There aren’t many trappers out in the backcountry this season. There are certainly a few diehards that trap just because they need an excuse to be out in the wilds. Additionally, there are sport ...

Duluth's Dan Croke can still remember the first fox he trapped. He was a kid, growing up in Two Harbors, and had to ride his bike to set and check his traps. His uncle, Cecil Swanson, had taught him ...

Fall is here, and furbearer trapping season has begun in Arkansas. The period for trapping beavers, muskrats and nutrias started at sunrise Nov. 11 and runs through sunset March 31. Coyote trapping ...

Trapping is on the rise in Minnesota because fur prices are up. Minnesota Public Radio Near GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. - Joe Edminster leans over the fleshy side of a 3-foot-long beaver skin in his garage ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. BETHEL — People turned out in droves to buy traps on Saturday from vendors ...

There are 13 furbearer species that Iowans can hunt or trap from Nov. 1 through Feb. 28: raccoon, muskrat, coyote, red fox, gray fox, beaver, mink, opossum, badger, striped skunk, weasel, river otter ...

Fur prices for trappers are affected by many factors, said Blake Sasse, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s nongame mammal coordinator. For example, Russians are more likely to purchase fur when ...

Low fur prices may have kept some people from running traps during the trapping season that ended on Wednesday. In parts of Kansas, coyotes averaged $8. In the late 1970s, many sold for $70 or more.

More people are getting into the fur-trapping business as prices soar in the Gem State. Idaho Fish and Game said the reason is due to the demand in countries like China, Korea and Russia. Even though ...

GLEN ULLIN — Gary Willman remembers being excused from school in Almont one day a week to sell the furs he trapped on his family’s ranch. Of course, that was a more than a few years ago. Today, ...