Hunters and Trappers

Hunt and trap wild animals for human consumption, fur, feed, bait, or other purposes.

Job Task

• Traps or captures quarry alive for identification, relocation, or live sale.
• Stands watch to observe behavior of captured quarry.
• Trains dogs for hunting.
• Removes designated parts, such as ears or tail, from slain quarry as evidence for killing bounty, using knife.
• Packs pelts in containers and loads containers onto trucks for transporting.
• Washes and sorts pelts according to species, color, and quality.
• Scrapes fat, blubber, or flesh from skin-side of pelt with knife or hand scraper, and cures pelts with salt and boric acid.
• Skins quarry, using knife, and stretches pelts on frames to be cured.
• Releases quarry from trap or net and transfers it to cage, or secures identification tag to quarry and releases it.
• Restrains quarry with arms or nets, and rigs net or sling under catch to permit hoisting without bodily injury.
• Drives quarry into traps, nets, or killing area, using dogs or prods.
• Kills quarry for pelts or bounty, using club, poison, gun, or drowning method.
• Select, baits, and sets traps according to species, size, habits, and environs of bird or animal and reason for trapping.
• Patrols trapline or nets to inspect settings, remove catch, and reset or relocate traps.

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