Getting Started
- Trapping Regulations & Conservation Officers
- Trapping Associations
- Trapper Ethics Introduction
- Trapper Ethics Section 1
- Trapper Ethics Section 2
- Trapper Ethics Section 3
- 2009 IL Fur Survey Results
Gear for Trapping
- Carrying Your Supplies
- Land Trapping Kit
- Beaver Trapping Kit
- Bedding Materials
- Equipment for Water Sets
- Water Trapping - Footwear and Gloves
Trap Types/Overviews
- Cage/Box Traps
- Coil Spring Traps
- Enclosed Traps
- Jump Traps
- Sizes of Long Spring Traps
- Long Spring Traps
- Padded Traps
- Guarded/Stop-Loss Traps
- Body Gripping Traps
- Snares
Trap Preparation
Setting Traps
- Setting a Coil Spring Trap
- Setting a Four-Coil Trap
- Setting a Guarded/Stop-Loss Trap
- Setting a Jump Trap
- Setting a Long Spring Trap
- Setting an Enclosed Trap
- Setting a Body Gripping Trap by Hand
- Setting Body Gripping Traps with Tongs
Raccoon/Opossum
Muskrat/Mink
- Blind Set with Foothold Trap
- Feed Bed Set with Foothold Trap
- Pocket Set with Foothold Trap
- Toilet Set
Beaver
Fox/Coyote
River Otters
- Foothold Trap Sets for Otter
- Handling and Tagging Otters
- Preparing to Skin an Otter
- Skinning an Otter
- Handling Otter Pelts
- Fleshing an Otter
- Stretching an Otter
Supplemental Trap Tools/Techniques
- Double Staking
- Drowning Rig - Flexible
- Drowning Rig - Metal Rod
- Swivels
- Trap Stakes
- Trap Tags
- Use of Wire
- Catch Pole
- Homemade Catch Pole
- Firearms on the Trapline
- Body Gripping Stabilizers
- Body Gripping Stabilizer - Shallow Water
- Body Gripping Stabilizer - Deep Water
- Body Gripping Stabilizer - Ground Stake for 220
- Body Gripping Stabilizer - Trigger on Bottom
- Trap Pan Adjustments