Dan Roberts Texas Bobcat - Part 1
Today we travel to Texas to catch up with professional trapper Dan Roberts. Dan has been hired by land owners to rid their land of dangerous predators that feed on their livestock and spread dangerous disease. Youll see Dan running foot-holds for bobcat and coyote, but there are a few surprises that will keep you wondering whats next?
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Dan Roberts Texas Bobcat - Part 2
Today we finish 2 full days of Dan Roberts on his Texas bobcat and coyote line. Dan has been hired by land owners to rid their land of dangerous predators that feed on their livestock and spread dangerous disease. As we finished the day, we had an experience like NO OTHER, as both Dan and Mark Steck describe, Weve NEVER seen anything like this before, and we got it all on camera!
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South Dakota Muskrat Line - Part 1
Mark Steck believes in passing down his knowledge to young people interested in the trapping industry. Today, young Quincy Harper joins his dad, Pete Harper & Mark Steck as they run Marks public right-of way muskrat line. Youll be surprised at the catch as they discuss lures & baits, tactics and ideas, to make sure the muskrat catch is legendary!
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South Dakota Muskrat Line - Part 2
Mark Steck and Pete & Quincy Harper finish the windy South Dakota day checking muskrat floats. There will be lots of talk about how well lures work, when to use them, and introducing a new lure product to go along with Mark Steck Lures High Water Hurricane & Laughing Lady! Great footage including trail cam footage of muskrats eating the lures and being caught. This is an episode you cant miss!
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Trapping Raccoons & Coyotes in Nebraska
Nickie Schwarz and her family are outdoors people, and shes a heck of a fine trapper! Join Nickie and crew as they take host Mark Steck on a day of raccoon and coyote trapping across Nebraska. See their tactics, hear their answers as Mark documents a great day on the trapline!
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Ed Schneider Coyote Line
Ed Schneider & Mark Steck have a lot in common when it comes to coyote trapping. Come along as Mark joins Ed on his Kansas coyote line. Hear stories, and go to school as Ed explains his coyote line and stacks up the fur!
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Northern South Dakota Skunk Line - Part 1
Host Mark Steck and friend Red OHearn, travel to northern South Dakota and smell the sweet success of running a great skunk line! Join Mark & Red, as they give tricks of the trade and pile up some really beautiful, thick furred skunks.
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Northern South Dakota Skunk Line - Part 2
Skunks have a lot of great uses, from the fur to the essence. In this episode, host Mark Steck and friend Red OHearn, finish the trip to their northern South Dakota skunk line. Youll see sets, hear about lures and see some of the best trapping you can experience, all from the comfort of your easy chair! Heck, they were seeing such great success and having so much fun, trapping like their youth, were not sure theyd have come home yet if they hadnt gotten the weather!
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Mark Stecks Coyote Line
Join Mark Steck as he travels north to a coyote line hes been trapping for years! Joined by youngsters Preston & Barrett, youll see how he sets, why he sets where he does and what makes his coyote sets successful. Youll enjoy watching Mark Steck passing down his secrets to the boys and showing how he take the renewable resources given and makes use of every part, helping others world-wide to be able to experience the creature comforts of life.
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Todd Wilebski’s “Mixed” Trapline - Part 1
Host Mark Steck heads north to join friend & guest Todd Wilebski, as Todd runs an efficient “mixed” trapline where he successfully catches mink, coon, otter, coyote, beaver, muskrat and skunk!
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Todd Wilebski’s “Mink” Trapline – Part 2
Variety is the spice of life… and Todd Wilebski is a trapper’s, trapper. Today, host Mark Steck joins Todd, as he runs his northern trapline. You’ll be surprised at what you see as the fur piles up through a fast & efficient Todd Wilebski trapline. Get all your questions answered and come back for more as you learn the ins and outs of trapping a large variety of critters in the north central US!
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Richard Johnson: Kansas Coyote Line
Host Mark Steck joins Richard Johnson as he runs his Kansas coyote line. You’ll get to see the method to Richard’s madness, as he creates sets and names sets that will really get you thinking about how you are running your own trapline. You’ll really pick up on the location of his foot holds and why he sets where he does in farm fields as he piles up the Kansas fur.
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Phil Browns Southern Bobcat Line
Host Mark Steck joins Pennsylvania Trapper Phil Brown on his western bobcat line. Phil is known for his huge canine catches over the last 40 years. Youll see hes good at cat trapping too. See the methods of true long-liner and professional
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Red O’Hearn Water Trapping in Mississippi
Today host Mark Steck travels down south joining friend and fellow trapper Red O’Hearn. Red has been hired by farmers to get rid of the beavers so they can get rid of the beaver dams. Experience Red & Mark on the trapline as they run Red’s water line. Check out the birthday meal Red cooks up while on the line… it’s definitely a meal to forget!
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Mike Sells Eastern Iowa Muskrat Line
Turns out you can teach an old dog new tricks! Host Mark Steck travels to Iowa to meet up with Vietnam veteran, career game warden and expert trapper Mike Sells on his muskrat line. As Mark and Mike talk and check traps, each reveals their process for catching muskrats, and exchange stories of successes and failures as they go through the day.
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Hoosier Trappers Ozark Mountain Trapline
Mark Steck meets up with Charlie Masheck and Justin Jett of Hoosier Trapper Supplies and Hoosier Trapper Outdoors on their bobcat and coyote line in the Ozark Mountains. Being in the outdoors breathes a breath of fresh air into you, and this trip is no exception. Catch the boys running the long line and having fun doing it… But it’s going to be a longer night in the fur shed by the time they get done checking!
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Matt O’Hearn: Southern US Beaver Control - Part 1
Introducing young people into the world of trapping is essential to the craft surviving and our wildlife being properly managed. Thirty-year-old Matt O'Hearn is a trapping free spirit. For three months of the year, he leaves Iowa and does beaver control in the southern US. Landowners pay him well for his hard work and expertise. In this first episode of two, Matt finds some pleasant surprises in his traps, as he takes you along on a couple days you won’t soon forget.
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Matt O’Hearn Southern US Beaver Control - Part 2
We continue down the line with Matt O’Hearn, as he checks his southern trapline adding multiple species to his abundant harvest. It’s amazing to watch Matt’s passion for the outdoors and true example of a sustainable lifestyle. Meanwhile, his dad Red prepares a delicious beaver roast back at camp completing the circle of a sustainable lifestyle they both believe deeply in.
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Hangman Muskrat Floats
There is nothing more fun than sharing time in the outdoors with a friend. In this episode, host Mark Steck’s childhood friend joins him on his road right-of-way muskrat float line. The stories are flying as the check starts to pile up. We don’t think any long-held secrets are revealed, but some hints may be present as the day draws to an end.
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Dan Roberts Running His Coyote Line
A couple seasons ago, we had 2 great shows featuring Dan Roberts trapping coyotes and a couple with Dan trapping bobcat. Well, Dan didn’t do too shabby coyote trapping last year, harvesting almost 700 coyotes on his northern and Texas coyote line. Today you get to witness coyote after coyote being caught in Texas ranch land and see all the skill Dan demonstrates to make sure every second is being directed at success!
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Phil Brown Southern Coyote Line
Host Mark Steck joins Pennsylvania Trapper Phil Brown on his southwestern coyote line. Phil is known for his huge canine catches over the last 40 years. You’ll see Phil in action, how he sets, how he baits and how the fur starts to pile up. These are the methods of true long-liner and professional.
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Rick Miller Group: Texas Coyote Trapping
Rick Miller spends several months a year trapping cats and coyotes in Texas. Two weeks each year his brother Rollin joins Rick on his trapline., and yes, they are competitive. On this particular day they rack up an enormous catch. The “match” is a close one as the sun gets low. You are going to see two veteran trappers who trap fur and do nuisance control 12 months a year. They are true pros.
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Pete Harper Nuisance Gopher Trapping
“Flicker-tails” are a nuisance. From holes in the ground to blown power transformers, they cause hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage nationwide. In this episode, host Mark Steck catches up with Pete Harper and his kids as they rid the local fairgrounds of a few hundred “flicker-tails”. Pete explains the effects of a non-managed fairgrounds, and the amount of money he’s saving the state as he works to thin the huge population of the “flicker-tails” overrunning it, before fair & concert season kicks off.
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Dr Beth Missouri Coyote & Bobcat Trapline
This is a story that needed telling. Join Mark Steck as he meets up with a true outdoors-woman, Dr. Beth. Enjoy a great day on the trapline as she takes us along through most of her trapline check across the Missouri countryside. From airports to livestock pastures and all places in between, Dr. Beth “buggies” her way through the Missouri countryside helping neighbors, friends and business owners protect their livelihood, by thinning out the predator population.
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Bobcat Trapping New Mexico
Bart Hiller and Rick Friedrich leave their Missouri homes each year to pursue adventure in the rugged highlands of New Mexico. Bart says they are “living a dream”. They pursue a variety of furbearers. High on their list is the valuable bobcat of these mountains. In this episode, a blanket of snow falls during the night only to enhance the rugged beauty of their trapline.
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Muskrat Trapping With Carrots & Conibears
You’ve seen Dan Roberts run very efficient bobcat and coyote lines across the Midwest. Now catch up with host Mark Steck and Dan Roberts as they try something new on South Dakota muskrats with Hangman, carrots and conibears. Great conversation, theories, tricks and teasing. You get it all when Mark and Dan get together. But did it work?
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Trapping the Mountains of New Mexico
Host Mark Steck joins Bart Hiller and Rick Friederich on their southwestern cat and canine line. Trapping at a high elevation in remote area, the scenery is unbelievable. Bart and Rick are top-notch trappers chasing their passion. As a special addition to the show, Mark and Bart explore an undisturbed Anasazi Indian site.
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The Beaverman
“Beaverman” Red O’Hearn earns a good portion of his income trapping beaver for landowners. Red, always colorful, shows you his expertise he’s honed over the decades. As the fur piles up, enjoy the banter between Red and Mark Steck including one rather heated debate as to whether sasquatch is real.
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Son of a Beaverman - Part 1
Matt O’Hearn, affectionately referred to by locals as “Son of a Beaverman”, takes no backseat to his dad, Red, when it comes to trapping beaver. Matt is a commercial beaver trapper following in his fathers’ footsteps; and he is just as entertaining as his dad.
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Son of a Beaverman - Part 2
Matt O’Hearn continues his productive line killing beavers for landowners. He has about two months to make wages for the year. At a young age Matt owns a fully paid off home and has no debt. His income is from trapping and carpentry work he does for others. He is indeed a trapping free spirit.
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Six Girls on a Trapline - Part 2
The day continues as Mark rides along with six girls on their trapline. Yes, you read this right. Six girls from six states, converge in Nebraska for one week to share their common passion of trapping. This episode ends in the fur shed where the ladies do a fabulous job taking care of the days end business.
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Marty Smith Cats and Coyotes
Join veteran trapper Marty Smith as he pursues cats and coyotes in Nebraska. Marty, a well-known trapper and lure maker has been on the trail for half a century. His expertise really shines in the rough terrain of Nebraska.
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Pennsylvania Red Fox Trapping - Day 1
Hidden in the woods nestled in the highlands of Pennsylvania, is a trapping camp that has become part of a fall tradition for Ken & Paul Patula, his family and friends. The evenings are rich with banter, but come daybreak, the occupants go their separate ways with hopes of red fox in their traps and the evening bragging rights!
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Pennsylvania Red Fox Trapping - Day 2
For over 35 years Ken Patula and his long-time friend and trapping partner Bob, have found success on their Pennsylvania trapline. Among the beauty of the mountains and fall colors, they encounter some interesting characters that appear through the foggy, mountain mornings.
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Missouri Cats, Coyotes and Coon
Join Matt Burson and his son Ethan as they pursue their passion of land trapping a mixed bag of critters in the state of Missouri. These two men are skilled, and theyll share their techniques with you today as the fur starts to pile up.
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Meet the Bennettes on their Multi-Species South Dakota Line
Tune in for plenty of excitement as Matt and Nancy Bennette run their trapline. Matt is an old pro, while Nancy is new to the craft. Nancys anticipation and excitement is palpable as she wears her emotions on her sleeve. This is one episode you dont want to miss!
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Winter Muskrat Trapping in South Dakota
Indeed youth trapping is still alive! At least in the case of Gage Imberi. Gage, a high school 10th grader, traps passionately whenever not in school. Once the bell rings, he’s gone pursuing muskrats, mink, coon and all the critters that frequent the prairies around his hometown in South Dakota. In this episode Gage is on a frozen and snow packed marsh chopping into muskrat houses. You will feel the bitter cold, and the excitement as Gage peeks into each hut to see if he has connected.
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Jim Ball Cage Trapping Bobcat, Part 1 of 2
Jim Ball has been called "the best of the best' in harvesting bobcats with cage traps. A student of the desert, Jim is a naturalist, as well as an expert trapper. He knows bobcats, their habits, and how to take the excess, while leaving behind a sustainable population. In the first of two parts, Jim shows his system that has allowed him to exceed 100 cats per season. Also, get an update on the lawsuit against Mark by Flem the Butler. You won’t want to miss this.
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Jim Ball Cage Trapping Bobcat, Part 2 of 2
As the sun comes up over the southwestern desert, we set off for Day 2 with Jim Ball to recheck over 60 cage traps across a pretty large territory. It will take most of the day, but it won’t seem long with the knowledgeable conversation and a quick stop to some ancient petroglyphs & pictographs Jim’s piqued our interest in. The day starts slow and builds… it’s exciting to look for the flags and hear the rattling coming up on multiple species in the cages, with the beauty of letting go non target animals.
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Jerry Pingly Rocky Mountain Marten, Part 1 of 2
After years of trapping, Jerry Pingly still gets excited about running his line and catches. It could be exhausting running a 60 line check every day, but it is infectious. Ride along with Jerry; his technique is phenomenal, his knowledge of the target marten second to none. As the fur starts to stack up we see exactly why Jerry comes back year after year!
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Jerry Pingly Rocky Mountain Marten, Part 2 of 2
The second half of the day moves like a spinning cartoon clock. Each check exciting, in some of the most beautiful country in the world. Not even fresh bear tracks by one of his sets deters us from the excitement of the remainder of Jerry’s line. Come with us and see how the day ends!