Demos designed for new trappers

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Beginner Trapper Connection

*Designed for kids, youth and any age beginner!

*2019 theme “3 days on the trapline”

Thursday:

1) Water animal pelts (1:00-2:00)

-showing targeted animals

-talk about habitat

Jon Longfellow

1-role fluorescent flagging

Sponsor Cumberland Trappers Supply

2) Equipment/water setting (2:00-3:00)

-traps/anchoring

-visit a vendor’s booth

-types of set for water

Dan Greenwald

1- 4oz bottle salmon oil

Sponsor Top Lot Stretchers

3) Shopping water supplies (3:00-4:00)

-visit vendors booth

-equipment needed

Mitchell Moser & dad

1 dozen rivets

Sponsor Minnesota Trapline Products

Friday:

4) Visit land demo (10:00-11:00)

-how to dispatch a skunk
-essences and usage
Shannon Cohrs
1 tail puller
Sponsor –Lyons Enterprises

5) Land animal pelts (11:00-12:00)

-showing targeted land animals
-talk about habitat
Brian Fischer
1 grooming brush
Sponsor Schmitt Enterprises Inc.

6) Setting a ground trap (12:00-1:00)

-setting and burying a trap
-equipment and tools
Amber McElmury
1-DVD Coyote Trapping 101
Sponsor Fischer Predator Control

7) Weasel box construction (1:00-2:00)

-showing targeted animals
-talk about habitat
Jon Longfellow
1-role fluorescent flagging
Sponsor Cumberland Trappers Supply

8) Canine trap shopping (2:00-3:00)

-visit a vendor’s booth
-trap sizes and differences
Jon Longfellow
1-8oz bottle of lure
Sponsor –Reuwsaat Baits & Lures

9) Skin a raccoon (3:00-4:00)

-tools needed
-fur preparation
Dan Greenwald
1-4 oz bottle of lure of choice
Mark Steck

Saturday:

10) Muskrat handling (9:00:10:00)

-skinning and fleshing
-putting them on a brd
Bryce Moser & dad
12-push pins
Sponsor Beaver Creek Trap&Fur LLC

11) Ethics (10:00-11:00)

-permission
-tagging ect
Tom Marks
1 pc tail zipper
Sponsor Schmitt Enterprises Inc.

12) Build muskrat float (11:00-12:00)

-materials needed
-kids to build float
Emma Altmann and dad1 muskrat stretcher
Sponsor Top Lot Stretchers

13) Membership Meeting (1:00-2:30)

14) Visit water demo (2:30-3:30)

-otter knowledge
-sets and equipment
Cade Thibodeaux
1 dozen S-hooks
Sponsor Minnesota Trapline Products

15) Visit water demo 3:30-4:30

-beaver skinning
-tools of the trade
Dale Jindra1 dozen spring hooks
Sponsor Cumberland Trappers Supply