Schmitt Enterprises Inc.

This video shows you how to make multiple catch funnel traps that enable one man to catch 1000 muskrats in one week. Methods of setting the traps, retrieving the catch, and skinning and fleshing are all shown and explained. Everything you need to know to operate this new system. 

60 minutes.

Blind sets, lured sets, baited sets, cubbies, tunnels, the use of lure and bait, how to use body grippers and stabilizers, foothold traps, trap fastening, and good location.

1 hour & 20 minutes.

Learn proper muskrat trapping techniques from true professionals. Features Tom Miranda, Bob Gilsvik, and Jerry Herbst. Filmed from the Canadian border to the Gulf Coast, this video shows muskrats being trapped in many different habitats of ponds, marshes, and creeks – as well as through the ice. Gives a complete course in muskrat trapping. Many catches are shown along with proper fur handling technique. 

54 minutes.

Join Ron Hauser as he efficiently traps the ever-abundant Muskrat using his arsenal of traps including footholds, colony, and body grip type traps. Learn how to trap prime ice rats the easy way, using simple sets that keep working in the extreme Minnesota cold.

2 hours.

Join Kyle Kaatz on the trapline in Illinois, Minnesota, and Alabama. This DVD focuses on the basics of trapline success. Covers muskrat, raccoon, mink, coyote, and beaver trapping. The key to trapline success is keeping things simple. Master the basics and work hard and you’ll enjoy success no matter what your target animal! Back To The Basics will show you muskrat trapping with footholds and body-grips, pocket sets and grass wad sets for coon and mink, the trash mound/buried bait set for coyotes, castor mounds, channel sets, and snaring trails for beaver. Lots of catches! Kellen Kaatz explains coon boxes and coyote trapping. Jackie Malone joins Kyle for a river beaver line 'Down Yonder' in Alabama. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned veteran, this DVD is sure to improve your catch!

The second in the "Trapline Anecdotes" series.

1 hour 54 minutes.

Trapline Anecdotes: Roadlining ... Join Kyle Kaatz on the Roadline in Iowa. This 3 hour 2 DVD Set was filmed over 4 days with Kyle on his 2009 Mink, Muskrat, and Raccoon trapline. Kyle explains his simple approach to running an efficient roadline with a career high in 2001 of 416 coon and 30 mink in 12 days. Kyle has the experience to increase your knowledge and make you a better trapper. This DVD covers all aspects of running a long vehicle trapline for the “Big 3”. Pocket sets, bridge walls, black label sticks, and platforms are all explained, plus some #220 trail sets. This is an action-packed video filmed on the trapline with lots of Mink, Muskrat, and Raccoon catches!

The third in the "Trapline Anecdotes" series.

Copyright 2010

1000 Muskrats in 10 days. Rich Kasper is on a muskrat marathon chasing high dollar rats. Rich uses a system that includes floats, bank sets, colony traps and body-grip type traps. On a working trapline, Rich gives instruction as he piles up muskrats in huge numbers. Filmed in Nebraska and South Dakota.  

3 hours.  Copyright 2010

Follow Alan Probst of North American Trapper as he shows you the techniques of modern muskrat trapping. You will see channel, blind, culvert, marsh and ditch sets just to name a few. Jam packed with many sets and many catches and the sound and picture quality is second to none.

60 minutes.

This DVD set is for all of you water trappers looking for that little something extra. This 2 disc set features Alan Probst of North American Trapper showing many different techniques to catching the beaver, mink, muskrat and raccoon. There is over 50 different chapters in this DVD set and it is by far one of the most comprehensive trapping videos on the market and the sound and picture quality is second to none.

4 hours.

Welcome to the world of Mink and Muskrat Snaring.

The answer is: At certain locations the snare will out-perform any other method of capture that Trappers and Snaremen have available.