Join Rich and Sandi Mellon on their trapline in the Northern Alberta bush as they explore the fascinating world of trapping and the changing face of trapping today.
Tip: Use this Strategy Prior to Setting Coyote Snares
Tips & Tricks: How to use landscape for snaring wolves.
Rich and Sandi are in Saskatchewan trapping skunks with Ryan Demchynski.
Rich and Sandi trap muskrat in Northwest Alberta using the new HAGz spring clip.
Rich and Sandi set up and trap a beaver dam cross over for a season.
Rich and Sandi target an exploding mink population on their line.
Rich and Sandi continue trapping fisher and marten on the Alberta trapline.
Rich and Sandi trap lynx on their line in Northwest Alberta.
Fall Muskrats with HAGz
Steen River Lynx with the Schaubs
Rich traps wolverine with the Schaub men on their Steen River, Alberta line.
Rich is trapping farmland coyotes using the power ram. He shows best practices and techniques for this lethal system.
Rich and Sandi pursue last water muskrats using specialty brackets.
Its November and Rich and Sandi work hard to get the line set up and producing.
Rich and Sandi start the long process of opening the lynx line of snare pens.
Otter population numbers are skyrocketing, and with the high water, new set options are available.
Rich and Sandi travel to Saskatchewan to trap with Mark Monesbroten a legally blind trapper.
Ice season beaver is when the hides are the most prime. But there is nothing easy about trapping through the ice. Rich and Sandi target the lodge entrances for winter beaver.
The short-tailed weasel populations are high again this year and Rich and Sandi battle to try and keep them under control.
Another great season for trapping mink on the line. Rich and Sandi hit all the classic spots.
Back out in the rat marshes Rich and Sandi run into an unusual situation and have to adept to keep the season going.
Out on the registered trap line, the fisher population is as strong as ever and Rich and Sandi highlight some of the season catch.
Rich continues with otter season. The population is high and the opportunities are endless.
Lynx are on the prowl and Rich connects at bait sites and blind sets.
Rich and Sandi chat about what is coming up in the new season and then get out on the marten and fisher line.
Rich and Sandi battle huge winds on the lake to get the traps pulled before a major storm.
Rich and Sandi have 6-year-old grandson Nathaniel out on the trapline with them.
Rich and Sandi are battling unseasonable temperatures setting up the fisher and marten line. Rich shares a new recipe for marten lure.
Rich sets up the coyote bait with help from granddaughter Amy and starts the winter's snaring program.
Rich and Sandi welcome their draw winners Brent and Angie House of Manitoba to the trapline. Part 1 of 2.
Draw winners from Manitoba, Brent and Angie, join Rich and Sandi on the trapline. Part 2 of 2.
Rich and Sandi discover a living off the land goldmine and then its marten, mink and fisher trapping.
Rich and Sandi start filling the new coop with ducks and chickens and then marten, fisher and mink out on the trapline.
Rich and Sandi have a 30 hour window of warmer weather to get the line checked.
Rich and Sandi have just 30 hours to make a trapline check in between extreme weather.
Rich tries a new twist on his homemade lynx lure.
Its a busy day on the otter and lynx line and Rich takes fur in to have a hat made by Sisson Furs in Red Deer, Alberta.
Rich and Sandi struggle with Mother Nature to get the marten and fisher line set up.
Rich and Sandi continue to set up the marten and fisher line and show the conclusion to the broiler chicken project.
Rich is setting up the lynx line. He also shows how when and why he turns long haired fur.
Big cold has just broke, and Rich is on the lynx line.
Rich and Sandi are visited out on the trapline by their grandson Nathaniel.
Rich and Sandi host the successful auction bidders, who bought a Trapping Inc trip on the line, at the Wild Sheep Foundation Alberta fundraiser.
Rich snares coyotes on his home quarter in northern Alberta.
Rich talks about his hip surgery and then it’s time for a line check.
Rich and Sandi are joined by two guests for a January trapline check.
Rich talks about the fur auction and the good news on prices. Then there is an update on the funny farm and then a beautiful sunny winter line check.
Rich and Sandi talk about the wild fire on the line and show the devastation caused.
It's wood day out on the trapline, and Rich and Sandi put some of the newly fire killed trees to good use. Then it’s off to check lynx and otter traps from last winter.
Rich talks about sharing the conservation of the land on the trapline and then a very cool otter and lynx check.
Rich and Sandi start Season 10 of trapping their line. The challenges are many from the summers forest fire.
Progress is slow and the devastation from the fire is overwhelming.
Work on the marten and fisher line continues. The success rate on the few traps set is surprising. Then a very cool otter and lynx check.
Rich and Sandi continue to battle with the fire aftermath and the new realities of setting the marten line.
Rich and Sandi dive into the back to the land homesteading lifestyle of raising chickens for food and eggs before heading out on the marten and fisher line.
Rich and Sandi start Lynx season. The fire means setting up lynx pens in new territory.
The fire forces Rich and Sandi to reopen a part of the trapline they have let rest for 2 years.
Much of the trapline is finally in. Today Rich checks for a little bit of everything.
Lynx season is just ramping up and the Rich catches the first otter of the season.
In this episode Rich and Sandi share the homesteading life and the killing and processing of their pigs. Then it’s off to the trapline in search of wolves.
Rich gets a lesson in beekeeping from a pro and then it’s out to the lynx line in December.
The big cold is just ending and Rich hits the lynx and marten line. Sandi tells everyone why she no longer needs glasses.
It’s the last episode of the season and Rich is on the lynx and otter line. The Anti-Christ takes advantage of a night run to try and kill Rich.