There are hundreds of trapping videos. The youtube rules are they have to shoot the animal in the trap with the camera turned off and refer to it as dispatch.
This is just a random video from Northern Canada.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps
I have watched all of Andrew's videos, some more than once.
The best part is when he sniffs the lure and starts coughing and cursing at 3:56 in the episode you linked above.
In this one at 12:00 he explains fur prices from the CA gov.
Polar bear $2200 Wolf Beaver
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps
ClarkM, yes, I've watched all of Andrew's videos too, over the years he has been posting. Lots of good info there about not only trapping, but being out in the far north woods in some very harsh weather while depending only on himself.
I also enjoy the videos where Charlie Dog, Andrew's "beaver retriever" is prancing around or actually at work.
Great videos.
L.W.
"Always go straight forward, and if you meet the devil, cut him in two and go between the pieces." (William Sturgis, clipper ship captain, 1830s.)
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps
I don't bother with youtube trapping videos....too much junk to sift through.
If the policy is to not show dispatch, I think that is great for trappers. Discretion is the better part of valor.
I have bought close to 100 trapping DVDs. They are expensive but the knowledge gained is priceless. About 1/4 are junk, 1/2 are OK, and the top 25% will shave years of trial and error off the learning curve for a newby and well worth the money even for an experienced trapper.
I don't bother with youtube trapping videos....too much junk to sift through.
If the policy is to not show dispatch, I think that is great for trappers. Discretion is the better part of valor.
I have bought close to 100 trapping DVDs. They are expensive but the knowledge gained is priceless. About 1/4 are junk, 1/2 are OK, and the top 25% will shave years of trial and error off the learning curve for a newby and well worth the money even for an experienced trapper.
Readonly, can you recommend some coyote trapping DVD's? I haven't trapped, except the occasional coon in the hen house, and would like to work on the resident coyote population.
Thanks
USE ENOUGH GUN (Ruark) and YOU CAN'T EVER HAVE TOO MANY (me)
Now having watched every trapping video, I do a "trapping" search and limit my search to "today".
Where I live in the big city, houses cost more than $1M. The most common job is attorney. A parking spot is $250/month.
There are really smart guys in small towns getting $14 for a coon pelt.
Watching trapping videos is like having a camera on a different planet with no traffic, in touch with nature, and smart guys struggle to make a living.
I got a mouse in my shop last month. I am trying to stay in touch.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps