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CONVENTION
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FUNKE TRAP TAGS - Program Book Sponsor
HARRIS TRAPS - Trap Setting Plaques Sponsor
MARK JUNE - Demo Sponsor
FUR-FISH-GAME - T-shirt Sponsor
GROENEWOLD FUR & WOOL CO. - Donated 4-Wheeler to NTA auction
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ITA President’s Letter of Welcome
Greetings all,
The Iowa Trappers Association, their members,
and volunteers welcome you to Spencer, Iowa, as
we host the 62nd NTA National Convention and
Sports Show.
Spencer is home to the Clay County Fairgrounds,
largest county fair in Iowa lasting 9 days, but also
a gateway to many outdoor activities in the area.
Just 20 minutes north of town you will find the “Iowa Great Lakes” which include Spirit Lake,
and East and West Okoboji. These lakes are the three largest natural glacier lakes in Iowa. West
Okoboji is a spring fed natural blue lake and hub for many leisure activities in the lakes area. As
a kid growing up, Spencer and the Great Lakes area was our sole week long vacation destination
every year. With the lakes and all the area activities, you will find Spencer and the Great Lakes
Area an endless playground for all ages during your visit to Northwest Iowa.
While attending this event, you will find many aspects of the weekend pertaining or related to fur
harvesting and other sustainable use activities. Without these dedicated organizations, businesses
and individuals from around this country all this would not be possible today. Whether this is your
first convention or 62nd, do your part and support our continued fight against those who do not
agree with our continued use of our highly regulated natural resources. If you are not a member
of the NTA, ITA, or your state association, please do so now. As one more voice “CAN” make a
difference!
During your visit relax with old friends and make some new ones, in the end we are all family.
Enjoy the convention, all the smells and memories it will make during your visit.
Craig Sweet, President
Iowa Trappers Association Inc.
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Letter of Welcome
July 22, 2021
From the desk of:
John Daniel, President
National Trappers Association
Dear Friends:
Welcome to Spencer, Iowa, and the National Trappers
Association’s National Convention.
Last year would have been my first national convention to
welcome NTA members as the President of the NTA but Covid cheated me of that honor. I want to
tell you what a great privilege and honor it is to be here as your President.
I’d like to thank the Iowa Trappers Association for hosting this event. Thank you to the volunteers,
the office staff, and our convention coordinator. Without the efforts of all of them this convention
would not have been possible. As you go about the convention grounds this week, attending the
demos, dickering with the vendors, and visiting with like-minded individuals, be sure to thank a
volunteer when you see them.
I would also like to thank the Clay County fairgrounds and the Chamber of Commerce for their
accommodating hospitality.
Vice President Matt Lumley and I will be camping here at the fairgrounds this week and we welcome
the opportunity to visit with you.
Enjoy your convention and thank you for your support.
John Daniel, President
National Trappers Association
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Schedule of Events
Please reveiw Kid’s Cave schedule on page 46 for information on Kid’s events.
Wednesday – July 21, 2021
8:00 am – 6:00 pm Inside dealer registration set up
Tailgater Registration starts
Thursday - July 22, 2021
7:00 am Breakfast served outside
7:00 am Dealers pick up group numbers at 4-H Building for sign up in Lima,
Ohio, 2022, NTA National Convention (sign up will start at 9 am
- by group- in the 4-H Building across from the Grandstand
building)
7:30 am Vendors allowed in buildings to open booths
8:00 am Dealer buildings open
Demos all day (Indoor Arena) - See demo schedule in program.
Demos sponsored by Mark June
FBU raffle and silent auction all day (Commercial Exhibits building)
Sign up for Trap Setting Contest and Skillet Toss Contest-NTA booth
(Commercial Exhibits building) Sponsored by HARRIS TRAPS
9:00 am Dealer sign up for 2022 by group number in the 4-H Building. Group
1- 9 am, Group 2 – 10 am, Group 3- 11am, etc. (Get your group
number at 7:00 am, Thursday, at the 4-H building)
10:00 am NEW! KIDS CAVE OPENS!! (follow signs to the Cattle Barn). Ball
Toss for kids going on throughout the day (in the Cattle Barn/
Kid’s Cave) Ball Toss sponsored by Duke Traps.
10:30 am Mountain Men dress up with Marty Meierotto - Kid’s Cave
2:00 pm North American Trapper Seminar, ALAN PROBST! - Kid’s Cave
3:00 pm Kid’s Cave closes
5:00 pm NTA Awards Banquet hosted by Furbearers Unlimited (Events
Center). 5:00 pm Social hour, 7:30 pm Dinner, FBU Auction
follows dinner. REGISTER AND PAY AT THE FBU BOOTH OR
AT THE BANQUET (Air Conditioned!)
6:00 pm Dealer buildings close
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7:00 am Breakfast Served
7:00 am Vendors allowed in buildings to open booths
8:00 am Dealer buildings open
Demos all day (Indoor Arena). See demo schedule in program.
Demos sponsored by Mark June
FBU raffle and silent auction all day (FBU Booth, Commercial
Exhibits)
Sign up for Trap Setting Contest and Skillet Toss Contest—NTA
Booth, Commercial Exhibits building
10:00 am Kid’s Cave Opens. Ball Toss for kids at the KID’S CAVE located in
the Cattle Barn. Ball Toss sponsored by Duke Traps
10:30 am Mountain Men dress up with Marty Meierotto - Kid’s Cave
11:30 am PIZZA PARTY! Sponsored by Groenwald Fur (Ballroom in the
Events Center)
2:00 pm North American Trapper Seminar – ALAN PROBST! - Kid’s Cave
3:00 pm Kid’s Cave closes
5:30 pm Dealer buildings close
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm President’s Reception and Dinner FREE for all NTA Members
(prior RSVP required) Located in the Events Center Ballroom)
YES, IT’S AIR CONDITIONED!!
7:00 pm – 7:30 pm Auction registration – Events Center Ballroom
7:30 pm Auction – Events Center
Ballroom
Saturday – July 24, 2021
7:00 am Breakfast Served
7:00 am Vendors allowed in buildings to
open booths
8:00 am Dealer buildings open
NTA National 2021 • 9Demos all day (Indoor Arena). See demos schedule in program.
Demos sponsored by Mark June.
Tailgaters all day
FBU raffle and silent auction all day
8 am to Noon Sign up for trap setting contest and skillet toss contest—NTA
Booth (Commercial Exhibits building)
9:00 am Kid’s Cave opens – Cattle Barn. Ball Toss for kids going on
throughout the day in the KID’S CAVE. Ball Toss sponsored by
Duke Traps.
9:45 am Mountain Men dress up with Marty Meierotto - Kid’s Cave
10:00 am Antler Auction (Stables)
1:00 pm Kid’s Cave Closes — Until Next Year!!! See you then!
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Trap setting contests (See NTA Booth in Commercial Exhibits
building for Sign up and Location). Trap Setting Plaques
sponsored by HARRIS TRAPS
Young Ladies (Under 12) Frying Pan Toss
Ladies (12 and up) Frying Pan Toss
Speed Boys under age 12
Speed Girls under age 12
Youngest Trapper Award
Speed Junior Boys ages 12-16
Speed Junior Girls Ages 12-16
Speed Women Ages 17 & Up
Speed Men Ages 17 & Up
Conibear—Speed All Ages
4:00 pm Iowa Trappers Association Membership Meeting (4-H Building)
4:00 pm FBU Silent Auction Closes (Commercial Exhibits building)
DRAWING FOR GUN OF THE YEAR
6:00 pm Dealer buildings close
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm NTA General Meeting and awards presentation (Events Center)
Sunday – July 25, 2021
8:00 am - Noon Dealer buildings open. Vendor tear down.
12:00 Noon CONVENTION CLOSES
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Demo List
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Demo Bios
Davis, Chip – Chip is from north central Mississippi and fell in love with trapping as a teenager, in
the mid 80s. A family friend who asked permission to trap on his family’s farm took him under their wing
and taught Chip how to read sign, set traps, and the basics of fur trapping. He took all his profits from that
first fur check and bought traps! He has never looked back since then. In the early 2000’s Chip’s 8-year-
old son resurrected Chip’s love for trapping – that had cooled after the fur crash – by asking his dad to
show him the ropes. His current passion is live market coyotes. Chip’s welding skills married well into trap
modification. The modifications caught on and Expand-a-Pan was born.
Driscoll, Bob – Bob Driscoll is the president of the Florida Trappers Association (FTA). He joined
the FTA immediately after moving to Florida 10 years ago. He is a recreational trapper with some urban
nuisance trapping for raccoon, possum, Cuban tree frog, feral cat, and armadillo. Recently Bob has become
interested in the many invasive species that call Florida home, such as python, armadillo, iguana, and
Argentine tegu. The list is long and each one is a menace to the Florida ecosystem. Florida trappers should
be able to help with controlling these animals.
Dunlap, Jeff – Jeff Dunlap is an
accomplished professional trapper and Jeff Dunlap
lure maker from Michigan. He grew up
in the trapping and fur industry. Jeff also
owns and operates Dunlap Lures. He
took over the business from his father
who started it in 1970. Jeff takes great
pride in providing quality baits and lures
to trappers, just as his father did before
him.
Jeff has trapped all over in the Lower
48 states and Alaska for all types of
furbearers with success. He promotes
trapping and techniques to new trappers on
a variety of social media platforms. You
can follow him on Facebook through
Dunlap Lures Facebook page or join the
Facebook group called Trapping Talk,
where there are more than 50,000 trappers
in the group. He also has a presence on
Instagram and YouTube.
Jeff is proud to have appeared on the
F&T Freedom Outdoors TV show for
many years teaching trapping techniques
to new trappers. He also runs a trapping
school with Clint Locklear in Iowa each
fall. When he isn’t trapping, he enjoys
metal detecting and spending time with
his kids and grandkids.
NTA National 2021 • 15Goode, Skye – Skye is one of the most known female trappers in the country. She is known for her
up close and personal release videos that help promote educational trapping across social media. Skye is
from central Wisconsin and continues to work and live there with her two sons. She works closely with
Southern Snares and Supply based out of Georgia to develop lures and equipment for Wisconsin. She sews
fur hats by hand under the name of Bearfoot Furs and is very active in the Wisconsin Trappers Association.
She is the WTA Social Media Coordinator as well as a certified Trapper Education Instructor. Skye started
trapping coyotes with cable restraints almost a decade ago and while she traps every furbearer in Wisconsin,
she remains partial to cable restraints for canines.
Hanseth, Rick – Rick started trapping when he was ten, with his grandpa catching pocket gophers,
and progressed from there. He mainly traps coon and mink and has trapped in three states. He owns and
operates NEIA Fur Exchange, R & M Lures, NEIA Nuisance Animal Control, and is a receiving agent for
Fur Harvesters Auction. Rick tries to be involved with every aspect of the fur industry.
Dave Hastings – In the early sixties, I caught my first mink, and I was broken beyond repair from
that point forward. Trapping Nebraska Sandhills country is a gift, and I have appreciated every minute of it.
Like most of us, I studied my Fur-Fish-Game magazines, and my American Trapper and Fur Taker. In
the late 90s I started working for the FTA as an ad salesman, then later became editor. As time passed, I
added the editing job of the Texas Fur Trails in 2008, and in 2010, I started editing the Wisconsin Trapper.
Editing those magazines was a life changing experience for me. I got to know some of the best trappers in
Skye Goode
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Somewhere in there I started teaching at the Trappers College. Again, what a life changer!
I gradually pulled out of those great editing jobs (and 39 years of high school teaching) to retire; and
then was elected President of the FTA, beginning in January of 2019. (So much for retirement.) I’ve been
trapping and calling since I could hold up both ends of a gun off the ground.
Beyond a shadow of a doubt, rubbing elbows, calling with, trapping with, and just knowing some of the
best trappers in the country has been a life blessing that is unmeasurable.
Protecting and defending trapping is very hard work, but to me, the future looks brighter than it has in
decades when it comes to our political survival. I believe we are on the cusp of great progress; assuming
we can get all outdoorsmen, especially trappers, on board!
Hawkins, Angela – Angela’s outdoor adventures began in 1988 when she started bow hunting
for whitetail deer. Throughout the next decade she saw increasing numbers of coyotes while in her stand.
In 2010 Angela graduated from the Rinehart/American School of Taxidermy and started her business that
same year. It was there that she met a local trapper who was skilled in the art of trapping. Angela expressed
her willingness to learn how to catch some of the coyotes she had been seeing. She finally got the chance to
train under one of the area’s best! Angela accepted a position to trap every day for seven months and then
was given a chance to prove all that she had learned, when her mentor was injured in an auto accident. For
eight solid months she trapped and snared coyotes for private landowners who wanted them removed. That
sure shortened the learning curve for her! Since then, Angela has trapped and snared coyote and beaver
every year for private landowners, but is skilled at catching and removing all forms of nuisance wildlife.
During this time, she began her career as a commercial turtle trapper, that spanned 31/2 months over the
course of the summer. Although out of state markets have been lost, Angela still traps turtles and has since
released a how-to DVD entitled So You Wanna be a Turtle Trapper? This will be followed by a series of
e-books to be released later this year!
Karrels, Larry – In 1957, Larry trapped his first animals – two mink and one rat. He received
$38 for one of those mink, and $30 for the other! Quite a difference in prices from 63 years ago to now!
He has only missed two years of trapping since then and that was when Larry was a medic in the 101st
airborne in Vietnam. He spent 20 years working for the state of Arkansas doing beaver control work. Larry
averaged 400 beaver per year for many years! It is estimated that he caught over 12,000 beaver in those
years! Larry also enjoys trapping coyotes and has trapped in Wyoming and Iowa. Larry is the author of the
Coyote Whisperer.
Lunn, Chris – Chris is a trapper, fur buyer (Wyoming fur trader), western regional director for
NWCOA, and owns a nuisance business called RM Wildlife and Pest Solutions. He went to school for big
game management at Oregon State University. Chris grew up in western Oregon and has resided there for
the last 13 years. He is an outdoor enthusiast that loves to trap, hunt and fish. He loves helping others to
learn trapping, fur handling and how to become a wildlife control operator.
Obermier, Kendall – Kendall is the owner of NO BS Lures. He traps six months out of the
year, trapping for fur, and also doing damage control work in North Dakota, Iowa, New Mexico, Arizona,
Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas. He considers himself a mink trapper but has turned more to coyotes over
the years. On average, he takes 600-plus predators each year. Besides running the business, he also plays in
a country rock band that keeps him busy all summer. Along with traveling to conventions, Kendall is also
an instructor at LKL Trapping Experience in Mediapolis, Kansas.
NTA National 2021 • 17O’Hearn, Red – Red has always loved Mother Nature. His life in the outdoors was encouraged by
his family. When He finally sold his paper route and got a few traps, the future changed! Trapping was in
his blood. Being a trapper has allowed Red to meet thousands of like-minded women and men. He has had
the fortune to make a fair share of his living from the great outdoors. The choice to be a trapper has had
many benefits for Red. Opportunities to learn and the chance to be friends with great individuals has made
this choice to be a trapper very worthwhile.
“Looking back on this life, I cannot believe so much time has passed. So many of my friends have
grown up on the trail. I made a conscious decision when I went public to be accessible to help people.
I think I have been successful, and I am still here! In most bios you are going to have a laundry list of
accomplishments: catches, places trapped, etc. I’ve been on the public scene for over 25 years. I can catch
all the animals, not just coons! The big secret is you can do this, too. All that is required is to get off the
computer or couch and be willing to do the work. At this point in my life, I don’t have to prove anything
to anyone. I have great successes and some failures, but along the way I love to meet some genuinely good
people. I think that is the greatest part of all. Make friends – pass on our way of life!”
Parr, Tom – Tom was born in Mansfield, Ohio, in 1942. The family moved to Columbus, Ohio,
in 1955, where he worked in an IGA grocery store through high school. Tom was married in 1963 to
Jane Kropp and they now have two children and five grandchildren. In 1966 he became a professional
Firefighter/Paramedic for the City of Upper Arlington and in 1974 Tom and Jane started a medical supply
business and operated until 2000. He was a weekend trapper, even through high school, and in 1991 Tom
became the President/Editor of the North America Trap Collectors Association. He still maintains those
titles today. Tom started collecting antique traps in 1986 and began building his museum from there. In
2000 the association established the North America Trap Collectors Museum, Inc. which is housed in
Galloway, Ohio. Tom proudly owns the Trappers World magazine and since 2007 he has written an article
each month on antique traps for Fur-Fish-Game magazine. Sadly, his wife passed away in January of 2012.
Reuwsaat, Lesel – Lesel is a full-time professional trapper. He starts trapping in October and
finishes up in March. He has trapped in South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas,
Michigan, and Delaware. His trapping consists of both fur and ADC trapping. Lesel is from western South
Dakota which is where his bait and lure business is based. He also takes part in the LKL Trapping Experience
in Minneapolis, KS, with NO BS Lures and Top Lot Stretchers.
Richards, Cletis – When Cletis started third grade, his family bought a small farm rear a spring-
fed creek in southwest Missouri, which gave him the opportunity to wet an appetite for the out-of-doors.
Exploring the dense woods as well as the nearby creek and reading everything he could about wildlife
and vegetation gave Cletis a foundation for his life-long hobbies of hunting, fishing and trapping. When
he returned from Vietnam in 1969, he trapped coon, beaver, mink, and muskrats while stationed in Texas.
After his tour of duty ended, Cletis returned to southwest Missouri where he continued to trap the water.
In the early 70s, competition became fierce and that is when he sought out K.T. Rider for some insight on
canine trapping. Many fox and coyotes fell to K.T.’s instruction. This launched Cletis’ love for and his
career of trapping canines. He has trapped Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Texas for coyotes,
fox and bobcats. Cletis started making bait and lures for his own use several years ago which eventually led
to the birth of AppleRoadLures.com. His baits and lures are now used all across the country.
“My out of state trips have produced good numbers using my baits and my methods as verified by
producing 98 coyotes in 11 days, all while filming footage for my DVD Coyotes in Agriculture. It will be
my privilege to demonstrate how I trap and manage my trapline.”
18 • NTA National 2021Rogge, JD – JD has lived most of his life in Cherokee County, Iowa. He started trapping in 1984 at
age ten, during the fur boom – learning mostly from wearing out the trapping books in the school library.
At 18, JD met John Lenz, who would become his longtime trapping partner and introduced JD to snaring.
John and JD ran large snare lines, refining their techniques and equipment for nearly 20 years, with their
largest line being 667 snares across four counties! JD is the owner of Roadrunner Snares and produces
some of the finest snares on the market today, as well as serving as the Iowa Trappers Association district
24 director.
Sells, Michael – Mike started trapping in 1960 with muskrats and is still an active trapper. In one
season he trapped 1,132 muskrats in 10 nights! He also traps all other furbearers in Iowa and particularly
likes raccoon and beaver trapping. He’s piled up some very impressive catches! Mike has been doing
demos nearly every year since 1993 in Iowa and has also done demos for the NTA and FTA. Mike is a life
member of Iowa Trappers Association, NTA, FTA, and the NRA. He has written and published five books
and four DVDs on hunting and trapping.
Smith, Marty – “I have been making baits and lures since 1985, having learned from one of the
best, Ron Hansen – who learned from another one of the best, Bill Nelson! After ten years of working baits
and lures with Ron, I made baits and lures while he was running his painting and gardening business in the
summertime.”
Weiser, Andy – “Born and raised in Ohio, I started trapping muskrats at the age of 7. I caught my
first coyote when I was a freshman in high school. I moved to Montana after graduation and continued
to trap for fur and ADC work for 30 years. I concentrated on beaver and coyote damage control and
eventually as laws changed worked on wolf depredation. Through those years, I developed lures and baits
and marketed them under Weiser Western Lure. In the last year, I moved to northern Nevada where I work
for USDA wildlife services and trap coyote and mountain lion that are preying on livestock.”
Windschitl, Leon – Leon has trapped for over 30 years in southwest Minnesota and has been a
strong supporter of the Minnesota Trappers Association. When out on the trapline, his main target is raccoon
and mink. In the fall, he also targets fox, coyote and muskrat. In the spring, he traps beaver. Although, Leon
is not a full-time trapper, he runs his trapline in a fast and efficient way, while working a full-time job! He
uses quick and effective water sets and dog-proof traps to havest respectable numbers in a short amount of
time. Leon is well known for his fur handling skills. He has done demos at several state conventions as well
as national events. He has won Minnesota Trappers Association Master Fur Handler of the Year multiple
times and is currently the chairman of the competition as well as a judge. He is the owner of Top Lot
Stretcher Company. He has three DVDs out on fur handling: Top Lot Coon Handling, Mink and Muskrat
Handling, and Top Lot Coyote Handling. He is the pelt handling instructor at LKL Trapping Experience. He
believes in supporting state and national associations. Leon is a lifetime member of the National Trappers
Association and Minnesota Trappers Association. He is also an active member of Fur Takers of America
and many other state organizations. Leon’s demo will cover the complete process of coyote handling from
the fleshing, ear cartilage removal, and proper pinning to get the most out of each coyote.
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Vendors & Locations
VENDOR - BUILDING - BOOTH(S) VENDOR - BUILDING - BOOTH(S)
A. J. Skinners - PAVILION - 482, 482 Cedar River Pheasants - PAVILION - 418
Adirondack Dick Enterprises - GRANDSTAND- 308 Clear Water Meats - PAVILION - 440
Adrian Romero - PAVILION - 410A - 415A Comstock Custom Cage - PAVILION - 454, 456, 467
Alaska Trappers Association - COMMERCIAL EXHIBITS - Coyote U - Mark Zagger - COMMERCIAL EXHIBITS -
between NTA & FBU 211, 212
Apple Road Bait - VARIED INDUSTRIES - 248, 249 Cumberlands NW Trappers Supply - VARIED INDUSTRIES
Arkansas Trappers - VARIED INDUSTRIES - 291 - 270 to 279
Association of Fish and Wildlife - PAVILION - 462 D - D’s Designs - PAVILION - 446, 448
ATPCA - COMMERCIAL EXHIBITS - 204A Dakotaline Snares - PAVILION - 401 to 403
Backwater Bait - PAVILION - 488 to 493 Dobbins Products - PAVILION - 406 to 408
Badgerland Trapping Supply - PAVILION - 423 Down South Trappers - PAVILION - 496, 497
Barnes Hide & Fur - VARIED INDUSTRIES - 260 to 269 Duke Traps - COMMERCIAL EXHIBITS - 159 to 172, and
205, 206
Beaver Pond Publications - VARIED INDUSTRIES - 290
Dunn Knives - GRANDSTAND - 327
Berkshire Gold - GRANDSTAND - 317
East Fork Predator Bait - PAVILION - 405A, 405
Bethel’s Wildlife Control - VARIED INDUSTRIES - 280 to
284 F&T Fur Harvesters Trading Post - COMMERCIAL
EXHIBITS - 145 to 158
Bob and Sons Insurance - GRANDSTAND - 331
FBU - COMMERCIAL EXHIBITS - 109 to 116
24 • NTA National 2021Fiber Tuff Pack Baskets - PAVILION - 464, 466 J.C. Connor - GRANDSTAND - 343, 344
Floral Flushes - GRANDSTAND - 307 J.R. & Sons - GRANDSTAND - 316, 318, 320
Florida Trappers Association - GRANDSTAND - 339, 341 Jack Hill’s Lone Wolf Lures - PAVILION - 483, 484
Funke Trap Tags/Hilltop Outdoors - VARIED INDUSTRIES Jeff Park - GRANDSTAND - 328, 329
- 213 to 222 Joe Goodman Prints - PAVILION - 477 to 480
Fur Fish & Game - GRANDSTAND - 339, 341 Kansas Trapline Products - VARIED INDUSTRIES - 253,
Fur Harvesters Auction - GRANDSTAND - 310 to 313 255, 257, 259
Fur Hat Guru - PAVILION - 444 Keg Creek Baits and Lures - PAVILION - 468, 470, 472, 474
Fur Hats Beaver Hoops - VARIED INDUSTRIES - 250, 252, Ken Kirn- PAVILION - 458 to 460
254, 256, 258, 259 Larry Finch Trap Tags - COMMERCIAL EXHIBITS - 209,
Fur Takers of America - COMMERCIAL EXHIBITS - 131, 210
132 Lenon Lures - GRANDSTAND - 300
Groenewold Fur & Wool - PAVILION - 443 LKL Trapping Experience - COMMERCIAL EXHIBITS -
Hannibal Enterprises - VARIED INDUSTRIES - 230 to 239 187 to 200
Harris Traps - PAVILION - 463 Maine Trappers Assoc. - GRANDSTAND - 325
Hoosier Trapper Supply - PAVILION - 357 to 400 Mark June Lures - PAVILION - 438, 439, 441
Hutton Valley School of Taxidermy - PAVILION - 461 Minnesota Trapline Products - COMMERCIAL EXHIBITS -
Idaho Trappers Assoc. - VARIED INDUSTRIES - 246 118 to 129
Illinois Trappers Assoc. - VARIED INDUSTRIES - 247 Moyle Mink &Tannery - VARIED INDUSTRIES - 203, 204
Indiana State Trappers Assoc. - GRANDSTAND - 301 Murrays Lures - VARIED INDUSTRIES - 224 to 229
Iowa Trappers & CVB - COMMERCIAL EXHIBITS - 332 National Wildlife Control Ops. Assoc. - GRANDSTAND -
330
Iron Trail Trapline - PAVILION - 471, 473, 475
Nebraska Fur Harvesters - PAVILION - 409
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North American Trapper - GRANDSTAND - 332, 335 133 to 142
North Carolina Trappers Assoc. - GRANDSTAND - 345 Sportsman Alliance - GRANDSTAND - 337
NTA - COMMERCIAL EXHIBITS - 101 to 108 Spy High Mounting System - GRANDSTAND - 347, 349
Ohio Trappers Association & CVB - COMMERCIAL Sterling Fur Co. - VARIED INDUSTRIES - 240 to 245
EXHIBITS - 143, 144 Sullivan’s - COMMERCIAL EXHIBITS - 211, 212
Oneida Victor - GRANDSTAND - 346, 348 Tennessee Free Trappers - GRANDSTAND - 302
Paul Biedermann - PAVILION - 411, 413 Tennessee Fur Harvesters - COMMERCIAL EXHIBITS -
PCS Outdoors - VARIED INDUSTRIES - 285 to 289 201
R & M Lures - PAVILION - 436, 437 Texas Trappers & Fur Hunters Assoc. - GRANDSTAND -
335
Radiant Nails - GRANDSTAND - 305
The Snare Shop - PAVILION - 445, 447, 449, 451, 453, 000
Richard Schuetz - GRANDSTAND - 350 to 352
The Trapper - PAVILION - 442
Roberts Trading - PAVILION - 425, 247, 249, 431, 433
Three Tracks Turkey Call - COMMERCIAL EXHIBITS -
Rusty Johnsons Predator Lures - PAVILION - 485 to 487 202
Sandy’s Hide & Fur - PAVILION - 414, 416 Tomahawk Live Trap - GRANDSTAND - 319, 321, 323
Sawmill Creek Baits & Lures - PAVILION - 416 to 419, and Trappers Post - PAVILION - 410, 412
421
Trapper’s World - GRANDSTAND - 336
Schmitt Enterprises - VARIED INDUSTRIES - 223 to 232
Trapping Mafia - COMMERCIAL EXHIBITS - 173 to 186,
Sew Sew by Stiles - GRANDSTAND - 303 and 207, 208
Skinners Friend - GRANDSTAND - 327 Trapshed - PAVILION - 424 to 426, 430, 432, 434
Skyline Metal Designs - GRANDSTAND - 304, 306 USA Foxx & Furs, Inc. - GRANDSTAND - 340 342
Sleepy Creek Tannery - PAVILION - 494, 495 Volkers Trapping Supplies - VARIED INDUSTRIES - 292 to
299
We Trap Em Supplys - PAVILION - 465, 467, 469
Western Montana Fur Center - PAVILION - 498 to 501
Winter Wildlife Control - GRANDSTAND - 322, 324, 326
Wisconsin Trappers Association - PAVILION - 452
Wolfen Bait & Lure - PAVILION - 435
Yooper Bound - GRANDSTAND - 354, 356
Z Traps - PAVILION - 415, 417, 419
Z-Clear - GRANDSTAND - 309
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Special “shout out” to the National Trappers
Association for my very special induction into
the NTA Hall of Fame. It’s the honor of my
Life! Stop by and see me at the Minnesota
Trapline booth so I can sign you a copy of my
new book Master Trappers.
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Trappers Association?
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Smoky Mountain Central Railroad
Located at the Clay ceiling mounted LED track lighting. Talking to a Motorcyclist
County Fairgrounds! The train display and all the A Man Shoeing a Horse A Highway
T
associated equipment was donated to Patrol Airplane
he Smoky Mountain Central the Clay County Fair in 2001 by Bill and A Golf Course What Town Names
Railroad began on some tables Becky Sanders. are in the Display?
in 1947. It grew over the years The basement of the building A Mirror (there are at least four)
into a large exhibit. In 1998 and early rests beneath the entire railroad layout. How Many Tables are Set at the Café?
1999, a new building was constructed. Access to the railroad system can be Tractor Dealerships How Many
It was donated to the Clay County Fair attained from below by climbing ladders People are in the Swimming Pool?
in 2001 by Ben & Betty Sanders, Bill & located in the basement. The ladders The Field of Dreams The Life-
Becky Sanders and the Iowa Great Lakes bring a person up through holes at Flighted Accident Victim
Broadcasting Co., Inc. The building various places around the layout which A Garden The Place the Accident
is 72’ x 132’ made of poured concrete are virtually unseen by visitors. These Victim was Life-Flighted From
with a steel roof. The roof has an R-40 “holes” allow operators to perform Boy in a Tire Swing What Local
insulation rating and the walls are R-23, maintenance, repairs and upgrades. Also Church is Represented in the Display?
making it a year round use building. in the basement is a small break room, A Lady doing Laundry Big Ben
Started in 1999, the actual train several storage rooms and a workshop A Space Station Santa and His
layout is 35’ x 100’. The first track was where maintenance on the engines, Reindeer
laid in June 1999 and the first trains ran cars, buildings and control equipment New Animated Items to Find
the same month. Currently, there is about is performed. Sensors in the wiring A Man Chopping Wood
4,000 feet of track, with power feeding allow the “Engineers” to oversee the Woman Training a Horse
the track every six feet. Over 25,000 rail system from their seat at the control Photographer Taking Pictures
feet of wire has been installed. The panel, so they know the location of each Man Breaking Rocks with a Pick
wood support under the display is strong and every engine. Kids on a Teeter-Totter
enough to hold several adults walking on The Smoky Mountain Central Man Operating a Jack Hammer
it. Railroad is funded partly by donations Cowboy on a Horse with a Whip
The mountains have a wood frame and all the workers are volunteers. The Cow Eating Grass
covered with wire screen and then display will never be finished, changes Car Hoist Being Raised and
several layers of Plaster of Paris. are being made every years. Lowered
The layout has over 1500 buildings, We sincerely hope you have enjoyed Cement Truck with a Revolving
over 1100 cars, trucks & tractors and your visit and look forward to seeing Mixing Tank
over 8,000 trees. About 95% of the you again. Dump Truck Raising and Lowering
scenery (houses, figures, cars, buildings, Its Bed
etc.) were removed from the old exhibit CAN YOU FIND?
and used on the new layout. The 60 A 3 Ring Circus People in a Wading THE MEAT TRAIN
year old 14’ long handmade trestle was Pool You wouldn’t find it in a timetable,
carefully removed from the old building A President A Revolving Café it wasn’t advertised, and it definitely
and installed in its new location without 3 Llamas Pulling a Wagon A White wasn’t as glamorous as the Milwaukee
a single stick being broken. The trains Elephant Road’s Hiawatha passenger trains.
are HO scale (1/87th scale of 0.13” to 1 A Kayak Smallville City Running each weekday, this scheduled
foot). The tracks are 0.650” apart where A Band in the Display Trapeze manifest freight train was known only
real train tracks are 4’8.50” apart. Performers by a number in the road’s employee
A conservative estimate is that over A Dog by a Fire Hydrant A Fish timetable, but to those in the know it was
4 million people have viewed the Smoky Having Been Caught “The Meat Train.”
Mountain Central Railroad in its 72 year Boxing Kangaroos A Man with The Meat Train originated in
history. Binoculars Sioux Falls each afternoon and was an
In all, 23 trains can operate People Fishing Working Elephants important link in the railroad’s meat
simultaneously. The collection features A Go-Cart Track A Deer Hunter business. For much of the 20th Century,
nearly 100 engines and almost 1,000 A Wedding Deer Grazing Milwaukee combined expert railroading
train cars. (Please check out the 5 display A Reindeer “INCREDULOUS” with favorable topography and savvy
cases on the west wall of the building). The Working Clock Fisherman marketing to dominate the transport of
Two hundred seventy feet of five foot Doing a Dangerous Act fresh meat and meat products from Sioux
tall safety glass encompass the train A Moving Helicopter A Final Falls and northern Iowa to Chicago and
layout for your viewing. Sixty-four light Resting Place points beyond.
dimmers control the nearly 400 feet of Bumper Car A Patrol Officer The Meat Train would arrive at
NTA National 2021 • 39Spencer in the early evening to pick up gatherings, stores would be told across The Route of the Rockets was
and set out cars; many from Spencer the table of adventures taking cattle to Audubon’s other railroad and they
Packing, then race east toward Mason market. In those days the very best cattle embraced the project starting a tradition
City. The train wasn’t slow, arriving earned the very best prices at the Great that lasted over a decade and is still
about an hour after the local passenger Union Stockyards adjoining most major celebrated today, Operation T-Bone.
train departed. Yet would close the gap cities. Here in the Midwest, it was the By 1961 the T-Bone Special as the
so that passengers boarding their train Chicago Union Stockyards. For most railroaders called it comprised of 60
at Clear Lake could see the meat train’s that meant shipping cattle by rail. carloads of prime cattle coupled onto six
headlight slowly creeping up behind While it might seem glamorous Pullman sleepers and a diner-lounge car
them. and exciting, for most cattlemen it departing Atlantic, IA.
If you waited on the platform the meant being cooped up in a cramped The train arrived the following
required amount of time, you were caboose on a hard bench. Even into the morning at Rock Island’s Blue Island
treated to something most people can’t 1970’s, the Rock Island cabooses carried terminal where the passenger cars were
experience today . . . 9,000 to 12,000 warnings that passengers were not parted from the rest of the train and
horse power shaking the very air as allowed on the platforms when the train forwarded to La Salle Street Station.
they work to get the fast freight up to was in motion. Some roads had special The cattle cars continued onto the Union
speed. Then long strings of ice cooled drover’s cabooses; even while longer, Stockyards for unloading.
refrigerator cars dripping small streams still had similar seating. The specials continued running
of brine on either side of the track. For better part of a century that each fall into the 1960’s but the
Modernization would eventually do was the accommodations for producers changing nature of the meat business
away with ice cooled refrigerator cars. accompanying their animals to market eventually caught up with it and the last
Eventually, movement of meat would until Al Kruse had an idea. The Audubon, run was made in 1966. The Chicago
shift to trucks. The train continued IA banker approached the Chicago and Union Stockyards followed the train into
serving Spencer and northern Iowa until Northwestern asking if they couldn’t history in 1971.
the bankrupt Milwaukee would cease provide a sleeping car for the annual trip Today, Operation T-Bone is still
operations on much of its system. The to Chicago. Each fall the very best cattle celebrated where hikers and bicyclists
railroad would disappear not long after from western Iowa would be gathered can follow the route of the T-Bone
into the Soo Line. at Audubon for the trip east. After some Special from Audubon to Atlantic on the
Today the line across Iowa is served reluctance the C&NW agreed and in old Rock Island grade now aptly named
by Canadian Pacific. the fall of 1951 the oddest cattle train the T-Bone Trail.
If you look around the layout, see in history rolled onto the Northwestern The depot’s own version of a mid-
if you can spot the Smoky Mountain mainline. It created no small stir in the 1960’s T-Bone Special is circling the
Central’s version of the Meat Train. media of the day and was a rousing layout complete with two new Rock
success. But the next year C&NW Island General Motor’s locomotives.
T-BONE SPECIAL declined a repeat and in stepped the
Not long ago at fall family Rock Island.
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NTA National 2021 • 451st Annual NTA
KIDS CAVE
The NTA is dedicated to making the annual
convention a family affair. Bring your kids and
experience our new Kids Cave. Activites for kids
of all ages.
Check out what’s to see!
KIDS CAVE ACTIVITIES Probst accompanied by RoseAnna Moore
(contestant on a survival reality show). In
be Tom Miranda of the Adventure Bowhunter
series. Tom was a well-known trapper before
WELCOME TABLE: When you enter the addition Probst will film kids for appearance his bowhunting adventures, so the kids will
building you’ll start here and receive a list on the North American Trapper show (with get some great tips!
of activities with a map and a punch card. parental permission). Participants at this SCHEELS: Noted sporting goods store
The tables will have NTA information and activity will receive a free trap and DVD. Scheels will be sponsoring several kids
a display of furs and traps. Also on display DP USAGE DEMONSTRATION: This activities that are yet to be solidified. Rest
will be the boy and girl Trapping Baskets (as activity will run on Saturday only at 9:00am. assured they have some neat ideas in the
well as any other prizes). These will be given Learn how to set, bait, and anchor DP traps. works.
out to those who return a punch card after Kids attending will be treated to 4 DP traps,
enjoying the activities. KIDS GAME STATION: An activity
a pair of DP trap setters, and a jar of DP bait station for all ages, activities will include
COMFORT STATION: In the middle of compliments of Funke Trap Tags. coloring and activity books for younger kids
the building there will be a number of picnic GUN SAFETY AND BB GUN RANGE: as well as games for the older ones such as
tables as well as ice water and hand sanitizer/ Clay County, Iowa Pheasants Forever will an animal matching game that will teach kids
wipes. Parents can take a rest while the kids demonstrate gun safety to all who attend. about furbearing animals using pelts, tracks,
explore the activities. After the quick demo, the youths can practice and skulls. There will be a Coin Scramble
DEMO AREA: There will a demo area at target shooting at the BB gun range . daily with divisions for all ages. Some of the
the far end of the building with bleacher giveaways at this station will include strips
MOUNTAIN MAN DRESSUP: This
seating as well as folding chairs. A demo of real fur.
activity will include period type clothing
trapping demo will be given once a day by and props so kids can dress up as mountain CABLE EXTENSION WORKSHOP:
a knowledgeable youth trapper. The demo men. Those accompanying the kids are Kids will have the opportunity to learn how
area will also be used for a DP seminar on encouraged to photograph these kids in to make a cable extension. The youth will
Saturday morning. period costume. In fact, Mountain Men TV make a cable extension they can take home
LAZER RANGE: Kids can play a number star Marty Meierotto will be available each and use on the trapline. They are easy to
of shooting games on the Lazer Range, each morning to greet and talk with participants. make and extremely useful – especially if
lasting just a few minutes. Try your luck! you are using dog proof traps. Materials and
TRAP SETTING PRACTICE: Apart from
Supplied and operated by Hutton Taxidermy. equipment donated by PDK Snares.
teaching the kids how to set common traps,
NORTH AMERICAN TRAPPER: The this activity can be used to practicing for the DIRT SIFTERS WORKSHOP: Anyone
North American Trapper can be seen on NTA Trap Setting Contest (held Saturday who sets a land line needs a sifter. Why not
the Sportsmen’s Channel. Every afternoon afternoon). Kids will have instruction on make your own? Fur Takers of America has
kids will be treated to a talk by host Alan how to set these traps. In fact, on Friday and donated the materials and equipment for us
Saturday morning one of the instructors will to make these sifters and will supervise as
well. Make and take home a required piece
of equipment!
DEMO BIOS started on the trapline at 18 months riding along in
BALL TOSS: This is a perennial favorite
with kids who attend a NTA Convention! For
a car seat. Her favorite sets are DP’s in coon trails. a small fee (3 throws for $1), kids will throw
RyLeigh Lord – RyLeigh hails from Her most memorable catch was two years ago a ball at set traps. It’s simple, spring the trap
Lexington, Tennessee and is 10 years old. She when she caught 5 raccoons out of 5 traps she set in with the ball and you win the trap. This is
has been accompanying her dad James Lord on a location she chose herself. When not trapping she a fun way to add traps to your trapline.
the trapline since she was 3 and set her first traps doesn’t stray far from the field, enjoying hunting Traps are donated by Duke Traps and the
at the age of 7. She is accomplished at fox and and fishing – particularly sunfish. Iowa Trappers Association will operate the
coyote trapping and is looking forward to catching activity.
her first bobcat. Her most memorable catch is the Mason Barclay – Mason is from Iowa and 1ST ANNUAL KIDS CAVE BUTTON:
gray fox she caught in the first trap she ever set. has trapped with his dad RJ Barclay since he could This button will only be available to kids
Outside of trapping, she is involved in competition walk. Mason lives in Burlington and loves to trap who participate in the Kids Cave. Proof of
dance and gymnastics. raccoon. He favors DPs for raccoons but uses the participation is to bring the Punch Card
snares as well. Mason traps for everything – land
(with at least one activity punched) received
when you started back to the Welcome Table
Samantha Wagner – Samantha is 14 and and water. Mason’s most memorable catch was a
as you leave. Drop it off, be issued a Kids
comes to us from Salem, Iowa. She and family beaver he caught in a snare he set when he was Cave button, and be entered into the drawing
specialize in trapping raccoons and trapped 1296 only 5 or 6. When not trapping he likes to tinker for the Trapping Baskets (one boy and one
last year. The whole family, including her dad, with trucks, but of late he is really getting into girl will win). Baskets donated by Kids For
sister, and mom, approach trapping as a team. She trapshooting. Catches.
46 • NTA National 2021SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Friday July 23 Saturday July 24
Thursday July 22 10:00 am Doors open, all Activity 9:00 am Doors open, Activity Areas
Areas open open
10:00 am Doors open, all Activity 10:30 am Mountain Man dress up 9:00 am Funke Trap Tags DP Demo –
Areas open with Marty Meierotto until Demo Area
10:30 am Mountain Man dress up 11:30am 9:45 am Mountain Man dress up
with Marty Meierotto until 11:30 am Practice trapsetting with with Marty Meierotto and
11:30am Tom Miranda until 12:30pm practice trapsetting with
12:30 pm Coin Scramble – Center of 12:30 pm Coin Scramble – Center of Tom Miranda until 10:45am
Kids Cave Building Kids Cave Building 10:45 am Coin Scramble – Center of
1:00 pm Mason Barclay (age 16, 1:00 pm RyLeigh Lord (age 9, Kids Cave Building
Iowa) Raccoon Trapping Tennessee) Fox and Coyoye 11:00 am Samantha Wagner (age 14,
Demo – Demo Area Trapping Demo – Demo Iowa) Raccoon Trapping
2:00 pm Activity Areas close Area Demo – Demo Area
2:00 pm North American Trapper 2:00 pm Activity Areas close 12:00 am Activity Areas close
Seminar begins – Demo 2:00 pm North American Trapper 12:00 noon North American
Area Seminar begins – Demo Trapper Seminar begins –
3:00 pm Doors close Area Demo Area
3:00 pm Doors close 1:00 pm Doors close (Trapsetting
Contest begins in adjacent
area)
Patronize our Kids Cave Sponsors
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