MICHIGAN
TRAPPERS ASSOCIATION
LANDOWNER ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM
The focus of this program is to
assist landowners with problem or potentially damaging furbearers
during regular fur taking seasons. Our goal is to link local,
licensed, ethical trappers with landowners looking to control
populations of fur bearing animals. This is designed to be a
free-of-charge mutual benefit situation between the landowner and the
trapper. If there is any need to have problem animals dealt with out
of regular fur taking seasons there could be a charge for animal
damage control work by a licensed animal damage control trapper.
Many landowners who rear upland game birds, waterfowl
or are bird watchers realize that fur bearing animals have a huge
impact on survival of bird populations. Waterfront property owners
can have problems with muskrats or beaver damaging banks or
destroying wooded areas, and livestock owners often lose young
animals to wild canine predation.
Having furbearer populations
trapped during regular fur taking season can and does have a
noticeable impact on survival of birds, livestock, and other property
damage the following year. Even larger impacts are seen over a 3
year period.
To qualify for this program you must own the land
you’d like to have trapped. If you lease the property we need
the landowner to contact us.
An appointed MTA liaison will follow up with the
landowner after the trapper is finished and there will be an email
address and phone number for the landowner to contact the MTA liaison
if any problems occur.
If you would be interested in having a local trapper
contact you on solutions for your property please email:
griffonhunter01@yahoo.com
Or call:
Mike Schippa at 248-343-3683
We are still looking for licensed, ethical trappers
to cover the entire Lower Peninsula area. Unfortunately we can make
no guarantee that there is a local trapper near your property to
assist your furbearer population control needs.
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