Trappers and hunters

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Set traps with bait and position traps along trails

• Operate boats or snowmobiles or travel on foot, snowshoes or skis to patrol trapline or to reach hunting areas

• Pursue animals by observing and recognizing tracks, trails, animal droppings or broken foliage

• Remove catch and reset traps and snares

• Kill and skin catch for pelts, and treat and pack pelts for marketing or for transport to public auctions

• Kill wild animals using firearms or other weapons

• Trap live animals for sale to buyers or for relocation purposes

• Maintain and repair trapping and hunting equipment

• Maintain trails and access to trapping lines or hunting regions

• Trap designated animals for bounty or other control programs

• May train dogs for hunting

• May monitor animal population in the trapping or hunting regions to ensure future sustainability.

• Completion of trapping or hunting courses may be required in some provinces.

• A provincial trapping or hunting licence is required.

• In some jurisdictions, trappers may be allocated trapping areas based on their experience.

• Trappers and hunters may specialize in trapping or hunting a particular kind of animal.