Trapping has become somewhat of a lost art, but interest in the sport is as strong as ever thanks to a stable fur market and a growing need to control mammal populations or remove nuisance animals. In Guide to Trapping, Jim Spencer covers strategies for successfully harvesting popular species such as raccoon, muskrat, mink, otter, beaver, coyote, gray fox, red fox, bobcat, skunk, and opossum. His entertaining and informative writing will appeal to trappers of all levels. Spencer discusses trap styles and the basics of establishing and working a trapline, including techniques for fastening and adjusting traps and a species-by-species review of trapping tactics for the country s most pursued furbearers. The field-tested techniques, carefully explained and illustrated, will help trappers make sets that deliver maximum results.
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Jim Spencer retired from a successful career as a writer and editor with the Arkansas Department of Natural Resources and is now a freelance outdoor writer. Also the author of Mink Manual (9781879206144), he lives in Calico Rock, Arkansas.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
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A nice basic book,
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This review is from: Guide to Trapping (Paperback)
If you are looking for a book that describes the basics tools and equipment along with some basic sets and animal information then you've found it. A Guide to Trapping is just what this book is. It's simple and does not over complicate trapping for your basic fur bearers. It's a good read and very informative and with good illustrations.
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Guide to Trapping by Jim Spencer,
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The book is much like the rest of the trapping books I have read; although the writer did add some humor that seems to missing from the lot of us that trap for a hobby to profession. In fact it got a chuckle out of me and my wife laughed about it too because his description of his reasons for trapping seemed match my personality rather well.
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I haven't read this book by Jim Spencer yet. But I have to say that if this book is anything like every trapping article I've ever read by him, it is an excellent book. Spencer has always had a way of saying things that gets right to the point, yet is enjoyable to read. I've read dozens of his articles in trapping magazines over the years and thoroughly enjoyed each one.
This review is by Wesley Murphey, author of "Conibear Beaver Trapping In Open Water"; "Blacktail Deer Hunting Adventures"; "A Homeless Man's Burden"; and coming soon- "Trouble at Puma Creek."
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They tell me I was born too late, that I should have been a mountain man, that I would have fit right in with the buckskin-clad loners who explored this land in their relentless quest for beaver pelts. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
good set locations, various furbearers, upland predators, waxing traps, longspring traps, dirt hole set, tangle stake, drowning sets, foothold traps, fur handling, mink sets, snare cable, bottom edge set, other furbearers, trap bed, dirt pattern, predator set, jaw spread, trap stakes, many mink, most trappers, many trappers, muskrat trapping, cage traps, other trappers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Gray Fox, Trapping Worth the Bother, The Basics of Eye Appeal, Post-Season Chores, Live Catches, Expect From Your Trapline, Maximizing Your Efficiency, The Lowly Ones Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
They tell me I was born too late, that I should have been a mountain man, that I would have fit right in with the buckskin-clad loners who explored this land in their relentless quest for beaver pelts. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
good set locations, various furbearers, upland predators, waxing traps, longspring traps, dirt hole set, tangle stake, drowning sets, foothold traps, fur handling, mink sets, snare cable, bottom edge set, other furbearers, trap bed, dirt pattern, predator set, jaw spread, trap stakes, many mink, most trappers, many trappers, muskrat trapping, cage traps, other trappers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Gray Fox, Trapping Worth the Bother, The Basics of Eye Appeal, Post-Season Chores, Live Catches, Expect From Your Trapline, Maximizing Your Efficiency, The Lowly Ones Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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