Hunters & Trappers
Description : Hunt and trap wild animals for human consumption, fur, feed, bait, or other purposes.
JobTitles : Trapper, Hunter, Animal Damage Control Agent, Nuisance Wildlife Control Operator, Predator Control Trapper, Animal Control Expert, Deer Hunter, Fur Trapper, Hunting Guide, Nuisance Trapper
Tasks:
- Maintain and repair trapping equipment.
- Patrol trap lines or nets to inspect settings, remove catch, and reset or relocate traps.
- Obtain required approvals for using poisons or traps, and notify persons in areas where traps and poison are set.
- Trap and capture quarry dead or alive for identification, relocation, or sale, using baited, scented, or camouflaged traps, snares, cages, or nets.
- Scrape fat, blubber, or flesh from skin-sides of pelts with knives or hand scrapers.
- Kill or stun trapped quarry, using clubs, poisons, guns, or drowning methods.
- 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.
- Skin quarry, using knives, and stretch pelts on frames to be cured.
- Travel on foot, or by using vehicles or equipment such as boats, snowmobiles, helicopters, snowshoes, or skis to reach hunting areas.
- Track animals by checking for signs such as droppings or destruction of vegetation.