Add to ORKGRay Catron talks about growing up in Cameron, Missouri, where he began his trapping career at the age of seven hunting mostly civet cats and possums. He reminisces about moving to Billings, Montana, when he was 20 years old. Catron describes working on the railroad, trapping, and becoming involved in predator control in the Billings area. He talks about using his greyhound dogs for predator control to track down bears and coyotes that were threatening livestock. Catron also compares trapping methods and attitudes among trappers of the 1930s and ‘40s with those of the 1980s.https://scholarworks.umt.edu/montanafurtrappers/1013/thumbnail.jp
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Ray Catron talks about growing up in Cameron, Missouri, where he began his trapping career at the ag...
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Clarence Leonard Lawrence describes how he taught himself to trap as a boy living in Eastern Montana...
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Willis Kent describes how his father and grandfather first taught him how to trap in Missouri. Kent ...
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Joe Pocha of Augusta, Montana, talks about trapping when he was a young boy and then, later, after h...
Willis Kent describes how his father and grandfather first taught him how to trap in Missouri. Kent ...
Lawrence Humble of Hamilton, Montana, describes his time as a trapper and buyer and seller of fur in...
Lawrence Humble of Hamilton, Montana, describes his time as a trapper and buyer and seller of fur in...
Richard Kenck reminisces about growing up in Choteau, Montana, on a ranch at the mouth at the Dearbo...
Ray Catron talks about growing up in Cameron, Missouri, where he began his trapping career at the ag...
Ray Catron talks about growing up in Cameron, Missouri, where he began his trapping career at the ag...
Herschell Wells recalls how he started trapping during the early 1930s when he was a kid and how he ...
Clarence Leonard Lawrence describes how he taught himself to trap as a boy living in Eastern Montana...
Clarence Leonard Lawrence describes how he taught himself to trap as a boy living in Eastern Montana...
Tex Baker discusses his 70 years of experience trapping and selling furs. He recalls that he began t...
Willis Kent describes how his father and grandfather first taught him how to trap in Missouri. Kent ...
Willis Kent describes how his father and grandfather first taught him how to trap in Missouri. Kent ...
Tex Baker talks about his first trapping experiences in the Seeley Lake country, including one of hi...
Joe Pocha of Augusta, Montana, talks about trapping when he was a young boy and then, later, after h...
Joe Pocha of Augusta, Montana, talks about trapping when he was a young boy and then, later, after h...
Willis Kent describes how his father and grandfather first taught him how to trap in Missouri. Kent ...
Lawrence Humble of Hamilton, Montana, describes his time as a trapper and buyer and seller of fur in...
Lawrence Humble of Hamilton, Montana, describes his time as a trapper and buyer and seller of fur in...
Richard Kenck reminisces about growing up in Choteau, Montana, on a ranch at the mouth at the Dearbo...