trapper

Example Sentences

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Wardens and trappers from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and a trapper for El Dorado County responded and found the mountain lion, the sheriff’s office said.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2024

“A lot of these hunting theories I call anecdotal,” said Carter Niemeyer, a retired federal and professional wildlife trapper who has used scents to lure animals for north of six decades.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2024

“I’m not a trapper, nor a reggaetónero,” he reminds us all in Spanish.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2023

If the American trapper is an endangered species, I say: Good riddance.

From Washington Post • Apr. 7, 2023

I lay awake longer than even Chi-Boy that night, long enough to see him slip the white trapper hat under Wab’s pillow and linger to touch her long hair as she slept.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline