VTA Training Coordinator

10 traps set for 70% catch rate, 29 Jan 2006 (below):

Ed Crebbs
175 Waldrop Rd
Gordonsville VA 22942
540-832-2708
email: edcrebbs@yahoo.com
Assistant Training Coordinator - Mike Perdue
9150 Poor Mountain Road
Bent Mountain, VA 24059
Home-540-929-4412
Cell- 540-589-4508
email:
mikeperdue@verizon.net
This is your Virginia Trappers Association working for you.
Master Trapper Program
The purpose of this program is to provide professional recognition to individual trappers. It is designed to recognize the sustained effort of a trapper to both become a more successful trapper and to participate in the training and education of future generations of trappers.
There are three levels of achievement
possible in this program for which a
There are some issues with availability and accessibility to certain furbearers by those in far eastern parts of the state. These issues will be addressed on a case by case basis.
Only one award may be applied for in a calendar year.
To earn the Apprentice Trapper Award the applicant must:
Provide documentation of thirty (30) or more trapping days within the most recent licensed furbearer season and a record of catch providing documentation to show the legal catch of at least six (6) different species of furbearer taken within the most recent licensed furbearer season (copy of trapping log or diary for that year). (No animals caught outside the licensed trapping season, i.e. early live fox catch period or Damage Control, may count towards this award.)
To earn the Journeyman Trapper Award the applicant must:
All requirements above must be completed within a three year period.
To earn the Master Trapper Award the applicant must:
Provide documentation of sixty (60) or more trapping days within the most recent licensed furbearer season and a record of catch providing documentation to show the legal catch of at least ten (10) different species of furbearer taken within the most recent licensed furbearer season including three of the following: bobcat*, coyote*, mink*, or otter* (copy of trapping log or diary for that year). (No animals caught outside the licensed trapping season, i.e. early live fox catch period or Damage Control, may count towards this award.)
As a trapper earns each of the three award levels he/she shall receive a certificate of recognition, a Program Patch for that level, and the patches (rockers) that signify the catch of the required animals. These patches will be on a one time issue only.
A check made payable to the VTA in the amount
of $25.00 for the Apprentice Trapper award, $30.00 for the Journeyman
Trapper award, and $35.00 for the Master Trapper award shall accompany the
application. If the award is
not approved the fee will be returned to the applicant.
Any member of the VTA may purchase the rocker style patches which accompany the award for his/her own use but the three program patches (one-time issue only) may only be earned through participation in the Awards Program.
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Application for Master Trapper Program Award
Address: _______________________________________________
City: _______________________________
State: ________ Zip Code: _________________
County: ___________________________
District: __________ Training Region: _________
I am applying for the ________ Apprentice __________ Journeyman _________ Master Award.
Date of Completion:
Basic Trapper Training course: ___________
Attended the VTA Annual convention: ________
Apprentice Trapper Award: ________________
Assisted with a Basic Trapper Training Course, classroom or field exercise (circle one)
instruction: _______
Advanced Trapper Training Course,
Part One or Part Two: ________
Journeyman Trapper Award: _______________
Conducted one training demonstration (trap-setting) and one classroom section at a Basic
Trapper Training Course: _____________________
Advanced Trapper Training Course, Part One or Part Two: __________
Mentored one beginning trapper, season of: ______________________
If you cannot locate your date of completion for any training you have participated in and know the location, contact the State Training Coordinator for this information prior to submitting this form. Go to www.virginiatrappers.org for contact information.
I certify that I have caught the following animals as required above for the (circle one only) Apprentice / Journeyman / Master Trapper Award:
Coyote* __________ Red Fox __________ Gray Fox __________
Bobcat*___________ Raccoon __________ Opossum __________
Otter* ____________ Beaver ___________ Muskrat ___________
Mink* ____________ Striped Skunk _________
I certify that these animals were caught by me with no physical help from another person and that these animals were caught in a trap other than a cage trap (steel live-catch foot hold trap, Conibear style trap, or snare. I further certify that none of these animals were caught outside the licensed furbearer trapping season, i.e. early live fox catch period or Damage Control.
A copy of my trapping log or diary is attached providing documentation of _______ or more
days trapping and ________ different animals caught as cited above.
A fee of $25.00 / $30.00 / $35.00 accompanies this application. Check # _________________
___________________________________ ________________________________
Signature
of Applicant Date
___________________________________ ___________________________________
Signature
of District Director
Signature of Regional Training
Coordinator
Patch and certificate issued to District Director for applicant: ____________________________
Date
Initials (RTC)
Patch and certificate awarded to applicant by ________________________ on ______________
Date entered into database: ____________________ Initials: _____________________
State Training
Coordinator
March 2010 Training Coordinator’s Report
Yesterday, February 28, we completed an “outreach program”. Your President, Membership Secretary Recording Secretary, Training Coordinator, Ways and Means chair and about six others spent all or part of their weekend at the Fishersville Expoland in a booth representing the VTA. We talked with hundreds of people, sold some items, signed up about fifteen new members and met a lot of great people. We will be doing this again this weekend in Orange at the Orange County High School Gym. Come on out there and visit with us and see your VTA in action.
After that we have the VTA annual fur Sale back at Expoland on 13 March and then we will attend the other VTA – Virginia Taxidermy Association and give them an award for Best Furbearer in Show, and the following weekend I will attend the Advanced Training Weekend for Hunter Education Instructors and New Conservation Officers and teach two Introduction to Trapping classes for them.
Coming up later in the spring we have the Annual Bedford Basic Trapping class in April and classes scheduled for Amherst and Blackstone in May. We are also planning for a class in Scottsville, the Central Shenandoah Valley region and the Northern Shenandoah Valley region. Finally, I am trying to put together a Boy Scout class, modeled after the one Mike Perdue does in south west VA for the Girl Scouts, for the northern VA/Shenandoah Valley area this fall. This should be a very busy year for us.
And, don’t forget the annual convention and Sportsman Show in July. Lots of great training, people and fun!
Finally, I challenge each of you to do two things:
As of this writing our membership is back up over 650 and growing. Let’s use this momentum to get started on the President’s goal of 700+ members by the end of the year.
See you at the fur sale!
ED

