trapper
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Instead, within approximately four hours, a licensed trapper arrived, safely captured the animal and removed it from the community.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
First, I had raccoons, which we extracted with help from a trapper.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
But back in 1831, he found himself rather hard up in L.A., and took work as a shipbuilder and trapper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2024
He says an old trapper there taught him the Indigenous method of making buckskin leather by soaking hides in animal brains and tanning them using wood smoke.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2023
His place was built the old way; it was a birchbark house, but it was quite warm in winter because he knew how to heap the sides with snow and he was an excellent trapper.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
Unfortunately, this beautiful coat, which ranges in color from a reddish tan to a dark granite, also made them attractive prey for trappers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026
Human-fueled habitat loss drove down their numbers, but their ultimate demise came at the hands of hunters and trappers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2025
The other is the sea otter, which was wiped out of Oregon waters by fur trappers more than 100 years ago.
From Science Daily ● May 21, 2024
The proposal cites people who watch, photograph or listen to wildlife as examples of potential new board members, joining hunters, fishermen and trappers.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2024
A model called the Nylon 66, no longer in production, it was a favorite of Alaska trappers because of its light weight and reliability.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
