Kuhl is a senior at Beaver River High School and captain of the trap team. The team went to Michigan a week and a half ago to ...

After months of discussion and study, the S.D. Game, Fish, and Parks has officially closed the Black Hills to beaver trapping ...

WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) - Congratulations to the Beaver River Trap team, who won the 2025 USA High School Clay Target League National Championship at the Michigan Trap Shooting Association in Mason ...

Despite warnings against meddling with wildlife management, the Oregon Legislature has voted to prohibit beaver trapping in impaired waterways on public lands. Democratic lawmakers who supported ...

Animals rights activists ask CT to ban controversial type of trapping. They call it ‘inhumane’ ‘These traps are indiscriminate, cruel, and so inhumane,’ an activist said ...

Calling to her dog, Barber walked over the bank and found her beloved pet snared in an illegal Conibear #330 trap. As the trap is meant to euthanize an animal immediately, Jester did not survive. Soon ...

Hamlin’s been caught in his 220 Conibear trap and had to use his trap tool to get out. He wouldn’t have been able to get out of the 330 by himself, he said.

Beaver and otter trapping were the currency of the day when early settlers would trade pelts to send back to Europe beginning in the 1500s.

There are also health concerns.” Anderson said trapping is the DNRC’s best option. He said normal beaver sets in this area are water sets with conibear traps, or body gripping traps.

There are also health concerns." Anderson said trapping is the DNRC's best option. He said normal beaver sets in this area are water sets with conibear traps, or body gripping traps.

This means that leghold and kill traps are not just a danger during the “regulated” recreational trapping season, but year-round with little oversight in a largely unregulated open season. Unlike ...

The recreational trapping season in Vermont begins on the fourth Saturday of October each year and lasts through March 31. For some animals like otters and beavers, this season lasts for five long ...