Furbearers
What is mink?
This is what every single trap needs to have attached to it.
What is a trap tag?
This is the main difference between a cable restraint and a snare.
What is a snare kills and a cable restraint holds?
This species, only found in Northern WI, requires a tag to trap and is usually caught using bait or lure.
What is a fisher?
This is the acronym used that describes going beyond the law, being as ethical and humane as one can be, in an effort to be as effective and efficient as you can with trapping a particular animal.
What are BMPs?
This land dwelling carnivore is often caught with coil spring foothold traps or 12" looped cable restraints and is sold with the fur side out.
What is a coyote?
This is the best time of day to trap to avoid theft and prevent the animal from escaping.
What is morning?
This is the main disadvantage of body grip traps.
What is nontarget animals may be killed?
This critter is the most commonly trapped species in the US, caught near land and water, and is sold with the fur side in. Enclosed trigger traps are common traps for these critters.
What is the raccoon?
This trap part keeps the trigger in place.
What is the dog?
This land dweller doesn't require the tail to be split is often trapped using almost any kind of sweet bait or fish.
What is opossum?
This type of trap is illegal to place on dry land in WI.
What is a snare?
This type of trap has a reverse bend washer attached to it.
What is a cable restraint?
This critter is the most common water-dwelling species that is caught with #110 body grip traps, #1 long spring traps or #1.5 coil spring traps. It is also sold fur side in.
What is the muskrat?
This trap part is what the critter steps on in foothold traps.
What is the pan?
This furbearer began the trapping revolution in the US for its demand for hat linings. It is the only species that is not cased when handling the fur.
What is the beaver?
A muskrat set is most likely to catch this critter.
What is a mink or raccoon?
This type of trap will catch multiple species in one set.
What is a colony trap?
This carnivore is often caught in water with #220 or #330 body grip traps and no longer requires a tag to trap.
What is the otter?
This is where money from wildlife management comes from.
What is hunting, trapping, and fishing license, tag and stamp sales?
This land dwelling carnivore is often caught with coil spring foothold traps or 10" looped cable restraints and is sold with the fur side out.
What is the red fox?
These are the four steps in handling fur.
What is cleaning, skinning, fleshing, and drying?
This type of trap will catch the animal alive, completely unharmed.
What is a live trap or box trap?
This species requires a tag to trap legally. It is a land dweller that is often caught with cable restraints, coil springs, or #3 long spring footholds.
What is the bobcat?
This material is good for fastening a trap at a set.
What is annealed steel wire?