The season is officially in the books. While it’s tempting to just toss your gear in a pile and forget about it until next fall, a little "trapline hygiene" now will save you hundreds of dollars in overly rusted gear, curse words come fall, and possibly lost fur later!

Here is your end-of-season checklist to ensure your equipment is ready to go the moment the weather breaks next year.

1. The Great Retrieval: Managing Earth Anchors

Don't leave your money in the ground. When you pull your sets, make sure you're properly knocking out those earth anchors.

• Pro Tip: Use a dedicated puller or a heavy-duty stake puller to avoid straining your back or snapping your chain. If an anchor is truly stuck, sometimes it’s better to cut the cable than to ruin a trap frame trying to force it.

2. The Deep Clean: Pressure Washing

Your traps have been through the mud, blood, and salt. They need a reset.

• The Process: Take your traps to a car wash or use a pressure washer at home. You wan

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EDIT: Unfortunately, Rex Predator Academy no longer provides a Start-Up Kit. 

One of the hardest things about getting into a new hobby, sport, or practice is figuring out what tools you need to start. For many, especially myself, this is one of the most frustrating aspects of starting off. I want to move. I'd rather someone much, much smarter than myself to tell me what I need to kickstart the process.

That's a HUGE obstacle when it comes to trapping. I don't want to scare anyone...but you need a lot a lot of stuff. Luckily, nothing is overly expensive. But piecing together gear as a new trapper is tough. And like with many other practices, when you search online, you deal with a lot of conflicting opinions. More times than not, it feels like folks online are yelling at each other trying to convince everyone that what they use is the best and there is no other alternative - and if you use that other product, you're an idiot and you suck. So, what do you need to start trapping coyo...

Let's be real. If you've ever thought about getting into trapping for yourself the first obstacle you run into is...What all do I need??

This question will more often than not lead you to an online trappers forum that'll be filled with a bunch of different opinions on all the different tools you need to start. There are many ways to skin a cat, but if you're looking to get started multiple opinions and no clear path forward makes it difficult! So you may just say, "Never mind" at this point...That's the problem we want to eliminate with our RPA Start-Up Kit. 

This isn't a "Starters" kit...This is EVERYTHING you need to start trapping predators for yourself - the only tool you will need to provide on your own is a portable drill! 

All of these tools are the exact same as what you'll see our team use in our educational course. These are the tools that we've put in our bag over decades of professional trapping experience trying new products and making personal modifications. Half of th...