A View from the Ivory Tower
byPierre-Yves Daoust is a professor emeritus and adjunct professor of pathology and microbiology at the University of Prince Edward Island, who lists among his…
Trapping & Hunting
Gene Walters – Child of the Wilderness
byGene Walters was born in South Dakota in 1927, but his family moved to the untamed forests of northern Alberta when he was about…
Take a Kid Trapping – They Say the Darnedest Things!
by“Take a kid trapping” was first published in the March/April 2021 issue of Canadian Trapper magazine, telling your stories for the last 34 years….
After Years of Crises It’s Clear: Fur Auctions Are the Only Way to Ensure Fair Prices
byI have been employed in this business from the fur auction end since the early 1980s and as a trapper earlier yet. The first…
Indigenous Fur Harvesters Speak Out Against Anti-Fur Campaigners
byThe following statement from the four signatories below was released to the media on Jan. 24, 2021. “Harvesting and trading fur and other gifts…
British Columbia Fur Design School to Stress First Nations Roots
byA fresh opportunity is coming soon for future designers to receive a holistic education on working with fur, against a backdrop of its cultural…
Love and Trapping in the Yukon
byLet me tell you first that a life of trapping in the Yukon was never something I’d intended. In fact, when my future mother-in-law…
Larry Goes North: Memories of a Young Kabloona
byI went North with the Hudson’s Bay Company in April of 1969, a young guy of 19 with a lot of curiosity about Inuit…
Happy 4th of July to the American Fur Trade!
byThe American fur trade played an important role in the country’s history, and continues to provide employment for thousands of citizens today. In celebration…