to spend most of the time on coyote locations and coyote travel ways. Well, I guess that will have to wait till next week

This Week on Trapping Radio we are talking to Jeff and Greg from IL about trapping, coyotes, putting up fur and portable pockets. All trappers have a story and that what makes the game of trapping so cool. Some start because the kid comes from a trapping family and some trappers start life as a outdoorsmen. Both jeff and Greg have been in this game for a while and both look at the trap line from different points of view. It is an entertaining show to say the least.

In this week's episode, Sarah Gomez, owner of SheTraps interviews Steve Olson at the Wisconsin Trappers Convention. Steve shares his experiences, tips, tricks and lessons learned about trapping coyotes and bobcats on the ice. Enjoy!

This week on Trapping Across America we are looking at the world of trapping lures, trapping baits, animal urine and trailing scents. This show was a request from Dustin. These are my thoughts on lures and baits. How and why to use them. Some of the lure maker greats. What is a call lure in the Bill Nelson understanding. We go over LDC or long distance call lures, gland lures, beaver food and castor lures, otter lures. I am not the end all on this subject, but I have studied them in great detail. Hope you pick something up from the show.

In this week's episode, Jeff Dunlap interviews Ronnie Smith- owner of Smitty's Stretchers. They have been friends for a lot of years and finally got a chance to sit down at the Herkimer Convention this year and talk about how he got into trapping and business. Enjoy!

This week on Trapping Across America, we are looking at how I learned to trap Muskrats. We also look at why critical thinking is so important to a trapper.

This week on Trapping Across America we are looking into how to prepare traps at the end or the beginning of the trapping season. So if you new to trapping or have only used one trap prep method for years, we hope some of the info we go into tonight will help you out or maybe get you thinking about why you dye, wax, paint or dip your traps. To me the reason we treat or traps is to keep them working, strong and in good shape. We also cover how or what you do with trapping lure, bait, scent, fish oil and urine at the end of the year. How do you keep fresh urine fresh. How long does lure of bait last? Sun and heat are the enemy!

This week we are looking back at the trapping season. I learned some things and hope somewhere down the road they will help you out on your trap line. Have you every had coyotes, not work your trap sets. Sometimes the coyotes will not been at the classic trap locations. What will you do, first off you need to figure out if they are under pressure. This pressure may or may not have anything to due with trapping. We had a slow year in Texas this year, we also look into some of the reasons why this happened. Before Texas, I go into one thing I could have and should have done with the Ice I was having to deal with on my otter and beaver lines.

This week on Trapping Across America we are looking at the down and dirty reality of out-of-state trapping. What it is like, what you should know and what are some of the mistake trappers make. Out of state trapping is fun and exciting, but no matter how fun it is, reality has a way of creeping into the trip.

This week on Trapping Radio we are down in Texas. The show is recorded as is with nothing but raw content as we talk to students from our trapping school. We are hard at work setting traps and catching coyotes and bobcats. As you can tell we have fun down here, trappers should always have fun when we get together. We hope to have another show next week, but the trapping comes first and internet is hard to come by down here on the border.

This week on Trapping Radio we are looking at the portable pocket. This a total trapping system that if you grasp it and all it does for you, you will be trapping more coyotes, bobcats, raccoon, beaver and otter. Does the rain and mud bother you when your trapping? STOP doing what you are doing. Be smarter than the rain and keep piling up fur with the portable pocket. I think Norm Blackwell will be building the portable pockets this summer for sale. You will need to check with him.

This week on Trapping Radio we are going into the second part of this concept of why you need a business, run trapping business or build your life for more freedom in your trapping and personal life. I bounce all over the place on this topic, my goal is to get you to think about what the purpose is, if you take control of your income. The kind of business we are discussing is building revenue streams, not the one big monster business most guys think about, but find to big a mountain to climb.

his Week on Trapping Radio we are going to look at why you need to turn your trapping into a real business. Having a business gives you a massive advantage over a trapper that has to pay all of his trapping expenses with after tax income. You might be surprised to find out that you may have $5,000 to $ 50,000 of tax-free money you can’t take advantage of if you treating your trapping like a business. We will look into what the government is planning on doing and if you are not covering your back side. You might find yourself working for years to pay off a IRS bill. Don’t be this guy. The rules for money are set up for a business, not a hobby. Our world is changing, so get into the game of being a profitable trapper.

This week on Trapping Across America we are looking into our current fur market. I’m sure you have heard about prices being high and low all at the same time. The rumors are spreading like wild-fire. I don’t have a crystal ball, but I have spent some time digging around and talking to some fur buyers. You have options when you sell your fur, it is your product, not a fur buyers. We will also get into how a trapper can let the fur market work for them, not the other way around. So if you think you have to sell fur at any low price, I hope I can change your mind. The fur market is a powerful tool if a trapper thinks about the future and not always in the present.

This week on Trapping Radio we are going to get into the true secret of trapping better than you are right now. You may be thinking it is a trapping location, a certain set, magic lure or bait or the perfect trapping system. Not so, the true secret to being a better trapper is your brain, how you think and the will to be better. I must warn you, this is not a normal Trapping Radio show. If you are the right person, this show will make perfect sense, if you’re not ready for it, you may not like it. We will be talking about the Fur Market next week, so it will be more of a normal style show. If you like this topic let me know, if not let me know. There is more to trapping to than setting sets and sometimes they are interesting to get into.