A new Illinois law that went into effect Jan. 1 allows residents to obtain a hunting, fishing, trapping or sportsmen’s combination license that is good for three years.
State Rep. Harry Benton, D-Plainfield, filed
Fur trappers more talented and serious than I might find mink a relatively common catch along their traplines. However, this species has eluded me in my small acreage sets since a trail camera first snapped
Minnesota DNR Conservation Officer Nicholas Prachar, who patrols the Blackduck North area, received a unique phone call last week from a local trapper in Kelliher, Minn.
The trapper, who requested to remain nameless,
Minnesota cuffs and collars are field reports from Minnesota DNR conservation officers. These reports are from the Jan. 5, 2024, edition of Outdoor News.
The fact that I caught my first mink at the age of 12 in a set I specifically made for mink made me very proud.
It still does, because there is a lot of
If you’ve never experienced one of those white-knuckle, heart-pounding, “say a prayer” driving situations at any point in your life, consider yourself among the lucky ones.
One such occasion, which potentially shaved a
My first trapping teachers were people I never met, but whose words taught me so much.
In his classic book “Gone for the Day,” Ned Smith’s passages about his experiences trapping red foxes sparked
By the time you read this, the fall trapping will be over and the serious winter trapping will be in full swing. At this writing I am trapping from a primitive deer camp in west-central
By the time you read this the trapping season will have been open almost three weeks in Illinois. The first week at least was pretty mild, so I’m sure many trappers took advantage of this.
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