Osborne Russell

223 pages

Authentic firsthand account of true life wilderness adventures written by a Mountain Man and free trapper in the golden era of Rocky Mountain exploration. Introduction by Lem A. York, who originally published the book in 1921, gives the author’s backstory while also putting the book in its proper historical context.

Osborne Russell was born in Maine in 1814. After working for a local trading and fur trapping company, he joined Nathanial Wyeth on a trek across the West to the Pacific Ocean mouth of the Columbia River. He joined Jim Bridger’s Rocky Mountain Fur Company and carried on as a free trapper after the trade declined. Keen intelligence helped him survive, and natural writing ability has made this book an enduring classic.

“ … so accurate that recent readers have claimed to retrace his steps using only the details from these pages.”

By Tom Miranda

Dive into the history and reflections of the most influential trappers of all time, as Tom Miranda shares the stories of the master trappers.

388 pages

by Laura Zerra

Let the world’s most renown bladesmiths guide you step by step as you make your own knife.

159 oversized pages, tons of color photographs

By Leroy Renno - 64 pages - packed with photos!

With the introduction of the revolutionary dog proof trap, raccoon trapping has been forever changed. New Age DP Coon Trapping Methods and More addresses the changes head on, covering everything from coon behavior, trap location, anchoring, bedding and covering, to fleshing, skinning, and pelting. Leroy Renno brings his lifetime of experience to focus on a book that will make you a better raccoon trapper.

By Tom Krause. Everything you need to identify and know common American furbearers, as brought to you by the NTA (National Trappers Association). Conveniently organized with individual chapters on each species. Learn to catch furbearers and prepare and market fur pelts for sale. The most-used text for U.S. trapper education programs. Revised in 2007. 240 Pages, Fully Indexed!

by Hal Sullivan - Otter 2000 presents methods and techniques for trapping otter in open water. These methods entail the exclusive use of blind sets for otter. This is a simple but very effective technique for trapping otter. Otter 2000 covers otter trapping from getting your traps to work more effectively and efficiently, to taking the pelt off the stretcher. You can learn how to predict where otter will travel and learn to identify the best locations for otter sets. But you can also learn to identify other locations and other situations in which extra traps will produce extra otter.As otter become increasingly more common across North America, more trappers are gaining the opportunity to pursue them. Otter 2000 can help you be successful in that pursuit. 100 Pages, 171 Photos and Illustrations.

225 pages

Trapline Twins Miki & Julie Collins continue the story of their life in the shadow of Alaska’s Denali Mountain, trapping, running sled dogs and now also raising Icelandic horses.

Twin sisters Miki and Julie Collins grew up in the vast wilderness north of Denali, living the traditional sustenance lifestyle of trapping, hunting, fishing, and raising their own food. Their only close companions were teams of loyal sled dogs until they discovered the sturdy Icelandic horses that thrive in the Arctic on a diet of fish and wild grasses. This book takes up were their first book, Trapline Twins, left off with more unique adventures as the sisters cross the tundra on horseback, embark on a 1,900-mile sled dog excursion around the state, defend their team against a charging grizzly and calm a panicked horse in the cockpit of an airborne plane.

Dozens of photos and an illustrated map.
Revised 2nd edition Afterword includes recent activities & new outdoor adventures.

By Russ Carman - Whether you trap raccoons in the water or on dry land, you will find a wealth of valuable information in this instruction book by one of America's foremost professional trappers and lure makers. Learn the biology and natural history of the raccoon, the No. 1 furbearer trapped today, and then see how a pro uses this knowledge to make simple trap sets that pile up phenomenal catches. Illustrated with dozens of crisp, clear photos of sets and equipment. 51 pages

By Kennie Prince

The thrilling memoir of a covert wildlife agent.

208 pages

New, edited and expanded 2022 edition.

Highly-anticipated new edition of the most comprehensive and authoritative trap collecting book. Current Pricing & Other Practical Information, by Blaise Andreski and Tom Parr, with input from many of the nation's top trap collectors. Comprehensive and complete text packed with full-color photos in an easy-to-follow format that allows the reader to quickly locate any item. Contains description, collector price, and history of most all traps made to catch fur-bearing animals, form the 1800s to the present. Also includes a section on trapline accessories and related items. Novice and seasoned collectors alike will find the book useful and informative. 224 pages