Director: Jim Dufour
Co-Director: Drake Jackson
I hope everyone is enjoying the season so far. The deer harvest was a good one for me, I got a nice little 6 point with the muzzleloader, that makes #15 for the cap lock. I'm thinking it's time to go father back and start using the rock scratcher. My wife says if I keep going backwards I'll be using a spear soon. Sounds fun! The traps have mostly been still hanging, still waiting for the gas smell to evaporate. I usually wait for things to prime up before harvesting. I just think its good ethics. Hope everyone has had a good season so far, I'll see you in Askov for the winter meeting. If you can donate to the gun that YOUR district is sponsoring in the raffle, any help is greatly appreciated. Please remember that the tanned fur project can always use fur. These furs get handled by many, many people. I'd like nothing better than to see the fur boards get worn out. Our board was at the Harvest Howl at Wildlife Science Center. Trapper Phil and I had a display there and we were a huge hit. Bet I stuck my fingers in a 1-1/2, over one hundred times. It was so cool to watch folks flinch. (Good thing pain doesn't hurt huh.) The kids try to figure out what fur is from what animal on the fur board. Anyone that can, please take your carcasses to the Wildlife Science Center at Carlos Avery. They speak very highly of our sport to hundreds of people every year, the least we can do is help feed their critters. Please, no canines, raccoons or skunks. That's about all for now, remember please use good ethics in the field.
Jim
District 6 Co-Director of Minnesota Trappers Association
There just aren’t enough hours in a day for all the things that I want to do during the fall season. Put the winter convention on your to do list and attend your general membership meeting. Don’t miss the Legal Defense Fund dinner if you can get tickets.
Remember the young trappers and take time to mentor one or two if you have the opportunity. They are our future.
Now, it is back to the fur pile for me. Hope you have piles of fur too.
Drake