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ERIC ARNOLD, EDITOR
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As most readers would agree, I’ve found this is especially true We were waiting on our dinners to
one of the subjects I seem to for those newer to the industry arrive as we discussed feedback
harp on frequently is safety. or those that have never had an with the event along with some
Not only do I tend to talk about it incidence happen to them. other bat related questions. As
regularly in W.C.T. Magazine, but This was pointed out to usually happens at times like this,
I also talk about it often during me again right after the WCT the discussion quickly turned from
training events. When it comes to Bat Management Workshop in the workshop into a general wildlife
safety I may sound like a broken Erlanger, Kentucky earlier this control conversation with a lot of
record, but it is something that I year. I was having a conversation different subjects being covered,
don’t think we can stress enough with one of the attendees in one including our families.
as it seems to takes time for the of my favorite learning locations, The operator I was talking with
message to get through to some. the hotel bar, during these events.
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The issue with this was not only
Continued from page 5
was it obvious by their movements
I
is not brand new to the industry that they did not have any fall Ndexof
as they have several years of protection gear on, but they also
experience, and it was a great time showed workers who also did not A
dVertIsers
listening to their history, struggles have any gear on. Falls are the
and goals. For those of us that number one job related injury and
have been around for a while, as many know a hot topic with me.
conversations like this are kind While we discussed the job Batcone, LLC............................BC
of nostalgic. We get to offer our they had filmed, the operator
Beaver Business .......................13
insights as we remember what it made two comments that really
was like hiring our first employee, hit home. The first comment was Bob & Sons Insurance ...............15
the struggles with choosing an that the roof slope wasn’t as steep
Fields Dev & Supply ....................5
effective marketing program, as the video made it appear. I can
figuring out what services to offer understand this since based on the Fight WNS .................................25
and how much to charge for them, camera lens and distance, you can
Fur Takers of America..................9
and how our families affected or get an optical illusion that gives
where affected by what we do. the appearance that an object FTA Trappers College ...........11, 32
I was listening intently to the is closer or further away than it
Illustration in Motion ....................6
operator and noticed how their actually is. My response was that
voice and speaking manner it didn’t matter as a fall was a fall. Nixalite® of America, Inc. ......ISFC
changed when they began The second comment they made
On Target ..................................29
discussing their family and how was that they knew their workers
they came to start a career and should have had on safety gear, PCSOutdoors ............................26
business in the wildlife control field. as they were concerned about
Reed-Joseph International ........10
It was more than obvious about something happening to them, but
how much the operator cared wanted to get this job done. Ridge Guard ..........................22,23
for their spouse as well as their As to their own safety, I was
RTSN Futures ...........................27
children while they talked about surprised when the operator kind of
them. It was at this point that I took the attitude that if something Select-A-Catch ..........................28
mentioned a video I had seen them had happened to them that their
Trapper’s World Magazine.........43
post and chastised them about the family would be taken care of as
lack of safety equipment for the job they had purchased life insurance Tomahawk Traps & Eqpt ........2, 39
at hand and that our conversation just in case. This is when I knew
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was going to be in the next editorial that my safety message wasn’t
in W.C.T. Magazine. By no means getting through. Tack is not one W.C.T. Group ........................3, 30
am I picking on this individual as I of the things I’m known for in this
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honestly feel they are going to be a industry and looking them in I eye,
top success story in the next several once again stated on my safety WCBB .........................................7
years. Something I really like about speech which goes something like
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them is their ability to admit when this.
they’ve done something wrong and “OK, you’ve got life insurance
being open to input and changing but what happens to your family
their way of thinking as they get a when you don’t die, but rather are
better understanding of the subject saved except now you’re confined
matter. to a bed and someone has to take
I’m sure that many by now care of you? How is your spouse
have guessed this matter involved going to pay the rent or mortgage
roof work, although it just as easily or put food on the table, especially
could have been working from a if you are the primary financial
ladder or even carrying equipment provider? How are you going to
to or from a truck. However, in this deal with not being able to hold or
case the operator was walking on play with your children all because
the roof while filming the job and
Continued on page 31
explaining what they were doing.
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ecap ive rapping roundhogS
a w d b g
hole iFFerent all aMe
by Mark Stackhouse
(Editor’s Note: This article first active den entrances and clean the years later, they outlawed trapping
appeared in the March/April 1994 animals out quickly. Nothing could of groundhogs also. Too many
issue of W.C.T. Magazine.) be easier than having them crawl nontarget animals were caught in
right into these traps. But in the sets made for them. [Editor’s Note:
When I trapped my first early 1970’s, the Ohio Division of As of 2017 it is currently legal to
groundhogs, I used #220 Wildlife decided that bodygrip traps use body gripping traps under
Conibear bodygrip traps. of 7” jaw spread or more could no certain conditions for groundhogs
I would set them at the mouth of longer be set on dry land. Several in Ohio.]
At about this time, our local
game protector asked me to be
the county’s nuisance trapper.
After talking to him about the job, I
found out that even licensed state
nuisance trappers in Ohio can’t use
bodygrips on groundhogs. Just live
traps are permitted.
Although I had used live traps
for years on raccoon, I had never
even considered using them for
groundhogs. At the time, I had
just moved into an old farmhouse
with a large overgrown yard. Some
groundhogs had moved under
both the house and barn and my
new landlord wanted me to get rid
of them.
I did a lot of experimenting with
live traps all around the house, barn,
and yard. I used a variety of fresh,
green plants for baits and even
tried to catch them without bait. I
tried a number of different ways of
trap placement in relation to their
holes and travel ways. I even tried
camouflaging the traps to appear
like a den entrance or as part of a
building wall or foundation. I think
I tried about every conceivable
method using live traps. It was an
education. It was difficult at first,
but I began to get the hang of it.
The methods that I came up with, I
still use today as they’ve been very
successful for me.
I found that using clean live
traps is far more important than
“BLOW YOUR NOSE AGAIN HANK.
I ever thought. Traps that have
YOU’RE CALLING IN A COYOTE” been used for coon, opossum, or
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