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Randy Smith

Name

Randy Smith

Year of Birth

1957

Place of Birth

Japan

Occupation

Hazardous Waste Facility Supervisor, Big game guide, Taxidermist

Age when started trapping

7

How did you get started?

My grandpa Alfred Smith took me out on his 'line and gave me my first traps.

Special memories of early years

My first year trapping muskrats with my best friend Ronnie (Gray Wolf) Anderton back home in Tennessee.

Number of years trapping in Alaska

18

Locations trapped in Alaska

Murphy Dome, Steese Highway, White Mountains

Special memories of trapping in Alaska

• Getting to meet Dean Wilson, Paul Kirsteatter, Heimo Korth, Pete Buist
• First fox in my own set; first fox with a snare; first lynx; first lynx in a marten pole set
• My first REAL year of trapping in Alaska! After one year of learning the ropes, I became a full 50/50 partner on a new 'line in the White Mountains. The first time that we checked our traps, we caught nine marten.