Trapping Test

darkdisruptor

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I want to get my first trappers license and i need to take a test. I was told to study this binder and come in and do the test. The binder is HUGE nearly 400 pages of 8.5X11 with small text. The person there I talked to said the test is 30 minutes long and I need 80%+ to pass. I'm taking the Manitoba one but other provinces must be similar. If anyone knows specifically what the test concentrates on so i can concentrate my studying instead of having to memorize the whole book the help would be great. Thanks :D
 
Rabadswompe said:
there is no course? In Qc, you have a couple of hours of training.
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I read on the Manitoba conservation website that there is a course thats 3 days or 2 nights. I doubt its available in the small town I'm in. Trapping in general is rare around here.

gth said:
If the test encompasses the regulations, trap sizes, trap legalities and such it could be tougher than you think.
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I don't mind a difficult test as long as i know what its about so i can study the relevant materials.
 
Contact the Manitoba Trapper's Association. They can tell you where and when they will be holding courses. I don't know where you live but I know I recently read of classes being held in The Pas and Thompson. Your trapping zone director can probably help as well.

Call the Manitoba Trappers Association at 204-345-9107 or e-mail them at mta@mts.net

I have trapped in three different provinces and the test and courses do vary quite a bit in how they are handled.
 
I took the trapping course here in the Yukon and it was a 1 1/2 day course.There is quite a bit to it.You have to know all the diff traps which ones are leagle how to set them properly.How to take care of your fur,making snares,on and on and on.If you haven't taken the course you may have trouble challenging it.
 
I have seen the Alberta test and it focused alot on trap sizes and types....also on check times for traps ....Ive had my trappers licence since 1977 so I didnt have to take the test but I am sure this one in Alberta is not easy......hope this helps a bit..

Study and plan to write it in the summer. make sure you have it all straight so you dont fail or get too many wrong.....I take it you are planning for next season ?
 
darkdisruptor said:
I don't mind a difficult test as long as i know what its about so i can study the relevant materials.
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Oh, I thought you were planning on challenging the test.......


If there is a course available, I would take it. The one in Ontario is excellent. I would take it again if it was less money.
 
Thanks alot everyone. Seems like there's alot to this. I'll make sure I study lots before I attempt the test. My dad used to trap so I can get lots of information from him to. Thanks everyone. :D
 
Let me know how you do, I'd like to do the same thing next year.
I don't want to trap, just to be able to hunt coyotes more.
Unfortunately, I need the license to be able to shoot a coyote.
I shoot them around home but would like to be able to go to a few places and not have to worry.
 
I wish they had a different system for hunting fur bearers. I have no intention of trapping at all but I need to have a trappers license. I don't have a problem with buyign the license. It's only 5 or 10 bucks. I just don't have time to take a course and it doesn't seem like challenging the test is gonna be easy either.
I had a license when I was a kid but will they have a record of it? It was almost 20 years ago and I have no proof.
 
Ya I'm not sure how people who've trapped many years ago get licences now without taking the test. They really do need to streamline the system.
 
Actually Manitoba Conservation does a lot of weird things......when you look at other jurisdictions and their licencing systems.

In this day and age when fur prices are in the toilet and the majority of trappers in the southern open zone just play at it for recreation, requiring a trapping licence to shoot coyotes is a joke. You are not affecting some trappers livelyhood by shooting yotes.......and since most are shot not trapped anyways, you really don't need to know what types of traps are OK for one furbearer or another.

Farmers and ranchers shoot them on sight. Many of the hunters I know just shoot them anyways...even though they don't have a trapping licence.

If Manitoba Conservation was smart they would create a coyote season of from, oh say, October to the end of March, then implement a wildlife certificate for $10.00 that you buy before you get your big game tags. Residents with a valid wildlife certificate could then hunt coyotes and wolves during season......non-residents could have a coyote/wolf tag introduced and they could pay $25.00 to do that when they are up here on a big game hunt with an outfitter.

Manitoba Conservation is always crying poverty yet they continue to operate like we are still using a chisel and stone to communicate instead of computers.
 
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