Yep we are most definitely the “low hanging fruit” it’s a lot easier for anti hunters/trappers to talk bad about us when they don’t understand why we do what we do. 

TWRA (TN Wildlife Resources Agency) asked to share a photo of my daughter with a coyote she trapped as part of a promotion for an upcoming youth trapper school they are hosting.  I got a ton of backlash on IG & FB, and most of the comments were from social justice keyboard trolls who most likely never leave asphalt or the cozy comforts of their metropolitan homes. 

There is a ton of misinformation out there about trapping, and unless we band together to educate those unfamiliar with trapping then I can see this tool, which is useful for managing a variety of animals, being stripped away from us in my lifetime.  The number of “hunters” speaking out against trapping was quite surprising!  Many hunters said they openly support coyote hunting and just leave the carcass to rot in the field, but yet they thought trapping and skinning the coyote was barbaric!  Additionally, many of these “hunters” also said that they thought traps were dangerous since they didn’t want to accidentally step on one and have it clamp down in not their ankle, penetrating to the bone, and then potentially being fatal.  This is a direct result of the misinformation videos we all see on TV from the anti-hunting organizations….  The comments from the suburban keyboard warriors was even more outlandish, and I won’t waste my time or yours even posting their ignorance…. 

Point is that we need to work to educate everyone on the facts of trapping and band together as outdoorsmen and outdoorswomen to protect all of our rights that many in society are trying to take away.

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