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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The National Trappers Association teaches children about the importance of trapping in farming and survival settings, as well as trapping safety, like in this photo from the 2021 National Trappers ...

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 ...

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, ...

Not many people run trap lines anymore, which is unfortunate. Years ago, a person could make good money by trapping predators for their fur. This also helped control the population of animals that are ...

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 ...

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 ...