DVDs

Finally, after years of filming and months of production work, the Alaska Trappers Association presents the definitive visual guide to trapping and snaring the largest, and most powerful, and smartest of the North American furbearers. Our experts bring you information that it would otherwise take literally a lifetime to learn. Shows you how to construct, select and modify the gear, prepare and clean traps and snares, and make the sets that consistently take wolves in open areas and in deep snow conditions.

Dick Atkins has been trapping fox since age 19. Over the past 50 years, he has had the opportunity to trap in PA, MD, VA, AL, ME and IA. He trapped in PA during the $4.00 bounty days and in VA during the rabies program in 1965. He was mentored by John Clouser, Gerald Blank and many other top trappers along the way. In this video, he hopes to share valuable information he has learned over the past 50 years.

• Traps, Tuning and Trap Preparation
• Dirt Hole and Flat Sets
• Locations for Fox
• Double Setting
• Baits and Lures
• Winter Fox Trapping
• Skinning and Fur Handling

Lots of trappers feel the Set is the most important thing in Cat Trapping - but Location is the key. Shows locations and variations of sets made. Dirt holes, walk through rubs, scratch up sets, etc. It takes extra hard work to be a "Cat Man" and to take cats in numbers. 

2 hours.

The Dirt Hole has caught more animals than all the other sets combined. The main reasons are: #1) because it's used the most, and #2) its eye appeal. Once you learn the basics of making the dirt hole (from the size of a mouse to a badger hole, from a well-blended set to four feet of scratched out rough digging) you will see they can be used in any part of the country and are deadly. Shows fast, simple and effective sets made using good equipment and good lure, in the right location. Location is the Key in all Trapping! 

2 hours & 30 minutes.

J.C. takes you through Trap Modifying, step by step, showing how to 4-coil, weld and bolt on jaw additions using different types and how to make your own, making offset jaws, using different types of base plates, lengthening and reinforcing the dog, making a night latch, how to power-up Double Longspring Traps, how to make pan tension on DLS traps, and also how to salvage "Junk Traps". 

1 hour & 45 minutes.

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

Locating Fox and Coyote - Predators East to West

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.

From Coyote to Marten to Weasel

Deep in Maine’s North Woods timber region, JW Crawford takes you on a wilderness trapping adventure trapping multiple species of North American furbearer. Filmed on an actual working wilderness trapline over the course of ten days, this DVD covers trapping techniques, locations, traps and sets for marten, fisher, weasel, coyote, beaver and lynx. A special bonus feature shows trapping the elusive western coyote on the plains of Kansas. Filmed in crystal clear digital video, this 90 minute video takes you on a wilderness journey for the elusive ones that is both educational and entertaining.

Who traps on the water during the storm of the century? Trapper, writer and producer, J.W. Crawford does!

John W. Crawford is a trapper and videographer from Pennsylvania. He has been trapping for over 30 years and has trapped in seven states for a variety of furbearers. Watch as Crawford shows you techniques and methods for trapping raccoon with the dog-proof trap. This DVD covers lures and baits, mechanics of the DP trap, locations for raccoon on land and water, longlining, using maps, weather, skinning and fur handling of the raccoon. Filmed in Southeast Pennsylvania during the historic and epic Hurricane Sandy.

110 minutes

A high quality instructional beaver trapping video. This professional trapper has caught 11,000 beavers in the last 11 years. “Watch this video and you’re going to catch some beaver (A lot of beaver). As many beaver as you have the ability and ambition to catch!”

1 hour & 10 minutes