Best I can remember, I started trapping with Dad's help when I was maybe 10 or 12. IIRC, I(we) got something like 65 cents per muskrat skinned, boarded, scraped, and dry. We whittled the drying boards out of shipping crates given to us by the hardware store owner.
During the time I was working a full time job and farming, I only trapped vermin around the buildings. After I retired the first time, I was bored silly and looking for a bit of extra $$ so got back into raccoon trapping for 2-3 years. Currently Son and Grandson do most of the hard work and I do the easier daily checking. I no longer have the strength to reset the 330's or the footholds used for beaver.
During the time I was working a full time job and farming, I only trapped vermin around the buildings. After I retired the first time, I was bored silly and looking for a bit of extra $$ so got back into raccoon trapping for 2-3 years. Currently Son and Grandson do most of the hard work and I do the easier daily checking. I no longer have the strength to reset the 330's or the footholds used for beaver.
