The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) along with the Missouri Trappers Association will hold a free furbearer trapping clinic for beginners in October.
This clinic will teach newcomers to the fur trade the skills they need to trap furbearers and market pelts. Experienced members of the Missouri Trappers Association will teach participants about equipment, methods, trapping locations, regulations, and handling furs.
Anyone who wants to become a trapper, or if they just want to learn what trapping is about, this clinic will provide skills and background information. Meals will be provided as well as lodging in rooms at the Habitat Flats hunting lodge.
Traps will be set after the introductory course, which begins at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019 and participants will check traps on Sunday, Oct. 20 with help from the instructors.
The clinic will be held at the Habitat Flats hunting lodge near Sumner.
Participants must pre-register by Oct. 15.
To register, call Conservation Agent Clay Creech at 660-414-0416 or send an email to clay.creech@mdc.mo.gov
For more information about trapping in Missouri, visit https://short.mdc.mo.gov/ZpG