Schmitt Enterprises Inc.

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.

Techniques of high production mink trapping in creeks,rivers, and marshes. Covers equipment, set locations, lure use, and anchoring techniques. Blind, baited and dry sets. Features Tom Miranda, Bob Gilsvik, Jerry Herbst, Jeff Smith, and Dave Hieb.

70 minutes.

Learn advanced mink and raccoon trapping technique from true professionals - Tom Miranda, Bob Gilsvik, and Jerry Herbst. Filmed from the Canadian border to the Gulf Coast, this video includes snow and ice trapping of mink as well as some innovative set techniques for fall trapping. Location is covered exceptionally well. Catches of mink and raccoon are shown in snow and open conditions. 

78 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.

In-depth video coverage of raccoon trapping in rivers, creeks and marshes. Covers equipment, set locations, sets, lure use, anchoring techniques, and proper fur handling. Features Tom Miranda, Bob Gilsvik, Jerry Herbst, Jeff Smith, and Dave Hieb. 

65 minutes.

Learn to POCKET SET any type bank with no wasted movements and harvest mink and raccoon fast. Observe and learn firsthand the hows and whys of varying trap placement and how, why, when, and where to place guide sticks for TARGET FOOT PLACEMENT, while drowning a large percentage of the animals. Watch footage of a Minnesota mink on the loose hunting a ditch bank, as Hauser lip squeaks it into spittin’ range. Learn simplified trapline map reading and accurate set location logging. Ride along with Hauser as he returns to an old FUR POCKET after 25 years, capturing many DOUBLES and TRIPLES throughout the trapline. Hauser teaches you more new tricks of the trade as he takes you on the line using the pocket set, utilizing humane equipment, methods and dispatches. As always, Hauser gives you more than your money’s worth. You may change the way you think and do things. You’ll be the DOMINANT PREDATOR after watching this video.

Keith Harkleroad and Clint Locklear guide you through the REAL world of Beaver. You will see in clear night vision footage, over 60 Beaver to watch and learn from. Not only will you see Beaver get caught, but misses, refusals and the true Beaver habits. This DVD is for the man who sets a trap and wonders what goes on in the darkness of the night. Not only will you become a better trapper; you will be humbled, entertained, and fascinated. This DVD will change the way you trap, that is if you want to be the best trapper you can be. The teachers are the animals themselves, not a trapper.   

2 hours.

Raccoon are child’s play to catch, right? I guess that is true for the ones we catch, but what about the 2-8 that we as trappers don’t catch at a set. You will learn a new way we as trappers should be gang setting. The old way of stringing 2-6 sets on a stretch of creek is missing the boat. You will see why you are killing your numbers if you drown a coon at a set. Again the camera does not lie. The habits of the coon are not what trappers have read about all these years. If you want to take more coon, you have to understand what a coon does at a set. You have to understand how a coon reacts to a conibear and oh yes, they know it’s there. One thing will become clear to you is that a raccoon is not a simple animal to catch. The way a raccoon uses his nose and sense of feel is nothing short of amazing. It’s up to you, stay in the past and catch your normal amount of coon or you can start working on the other 300-800 percent that we as trappers are missing each year.

Join Newt Sterling and Clint Locklear on their river trap and snare lines. It starts in the rivers and creeks of Tennessee and ends up in Eastern North Carolina. Learn how to take red fox, coyote, bobcats, grey fox, raccoon, and beaver from boat and canoe. Explains how to run a productive predator line on the river. Shows red fox being snared in thick cover on the river. This is an instructional tape that covers footholds, body grips, and snares. Locations are covered in detail. Newt and Clint explain how to work the water and riverbanks to become a more successful trapper.

Approximately 2 hours. 

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.

Watch and learn the methods that Schmitt used to trap 764 mink in 7 weeks during the 1998 season and over 2000 mink within a five-year period. Detailed segments on set construction and trap placement of both blind and baited sets, with extensive coverage given to the pocket set. If you are unsure of how to make quick effective mink sets, this video will show you how. Coverage of sets, equipment, lures and baits, staking methods, and answers to some commonly asked questions. Dozens of mink catches are shown to demonstrate how effective these methods are. If you are a beginner, or wish to learn more about mink trapping, this video will take the mystery out of mink trapping. If you are already a good mink trapper, this video will make you better.

Filmed on an actual working Mink trapline, ride along with Bruce Slater (Narvon, Pennsylvania) to learn the fine art of Mink Trapping – on the blind. Utilizing the innovation Bottom Edge set and Blind sets, Slater explains the simple and effective system in a down to earth manner. Includes: Traps and Equipment, Blind and Bottom Edge Sets, Locations, Line Maintenance, and Slackwater Setting.

2 hours of Modern Mink Trapping!

Watch Ken Smythe make his underwater mink set, through the ice, at locations described in his book, Ken Smythe's Bottom Edge Mink Set. This underwater mink system lets you keep numbers of traps operating in spite of rain, snow, flooding and ice. Set takes only minutes to make, and no equipment but a body gripper trap and a piece of wire. No time consuming bait, lure, or digging. Coon-proof too! With this simple system Ken Smythe took 149 mink and 200 rats in a little over two months, under Michigan's harsh winter conditions. If you're serious about mink, you'll want both the book and the video.

52 minutes.

Come along as Dakota Line Veteran Trapper, Mark Steck, runs a water line using PVC pipes. Watch as Steck nails coon after coon and mink after mink in sets that are simple, fast and go where you want them. Pipe trapping will change the way you trap. These methods are versatile and deadly.

2 hours.

Follow legendary veteran trapper Johnny Thorpe as he shows you various sets that have worked on his Adirondack raccoon line for decades. You will see culvert sets, slick up sets, stone wall sets, and some bonus open water beaver and muskrat float sets. This DVD is an in depth discussion on raccoons and the sets and techniques that will put more fur in your freezer. 

60 minutes.