MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --This is a busy time of year for deer hunters, but the same can be said for trappers. The trapping season began in October, and a group that works closely with law enforcement is ...

In 1996, Massachusetts citizens voted to prohibit the use of the most common and effective traps for catching animals like beavers, coyotes, and foxes. That left cage traps, such as the Havahart, as ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --Man's best friend doesn't begin to describe what Joe means to Daniel Brosnan. The 7-year-old Brittany Spaniel has been Brosnan's hunting companion since he was a pup. "We've been ...

Bobcat and fisher trapping season opened on Nov. 28. The bobcat season runs to Jan. 3. Meat baited body grip traps will be scattered across the area woods. Last year a dog was killed in a body grip ...

The target is most often beaver. But Wildlife Services body-grip traps – which consist of two square bars of steel that snap together like the jaws of a crocodile – have killed more than 7,800 animals ...

Oct. 20 is just around the corner and with it comes a danger that most people aren’t aware exists. The danger can be hidden in the grass, in the ditch, in a box or bucket or even in your driveway ...

The complexities of a bill related to body grip traps, trapping and a wolf hunting season. Sen. Torrey Westrom, Sen. Patricia Torres Ray, Rep. Duane Sauke and Rep. Glenn Gruenhagen talk about the ...

The short answer is yes. There is not a single valid reason, rationale, or argument to justify maintaining the current law that bans the use of body-grip traps during a highly regulated trapping ...