Idaho Trappers Association

ABOUT US

The Association was organized to unite Idaho Trappers and all sportsmen that support the utilization and balance to our Natural Resources in Idaho. We promote sound conservation through Legislature procedures to save and faithfully defend the waste of our furbearers, predators and wildlife.

We oppose propaganda put forth by animal rights activist, over- zealous environmental persons, anti-trapping and anti-hunting organizations. We put forth great effort to educate the public on the consumptive use of game animals as a necessary wildlife management tool and teach our youth and new trappers within the association to properly harvest and manage Idaho’s renewable furbearing resources.

In 1999 Idaho’s State Wildlife Commission approved harvesting of Otter, which was needed in many of our rivers due to an expanding population of the otter depleting our famous Idaho Salmon, Cut Throat trout, and other fishes. The ITA was the leader in this action with “Beyond the Call” assistance from our friend (now retired) State Furbearer Biologist Wayne Melquist and in February 2003 IDFG Gina Patton continued departmental effort by securing temporary cites tags for our otter harvest on the eve of the Idaho Trappers fur sale in Gooding, ID. This appreciated action brought immediate higher prices for our trappers on their otter pelts by allowing the buyers to ship the pelts out of the US. Idaho Trappers Association continually works with Idaho Fish and Game to promote sound biological research and management of our valuable furbearer resource. Trapping helps to control predators and nuisance animals which cost landowners, farmers, ranchers, and the tax payers who don’t pay for control.