I finally took the trapper course and passed. It was 2 days long. The first day it was just a lot of talking about rules/regulations. Then learning about the different traps and how to use them and where. Then at the end of the first day we had to set a snare anywhere we wanted to in the woods nearby. The second day we came back early in morning checked all our snares. No one got anything haha but hey it was fun. Then we learned how to skin and flesh and prepare a hide then took the written test. I learned so much and I cant wait for November 1st to come opening day. I knew there was a lot of things involved in trapping but DAMNN is there more than I even thought. I will be focusing on fox/coyote/and beaver. Now I just gotta get snares and maybe a conabare or 2 and get going. Once I get started then ill start making my own snares but for now ill just order them. Does anyone on here make snares that I could buy maybe just to help someone out with money instead of ordering through a site?

Congrats on passing your test! I hope you really enjoyed the class, and took the time to really soak in the experiences. I also hope you took the time to network with some of the other new trappers to be able to exchange experiences and learning as you get deeper and deeper into the sport.

Just a curious question, what made you specifically choose snares for your quarry? Most interesting to me isn't so much what equipment a trapper selects, but rather their though process that lead them to selecting it.