Trapping Inc's Scuttlebutt podcast: Recent Episodes
Richard Mellon
Trapping Inc is the smash hit Canadian TV series that follows northern Alberta trappers Rich and Sandi Mellon's life on the trapline in the Canadian wilderness. The Scuttlebutt Podcast is the back story or inside scoop into their lives and the personalities, companies, products and issues that shape modern trapping. Rich and Sandi have been married for 40 years and have a cheerful approach to life that shows in their dedication to education, conservation and concern for the management and future of trapping.
Rich talks with Greg in northern MN about their choice to move back to the rural life and the trapping motivation for it.
Richa nd Sandi donated a trapline trip to th Wild Sheep Foundation Alberta chapter in March 2022. These are the fine folks who bought the trip!
Rich and Sandi are out on the trapline for the second trip of setup for the fisher and marten season. Talk about the challenges and the answer questions on the bait they use and how Rich makes his lure. Join us for ALL 8 seasons of Trapping Inc at https://trappinginc.locals.com/
Rich and Sandi are out on the trapline for the first weekend of setup for the fisher and marten season. They spend a bit of time talking about where they have been and where they are going. Full video podcast is up on YouTube and trappinginc.locals.com
Paul has trapped for 40 years in BC and just wrote a book. You can purchase the book at pblackwell63@hotmail.com
Rich and Sandi sit down for a looooong podcast with the folks from Panoramic. You can find out more about the guys at https://www.panoramicoutdoors.com/
The south west corner of Alberta in the windy foot hills is Lindsey's stomping grounds.
Rich has a wonderful visit with Mark a trapper from the Catskills Mountains of New York State.
Roger has the neat career of being a gamekeeper in jolly old England for the last 17 years!
No this has nothing to do with climate change! We just had a bunch of stuff to talk about as well as showing you all the changes we are making out on the line to get ready for our lucky contest winners!
Rich and Sandi visit with good friends and Professional Hunters Guy and Ryan Swart in South Africa. Guy owns Wild Horizon Hunting Safaris that Rich and Sandi have hunted with 3 times now.
Mike is a hardcore trapper from WA and AK and the inventor of Non Grip Colony traps for muskrats. Lots of laughs and stories in this one.
trapping has been a major driving force in Andrew's life. So much that the age of 19 him came to Canada to work for the Hudson Bay Fur Company!
Rich and Sandi finally get out to the line to rebuild a washed out bridge and have a unique experience on the way there
Rich did this podcast with Jeremiah Woods for the Trapping Today podcast. Pour a coffee and strap in this one is a long one!
Rich is a guest on Randy Newberg's Hunt Talk radio show. Randy very kindly allowed us to post this here for your enjoyment.
Rich and Sandi are out on the trapline. Getting ready for the new season and catching up on the summer doings.
Rich talks with Rusty about trapping in Idaho and the changes that wolves have brought.
Rich and Ray talk about the coy wolf or Algonquian Wolf and the controversial decision by the Ontario government to protect and promote the hybrid.
Roberta Roman is president of the Idaho based Foundation for Wildlife Management. A hunter initiated Idaho based group their mission is to control the wolf population and the depredation on the elks herds. they have a expense reimbursement system for each wolf a member kills. www.F4WM.com
Here is literally the man of the hour in the fur world. Rich has a great conversation with Mark about his history trapping, the current state of the industry and auction and where we go from here. Riveting!!!
Charlie Masheck and Justin Jett own and operate Hoosier Trapping Outdoors. Charlie is a legend in the trapping world, long time trapper, lure maker and TV host. Rich has lots of stories and laughs with these two fine folks!
Rich connects with Conrad via the net and the talk about the differences in trapping from Kentucky to Alberta as well Conrad's personal history trapping.
Devon is a young First Nation Trapper living in YellowKnife NWT. Devon runs a trapping tourism company and a very successful trapline.
Rich visits with old friend Randy Newberg of Montana. randy is the host On your Own Adventures and Fresh tracks series on Amazon Prime and YouTube as well as a couple of very entertaining podcast. We wander out in the weeds here a couple times and have many laughs. a great podcast but a long one!
Alan Probst has been a trapper and outdoors man from a very young age and has stayed true to the creed. Even playing MLB wasn't enough to keep away from the woods. A successful TV producer for 20 years Alan has some new irons in the fire.
Rich and Sandi visit with Jeff Varvil the host of nationally syndicated Wild Alaska radio program and a very funny man.
Joe started trapping as a child and used his skills in a career with the CBSA. Now retired he makes unique knives for outdoors men.
Squirrels in the attic? Beavers eating your apple trees? Who you gonna call? Duncan Abercrombie is a trapper 24/7/365. He and his company do problem wildlife and this is a very interesting chat!
Stacey grew up around trappers in northern Alberta. Recently she has taken back up the trade and is getting back to her roots and taking her family with her.
Rich an Sandi do a remote podcast with Mary. Mary started in the fur game in 1988 and has seen a lot of changes in the industry over that time. Mary worked for NAFA until their demise last fall and now runs western Canada for Fur Harvesters Auction.
Rich and Sandi clarify their understanding of the on going NAFA story. More trapping season tales and with lynx season about to start Rich talks about his favorite lure
Hey folks the podcast is rocking thanks to YOU!!! After we shot this episode we continued to climb and hit #4 in Canada!! Thank you!! Once again lots of laughs as Rich and Sandi talk about trapline adventures and the start of marten season.
Rich and Sandi chat about their adventures during fall rat season and what they think the NAFA situation might mean to trappers.
Rich and Sandi are in northern Saskatchewan near historic Cumberland House on the giant fresh water inland delta of the Saskatchewan River. They are visiting with Mark, a blind trapper who doesn't have the word "can't" in his vocabulary.
Sandi drew a Nov moose tag for central Alberta and Rich tags along for the action. Then they sit down with long time friend Curtis of Silver Willow Taxidermy and learn about the road to success in the demanding industry.
Long convoluted summer where the terrible weather has been a struggle for Rich and Sandi as well as potential guest. Here we catch you up to date.
Rich and Sandi are joined out at the cabin by a special guest from South Africa for wood weekend and the also chat about the new beaver blanket.
Jim Gibb has been around the block. Started trapping young and continues today working his fur line in the winter and animal damage control all summer in and around Toronto.
Rich is in Toronto and gets the chance to talk to long time trapper and one of the founding members of the OFMF Bill Davis!
Rich and Sandi of Trapping Inc TV have a very exciting announcement about the TV series.
Lots of laughter in this one. Rich and Sandi are in Yorkton Saskatchewan for the annual outdoors show and they get the chance to visit with long time friend and trapper extraordinaire Ryan Demchynski.
Rich and TJ go a long ways back - way back! They started Outdoor Quest TV together 20 years ago. In this humorous laughter filled podcast they talk about the past the present and the future of hunting and Outdoor Quest TV
Rich and Sandi sit down with Tom Sallows. Long time extreme athlete hunter and the head of Mountain Man Adventures. Tom is also a newly minted trapper with his first season under his belt.
Rich and Sandi are out on the trapline talking about otter and beaver trapping, the weather and the new TV channel options in Canada.
Rich and Sandi huddle in their favorite coffee shop on a cooled 40 below zero evening and chat with Tim and Jim of Ole Smokes. It is always fascinating to see where folks come from and all the life experiencesthat bring them into our lives. This podcast has it all from lows to highs and up and down a few more times! Never once did they give up.
Rich travels to the far NW corner of Alberta to run on the Steen River line with 3 generations of the Schaub men. This podcast was done on site in their trapping cabin. Watch Trapping Inc TV for two great episodes on wolverine and lynx from Steen River in Season 5
Rich and Sandi are just back from a trip to the trapline where they had an interesting night. Other subjects discussed include: winter trapping of muskrats and lynx snares.
Rich and Sandi talk with the President and CEO of the Alberta Conservation Association. This is a fun interview and Todd definitely proves that the ACA is in very good hands with him. Lots of discussion about current and future projects and funding undertaken buy the ACA as well as the all important drive to bring new people to the wild side and bolster the percentage of the population that utilize our fabulous natural resources.
Rich sits down with Carrie Lou and Lyle Scobble, owners of Sisson Furs. They talk about the 70 year history of the company and how the fur industry is keeping up with the evolving times.
Rich and Sandi chat about the last year, whats coming and how trapping is going this season
Rich and Sandi have a wonderful sit down with Josh and Charlene two of the hosts of the hot new hunting show - On Point Adventures. If you are into bird hunting and hard working gun dogs this is a must listen too!
Rich and Sandi are out on their registered trapline in northern Alberta. They talk about how the season is going and the special challenges Mother Nature has tossed in their way. These is also an exciting Announcement on a new video Journal "The Grind"
Rich sits down with long time buddy Greg Jonson of Dawson Creek BC. Greg is a master gunsmith at Corlanes Home of the Rocky Mountain Rifle. Greg is a dedicated hunter and outdoors man and has built several rifle for Rich and Sandi. This podcast covers lots of ground from hunting to building rifles to most common accuracy tweaks and failures!
Rich and Sandi are out on the trapline getting ready for the Marten/Fisher opener. A update on trapping progress so far and lots of humor and subjects as well as a conversation about the viral video on line of a grizzly bear digging out and killing a black bear cub.
Family man, farmer, trapper and genius with a knife. Rich and Sandi visit with Justin and chat about his connection to the land and trapping and his abilities in the skinning shed. Justin has won the speed skinning competition at the Alberta Trappers Association Rendezvous and this year in a record blistering pace!
Rich and Sandi are fresh out of the shower from their opener trip trapping muskrats and they share some tips and tricks and of course laughter.
While at the NTA Rich sits down and talks with Jeff about his personal trapping history and how Dunlap Lures came to be.
Plans are great, the old saying is "Man plans and God laughs". Rich and Sandi talk about the loose framework of their months long seasons and the variables that influence what actually happens.
Rich and Sandi chat with Jim Comstock on his history as a trapper and how his premium cage traps came about and the future for Comstock traps.
Rich and Sandi are back on location at the cabin and they talk about some of the dangers of living and working in the north. As Sandi says "We put the "real" in reality TV." When bad stuff really happens there is no time to turn on a camera its all about surviving.
While at the NTA convention in Michigan Rich and Sandi got the chance to sit down with Mark Zagger, founder of Coyote U and the genus behind the Pipe Dream Set. Mark talks about his history as a trapper, how to earn and manage landowner permissions as well as the brutal environmental conditions that led to the revolutionary Pipe Dream Set
Rich and Sandi are out at their remote trapline cabin putting up their fire wood for the coming winter. Topics include making time, body grip trap treatment and a new secret contest.
While at the National Trappers Association convention in Escanaba Michigan Rich and Sandi get a chance to sit down with Jeff and talk trapping. How Jeff got started, what brought about the HAGz bracket and the trials and tribulations of taking a dream idea from the fur shed to the store shelf. Jeff is a great interview and lots of laughs.
In the first episode Rich and Sandi talk about the new podcast and fill in some of the blanks about themselves, where they live and their registered trapline.