trapper

Example Sentences

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Last year, California wildlife officials investigated a coyote trapper employed by Torrance and other cities for possible violation of state law at the urging of animal welfare activists.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2025

Mississippi Delta-born Rizzo is a trapper with Coyote, Wildlife and Pest Solutions, which was hired by Torrance in the fall of 2021, city documents show.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2024

Carson’s life as a fur trapper, scout and courier was chronicled in dime novels and newspapers accounts that made him a legend in his own time.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2023

Mr. Fitzsimons, a recreational trapper, was also carrying a six-foot-long unstrung archery bow and a fur pelt draped across his neck.

From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2023

I had read so much about the loneliness of the farmer, the trapper, the woodsman during the bleakness of winter that I had come to believe it.

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George