Hunter or Trapper
Job Description: Hunt and trap wild animals for human consumption, fur, feed, bait, or other purposes.
Responsibilities
- Release quarry from traps or nets and transfer to cages.
- Pack pelts in containers, load containers onto trucks, and transport pelts to processing plants or to public auctions.
- Kill or stun trapped quarry, using clubs, poisons, guns, or drowning methods.
- Decide where to set traps, using grid maps and aerial maps of hunting areas.
- Track animals by checking for signs such as droppings or destruction of vegetation.
- Cut walk tracks for better access to traps and bait stations.
Skills Required
- Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Operation and Control: Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
- Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Operation Monitoring: Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
Types of Hunter or Trapper Jobs
- Fur Trapper
- Pelter
- Predatory Animal Hunter
- Chain Person
- Underwater Hunter
Tools Used
Although they’re not necessarily needed for all jobs, the following technologies are used by many Hunters and Trappers.