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Arizona Trappers Association
arizonatrappersassociation.com
President — Wayne Boring, traparizona@gmail.com, Taylor, 928-243-0973
Vice President — Rick Van Horn, Kingman, 928-757-3860
Secretary — Grace Van Horn, Kingman, 928-757-3860
Treasurer — Mike Huffer, Scottsdale, 480-970-5904
Membership — Carrie Crowther, Flagstaff, 928-699-4305 Directors:
Apache County — Scott Trowbridge, Chinle, 928-349-0405
Cochise County — Bob Lackner, Willcox, 520-384-3279
Coconino County — Lance Crowther, Flagstaff, 928-607-9380
Gila County Vacant
Graham County — Park Romney, Thatcher, 928-428-6952
Greenlee County — Vacant
Lapaz County — Vacant
Maricopa County — Vacant
Mohave County — Rick Van Horn, Kingman, 928-757-3860
Navajo County — Jim Manard, Heber, 928-535-9029
Pima County — Atom Hatley, Arivaca, 520-444-7116
Pinal County — Jeff Serdy, Apache Jct., 602-820-4429
Santa Cruz County — Vacant
Yavapai County — Vacant
Yuma County — Ryan Trousdale, Tacna, 909-499-8226
Membership application available at arizonatrappersassociation.com Membership Options:
• Adult membership including subscription to Trapper & Predator Caller — $30
• Junior (under 16) with subscription — $20
• Family membership with subscription — $35
• Oldtimer membership with subscription — $75
• Lifetime membership with subscription — $275
AUGUST PRESIDENT’S REPORT
Good morning to all of the trapping community from Arizona:
Good morning to all those who have an interest in what is going on in the world of fur harvesting in in the great Southwest (Arizona). We are now at the end of August and one of the hottest and driest summers of all time. I can’t help but wonder how this kind of weather will affect the upcoming fur season, as to the number of the young animals that will survive and their growth rates.
As I mentioned in my last report, this upcoming year we will be holding our fur auction, as well as our annual meeting and convention, this spring on the same date. We have decided we will try to have it in a little lower elevation where the weather is a little less frightful. Maybe somewhere around 2,000 or 3,000 feet. I have been visiting with the Game & Fish with the hope of maybe using the Ben Avery Center for our location. I was told by them that if we moved the date to the 19-20 of March it would be available, so what do you think of that? Please let me know if that would be something to consider. One other thing to remember is that this next year will be an election year, and we need to be thinking about who will be our next president and other officers, so we all need to be thinking of who would make our new leaders.
I know a lot of us still have a lot of fur that has not been sold yet. If you have fur with Fur Harvesters, they say they will be having a sale at the end of August. I guess this sale will be in Canada. However, after visiting with other powers they don’t seem to be too positive with the market, only time will tell.
We get calls from time to time and place to place asking for someone to help with undesired wildlife activity. If you are interested in doing a little ADC work let us know and we will get your name on a list, so we can recommend or refer you as a contact person. To let us know just go to our “contact us” link on the association’s website and drop us an e-mail; give us your name and where you can go and what you are willing to do. Also, for your convenience, in the “member only” tab on the website, at the end there is a swap meet/classified section. If you have something you want to get rid of, or something you are looking for that someone else may have, use that space to make it known.
We have done a lot of work trying to clean our membership up and there has been a great deal of changes. We hope we haven’t missed anyone. If you feel you have been missed, please contact our secretary and make sure you haven’t been missed. If you are still on our record you should have received a pass code to access the “member only” web pages.
I want to give a big thanks to Ryan Trousdale for all of the time and work he has put in on getting us up to speed on our website online — you can now visit that site at arizonatrappersassociation.com. Check it out, there are a lot of good things going on. It has already boosted our membership and it has become a source of communication with our members like never before. I think you will like it and hope you will become acquainted with it. Feel free to leave comments.
If you are reading this report and are not a member of our association, we would welcome your membership. If you are already a member then we need all the help we can get to make our association a strong club. If we want to keep our right to harvest the renewable resource of fur with the use of traps, it is necessary to make our voices heard. As we look around we see that California has basically lost their trapping rights through foolish regulations and bureaucratic manipulation, and we are on that same radar. And now the ATA is the only thing that stands between us and them.
We have many vacant positions and holes in our organization, and are in need of volunteers that are willing to be involved. If you would like to help, we have lots of room for anyone wanting to help, the more help we can get the better our program can be, and the easier it will be for all — just as the old saying goes that “many hands make for light work.”
As most of you may know the Southwest Fur Harvesters had to dissolve their club because they were unable to get the leadership they needed to go on. And if we don’t do something we are faced with the same dilemma. WE NEED MEMBERS WHO will step forward to help. If we don’t get them we are going to stumble and fall, also. We are the only voice in Arizona that speaks for the trapper and if we fail then we will lose all of the few rights that we have left. We can see what happened in California and we are just next door. The writing on the wall tells us we will be next. We need to remember that the squeaky wheel gets the grease, and if we don’t make ourselves heard we will dry up — that will be the end of trapping in Arizona. So, right now the future of trapping in Arizona lies in our hands.
A few things to remember:
1. A trap in the ground is worth more than 100 traps in the truck.
2. If the animal is not there you won’t catch it.
3. If you should catch the animal and dispatch him, he will not be there anymore. Nor are any of its increase.
4. If you catch all of the animals out of an area, then there won’t be any for next year.
5. If you don’t speak up, you will not be heard.
Happy trapping and may the Force be with you, and may the Trapping God smile upon you
Your President: Wayne Boring
Arkansas Trappers Association
President — Wayne Watson, 1482 Leesburg Ave., Springdale, AR 72764; 479-283-7004, president@arkansastrappers.org
Vice President — Danny Ross, 401 Japonica Lane, Hot Springs, AR 71901; 501-844-5091, drossscoutmaster@aol.com
Secretary/Treasurer — Karen Fuller, 7611 White Oak Road, Mulberry, AR 72947; 479-221-4416, secretary@arkansastrappers.org
NTA Director — Mike Fischer, 13823 Masoner Road, Lonsdale, AR 72087; 501-939-2325
Editor — Eric Kindsfater, 265 Sunny Gap Road, Conway, AR 72032, 501-730-8208, ekindsfater@gmail.com
Membership Options:
• Individual membership — $13
• Family membership — $18
Complete membership application on first page of association section and send dues to: ATA, Secretary/Treasurer
Karen Fuller, 7611 White Oak Road Mulberry, AR 72947; 479-221-4416
California Trappers Association
— John Clark, 907 Holmes Flat
