TO NEW TRAPPING ADVENTURES

Trappers are, without a doubt, some of the most adventuresome people that I have ever met. They are willing to go to many extremes to get their catches. Bad weather, busy schedules, injuries and illnesses are not enough to stop the hard-core trappers. And I might not be the most die-hard trapper around, but when I had the opportunity to leave my home in Illinois this past trapping season to travel to northern Minnesota to do some trapping, I did not hesitate.

There are not very many places in the country where a trapper can make sets for pine martens and fishers. Minnesota just happens to be one of those places. Unfortunately, Minnesota does not allow nonresidents to purchase trapping permits. But, just the opportunity to experience something that not many trappers will ever be able to do, was enough for my wife and I to jump on a plane the day after Christmas.

Leading up to this trip I had already been in contact with Adam Kane of Hibbing, Minnesota,