Alaska Trapper Podcast
The Alaska Trappers Association endeavors to preserve and promote trapping through trapper education and public awareness. By sharing our knowledge, we foster responsible, ethical trapping while improving the public’s understanding of our trapping heritage.
Episodes
10 episodes
Trapping in Western Alaska, sharing and teaching defined, and Lure good enough to spread on a cracker!
Jim Hautala, AKA "Trapper Jim" is a retired teacher who lived along the lower Kuskokwim River running a dog team, fish camp and eventually a trapline. Jim now traps out his backdoor with his twin sons Carlton and Kendrick in the 3.2 milli...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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1:28:48
Fleshing Beam: Happy 50th Anniversary ATA!
Reflect on 50 years of preserving Alaska's trapping heritage with ATA President Randy Zarnke. Randy's passion for the ATA is evident as he describes how the organization has grown since 1973. You'll learn just why your membership is...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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1:10:40
You'll feel a lot better when it's not hurting, No trail that can't be conquered, and wait for it... Oosik earrings!
Meet one of the infamous "Ice Road Trappers" - Wendy Shiffler. Wendy was ATA Trapper of the Year 2021 and holds Lifetime Membership #4. Friend and trapping partner, Leo Faro is also in the studio. The two of them have nearly 1...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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1:30:19
A 50 pound ice spud, 4000 Foxes!, and Beaver Lips - yum...
Part 1: Meet Jaimie Kassman, our good friend, and trapper extraordinaire living in Bethel, Alaska. Jaimie shares stories of trapping in North Dakota, Fairbanks, and Bethel.
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:20:52
Exploding fish buckets, greased zerks, and other trapping necessities
Kurt and Nicole run you through getting all your essential trapping gear up and operational for the upcoming season.
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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49:22
Fleshing Beam (Live at the 2022 Women's Trapping Summit)
Join the Alaska Trapper Podcast Team at the first annual Women's Trapping Summit in Fairbanks, AK.
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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48:52
MuffPot or Ammo Can Chicken?, Are those Voles in MY blender?, and paying a trapline forward
PART 2 (Leo Faro): Continue down the path of a friendship where Kurt passed on a trapline to Leo 20 years ago... After all, it was the least he could do for a friend who introduced him to trapping in the first place. Leo describes running over ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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57:30
The Newbie, Marten Tracks?, Fox Choking, and a Geo Metro
PART 1: Meet the waterfowler responsible for taking your host trapping for the first time. Leo Faro is a lifelong Alaskan who has held the distinguished title "Fox Choker" as an actual job title. Leo describes dragging Kurt along and shares his...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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1:02:25