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Abstract Dale Boothe discusses his current and past work for Wildlife Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). He reminisces about his experiences as a government trapper in predator control (primarily coyotes) and the different methods he used including hunting dogs, game calling, traps, poisons, snares, aerial gunning, M-44 and lures. Boothe speaks of his district supervisor duties, interactions with ranchers and...

Abstract Joe Carpenter discusses his current and past work for Wildlife Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). He reminisces about his experiences as a wildlife specialist and government trapper, discussing topics such as camping in sheep camps or teepees, and the different methods of coyote and mountian lion control, including dogs, game calling, aerial gunning, traps, snares, and lures. Carpenter talks about effective...

Abstract Guy Connolly reminisces about his career as a wildlife research biologist working for the the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Range Surveys, the University of California at Davis-Hopland Field Station and the USDA's, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Wildlife Services, Denver Wildlife Research Center (DWRC). He discusses his work in wildlife and range management and depredation control research, including different methods he used such as trapping, M-44, and...

Abstract Corr reminisces about his nearly 35 years with Wildlife Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), - formerly known as U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Branch of Predator and Rodent Control. Corr was employed in South Dakota, Minnesota and North Dakota. He shares his boyhood trapping experiences and techniques learned from a diverse family of trappers, especially his mother. He discusses his military career as an army ski...

Abstract Monte Dodson reminisces about his past work for Wildlife Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Idaho Fish and Game Department, U.S. Fish and Game, and Oklahoma Game and Fish Departments. He speaks of his experiences as a government trapper in predator control and the different trapping methods and equipment used. Dodson talks about his experiences with animals, various Wildlife Services, and wildlife...

Abstract Mike Fall reminisces about his career, from 1970-2001, with the Denver Wildlife Research Center(DWRC) (later renamed the National Wildlife Research Center), a facility within the USDA's, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Wildlife Services. Fall discusses his vertebrate pest control and trapping work in the Philippines and other foreign countries such as Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Bangladesh. He also talks about his work as head of an international program unit, working...

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Buck Follis reminisces about his current and past work for Wildlife Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). He talks about his experiences as a government trapper in predator control and research (primarily wolves and bears) and the different methods used including traps, snares, and lures. Follis speaks of his experiences with animals, various Wildlife Services, and livestock protection.

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Gale J. Halvorson discusses his past work in the fur trade and his role in working for Wildlife Services, Animal and Plant Inspection Service (APHIS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). He speaks of trapping a variety of animals such as badger, coyote, and beaver using traps and lures. Halvorson spent his career in wildlife depredation control and wildlife management.

Abstract Jack D. Hansen reminisces about his past work for Idaho and Utah Fish and Wildlife Services and Wildlife Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). He talks about his experiences as a wildlife specialist and government trapper in predator control (primarily coyotes and mountain lions) and the different methods used such as compound 1080, aerial gunning and herding, traps, snares, game calling, and lures. He describes his...

Abstract Don Hawthorne discusses his career in Wildlife Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). He reminisces about his experiences as a government trapper in predator control and research (primarily coyotes) and the different methods used including traps and aerial gunning. Hawthorne talks about his experiences as a supervisor and director in Wildlife Services in Utah, Oklahoma, and Washington D.C. including training, politics,...