Growing up, in northeast Ohio in the early 1970s, trapping was a huge part of what my father and I did every Fall. And while we didn’t specifically target muskrats, they were our bread and butter. Why ...

I grew up trapping muskrat in western New York state in the small rural community of Bolivar. I learned to trap from school mates, setting No. 110 conibears in a swamp near town. The first swamp I ...

We had the trail to ourselves. But you wouldn’t know it. My dog - a 4-year-old golden retriever - and I were on the Paul Bunyan Trail near Nisswa on one of those recent 50-plus degree days. It was a ...

Every winter, dogs in Alaska are maimed and killed by snares and powerful “quick-kill” Conibear crushing traps placed, virtually without restriction, in public multi-use areas. Alaska’s exceptionally ...

THIEF RIVER FALLS - Lucas Moen wanted to start trapping with his buddy, Ethan Barth, but there was a catch. First, Moen, 16, needed to buy a trapping license. But to buy a license, he had to complete ...