Dave, thank you for everything you do and allowing others to learn from you. Thank you for having the courage to post these videos, knowing the pushback you will receive. Please everyone, think for yourself, do not listen to propaganda.
I used to trap all the time growing up in Tennessee. Over the years I’ve pretty much stopped all together, fur isn’t worth much at all anymore and I donthave enough time/projects going to utilize all the fur. I also squirrel hunt with my mountain curr dog for meat and have a garden/grow indoor mushrooms and deer and dove hunt regularly. I loved trapping and it’ll always be a part of who I am but I can’t justify trapping anymore for me personally as I’m not eating the animal or using/selling the pelts. For anyone else looking for material for leather work or selling pelts, or if you’re looking into gettting started trapping for the first time, it’s a great skill to know, and you can feed and clothe your family with the knowledge you’ll learn if need be.
I've never trapped before but I appreciate the explanation. I live in a suburb of LA and we have a pack of coyotes living on a golf course nearby. People post signs for missing pets all the time but I think they're oblivious to what's actually happening.
If I had a dollar for every towntard on FB that has told my wife that a stray cat won't kill a chicken I'd have about $12, from one query she made on a local community page asking where we might rehome these strays. I have caught these cats in all manner of traps and even caught them on cameras in the act.
One of my outdoor cats got into a dog proof coon trap. she was limping when released so i took her to vet. no breaks or dmg, just sore for half a day and shes back to normal.
Great explanations. I like to say the foothold trap is like wearing a ring that is slightly small on your finger, it fits where it sets on the meaty part of your finger, but when you try and remove it, the knuckle stops it from passing without a lot of work. It causes you no pain where it is, and just won't pass that knuckle when trying to get it off.
Nicely put Dave! Your right about how the fur trade had a huge part in getting our country started. I also read that early nomadic man would clear out all (or as many as possible) the dangerous predators from the new areas they moved into to right away. Like you said, hunting and trapping is just part of land management!
Dave, you inspire me! I am sure you inspire others. You will have saved countless people, if/and or when the shit hits the fan. You are an American like our forefathers. I salute you!
Watched a lot of your stuff. I live urban, I've no real experience w/ trapping. I've always felt uncomfortable with trapping and whether or not it was cruel etc. Having seen this... This was a good explanation, thankyou.
Thank you Dave! The knowledge that you share on a very wide range of topics is greatly appreciated. Conservation! You are practicing conservation and as you pointed out helping to manage the ecosystem and actually create bio diversity on your land and surrounding. Love, love the comment about where your food comes from, as someone who lives in the city, but hunts and fully understands where our food comes from. Appreciate the way you tried to respectfully educate those people that may not fully understand. Thanks!
Great info! Here’s a story you can share to spread the word on coyote control. When I was teaching in Amarillo one of my 7th graders came in late to start the day. He told our class that they live just outside of town and in this area each house sits on 10 acres and and there are open fields near there. The kids neighbor would let her little Tea Cup Yorkie out to pee out front around 7am and a coyote grabbed the dog and hauled ass into the field. The lady went to my student’s house as they were leaving for school and asked his dad to help. The dad is an avid hunter and outdoorsman so he drove out into the field to find the coyote. They drove around for 30 min or so but couldn’t find it. That old lady was wrecked from the ordeal. That’s exactly what a coyote does, they hunt anything and are opportunists. Around the Palo Duro Canyon cougars keep the coyotes and hogs under control, but once your out of the canyon and in farm country the coyotes are the Apex predator and are overpopulated.
Great information Dave! Thanks for explaining your philosophy on trapping! Very much appreciated! Merry Christmas, God bless you and yours, and God bless America!!!!🤜🤛🇺🇸🇺🇸
Great honest assessment. Coyotes have devastated our rabbit, quail, and turkey populations. Hogs have also become a bane to humanity in my area. Merry Christmas to you and your Dave.
We had that problem in my home Indiana county in the 70's and 80's. They put a $2.50 bounty on their tails. The dainty distinguished folks moved in and got elected and put a stop to it. The last cull I saw was 20 guys in the trees of a stand of trees between harvested 40 acre cornfields. They used a call. A backhoe buried 250 coyote that night about 3/4 mile from town.
@@EvolveOutdoors Is that why no matter how many wolves were trapped or shot back in the day their population never dropped? Oh wait they were wiped out of most states and were on the brink of extinction. Now that they were listed endangered and no one hunts or traps them they are surging back. Odd coincidences.
I'm so impressed that you did not got angry and aggressiv against people criticizing what you were doing. If more people were to stay calm and pedagogues like you are, this world would be a better place.
Dave, I thought your overview was excellent. I think a lot of folks are influenced by the negative aspects that the see or hear about. A responsible woodsman/hunter is balanced in not over killing for sport. Using what you catch in its entirety goes back to the beginning of mankind. Thank you for sharing the process and educating us.
Sir , that was a fine video , very informative, I had a mink take 16 chickens in 2 days, no eggs, no meat, I have now began a journey of learning how to be a trapper ! Thank You !
Great work Dave. I wish I lived in a rural area like you. Thanks for taking time to educate public and provide honest answers. Greetings from Lancaster Pennsylvania
Dave thank you. You have more control than myself, ever. I saw where this was going. Never trapped only because of no land. Hunter, spear fisher, free diver for decades of the first order, because I could. Not to be raw but if someone has a problem with trapping, hunting or raw meat, change your channel. I enjoy watching yours. Thank you for helping us all through this tough pandemic. My state just went back in to lockdown and I can’t even see my brother, family or friends for the holidays.
I could only do this for survival... But, I appreciate knowing how it works. I hope I never have to do this. I'm glad you took the steps to save that bobcat.
Some people will never understand trapping no matter how its explained .... Coz they just don’t want to ! I have never killed an animal by trapping or hunting ...but i want to learn more about it from a survival standpoint .... Learning humane techniques will help me get past that feeling of feeling bad about hurting an animal... I think most of you here will understand what im talking about 👍🏽 Great video Dave ... Thank you and Merry Christmas to all ❤️ Ps this is a new account aa imm starting a new channel for 2021 to avoid all the channels being deleted ...So feel free to drop by and follow my progress 👍🏽
Now after watching this vid, it makes much more sense as to why you shot it where you did. Also as a former Boy Scout and Eagle Scout, that’s really awesome that you donate animals to them so that they can learn those necessary skills. I did not have the opportunity to learn how to properly skin an animal since my troop was in the city.
Great explanation. I have an abundance of raccoons and have been using coon cuffs for 7 years to thin them. Turkeys have definitely increased in that time.
Thank you Dave, i 'm a hunter in Germany and started trapping not long ago exactly for wildlife managment reasons, here we only are alowed to use life cage traps or immidiatly killing traps. We also have arguments with "animal Protectors" about trapping, It's amusing that 5000 miles from here hunters have the same discussions ;-) anyway i loved your argumentions and comments on trapping, thank you!! Wishing you and your loved ones a blessed 2022!! "Waidmannsheil" from Germany!
Hey my names Brett Ott and I'm from Buckeye Lake Ohio. I love the channel Dave. You are by far one of my biggest influences in my life. I respect you as much I as do my father who is also a great man. Thanks for all the years great content. Truly invaluable in my book.
Thank you for the in-depth presentation on trapping. It has expanded my knowledge which I’ll pass onto a landowner that has a current fox problem here in Oz. I too, am a firm believer in the balance of nature
G'day mate, where in Aus? I'm on the nsw mid North coast, there's foxes and wild dogs everywhere here. Used to work out in central west nsw and the cats out there looked like mini tigers.
Dave; In my past (30 years ago) as a "Trapper" in Wyoming, Utah & Iowa. I never ran into such negative people as now a days. People have no clue, as you said, from the city. You explained the craft/skill very well, but there are some that just can't understand nature as a trapper does. Thank You for all that you do, in this great big mixed up world, we live in today.
..Great video Dave ,, excellent information.. there will always be those that refuse to accept the necessity of hunting and trapping... as the saying goes ..... "you can only lead them to water ........" there will always be some that die of thirst ..
Dave. I like your videos man you do great job with your teaching you have teached me alot over the years I found your UA-cam page researching tanning hides years ago and I watched your videos ever since iv always loved woods bushcraft/ woodcraft ever since I was a young boy. And now I get too teach my kids the love of the woods my oldest daughter is 7 now and she watches your videos with me and she just loves it. And I just wanted to take the time to thank you for everything you do man God bless you and your family. And merry Christmas from my family to yours.
This kind of perspective is invaluable. The new generation of farmers are mostly corporate. The new generation of shooters are all tactical. And there really isn't a new generation of trappers. It's crazy that a whole generation of people think they're being humane and civilized by becoming disconnected from the land instead of understanding it.
Mr. Canterbury, thank you so much for making this video! While I haven't hunted in a LONG time, I grew up with it and am fairly familiar with. But, I never really liked trapping. I'm still not a fan of it, but I definitely look at it in a more favorable light now, especially the way you go about it. Oh, and thank Cpl. Kelly for sending another subscriber your way. ;-)
I always learn something new from your vids Dave,and the information is important to me,thanks for all the good times,it makes total sense cutting the coyotes, out of the situation,,great talk, I didn't consider it long chatter,it's educational.untill the next..
Good stuff buddy, from Scotland. Too many snowflakes just don't understand the basics, the vast majority of hunters and trappers love, appreciate and understand nature and all her wonders in the real world, amen. !!!
I wish i could do this stuff but i live in the city and no one in my family knows anything about this. At least i get to watch Dave and learn about it i guess , thanks for sharing 🙏
I wish more city folk had this perspective. I live in rural Aus and some of the ignorance and close-mindedness of city folk is amazing. Good on ya mate
Dave, doing what you do best, educating the uneducated in this skill set, been my experience the folks opposed to trapping..have no problem with not totally removing a can lid, I have had to figure out how to get a dogs tongue out of dog food cans where somebody just pushed the lid in and created a cuff style trap that now cuts. Best way I found in this situation, Tin Snips to finish the lid..
Excellent topic and discussion. Didn’t realize the coyote population was that thick up your way . Hopefully y’all are spared the feral hog explosion. We have both and it’s devastating to other species. Thanks for the video and have a great evening. Merry Christmas to you and your family
You my friend are amazing. I trapped when I was younger To get permission I carry’s a trap set in and put my hand in it. #1or1 1/2 long spring. That was the only way I could get to people that did not understand. Your rant was amazing. Kudos to you. Keep up the good work thank you very much
15:40 is the why. @Dave thanks for explaining that. I asked on your last video where you dispatched a coyote and didn't quite get why and what you meant by 'land management'. Now I do. Thank you. Pretty clear and makes sense. For context, in Europe where I come from land management means controlling wild boar and deer so that they don't damage crops, and we tend to leave foxes and lynx alone - but then again we don't really have anything else like coyotes. So thanks for explaining.
Well put! This summer I screwed up and let my border collie get caught up in a #4 double long spring...she yipped, I ran over to release her and she took off playing again. No harm done. The harm that the coyotes around my place cause though is a different story. Predators need predators. Thanks for the wise words Dave, enjoy the rest of the season!
I sure like your trapping vids... Brings me back... I was around for the tail end of commercial trapping when beaver, mink , and marten still gave a living.... Still mess with it some, but mainly problem animals... Funny how the folks in McMansions hate my kind till a beaver is tearing up their own land or a coyote eats Fluffy... Then all of a sudden it's a different story. *BEERS* Great vid.
I’m really enjoying the series Dave. When u shot the Coyote in the side, I kinda figured you were goin for the head. But I just waited and it died with less struggle. I know u know what you’re doing so I just sit back and take in all this great knowledge. These anti-trappers will begin understanding when they can’t put food on the table for their families. 👍👍🇺🇸😁
Videos like this are why I have so much respect for you. I am not a trapper but I am all for ethical trapping as well as hunting. A lot of people don't understand how much we need population control for many different animals in different parts of the country.
With the limited research I did years ago, coyotes were only found west of the Mississippi river until people built bridges to cross it. The first recorded sighting in Ohio was around 1919 and first verified pack was around 1947.
Great explanation. I've never hunted or trapped but I get it. I understand the necessity in both land management and survival. Do I like the idea? No. Could I do it? I think so, if necessary to survive, but it would weigh heavy on me.
In Italy we have serious problems with invasive foreign imported species. It is not difficult to meet eastern europe boars in town like Rome. All of our rivers are infested with the red "killer" shrimp and the big "torpedo" fishcat. You can find rabbits everywhere even in the road roundabout bushes and otters in every canal. A plague, the only good thing is the increasing wolves populations and the return of the birds of prey. Cheers Master! :-)
thx. i enjoy all your vids. here in florida, law makers dont know the knowledge of on how human foot hold or quick kill traps are an outlawed them. the only thing trappers can use are snares, which i feel make the animal suffer. then there are laws to protect certain endangered species and deer. whereas snares make it challenging to discriminate the target animal.
Well explained. I've never liked trapping - the only traps I've seen in England, (it's illegal here I think) are wire snares for either rabbits or foxes or both. My (Aberdeen) terrier got caught in one, which thankfully I was able to remove her from, quickly. Neither of us liked that... You've explained it well though, and increasing the bio diversity of an area is a great thing. It was interesting, thank you.
Well put, education is the only way to help clarify what the reality of trapping is. I never saw hunting in a bad light as a child, ive been watching Dave teach since about 2008 or 2009 , hes been a great role model. Now I have a child of my own and have a giant set of skills to teach him that I would have never had, I also see Disney movies and cartoons demonize the hunter or woodsman, it’s not a wonder people harbor bad feelings from this kind of stuff if their only education is fox and the hound. Thanks for keeping it real Dave
Dave makes the best statement, “This Country Was Built On Trapping”. Proper conversation of lands isn’t “Unethical” though some may think otherwise. The absence Of these practices all over the globe Have allowed invasive species to eradicate other species in there “Natural Habitat”. Certain “Environmentalists” should keep that in mind before judging to harshly.
@@wzukr Since 1500 13 percent of extinctions have been caused by “Invasive Species”. Roll in there impact on plant life and that number goes up almost double.
That was a very solid and respectful response to the pushback you received yesterday. You did a good job of articulating the why, as well as explaining the humane aspect of it. The majority of the trapping I’ve done has been with coninbears and live cage traps. I’ve done little with footholds because I don’t trust the traps I bought. I went cheap and got duke #1 1/2, #2 and #11 for raccoons, rats, coyotes etc. They don’t have the off set and that worries me. Would you recommend I don’t use them considering this is not life or death? I can always save them as backups for when/if things get bad. If you really don’t recommend I use them what are some brands you do recommend? You mentioned Minnesota. Anything else?
Thanks for your knowledge sharing Dave, very well explained and enlightening! Land management is best left to country people, not citified buerocrats following the "science", when they really are focused on profit first instead of nature first! Keep up the good work
Dave, thank you for everything you do and allowing others to learn from you.
Thank you for having the courage to post these videos, knowing the pushback you will receive.
Please everyone, think for yourself, do not listen to propaganda.
You did a fine job with this explanation.
...as usual! Love you Dave man been following you for years! Thank you so much brother
I’m a country boy, but never owned any land like he mentioned. Made a whole lot of sense. Great vid.
I used to trap all the time growing up in Tennessee. Over the years I’ve pretty much stopped all together, fur isn’t worth much at all anymore and I donthave enough time/projects going to utilize all the fur. I also squirrel hunt with my mountain curr dog for meat and have a garden/grow indoor mushrooms and deer and dove hunt regularly. I loved trapping and it’ll always be a part of who I am but I can’t justify trapping anymore for me personally as I’m not eating the animal or using/selling the pelts. For anyone else looking for material for leather work or selling pelts, or if you’re looking into gettting started trapping for the first time, it’s a great skill to know, and you can feed and clothe your family with the knowledge you’ll learn if need be.
Trap for the meat then if not for the fur that’s what I do
I've never trapped before but I appreciate the explanation. I live in a suburb of LA and we have a pack of coyotes living on a golf course nearby. People post signs for missing pets all the time but I think they're oblivious to what's actually happening.
I've seen them trotting the sidewalks of Denver at night!
If I had a dollar for every towntard on FB that has told my wife that a stray cat won't kill a chicken I'd have about $12, from one query she made on a local community page asking where we might rehome these strays. I have caught these cats in all manner of traps and even caught them on cameras in the act.
-my community of 70,000 had a cougar raise her litter just outside of town. Figured about half of her food was pets.
Well said, wish more people would watch and understand this.
One of my outdoor cats got into a dog proof coon trap. she was limping when released so i took her to vet. no breaks or dmg, just sore for half a day and shes back to normal.
Great explanations. I like to say the foothold trap is like wearing a ring that is slightly small on your finger, it fits where it sets on the meaty part of your finger, but when you try and remove it, the knuckle stops it from passing without a lot of work. It causes you no pain where it is, and just won't pass that knuckle when trying to get it off.
Nicely put Dave! Your right about how the fur trade had a huge part in getting our country started. I also read that early nomadic man would clear out all (or as many as possible) the dangerous predators from the new areas they moved into to right away. Like you said, hunting and trapping is just part of land management!
Merry Christmas to the Canterbury Family!
I’ve been a long time subscriber and I appreciate the trapping education that you’re doing.
Rob Slagle , Amen. God bless the Land Management people like you, Dave.
Dave, you inspire me! I am sure you inspire others. You will have saved countless people, if/and or when the shit hits the fan. You are an American like our forefathers. I salute you!
Dear Dave, thank you for the extraordinary amount of knowledge you share with the entire world! You are very appreciated. Love from Norway 👍
Watched a lot of your stuff. I live urban, I've no real experience w/ trapping. I've always felt uncomfortable with trapping and whether or not it was cruel etc.
Having seen this... This was a good explanation, thankyou.
This is honestly one of your best vids Dave.
Thank you Dave! The knowledge that you share on a very wide range of topics is greatly appreciated. Conservation! You are practicing conservation and as you pointed out helping to manage the ecosystem and actually create bio diversity on your land and surrounding. Love, love the comment about where your food comes from, as someone who lives in the city, but hunts and fully understands where our food comes from. Appreciate the way you tried to respectfully educate those people that may not fully understand. Thanks!
Great info! Here’s a story you can share to spread the word on coyote control. When I was teaching in Amarillo one of my 7th graders came in late to start the day. He told our class that they live just outside of town and in this area each house sits on 10 acres and and there are open fields near there. The kids neighbor would let her little Tea Cup Yorkie out to pee out front around 7am and a coyote grabbed the dog and hauled ass into the field. The lady went to my student’s house as they were leaving for school and asked his dad to help. The dad is an avid hunter and outdoorsman so he drove out into the field to find the coyote. They drove around for 30 min or so but couldn’t find it. That old lady was wrecked from the ordeal. That’s exactly what a coyote does, they hunt anything and are opportunists. Around the Palo Duro Canyon cougars keep the coyotes and hogs under control, but once your out of the canyon and in farm country the coyotes are the Apex predator and are overpopulated.
Great information Dave! Thanks for explaining your philosophy on trapping! Very much appreciated! Merry Christmas, God bless you and yours, and God bless America!!!!🤜🤛🇺🇸🇺🇸
Great honest assessment. Coyotes have devastated our rabbit, quail, and turkey populations. Hogs have also become a bane to humanity in my area. Merry Christmas to you and your Dave.
15 to 20 years ago there was no coyotes here in VA were i live, now they roam through neighborhoods. They have got to be controlled.
We had that problem in my home Indiana county in the 70's and 80's. They put a $2.50 bounty on their tails. The dainty distinguished folks moved in and got elected and put a stop to it. The last cull I saw was 20 guys in the trees of a stand of trees between harvested 40 acre cornfields. They used a call. A backhoe buried 250 coyote that night about 3/4 mile from town.
@@EvolveOutdoors Is that why no matter how many wolves were trapped or shot back in the day their population never dropped? Oh wait they were wiped out of most states and were on the brink of extinction. Now that they were listed endangered and no one hunts or traps them they are surging back. Odd coincidences.
I'm so impressed that you did not got angry and aggressiv against people criticizing what you were doing. If more people were to stay calm and pedagogues like you are, this world would be a better place.
Had about fifteen cat in the alley last Aug, after a starting a relocation plan and couple can of tuna the nights are peaceful again
Thank you David, there are a lot of people who truly do not understand about trapping and are also misinformed about it. Awesome video, Thank you.
Dave, I thought your overview was excellent. I think a lot of folks are influenced by the negative aspects that the see or hear about. A responsible woodsman/hunter is balanced in not over killing for sport.
Using what you catch in its entirety goes back to the beginning of mankind. Thank you for sharing the process and educating us.
Sir , that was a fine video , very informative, I had a mink take 16 chickens in 2 days, no eggs, no meat, I have now began a journey of learning how to be a trapper ! Thank You !
Great work Dave. I wish I lived in a rural area like you. Thanks for taking time to educate public and provide honest answers. Greetings from Lancaster Pennsylvania
Very well explained, hopefully this satisfies the doubters
Dave thank you. You have more control than myself, ever. I saw where this was going. Never trapped only because of no land. Hunter, spear fisher, free diver for decades of the first order, because I could. Not to be raw but if someone has a problem with trapping, hunting or raw meat, change your channel. I enjoy watching yours. Thank you for helping us all through this tough pandemic. My state just went back in to lockdown and I can’t even see my brother, family or friends for the holidays.
Great Explanation wish more people were as responsible as you are the world 🌍 would be a better place.
I could only do this for survival... But, I appreciate knowing how it works. I hope I never have to do this. I'm glad you took the steps to save that bobcat.
Some people will never understand trapping no matter how its explained .... Coz they just don’t want to !
I have never killed an animal by trapping or hunting ...but i want to learn more about it from a survival standpoint .... Learning humane techniques will help me get past that feeling of feeling bad about hurting an animal... I think most of you here will understand what im talking about 👍🏽
Great video Dave ... Thank you and Merry Christmas to all ❤️
Ps this is a new account aa imm starting a new channel for 2021 to avoid all the channels being deleted ...So feel free to drop by and follow my progress 👍🏽
Now after watching this vid, it makes much more sense as to why you shot it where you did. Also as a former Boy Scout and Eagle Scout, that’s really awesome that you donate animals to them so that they can learn those necessary skills. I did not have the opportunity to learn how to properly skin an animal since my troop was in the city.
Dont call your talking crap Dave. You're a good educator. And this was a good explanation. Keep the videos coming!
Great explanation. I have an abundance of raccoons and have been using coon cuffs for 7 years to thin them. Turkeys have definitely increased in that time.
Keep going Dave, the world will be in need of your legacy.
Thank you Dave, i 'm a hunter in Germany and started trapping not long ago exactly for wildlife managment reasons, here we only are alowed to use life cage traps or immidiatly killing traps. We also have arguments with "animal Protectors" about trapping, It's amusing that 5000 miles from here hunters have the same discussions ;-) anyway i loved your argumentions and comments on trapping, thank you!! Wishing you and your loved ones a blessed 2022!! "Waidmannsheil" from Germany!
Hey my names Brett Ott and I'm from Buckeye Lake Ohio. I love the channel Dave. You are by far one of my biggest influences in my life. I respect you as much I as do my father who is also a great man. Thanks for all the years great content. Truly invaluable in my book.
As always thanks for the valuable information, wishing you and yours a wonderful holiday season and a prosperous new year!
Thanks for the ears up. The thought process explains better than a defensive statement. Hoping you a warm home for the holidays.
Thank you for the in-depth presentation on trapping. It has expanded my knowledge which I’ll pass onto a landowner that has a current fox problem here in Oz. I too, am a firm believer in the balance of nature
G'day mate, where in Aus? I'm on the nsw mid North coast, there's foxes and wild dogs everywhere here. Used to work out in central west nsw and the cats out there looked like mini tigers.
Dave; In my past (30 years ago) as a "Trapper" in Wyoming, Utah & Iowa.
I never ran into such negative people as now a days.
People have no clue, as you said, from the city.
You explained the craft/skill very well, but there are some that just can't understand nature as a trapper does.
Thank You for all that you do, in this great big mixed up world, we live in today.
..Great video Dave ,, excellent information.. there will always be those that refuse to accept the necessity of hunting and trapping... as the saying goes ..... "you can only lead them to water ........" there will always be some that die of thirst ..
You done a great job explaining trapping and it's concept, thank Dave for all your video. Very educational.
Good that you shared that info. If a few are educated, it’s a win.
Dave.
I like your videos man you do great job with your teaching you have teached me alot over the years I found your UA-cam page researching tanning hides years ago and I watched your videos ever since iv always loved woods bushcraft/ woodcraft ever since I was a young boy. And now I get too teach my kids the love of the woods my oldest daughter is 7 now and she watches your videos with me and she just loves it. And I just wanted to take the time to thank you for everything you do man God bless you and your family. And merry Christmas from my family to yours.
This kind of perspective is invaluable. The new generation of farmers are mostly corporate. The new generation of shooters are all tactical. And there really isn't a new generation of trappers. It's crazy that a whole generation of people think they're being humane and civilized by becoming disconnected from the land instead of understanding it.
You did a good job explaining for those who don't know where the wild food comes from. The milk is neither coming from a supermarket.
Someone's getting ready for Christmas with a big old Santa beard! Merry Christmas to you and yours Dave!
Mr. Canterbury, thank you so much for making this video! While I haven't hunted in a LONG time, I grew up with it and am fairly familiar with. But, I never really liked trapping. I'm still not a fan of it, but I definitely look at it in a more favorable light now, especially the way you go about it.
Oh, and thank Cpl. Kelly for sending another subscriber your way. ;-)
I always learn something new from your vids Dave,and the information is important to me,thanks for all the good times,it makes total sense cutting the coyotes, out of the situation,,great talk, I didn't consider it long chatter,it's educational.untill the next..
Good stuff buddy, from Scotland. Too many snowflakes just don't understand the basics, the vast majority of hunters and trappers love, appreciate and understand nature and all her wonders in the real world, amen. !!!
Very articulate. Well said. Thanks for giving this explanation of responsible wildlife management and our way of life.
I wish i could do this stuff but i live in the city and no one in my family knows anything about this. At least i get to watch Dave and learn about it i guess , thanks for sharing 🙏
I wish more city folk had this perspective. I live in rural Aus and some of the ignorance and close-mindedness of city folk is amazing. Good on ya mate
Outstanding topic and video. Thank you, sir!
Dave, doing what you do best, educating the uneducated in this skill set, been my experience the folks opposed to trapping..have no problem with not totally removing a can lid, I have had to figure out how to get a dogs tongue out of dog food cans where somebody just pushed the lid in and created a cuff style trap that now cuts. Best way I found in this situation, Tin Snips to finish the lid..
Good, thorough and fairly concise. Thanks Dave.
Excellent topic and discussion. Didn’t realize the coyote population was that thick up your way . Hopefully y’all are spared the feral hog explosion. We have both and it’s devastating to other species. Thanks for the video and have a great evening. Merry Christmas to you and your family
You my friend are amazing.
I trapped when I was younger
To get permission I carry’s a trap set in and put my hand in it. #1or1 1/2 long spring. That was the only way I could get to people that did not understand. Your rant was amazing. Kudos to you. Keep up the good work thank you very much
Excellent video well done best wishes for you and family from uk
15:40 is the why. @Dave thanks for explaining that. I asked on your last video where you dispatched a coyote and didn't quite get why and what you meant by 'land management'. Now I do. Thank you. Pretty clear and makes sense. For context, in Europe where I come from land management means controlling wild boar and deer so that they don't damage crops, and we tend to leave foxes and lynx alone - but then again we don't really have anything else like coyotes. So thanks for explaining.
Trapping EDUCATION is the key!! Thank you for sharing.
Well put! This summer I screwed up and let my border collie get caught up in a #4 double long spring...she yipped, I ran over to release her and she took off playing again. No harm done. The harm that the coyotes around my place cause though is a different story. Predators need predators. Thanks for the wise words Dave, enjoy the rest of the season!
Great stuff Dave, I appreciate your professional way of explaining things, and educating.
Mr. Canterbury, Great presentation Brother. As always, thank you for sharing. :)
Great job as always Dave. Keep up the great work and all the great teachings.
Good explanation why trapping has his place.
love the video and your honesty. keep up the great work that you do in educating people, I have learnt so much through your videos
Good to inform people and help people better recognize a renewable resource that is very durable and under used.
Excellent discussion.
First class first rate example.
I sure like your trapping vids... Brings me back... I was around for the tail end of commercial trapping when beaver, mink , and marten still gave a living.... Still mess with it some, but mainly problem animals... Funny how the folks in McMansions hate my kind till a beaver is tearing up their own land or a coyote eats Fluffy... Then all of a sudden it's a different story. *BEERS* Great vid.
Awesome explanation, I live in a rural area I have plenty of turkey for now but I think I should start trapping for song dogs.
Super educational thanks for all you do!!!!
I wondered about that shot placement too. Appreciate the info.
Nice educational and very explicit video.
Greetings from Budapest/ Hungary 🇭🇺
I’m really enjoying the series Dave. When u shot the Coyote in the side, I kinda figured you were goin for the head. But I just waited and it died with less struggle. I know u know what you’re doing so I just sit back and take in all this great knowledge. These anti-trappers will begin understanding when they can’t put food on the table for their families. 👍👍🇺🇸😁
Videos like this are why I have so much respect for you. I am not a trapper but I am all for ethical trapping as well as hunting. A lot of people don't understand how much we need population control for many different animals in different parts of the country.
With the limited research I did years ago, coyotes were only found west of the Mississippi river until people built bridges to cross it. The first recorded sighting in Ohio was around 1919 and first verified pack was around 1947.
Love those Russian Bear Market tents. Not cheap, but nothing good ever is!
Wonderfully shared.thank you for your time as always..much respect sir..mmm.quail
Great explanation. I've never hunted or trapped but I get it. I understand the necessity in both land management and survival. Do I like the idea? No. Could I do it? I think so, if necessary to survive, but it would weigh heavy on me.
In Italy we have serious problems with invasive foreign imported species. It is not difficult to meet eastern europe boars in town like Rome. All of our rivers are infested with the red "killer" shrimp and the big "torpedo" fishcat. You can find rabbits everywhere even in the road roundabout bushes and otters in every canal. A plague, the only good thing is the increasing wolves populations and the return of the birds of prey. Cheers Master! :-)
Out freaking standing!! I am not a trapper (yet) but have always understood and respected the reasons behind it. Good job!
Good work Dave well explained. Many thanks and Harry Christmas to the Canterbury family 👍🎅
👍👍Solid talk. Proper education. Definitely a top 5 video of yours without a doubt.
thx. i enjoy all your vids. here in florida, law makers dont know the knowledge of on how human foot hold or quick kill traps are an outlawed them. the only thing trappers can use are snares, which i feel make the animal suffer. then there are laws to protect certain endangered species and deer. whereas snares make it challenging to discriminate the target animal.
I enjoyed this article personally I think it's worth it Learn the why any how to trap thanks for your time and effort to help us better understand .
Well explained.
I've never liked trapping - the only traps I've seen in England, (it's illegal here I think) are wire snares for either rabbits or foxes or both. My (Aberdeen) terrier got caught in one, which thankfully I was able to remove her from, quickly. Neither of us liked that...
You've explained it well though, and increasing the bio diversity of an area is a great thing.
It was interesting, thank you.
Very helpful. I really learned a lot. Thanks
Solid video. Great content for the community. Excellent period of instruction
Well put, education is the only way to help clarify what the reality of trapping is. I never saw hunting in a bad light as a child, ive been watching Dave teach since about 2008 or 2009 , hes been a great role model. Now I have a child of my own and have a giant set of skills to teach him that I would have never had, I also see Disney movies and cartoons demonize the hunter or woodsman, it’s not a wonder people harbor bad feelings from this kind of stuff if their only education is fox and the hound. Thanks for keeping it real Dave
Thank you so much for sharing this bro, my family I really appreciate learning from you, the boys and I are out doing it this year.
Dave makes the best statement,
“This Country Was Built On Trapping”. Proper conversation of lands isn’t “Unethical” though some may think otherwise. The absence
Of these practices all over the globe
Have allowed invasive species to eradicate other species in there “Natural Habitat”. Certain “Environmentalists” should keep that in mind before judging to harshly.
Dang autocorrect, “conservation of lands”
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Since 1500 13 percent of extinctions have been caused by “Invasive Species”. Roll in there impact on plant life and that number goes up almost double.
Your videos are always educational sir and thank you for posting them me and my son are big fans
You are 100 percent correct about your trap explanation about types of trap and their uses stay safe
It’s unfortunate that you even have to explain yourself. Great video.
That was a very solid and respectful response to the pushback you received yesterday. You did a good job of articulating the why, as well as explaining the humane aspect of it.
The majority of the trapping I’ve done has been with coninbears and live cage traps. I’ve done little with footholds because I don’t trust the traps I bought. I went cheap and got duke #1 1/2, #2 and #11 for raccoons, rats, coyotes etc. They don’t have the off set and that worries me. Would you recommend I don’t use them considering this is not life or death? I can always save them as backups for when/if things get bad.
If you really don’t recommend I use them what are some brands you do recommend? You mentioned Minnesota. Anything else?
Thanks for your knowledge sharing Dave, very well explained and enlightening! Land management is best left to country people, not citified buerocrats following the "science", when they really are focused on profit first instead of nature first! Keep up the good work
Thanks for the great video.
Hope to see more soon.
Have a cup of hot chocolate and get warmed up
Great vid Dave! 👍😃✌️🇺🇸
Excellent information.
Excellent discussion Mr. Canterbury.