Oct. 20 is just around the corner and with it comes a danger that most people aren’t aware exists. The danger can be hidden in the grass, in the ditch, in a box or bucket or even in your driveway ...

In 1996, Massachusetts citizens voted to prohibit the use of the most common and effective traps for catching animals like beavers, coyotes, and foxes. That left cage traps, such as the Havahart, as ...

The complexities of a bill related to body grip traps, trapping and a wolf hunting season. Sen. Torrey Westrom, Sen. Patricia Torres Ray, Rep. Duane Sauke and Rep. Glenn Gruenhagen talk about the ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Some Minnesota dog owners asked lawmakers to change how body grip traps are used. Lawmakers responded, but not in the way some dog owners had hoped. John Reynolds, whose dog was ...

Bobcat and fisher trapping season opened on Nov. 28. The bobcat season runs to Jan. 3. Meat baited body grip traps will be scattered across the area woods. Last year a dog was killed in a body grip ...

In response to a recent rash of accidental dog deaths in Minnesota, Sen. Chuck Wiger, DFL- Maplewood, and Rep. John Ward, DFL- Brainerd, announced last week that they will introduce legislation next ...

Two lawmakers plan to introduce legislation to restrict use of "body-grip traps." The traps, designed to catch raccoons and bobcats, are legal on most public lands. They are made to kill quickly by ...

I have been trapping since the age of 14. Now 66, I have been a professional hunter and trapper for more than 30 years. I have also been an instructor for 25 years — working with the Massachusetts ...