Looking to start a new winter activity?
 Learning to trap will unlock exciting new opportunities as wildlife conservationists. Regulated 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 winter! 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.
Trapper Education - West Gardiner
Tuesday, February 17, 2026 8:30am-3:30pm
Location: West Gardiner Rod and Gun Club
300 Collins Mills Rd, West Gardiner, ME
Trapper Education - Lee
Saturday, February 21, 2026 9am-5pm
Location: House in the Woods
217 Skunk Hill Rd, Lee, ME
Trapper Education - Washburn
Thursday, February 26, 2026 6pm-8pm and Saturday, March 14, 2026 9am-5pm
Location: Washburn Recreation Department
13 Hines St, Washburn, ME
Trapper Education - Wilton
Sunday, March 22, 2026 8am-4pm
Location: Wilton Fish and Game Club
256 U.S. 2, Wilton, ME
Trapper Education - North Berwick
Saturday, April 11, 2026 8:30am-3pm
Location: North Berwick Rod & Gun Club
40 Butler Rd, North Berwick, ME
Trapper Education - Oxford
Saturday, June 27, 2026 9am-4pm
Location: Lake Thompson Fish and Game
Paine Rd, Oxford, ME
Trapper Education - Auburn
Sunday, September 6, 2026 9am-5pm
Location: Androscoggin County Fish and Game Association
476 Perkins Ridge Rd, Auburn, 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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