We sold 116 traps at the recent trap auction held at the FTA convention for an average price of $35. The total sales were $4083. A list of traps and those people who donated them is listed below with the selling price indicated. The sale was a great success as a fund-raiser for FTA. Thanks to everyone who bid. Thanks to Wayne Funk for donating the trap tags. Last but not least, thanks to Scott Silke for a great job handling the auction and all the other guys and gals who helped set-up the auction, served as runners, and worked at the clerking table.
NAME TYPE OF TRAP COMMENTS
1 Pete Askins $35 Sleepy Creek #1 1/2 Coil Spring-offset jaws Longtime Trapper's College instructor
2 Frank Terry $27.50 Oneida Victor #1 1/2 / 33 Stoploss Marked T 136- his marking system
3 Paul Grimshaw $10.00 Victor # 1 1/2 Coil Spring
4 Paul Grimshaw $10.00 Victor # 1 1/2 Coil Spring
5 Ardell Grawe $12.50 Victor # 1 1/2 Coil Spring-square pan Used for red fox & mink in 70's
6 Ardell Grawe $15.00 Blake & Lamb #2 DLS modified Used for coon, mink, & sometimes coyotes
7 Craig Spoores $7.50 Montgomery #1 1/2 Coil Spring-round Jaws
8 Craig Spoores $7.50 Montgomery #1 1/2 Coil Spring -round jaws
9 Tom Krause $15.00 Victor #1 LS
10 Charlie Dobbins $50 Victor #1.75 Coil Spring- offset jaws Charlie's early modification
11 Pete Leggett $50 Victor #1 1/2 Coil Spring
12 Arnie Peterson $40 Blake & Lamb #1 1/2 LS "old style" Trap used in winning Trapperman.com largest weasel contest
13 Louie Krumwiede $35 Blake & Lamb #1 LS Surehold Favorite muskrat trap before conibears
14 Kermit Stearns $140 Montgomery # 1 1/2 Coil Spring-round jaws Includes his famous white beech stake
15 Tom Parr $25 Victor #1 1/2D Coil Spring
16 Kyle Kaatz $42.50 Kaatz Bros. TS-85 Coil Spring
17 Tom Larson $20 Bridger #3 Coil Spring-offset jaws-modified
18 Tom Larson $17.50 Bridger #3 Coil Spring-offset jaws-modified
19 Gary Armstrong $17.50 Egg Trap
20 Gary Armstrong Victor $17.50 #11 DLS Double Jaws Gary's favorite coon trap for many years
21 Bob Cason Montgomery $10 #1 3/4 Coil Spring-dogless
22 Bob Cason Victor $5 #1 1/2 Coil Spring
23 Jim Mahoney $30 Victor #3 DLS -offset jaws
24 Wally Schmieg $60 Victor #1 1/2 Coil Spring-square pan Wally was the organizer of FTA
25 Glen Sterling $65 Victor #3 DLS-offset modified First trap he modified
26 Glen Sterling $100 Sterling MJ 600- 25 yr. Commemorative Trap
27 Gary Meiss $10 Victor #220 Conibear- modified Caught cat in this trap
28 Wiley Carroll $200 Newhouse #3 DLS- modified - Dog Knot stake Springs stamped Newhouse
29 Wiley Carroll $190 Newhouse #4 DLS- modified - Dog Knot stake Spring stamped Newhouse
30Dave Hastings $60 Sterling MJ 600 Coil Spring
31 Gene Beeber $22.50 Blake & Lamb #1 1/2 LS "old style"
32 Gene Beeber $17.50 Sleepy Creek #1 1/2 Coil Spring
33 Bill Park Victor $7.50 #1 1/2 Coil Spring
34 Charley Park Victor $30 1 1/2 Coil Spring Helped organize the Trapper's College
35 Charley Park Victor $22.50 #2 DLS Helped organize the Trapper's College
36 Jerry Joe Barnett $80 Victor #3 DLS -modified Laminated jaws, shock springs, Miles trigger system
37 Gary Jepson Victor $90 #3N DLS modified PAWS-I-TRIP pan set-up
38 Gary Jepson $60 Bridger #2 Coil Spring
39 Tom Fisher $17.50 KB Compound 5.5 Coil Spring
40 Tom Fisher $12.50 Sleepy Creek #11 DLS
41 Joe Papai $50 Northwoods 6" Quik-Kill Used In New Jersey after footholds were lost
42 Red Edgemon $50 Victor #1 1/2 LS FTA Trapper's College legend
43 Red Edgemon $25 Sleepy Creek #11 DLS FTA Trapper's College legend
44 Scott Phillips $37.50 Bridger #3 Coil Spring- modified
45 Slim Pederson $65 Northwoods #2 Coil Spring -modified
46Dean Mitchell $20 Victor # 1 1/2 Coil Spring
47 Tim Julien Northwoods $30 #2 Coil Spring-modified Trap used in many states
48 Ron Cauble Newhouse $ 170 # 1 1/2 LS Caught his first cat in this trap
49Major Boddicker $50 Victor #1.75 Coil Spring Trap used in Colorado ADC work
50 Jim Genz $17.50 Victor # 4 DLS Wyoming trap
51 George Stewart $70 Montgomery #3 Coil Spring -modified for cats Early Trapper's College instructor
52 Odon Corr $60 Sterling MJ 600 Trap with modifications he likes to use.
53 Keith Winkler $15 Sleepy Creek #11 DLS
54 Irv Schirmer $30 MB- 650 Coil Spring
55Dan Schweisthal $25 Victor 3N DLS
56 Henry Clark $15 Blake & Lamb #2 Coil Spring -modified
57 John Epler $7.50 Victor #2 Coil Spring
58 Brian Roberts $15 Bridger #3 Coil Spring -modified
59 Roy Greenfield $40 Victor 3N DLS -modified
60 Bob Wendt $5 Victor #1 1/2 LS
61 Bob Wendt $5 Victor #1 Jump
62 Paul Brown $10 Victor #1 1/2 Coil Spring
63 Paul Brown $5 Victor #1 Coil Spring
64 Chick Andres $25 Victor #1 1/2 LS Caught his first fox in this trap in 1951
65 Bennie Bailey $10 Victor #2 Coil Spring-modified Paws-I-Trip pan setup
66 James Cottrell $5 Victor #2 Coil Spring
67 James Cottrell $5 Blake and Lamb #1 LS-"old style"
68 James Cottrell $17.50 MB 750 Coil Spring
69 Bill Kasten $17.50 Duke #1.75 Coil Spring-modified
70 Bill Kasten $17.50 Duke #1.75 Coil Spring-modified
71 Russ Carmen $80 Victor #1.75 Coil Spring-modified
72 Russ Carmen $70 Victor #1.75 Coil Spring-modified
73 Roland Welker $15 Victor #3 DLS Alaska Trap
74 James Milan $17.50 Victor #330 Conibear
75 Roy Greenfield $40 Sterling MJ 600
76 Charley Davis $35 KB Compound 5.5 Coil Spring This trap was donated by Charley. It is new and not used.
77Mike Marchewka $22.50 Victor #3 DLS -modified
78 Red O'Hearn $10 Duke #160 Body Grip- powder coated
79 Red O'Hearn $15 Bridger #220 Body Grip- powder coated
80 Red O'Hearn $12.50 Northwoods #1 1/2 Coil Spring Includes his "slider" setup
81 Bob Beckwith $10 Sleepy Creek #1 1/2 Coil Spring
83 Jerry Schillling $55 Turtle Trap
84Owen Hall $5 Victor #1 1/2 Coil Spring-square pan
85 Johnny Thorpe $150 Victor #3 DLS-modified One of 4 doz. modified like this
86 Steve Balagna $50 Victor #14 Jump (teeth)
87 Steve Balagna $15 Victor #4 DLS
88 Greg Anderson $35 Victor #3N DLS-modified
89 John Wilson $27.50 Victor #11 DLS
90 John Wilson $5 Duke # 1/2 Coil Spring
91 K.B. Brown $15 Montgomery #1 1/2 Coil Spring Early FTA Officer
92 K.B. Brown $17.50 Montgomery #1 1/2 Coil Spring Early FTA Officer
93 Calvin Cobb $27.50 Bridger #3 Coil Spring-modified PAWS-I-Trip pan setup
94Wally Schmieg $30 Victor #3 DLS--Cast jaws-modified Wally was the organizer of FTA
95 Tim Rose $22.50 Bridger #2 Coil spring--modified
96 Tom Landers $110 Victor #1 LS Early FTA General Organizer
97 Joe Kelley $22.50 B & L #1 LS Surehold
98 Paul Kelley $10 Northwoods # 1 1/2
99 Paul Kelley $22.50 Bigelow 6"
100 Dave Hastings $27.50 Victor #3 Soft Catch modified Caught 2 badgers for BMP research
101 Verne Howey $35 Victor #3N DLS modified PAWS-I-Trip pan
102 Verne Howey $20 Montgomery #3 Coil Spring Dogless modified
103 Bob Noonan $35 Sleepy Creek #3 Coil Spring Because of lynx issue, no longer able to use in Maine
104 Bob Noonan $17.50 Sleepy Creek #3 DLS Because of lynx issue, no longer able to use in Maine
105 Johnsie Benson $32.50 Northwoods #2 Coil Spring Trap was used to catch a possum at the Trapper's College
106 J.C. Conner $45 Coyote Jake Trap This trap was donated by J.C. It is new and not used.
107 Tom Hammond $20 Blake & Lamb #2 1/2 LS
108 George Liljestrand $50 Blake & Lamb #4 DLS w/drag
109 Charlie Maskeck $10 Sleepy Creek #3 Coil Offset Used in Kansas, Arkansas, & Indiana
110. Don Hoben $32.50 Blake & lamb #3 DUS
111. Charlie Varner $22.50 Victor #1 Two Trigger
112. Jerry Hall Sr. $40 Bigelow 12"
113. Calvin Cobb $20 Montgomery #2 Coil Round Jaw
114. Elliott Murdock $45 #5 Bridger DLS with chain and drag
115. Don Kolley $20 Victor #4 DLS
116. Mark Holub $65 Northwoods #4