Trapping

Trapping is like playing hide and seek but with animals. Imagine you and your friends finding a place to hide and waiting for the person who is “it” to come and find you. Trappers do the same thing, but they are looking for animals like beavers, raccoons, and foxes.

Trappers use special tools such as traps, snares, and baits to catch animals. Traps can be like a cage or a net that is set in the ground, underwater or in trees. These traps have a trigger that sets off a mechanism that holds the animal inside until the trapper comes to check it.

Snares are like a loop of wire that is set up in a way that when an animal passes through it, the wire tightens around the animal, trapping it. Baits are things like food that are used to attract the animal, making it easier to catch.

Trappers catch animals for all sorts of reasons. Sometimes they catch them for their fur, which is used to make clothing or other things. Other times they catch them to remove them from an area if they are causing problems.

Trappers have rules they need to follow to make sure they are being safe and not hurting the animals. They also need to have special licenses to trap in certain areas. This helps to make sure that the animals are being treated properly and that they are not being harmed unnecessarily.

So, that is trapping in a nutshell – playing hide and seek with animals using special tools to catch them and following rules to make sure everything is done safely and ethically.