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Blind Set Locations are often over looked. This video explains how and where to make blind sets. It doesn’t matter where you are trapping – dry washes is the southwest – trails in the mountains or back East in farm country. Just pay attention while working your regular line and those set locations will just come up and slap you in the face. You can visualize that animal walking through there and hitting that trap. The Blind Set adds one more notch to your skill and ability to catch animals. Join J.C. Conner on his Eastern line and then head out West for some more trapping. 

2 hours & 30 minutes.

The most extensive fox and coyote locating and trapping video on the market. Two hours of pure trapping fundamentals and locations.

Detailed, advanced predator trapping video. Shows good set locations, proper tools, and has a segment on trapping in snow and ice conditions. Includes a section devoted entirely to the eastern coyote. 

90 minutes.

Filmed on location in Idaho, Wyoming, and Pennsylvania. Dozens of locations for Canines East/West. Detailed construction of sets for Fox, Coyote, and Bobcat. Special segment on change-up scents/lures. Important information on Fox studies disclosed. Dozens of actual trapline catches. Segments on set presentation, double setting and trapping with a low population. Pure predator trapping methodology explained in a simple and down to earth fashion. Exclusive night vision segment on Fox.

Approximately 90 minutes.

Ride along with J.W. Crawford on his PA fox line in this video instructional diary. As a trapper for over 25 years and a student of some of the finest canine trappers today, he gives the viewer a personal look into an actual working fox longline leaving no stone unturned. Will benefit the beginner or expert canine trapper. Locations, sets and techniques for all aspects of canine trapping. Baits and Lures, Freeze-Proofing Sets, Staking Devices, Tools and Equipment, and much more. 

2 hours.

It’s been said that location-finding methods is the key to success with canine trapping. This video covers the art of location finding in all parts of the country. Filmed in three states, dozens of locations are showcased. From coyotes in the west to coyotes in the east and red fox trapping in the last great fox stronghold, all aspects of location finding for canines is explained. Filmed on actual working traplines. As a trapper for over 25 years and a student of some of the finest canine trappers of today, he gives the viewer one on one instructions on proper and deadly canine location finding techniques. This is a must have for any canine trapper.

2 hours.

There are over 50 years of experience using the dirt hole in this video. Bait and lure usage is fully explained with the different variations. The different positions of the trap in relation to the hole is explained for targeting red fox, gray fox, coyote, or raccoon. How to avoid most non-target animals is explained and shown.

1 hour & 46 minutes.

Explains sets that have no holes to fill with water, blowing sand, or leaves. It shows and explains a dozen and a half ways of making different Flat Sets. Some of these Flat Sets have no eye appeal, and are constructed to blend in naturally with the surrounding area. Other Flat Sets have great eye appeal and can be seen for hundreds of yards in level, open country or rolling grasslands.

2 hours.

Professional trapper, Brian Fischer (from South Central Minnesota) passing on 30-plus years of trapping techniques and methods. A DVD showing sure fire sets that will put numbers in the fur shed. Explaining detailed fundamentals to trap setting on locations. Spacing, lure location, backer and blocker staging. Pointers and tips that will keep an animal working the set for better results. An important section on trap preparation from how to setting up a trap, cleaning, trap preserving and trap storage to protect your investment.

85 minutes

Learn advanced predator trapping technique from true professionals. Features Tom Miranda, Bob Gilsvik, and Jerry Herbst. Filmed from the Canadian border to the Gulf Coast, this video includes snow trapping methods as well as some innovative set techniques for fall trapping. Catches of red and grey fox, coyote, and bobcat are shown in snow and open conditions. 

96 minutes.

Modern Methods for Maximum Results

Filmed on John Graham’s Fur and ADC Snareline in Scenic Eastern Montana. Learn from a veteran professional snareman with thousands of coyotes in various states to his credit. Topics Covered: Picking locations, bait stations, snare height and loop sizes, cable and lock preference, support systems, break-away usage, and equipment for snaring. Trail snaring and fence snaring covered in detail. Snaring is an effective means of harvesting coyotes, learn from one of the best. 

2 hours.

Ride along with professional trapper John Graham on his fall trapline in Eastern Montana. Learn from John’s experience of trapping 1000’s of red fox in four different states. This video covers the topics important in making consistent fox catches. Sets, Equipment, Line Management, and Locations are stressed and illustrated. Learn from one of the true “numbers men” on red fox. “This video explains fox trapping like no other.” “An over the shoulder look at a professional’s point of view.”

Approximately 2 hours.

John Graham is, without a doubt, one of the best canine trappers in the U.S. We are proud to offer his first video to our customers. Topics include: Locations, Equipment, Simple-Effective Sets, Remakes, Reading New Country, Locating Coyotes, and other valuable tips and information on understanding canines. Several catches shown. It will make you a better canine trapper. 

2 hours.

Follow Clint Locklear and Matt Jones as they fight through 7 inches of rain, deep mud, competition and freeze-thaw conditions on their coyote line. See for yourself how these two veteran trappers keep their traps and snares working in the harsh conditions that face every coyote trapper in the east. Better yet, learn how to keep your coyote line in operation, when your competition is stuck spinning their wheels in the mud.

2 hours.

Advanced Eastern Coyote Trapping. A video for the thinking coyote trapper who takes coyote trapping very serious. If you fully intend to catch a canine with every single trap you set, this wet weather methods coyote trapping video is for you. This video will keep you catching coyotes even if it rains two inches every single day.

2 hours.

Follow professional trapper, Matt Jones, through the forests, upland fields, and river bottoms of Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Eastern trappers trap in some of the worst weather conditions in the United States, dealing with rain, snow, and wet conditions on a daily basis. The methods in this video will show you how to keep your coyote sets working in even the worst weather. This video covers traps, equipment, and techniques. These methods will catch you a truckload of coyotes, so sharpen your skinning knife.

Matt started canine trapping in l977 and has thousands of predators to his credit. Watch how he hammers coyote after coyote (plus red fox, grey fox, and bobcat) in traps and snares. Follow along as Matt harvests 82 coyotes in eight 24-hour checks. Will make understanding location easier than it ever was before. If you have an interest in coyote trapping, in the ever-changing weather conditions, this is a MUST SEE video.

Veteran longline trappers, Matt Jones and Len Williams, team up to reveal the “Secrets of the Eastern Longline.” Learn the methods these trappers use to take truckloads of bobcats, coyotes, and red and grey fox. These methods will show how Matt and Len are able to harvest the maximum amount of predators from an area in a very short period. This is an advanced-type video focusing on fast effective sets with great emphasis on location and location set-up. They not only show locations but show them with the predator standing there. North, South, East, or West - This video is sure to help the full time longliner, as well as the trapper with limited time, to increase their catch.

Sets, Catches, and Remakes. Tons of action. Various sets are revealed. Many catches of fox, coyote, and bobcat are shown. The set-remake after a catch is an important part of successful trapping and this video exhibits the set-remake with straightforward approach. 

2 hours.

Ride along with Professional Trapper and biologist Mark June on his predator trap line where he explains in great detail what it takes to consistently catch coyotes. Well-known for his trapping expertise, high energy, and ability to catch large numbers of canines, Mark provides two hours of non-stop instructions and action packed trapline footage!

Learn from one of this country's Top Coyote Trappers!

Professional Trapper and biologist Mark June dives deeper into catching more coyotes in Volume 2, as you ride along with him on his high-production coyote trap line. Well known for his trapping expertise, high energy, and ability to catch large numbers of canines, Mark explains in great detail ADVANCED METHODS that will consistently catch coyotes anywhere.

Learn from one of the country’s Top Coyote Trappers!

2 hours.

A two-hour DVD on the actions and patterns of coyotes around dirt holes. Clear night vision footage that shows the trapper how a coyote will and will not work a dirt hole. See for yourself what it takes to keep a coyote at your set for several minutes to three hours. You will probably never set your trap in front of a hole again. For the first time in history, you can let the coyote teach you, not by a man’s theory.

2 hours.

Predator Control Group is proud to show you how coyotes work flat sets. The more a coyote trapper knows, the more coyotes he will catch. Half of this DVD is shot in night vision footage and half is shot in digital day time footage. Now you can learn how a coyote really works a set, not just a theory on how a coyote works a set. 

Slim Pedersen caught his first coyote in Montana over 45 years ago. Since then, he’s trapped from Idaho to Maine, California to Georgia, and many places in between. For the last 33 years, he’s trapped full time as a county trapper, as a federal ADC agent, and for the last 25 years has been a full time predator control specialist, fur trapper, and live market animal trapper. In this DVD, Slim, one of the most respected predator trappers and quoted authors in print, shares his knowledge with you. Solutions to predator trappers’ problems that work in the east, west, north and south. Traps and their modifications, easy anchoring methods, proper trap placement to catch all predators, various attractors and their use, correct lure, urine and bait usage, how to deal with rain and snow conditions, new and effective variations of hole and flat sets. There is so much reliable information crammed in this DVD that you’ll have to watch it over and over to absorb it all! Action packed footage of dozens of coyotes, bobcats, red fox, badgers, and more caught using these methods. Shot on the trapline in Georgia and Montana.

Over 2 hours on 2 DVDs.

Just as the name implies, this video takes up where Predator Trapping Problems and Solutions ends, and has MORE reliable information from one of the most respected trappers in print and on video – Slim Pedersen. Covers advanced techniques and sound trapline fundamentals. Some of the topics covered are mental attitude, applying yourself, difficult animals, secret sets and whiz-bang lures, contamination, making your own waxed dirt, catching digger animals, blending in hard to blend areas, using natural baits, making changes when things aren’t working, advanced guiding methods, and studying, changing, and adapting to the target animals. The methods shown here work east, west, north and south. The knowledge gained from this video can save you several thousand hours of frustration and hundreds of gallons of gas plus a lot of wear and tear on your trapline vehicle. Contains action-packed footage of red and grey fox, coyotes, bobcats, and badgers caught using these methods. Filmed in Georgia and Montana (’94-’95 season).

Approximately 1-1/2 hours.

This double DVD set is two combined videos in one. You get the full length features "Predators of the Land" and "Working the Water" which cover the techniques for beaver, mink, muskrat, raccoon, fox, coyote, bobcat, fisher, marten, lynx and even the timber wolf. There are many catches in this set from the likes of Alan Probst, Johnny Thorpe, Bob Wendt, Jim Spencer, Mike Gurski and even a 30 minute predator calling segment with 2001 NRA Calling Champion Brad Harris. You can't go wrong with this fully chaptered DVD set and you can bet that you will learn many techniques and methods that will help make you a better outdoorsman while you’re in the field.

4 hours.

Welcome to the new age of modern, humane trapping. Very fast paced, up close and personal, instructional video. Covers all aspects of trapping cats, coyotes, foxes, raccoon, and beaver. Twenty years of trapping experience cut down to 1 hour and 18 minutes of must see footage.

Learn how Randy makes double after double coyote catches as he takes 180 coyotes in two weeks in the mid-west. You will even see a true quad (four) coyote catch. Location is shown in detail along with wolfer sets, remakes, lures and bait. Fast paced and entertaining.  2 hours. 

Copyright 2009

Mark Steck caught his first canine in 1973. Since that time, Steck has commercially trapped fox and coyotes in several states in all kinds of conditions. A trapping free spirit, Mark brings to this video simplistic methods that bust many trapping myths. He gives an in depth analysis of empty sprung traps, a subject most pros sweep under the rug. In dirt, rain and snow Mark adjusts to changing conditions as he takes you on a working trapline.

2 hours and 40 minutes.  Copyright 2010

Join Scott on his northern Mississippi predator line as he battles snow, mud and single digit temperatures while pursuing coyotes, fox, bobcat and dryland coon. Come along as Scott delves into set construction and variation, trap size and placement, lure and bait usage, handling remakes, dealing with wet and freezing ground conditions, and lots of other topics along the way. No matter where you trap, no matter if you are targeting coyotes, fox, ‘cats, dryland coon or any combination of these predators, Scott shares trapline knowledge that will help you reach your goals this season. Ride along with Scott as he strives to make you a more skilled trapper…and have a good time as well!

2 hours & 15 minutes.