Guide to Trapping Book 208 Pages by Jim Spencer

Complete guide to trapping this book covers making trapping sets for raccoon, muskrat, mink, otter, beaver, coyote, gray fox, red fox, bobcat, skunk and opossum

Authoritative advice on matching the right trap - whether leg-hold, body gripper, or snare - to each furbearer.

Species - specific instructions for making sets that deliver.

Tips for preparing and marketing pelts to maximize profits.

In Guide to Trapping, Jim Spencer gives strategies for successfully harvesting popular species such as raccoon, muskrat, mink, otter, beaver, coyote, gray fox, red fox, bobcat, skunk and opossum.  Covered are trap styles and the basics of establishing and working a trapline, including techniques for fastening and adjusting traps and effective scouting.  Spencer offers a species-by-species review of trapping tactics for the country's most persued furbearers and provides tips for fur handing and marketing to make any trapper's efforts profitable.  These field - tested techniques, carefully explained and illustrated, will help trappers make sets that deliver maximum results.

Jim Spencer retired from a successful career as a writer and editor with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and is now a freelance outdoor writer.  He has trapped for most of his life and continues to run a trapline each year,  He is also the author of Mink Manual.

Contents

Part 1 Preparing your Trapline

1 What to Expect From Your Trapline

2 Appropriate Traps for Various Animals

3 Trap Fastening and Swiveling Techniques

4 Is "Clean" Trapping Worth the Bother?

5 The Basics of Eye Apeal

6 Scouting and Other Pre-Season Preparations

7 Maximizing Your Efficiency

8 Priceless Tips for the Trapper

Part II Making Your Sets

9 Raccoon

10 Muskrat

11 Mink

12 Otter

13 Beaver

14 Coyote, Gray Fox, Bobcat, and Red Fox

15 The Lowly Ones: Skunk and Opossum

16 Dealing With Live Catches

Part III When You're Not Trapping

17 Efficient Fur Handling and Marketing

18 Post - Season Chores

19 Trappers' Conventions and Other Learning Opportunities

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