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Massachusetts Trappers Association

The Massachusetts Trappers Association is an organization founded for the  purpose of preserving the tradition of fur harvesting, while promoting education and perseverance into the future.

The Massachusetts Trappers Association has a long, and rich history, shaped and molded through fur booms, lulls, legislation, and generations of  trappers, both young and old.

Today, the Association's focus is to maintain our trapping privileges, regain those that have been lost, and to encourage and promote education of  trappers, both seasoned and inexperienced, as well as those unfamiliar  with our sport. We seek to preserve that wonderful renewable resource  that is furbearers, through our state managed and regulated trapping, so that generations to come can enjoy the rich, abundant wildlife that  Massachusetts is home to.

The MTA has many objectives several of which are;
·To develop leadership for the advancement of the best interests of the trapper and the fur industry,
·Inspire in our membership the desire to practice the ethics of sportsmanship towards others who wish to enjoy the recreation and pleasure of the outdoors.
·Cooperate with duly recognized conservation organizations in the furtherance of the objectives of the trapping fraternity
·Oppose any proposed legislation which could impose unreasonable restrictions on the taking of fur bearing animals or the sale of pelts.

New for the 2024 Springfield Sportsman’s Show

Members of the MTA Massachusetts Trappers Association Inc. will have two Fur Handling Classes

One on Friday 2/23 and another on Saturday 2/24

The Fur Handling Class will show the proper safety measures, tools and techniques to ready your fur bearer for sale or tanning.

 

Applications to become an MTA member are available at our booth #403, we welcome new members and donations.

Massachusetts Trappers Association Inc.
PO Box 3176, Amherst, MA 01002
MTA President Tom Dougherty thomasdougherty56@gmail.com
Treasurer Robert “RJ” Parron riparron@yahoo.com
Secretary Joe O’Neil (978) 395-6600