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

This cat trapping video is designed to produce more cats for veteran trappers and put novice trappers on the road to immediate success. The techniques and sets in this video specifically targets trapping conditions in the East but will take cats anywhere. Experienced and novice trappers alike will benefit greatly with these cat trapping methods.

1 hour & 42 minutes.

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.

A sequel to “Snares, A Coyote’s Worst Nightmare”. It clearly shows the benefits of using inline swivels on your snares; plus the use of the Power Snare. Shows a time saving method of putting up coyote pelts.

1 hour.

This instructional coyote video concentrates on making variations of Flat Sets, East and West of the Mississippi. These sets can be used anywhere, but really come in to their own at game trails, dry washes and all types of Access Roads. Use any type of backing (bone, wood, rocks, etc.) for different ways to blend them in. People walk right by. By using a variety of Flat Sets, you will be more successful at trapping coyotes, especially the wise guy. Fast and easy to set up, but a lot of trappers over look their effective use. 

2 hours.

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.

Shows dozens of set locations on land and in the water. Actual trapline footage of raccoons, and shows detailed construction of sets. Includes a raccoon biology segment. 

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.

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

They say late season canine trapping separates the men from the boys. In this 2-disc DVD set, trapper and author John W. Crawford explores every conceivable aspect of winter canine trapping, taking you along on several full scale working traplines, filmed in four states.

• Red Fox, Grey Fox, and Coyote Trapping
• Ten Different Sets Showcased
• Freeze-Proofing Sets
• Skinning and Fur Prep of a Canine
• Proper Late Season Baits, Urines and Lures
• Early and Late Season Locations
• Trap Selection and Tuning
• Proper use of Stakes and Cable Stakes
• Snow Trapping
• Tracking Canines in Snow
• and much, much more.

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