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<blockquote data-quote="puzzled in oregon" data-source="post: 1820007" data-attributes="member: 40255"><p>I trapped fur and hunted with dogs. Beaver, Coon and Bobcat were my primary targets. Used legholds, snares and conibear. As far as the conibears, a Federal Trapper told me to be careful. He said if I caught myself in one of those I would have to go to town and find someone to get me out of it.</p><p></p><p>The Otter were unintended catches that fell victim to the beaver sets. After catching the first otter I always bought tags in the following years just in case. Otter were a much easier hide to handle compared to beaver and usually worth 3 to 4 times what a beaver brought.</p><p></p><p>Did some nuisance trapping in the off season at no charge for ranchers who let me trap their land in the winter months. Had a WCO permit for some time, but to many changes occurred there, so discontinued with that.</p><p></p><p>Neighbor kids used to really enjoy hunting coon with the hounds. Things have changed so much in this area, most individuals involved with trapping fur try to keep a low profile.</p><p></p><p>Sold the furs to OTC. They used to have 10 or more auctions in Oregon every fur season. Last I knew they were down to only a few.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="puzzled in oregon, post: 1820007, member: 40255"] I trapped fur and hunted with dogs. Beaver, Coon and Bobcat were my primary targets. Used legholds, snares and conibear. As far as the conibears, a Federal Trapper told me to be careful. He said if I caught myself in one of those I would have to go to town and find someone to get me out of it. The Otter were unintended catches that fell victim to the beaver sets. After catching the first otter I always bought tags in the following years just in case. Otter were a much easier hide to handle compared to beaver and usually worth 3 to 4 times what a beaver brought. Did some nuisance trapping in the off season at no charge for ranchers who let me trap their land in the winter months. Had a WCO permit for some time, but to many changes occurred there, so discontinued with that. Neighbor kids used to really enjoy hunting coon with the hounds. Things have changed so much in this area, most individuals involved with trapping fur try to keep a low profile. Sold the furs to OTC. They used to have 10 or more auctions in Oregon every fur season. Last I knew they were down to only a few. [/QUOTE]
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