It is common knowledge that Eastern coyotes are bigger than their Western cousins.  But how much bigger?  Many trappers give an exceptionally large coyote a heft and a guess and from that point forward their guessed weight becomes gospel. Like fishermen, the coyote might even grow a bit with each telling of their story about… Read more »

Every trapper has his favorite tools of the trade.  Some folks are gadget happy and probably have more tools than they should.  Others are real minimalists and hardly carry more than a digging tool.  Wherever a trapper falls on that continuum, most all appreciate tools that get the job done.  I am one who has… Read more »

It was some fifty years ago that I started trapping.  The early 1970’s was the beginning of the end of what had long been an era of secrecy in trapping. Old timers for the most part either kept their trapping techniques to themselves or at least pretended they had some secret method. Trapping Today vs… Read more »

I’m excited about beginning this blog associated with our Houben’s Animal Lures website. At a time when fur prices are at a historic low, I am amazed at the number of people who are discovering the sport of trapping. Either for the first time or picking the sport back up after many years absence. There… Read more »