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Originally Posted by HunterDave
You have to take a trapping course that is three days long and costs $420. The Association conducts one every month in Westlock. They will conduct the course in other locations in Alberta if there are 10 or more students and if you have a location where it can be conducted. Otherwise, there are two Private Trapping Schools that charge about the same. Good luck.
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Great up to date info. I feel outdated. When I instructed twenty some years ago the course cost students 40.00 and 20 bucks for a 2 inch thick manual. The course was 4 hours a night for 5 days and one 8 hour field day. A F&W officer would usually show up and teach a couple hour module too.
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This country was started by voyagers whose young lives were swept away by the currents of the rivers for ten cents a day... just for the vanity of the European's beaver hats. ~ Red Bullets
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It is when you walk alone in nature that you discover your strengths and weaknesses. ~ Red Bullets
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