SCENTS AND SCENT CONTROL: TRAPPERS AND HUNTERS FACE THE SAME BATTLE

Fur prices are currently at all-time lows for various reasons. But trappers still get up at the crack of dawn to run their lines. Sure, many trappers have faded away with the low prices, but most still do what they love.

Trapping helps keep furbearer populations at healthy levels and helps all wildlife in general. Deer benefit from trappers targeting coyotes, bobcats and wolves. Countless turkey nests are saved with each trapped raccoon and opossum. Fish live longer with each otter caught. The list goes on.

But you’re probably asking what a trapping article is doing in Deer & Deer Hunting. Deer hunting and trapping seem so far apart, but they have much more in common than you might think. Sure, differences exist, like being able to shoot a deer hundreds of yards away versus