04/18/2026
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Most folks talk about running a long line. Not many actually build one.
This one started with muskrats in a farm pond, ran through years as a smokejumper, and turned into full-time coyote trapping across big western country. There’s a pile of hard-earned lessons in this story—permissions, gang setting, bone yards, speed, skinning, wolves, and what it really takes to make numbers.
Read it here: https://www.trappermag.com/uncategorized/full-time-coyote-trapping-long-line