Statewide Iowa — The trapping season opens in Iowa Saturday with a DNR expert saying the prospects look good. Furbearer biologist Vince Evelsizer says some of the animals have managed the recent wet to dry weather swings better than others.
He says the bobcat, coyote and foxes, are less impacted by that, but it can impact their numbers to some extent when it gets really dry out. He says the price of fur is one thing that has trappers more motivated.
But he says you are not going to make a fortune with fur in Iowa.
Evelsizer says it is a venture that doesn’t take a big investment to get started.
Evelsizer says it’s also not hard to learn the basics.
A change was made to the trapping law to try and get younger kids interested.
He says you can find out more about trapping on the DNR’s website.
