Upcoming Trapper Education Courses
 Learning to trap will unlock exciting new opportunities as wildlife conservationists. Trapping helps maintain healthy, abundant wildlife populations, allows habitats to thrive and provide ample food, and keeps a balance between wildlife populations and people.
Every year trappers provide wildlife biologists with valuable data for disease prevention, species management, and population monitoring.
Trapping will teach you important problem solving and critical thinking skills to increase self sufficiency and provide you with a highly rewarding new challenge. Check out what we have coming up this fall! In these trapper education courses you will learn:
- Safe and humane trapping methods
- Valuable skills for procuring food and fur
- Wildlife management best practices
- Responsible trap setting and animal handling
- Habits and traits of furbearing species
Field exercises are included in this course! Participants will be required to pass a written exam to receive their Trapper Education Certification Card. Once you have completed the course and passed the exam, you will be eligible to purchase your trapping license. There is no cost to take the course, and all materials are provided.
Trapper Education - Ashland
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 8:30am-3:30pm
Location: Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife
63 Station Street Ashland, ME
Trapper Education - Bryant Pond
Sunday, October 27, 2024 8:30am-3:30pm
Location: University of Maine 4-H Camp and Learning Center at Bryant Pond
17 Conservation School Road Woodstock, ME
Trapper Education - Augusta
Sunday, November 3, 2024 8:30am-3:30pm
Location: Sportsman Alliance of Maine
205 Church Hill Road, Augusta, ME
Trapper education courses are held throughout the year in various locations. To see future course offerings, please visit mefishwildlife.com/safetycourses
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