Trapping in general but primarily the Fisher

[Hookhunter20]

Hey everyone, 

 I will be getting my trapping license this fall and obviously I'm about as green as they come. I have property in upstate NY, that has an abundance of predators. I don't want to get into trapping for the money as I know fur price are down these days, but a little money earned and helping my deer, turkey, rabbit, grouse and hopefully reintroduced pheasant population is a win enough for me. I have seen a fisher every time I have scouted and hunted this piece of land. My cousin who lives about five minutes down the road from my property lost about 15 of his "prized show chickens" to a fisher in one night (trail cam confirmed). I have gotten a few coyote and fox pictures as well but have not seen them in person just yet. Primarily my target animal to remove by trapping is the fisher, I like and don't mind putting some hours into fox and coyote hunting with the gun but wouldn't mind grabbing a few of them in a trap as well. Any advice on trap sizes, most reliable beginner priced friendly brands and catching foxes, coyotes, bobcats, racoons, and the fisher would be appriciated!

[Water Rat]

I would suggest any 1 3/4 double coil spring trap would do the trick in catching foxes, coyotes, bobcats, coons and fishers. There are a lot of brands to choose from , with Duke brand being the least expensive. I've always had success with the Oneida Victor brand traps. When it comes to Fishers , my favorite set is the leaning pole set with 220 conibear traps. The best made conibear traps imo are the Belisle body grip traps. They will last a long time and are built like a tank. Get yourself some stabilizers , bait , call lure and your good to go.

 

[stoneam2006]

Number 2 Bridger offset dogless (120$ dz) best all around imo. They are great traps right out of box and come night latched. Hook on cable stakes and put in ground after dye and wax of course. If your able to I highly recommend going to the Herkimer fairgrounds trapping convention Sept 1 thru 3 there are lots of demos tons of supplies and so many guys willing to talk and help you thru and questions you have. Another thing I recommend is to watch YouTube on trapping sets for desired animal. There's a ton of info out there.
At the convention you can get any thing and everything you need lures are there to open and smell urine also traps can be played with and all other supplies too. One you catch something you will be hooked...good luck and tight chains

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[stoneam2006]

There's also a show in little Valley NY Aug 12 thru 14 but I imagine that's a ways from you

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[NY Region 3 Trapper]

If you're targeting Fisher make sure you check the regulations. All Fisher trapping now requires a special free permit and with the permit there are requirements to adhere to.


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[G-Man]

If you have access to a beaver carcass, fisher love beaver meat.. set trap accordingly