At only 22 years old, Bill Porter is a trapper through and through. He has the scars, the fur, and the stories to prove it.
While the public approves of hunting for meat, hunting predators or trapping for fur is condemned. But that distinction is ...
NEAR ROOSEVELT, Minn. -- It’s a cold, breezy Friday afternoon in early January, but the subzero windchill doesn’t stop Rick Olson from making the rounds and tending his trapline. Just like he’s done ...
I can't single out any specific outdoor adventure that hooked me into a life of participation, and work, devoted to hunting, fishing, trapping and conservation. Many of my friends and coworkers have ...
Trappers meet their quarry at nature’s elemental level during the bleakest months of the year. The winter growth of luxuriant fur, provoked by an evolutionary response to a weather cycle that long ...
Along Interstate 81 South between Moosic and Wilkes-Barre, there’s a gray fox lying dead alongside the road. Struck by a vehicle, no doubt, the fox’s gray pelt splashed with patches of rusty red ...
The largest gathering of trappers in the West converges on the Missoula County Fairgrounds on Friday for the two-day Western Regional Trapping and Outdoor Expo. For the first time the National ...
KINDRED, N.D. – Living along the Sheyenne River in southeast North Dakota, Jeffrey Miller and his family have access to a wealth of fishing, hunting and trapping opportunities. To everything, there is ...
MONTPELIER — Vermont’s regulated land and water trapping seasons open on Saturday, Oct. 26, according to the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department. Traps can be set on land for species such as fisher, ...
HARRISBURG – Just like thousands of sportsmen in Pennsylvania, the cancellation of the 2021 Great American Outdoor Show because of the COVID-19 pandemic was a blow to the Pennsylvania Outdoor Writers ...
There’s a flock of wild turkeys hanging out here in the Chester County hinterland not far from Embreeville. Over the past few weeks, I’ve spotted them a few times in the vicinity of Ground Hog College ...
For Grand Junction Trap Club President Hal “Robbie” Robbins, there is no sweeter word in the English language. “It is almost addictive, but it is a good drug,” he said. So many other locals are ...