Been Trapping For 30 Years And Still Going

By: David Bennett

The Yankee Trapper set his first trap in Arkansas 30 years ago and has been trapping all but seven years since. Back then, he was 50 years old, a retired fur buyer looking to head somewhere south of his native Ohio for the winter.

“I contacted Charlie Dobbins, one of America’s best ever all-around trappers, and asked where I should go to catch big beaver numbers. He told me immediately: go to Arkansas. He gave me Ray Fuller’s name and phone number.”