The Trapper's Bible: The Most Complete Guide to Trapping and Hunting Tips Ever

Got this for my son who is interested into getting into trapping. Love how it explains everything written o it. But it also has pictures so you can get a visual of what it is talking about. He is able to understand it. And follow along visually. So he can get better at trapping

This was a good book that taught a lot of practical advice about trapping and catching various furred animals and such. The biology was a bit off in a few places, mostly in regards to broad animal behavior such as characterizing lions as preferring human meat and so on or not understanding why weasels are so aggressive. However, I have no doubts that if someone wanted these furs, or needed to know how to process them, they could do so using the tips in this guide and that is where it shines: the practical areas. The downside is a lot of this is cobbled together with exerpts from various legendary trappers of a century ago or more and as a lot of them were very good at what they did, you get some repetition. All in all though, a book I would definitely recommend to anyone wanting to learn how practical trapping works.

Great!

I purchased this book to round out my historical library on hunting and trapping techniques (most of which are at risk of being lost in time due to modern-day sensibilities about animal cruelty). What was interesting was to find diagrams for "primitive" traps and snares that I've seen on some of the better (i.e., less sensationalistic) reality television shows such as "Survivorman" or "Out of the Wild: Alaskan Wilderness." You won't find much on these in modern-day "wilderness survival" books, or they only mention them in passing. While it would take an awful lot of trial-and-error to recreate any of the actual traps as demonstrated in this book from the diagrams alone, there is a lot of interesting information about the best traps and lures for various species that you might need to hunt should SHTF. The information, while a compilation of old articles, has been laid out by subject in a logical, easy-to-find manner. It has piqued my interest enough, reading the voices of these old men who REALLY trapped (versus reality television contestants) that I will probably research the topic of primitive traps further (since I like to wilderness hike and might someday need to know). I deducted a star because there were a lot of mispellings. It was hard to tell if those were in the original articles, or a gremlin introduced by the author.

Good read and lots of pics

Very informative

Loved the book! So much helpful information. Very detailed with pictures that help you pull the information together. Book was well made!

This book is a great history lesson of the techniques from the pastimes. It was very informative, however for the beginning trapper like myself I felt somewhat let down by the book. It didn’t hit on very much of the modern day traps and snares. The lures recipie section was interesting, however the animals section is lacking for sure at least for my geographical world location. Trapping mountain lion, Grizzly Bear, and Tigers is not going to happen in the Southeastern US. OVERALL not a bad book, I learned a lot, just not a lot of practical information for myself.

great book lots of detail in all sections

The images aren't good and the models of trappers aren't so extensive.

Mi ingles es un poco "flojo". Lastima que no lo hayan traducido, pero me encanta.

dans ce domaine, l'ouvrage est une référence essentielle.

Viele schlechte Bilder. Der Mechanismus ist oft nur zu erahnen.