Trapper

Mix baits for attracting animals.

Maintain and repair trapping equipment.

Remove designated parts, such as ears or tails, from slain quarry as evidence for killing bounty, using knives.

Cut walk tracks for better access to traps and bait stations.

Track animals by checking for signs such as droppings or destruction of vegetation.

Release quarry from traps or nets and transfer to cages.

Trap and capture quarry dead or alive for identification, relocation, or sale, using baited, scented, or camouflaged traps, snares, cages, or nets.

Patrol trap lines or nets to inspect settings, remove catch, and reset or relocate traps.

Publicize hunting activities by writing for outdoor magazines or by making videos of hunts.

Skin quarry, using knives, and stretch pelts on frames to be cured.

Select, bait, and set traps, and lay poison along trails, according to species, size, habits, and environs of birds or animals and reasons for trapping them.

Pack pelts in containers, load containers onto trucks, and transport pelts to processing plants or to public auctions.

Teach or guide individuals or groups unfamiliar with specific hunting methods or types of prey.

Wash and sort pelts according to species, color, and quality.

Decide where to set traps, using grid maps and aerial maps of hunting areas.

Obtain permission from landowners to hunt or trap on their land.

Kill or stun trapped quarry, using clubs, poisons, guns, or drowning methods.

Scrape fat, blubber, or flesh from skin sides of pelts with knives or hand scrapers.