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California becomes first state to ban fur trapping

https://www.foxnews.com/great-outdoors/california-becomes-first-state-to-ban-fur-trapping

Hunting and Fishing will be next! 😡

Start trapping them for the meat.

I live 500 yards from the house of the animal rights activist that got private mountain lion hunting with dogs banned in this state.
A large male cougar was spotting about 100 feet from his house a week ago.
Since the cougar swam here to this suburban Island city, the city is in constant hasle with the WA department of fish and wildlife [FW as the hate org is called] over what to do about our cougar [Officially named Mrs Robinson, even though it is a male].
But I hope the animal is not removed before he gets a chance to give one particular deserving citizen a bite of gratitude.

When I moved back to this f'd up State a couple of years ago, and started looking through the game regs, I thought it odd that you could obtain bobcat tags but since a few years back the F&G folks won't seal them so you could send them to the auctions. I guess a person could just end up with a lot of bobcat pelts.

Now, I guess one won't be able to trap anything for "recreation" or profit anyway.

I've been thinkiing of taking a nice winter coyote with my bow or rifle so make a quiver for my arrows. I better do that this winter before they outlaw shooting coyotes too.

Just had a pleasant day behind the house, probably put in a good 3.5 miles still hunting the junipers looking for a buck to fill my archery tag. Saw no bucks, but did wake a nice looking 'yote up from his morning nap, but he was about 40 yards away, much too far for me with my traditional bow. Had him stopped broadside too. I've seen them up there in the winter, so I'll go back and look for him after he gets his winter coat.

Never been a trapper, but I have no gripe against those that do and had considered learning. Guess that's a no go now.

Geno

When fur trapping is banned, there WILL be a population explosion of Predators and other fur bearing animals coming soon. Then a RABIES OUTBREAK.

RABIES is, in my opinion, a population control disease of nature. We saw it here in TX when the anti-fur PETA folks drove the prices of fur to virtually nothing.

California will soon reap what it has sown.

Just what does CA do for the hunters, fishermen, outdoors person from all the money they collect from the sales of all outdoor hunting and fishing licenses, taxes on the equipment purchased and probably some Fed money, too. It would be interesting to see how CA justifies spending the money without actually helping the hunters, fishermen, outdoors person. Just a thought ...

THAT explains it! You caught rabies...

They are already overrun with angry beavers

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And they are likely heavily-furred!

To answer your question, absolutely not one fricking thing. It's been one hell of a long tone since I escaped the communist state of Calfornia, 1968 or 51 years ago to be exact but I'm betting nothing has changed other than get worse since I left. All the monies collected for licenses etc went into the general fund. If Game and Fish needed money they had to go begging hat in hand and be damned glad it the even got one third of what they asked for. Usually got less. Probably for the best anyway. Back then it was damned hard to find a legal buck to shoot. Does and spikes were on do not shoot list. Dunno who was running Game and Fish back then but they sure had their cranial case up their rectal orifice. Guess that hasn't change as well. I did my very first deer hunt in California back in 1949. I even got a nice 4 point buck on a private ranch that my dad and I were invited to hunt. The no does, no spikes law was already in effect even was back then so Game and Fish was a clusterfrick, probably even before I was born. (1938). My family said I was a fool to even want to leave California. For a while I thought they might be right but finally landed the job I had been trained for. Couldn't even get hired on in Cali and only took nine months in Nevada. If you were to ask me if I regretted leaving California I would answer with a resounding, "HELL NO!"
Paul B.

Fur trapping ? Everything is banned in California.

No it ain't. Illegals are welcomed and encouraged. They are not banned. Friggin' state.

Can one still trap the animals if they chose to use them for meat and fur is incidental?

And drugs and drug addicts.

"A large male cougar was spotting about 100 feet from his house a week ago.
Since the cougar swam here to this suburban Island city, the city is in constant hasle with the WA department of fish and wildlife [FW as the hate org is called] over what to do about our cougar [Officially named Mrs Robinson, even though it is a male]."

I love that! A cougar named Mrs. Robinson.
Yes, I saw the intro to that movie 2 weeks ago on TCM, and Mr. Mankeweitz said that Mrs. Robinson is the most famous cougar in history.

I'll bet fur trading is still legal.