Al Crandall
Trapper
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Location: Searcy
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« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2019, 12:24:39 PM » |
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Only been trapping since around 1995, mostly nuisance wildlife control, so I don't have the knowledge that some of you guys and gals do, just my opinion but I think beaver at least in my area are thriving, (White County and surrounding areas), you don't have to walk far to find a dam or damage. I quit trapping for about five years, after the first of the year I called White county and they had bounty money, Called a farmer in Griffithsville where I trapped 5 years ago and I was up and running again, he couldn't get in his fields to plant crops, then I picked up a small land owner, dropped my business cards where ever I went, tractor supply and implement companies, Picked up a sod farm in McRae, Beaver bounty ran out somewhere around March as usual, started charging $20 a beaver to keep me in gas money to keep operating. picked up another farmer in Bald Knob with flooded fields and then a Dr. out of Little Rock with hunting and farming land across the creek from the Bald Knob farmer, then a farmer with about 2000 acres in McCrory, stopped two or three times for a week or two to wait til the first of the month for my next retirement check or to do maint. on equipment, buy more traps or build more drowning rods and then up and running again, said many times, don't do it for the money but can't do it without money, turned 68 yesterday, guess I'll keep doing it as long as I'm able.
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