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Hipchen shooters brave elements
Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
Oct 28, 2021
MT. JEWETT — Despite wind, rain, sleet and hail, almost 70 shooters braved the storm to enter the Hipchen Shoot at the Mt. Jewett Sportsmen’s Club, in...
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The value of modern day trapping
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CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Special to The Era 
Oct 04, 2018
In 1823, Sewall Newhouse developed the leg-hold trap. The device provided a means to more effectively take a wider range of animals including wolves, ...
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Burchfield: Interest in modern day trapping is growing
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CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Special to The Era 
Sep 21, 2017
Native Americans were well versed in using pitfalls, snares, and deadfall traps. That knowledge was shared with the settlers of the early 1600s. Like ...
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