Life Members
The following trappers are members of the exclusive Alaska Trappers Association’s Blue Lynx Club.
- Jeff Austin X0001
- Gary Gallagher X0002
- Bob Akemann X0003
- Wendell Shiffler X0004
- Roger Kaye X0005
- Bill Straub X0006
- Fred Wichman X0007
- Earl Hutchison X0008
- John Etcheverry X0009
- Larry Vehrs X0010
- Frank Borba X0011
- Richard Henderson X0012
- Tom Hudson X0013
- Dean & Ada Wilson X0014
- Larry Voorhees X0015
- Gary Schroeder X0016
- Rick Tyrrell X0017
- Don Young X0018
- Dan Tempel X0019
- Terry Overely X0020
- Robert Usher X0021
- Ernie Russell X0022
- Percie Duyck X0023
- Mrs Edwin Gelvin X0024
- Daniel Hickman X0025
- Randy Speckles X0026
- Robert Lohse X0027
- Donald Wiltse X0028
- Leonard Demaray X0029
- Pat Dolphin X0030
- John Stengl X0031
- Leonard Braswell X0032
- Shorty Wilbur X0033
- Richard Jones X0034
- Keith Bayha X0035
- Nick Schiffler X0036
- William Davis X0037
- Robert Dick X0038
- Nathan Bagley X0039
- Bill Aldrich X0040
- Barbara Lacher X0041
- Ontario Trappers Assn X0042
- Ludvick Sheda X0043
- Patrick Paquet X0044
- Bill Durning X0045
- Rex Lantz X0046
- Miles Martin X0047
- John Zabielski X0048
- William Luebke X0049
- Merrill Hakala X0050
- John Majak X0051
- Don Winkelman X0052
- Beaver Nelson X0053
- Daryl Meyer X0054
- Lyle Kritchen X0055
- Bernie Nelson X0056
- Patrick Wright X0057
- Tom Lessard X0058
- James Batcheller X0059
- Pat Hall X0060
- Reuben Henke X0061
- Allen Dubord X0062
- Jeff Humphries X0063
- Joe Mattie X0064
- Mark Knapp X0065
- Rick Schikora X0066
- Mike Chapin X0067
- Pete Buist X0068
- Keith J. Landies X0069
- Tony Lamanna X0070
- Tim Buechle X0071
- George Painter X0072
- Greg Rietman X0073
- Tim Buechle X0074
- Kevin Hickman X0075
- Andy Aderman X0076
- Fronzie Straub X0077
- Steve Davila X0078
- Heimo Korth X079
- Ben Johnson X0080
- Steve Ostanik X0081
- Rick C Ellis X0082
- Heimo Korth X0083
- Richard Sicko X0084
- Thomas George X0085
- Jarl Gustafson X0086
- Al Jones X0087
- Kyle Davison X0088
- Randall Kinsey X0089
- Scott Gage X0090
- Tony Naber X0091
- David Bruss X0092
- Joe Nava X0093
- Al Shelton X0094
- Brian Fletcher X0095
- Ric Dotson X0096
- Dale Mau X0097
- Dick & Deb Fuelling X0098
- Mike Dunham X0099
- Craig Lott X0100
- Donald Piotrowski X0101
- Merle Muhe X0102
- Frank & Sue Entsminger X0103
- Ted Meyer X0104
- Charlie Rock X0105
- Keith Curtis X0106
- Aaron Bird X0107
- Art Stoepler X0108
- David Morrison X0109
- Brad Porter X0110
- John Warnick X0111
- Rick Gray X0112
- Joseph Gosselin III X0113
- Jimm & Marlene Tilly X0114
- Lee Cheney X0115
- Christopher Smith X0116
- Nick Mihalow X0117
- Brandon Otts X0118
- Harry Nichols Jr X0119
- Mike Cronk X0120
- Bill Wivoda X0121
- Kevin Stickles X0122
- Michael Soik X0123
- John Crump X0124
- Ron Sakalaskas X0125
- Coke Wallace X0126
- Gregg Sumstad X0127
- Leroy Shank X0128
- Steve Gundersen X0129
- Brent Keith X0130
- Wayne Strassburg X0131
- Thomas Jensen X0132
- Kahler Schuemann X0133
- Earl Bragg X0134
- Mike Jensen X0135
- Adam Radzewicz X0136
- Wayne Valcq X0137
- Darrell Cridlebaugh X0138
- David Allard X0139
- Thomas Check X0140
- Dave Nabor X0141
- Dr John Bast X0142
- Phil Loudon X0143
- Kenneth Woldstad X0144
- Tim Ludwig X0145
- John Notestine X0146
- Griz Stoepler X0147
- Gene R Hume X0148
- Scott Campbell X0149
- Lowell Burgett X0150
- Randy Smith X0151
- Darryl Indrik X0152
- Chris Castona X0153
- Steve Flory X0154
- Richard Migra X0155
- Floyd Brooks X0156
- Steve Nemethy X0157
- Larry Turnbull X0158
- Jim Masek X0159
- Ken Pflepsen X0160
- Derek Nord X0161
- Tom Howorth X0162
- Dale Fowler X0163
- Bill Granger X0164
- Will Bowen X0165
- Steve Shuttleworth X0166
- Al Barrette X0167
- Gary Hanchett X0168
- Albert Ladd X0169
- Zane Wilson X0170
- Tom Williams X0171
- Stan Dutoff X0172
- Ricky L. Thomsen X0173
- Jim Ehrhart X0174
- Vain Smith X0175
- John McCullough X0176
- Jacques & Darcy Etcheverry X0177
- Paul Kubitskey X0178
- Dean Wilson Jr X0179
- Chris Stankiewicz X0180
- Michael James X0181
- Gordon Wilson, WG Trading Co X0182
- David Doudna X0183
- Matthew Culley X0184
- Jonathon Zeppa X0185
- Brian Perlis X0186
- Aubrey Bamford X0187
- Kevin Barnhart X0188
- Luke Baysinger X0189
- Jeff Poor X0190
- Shawn Behr X0191
- David Likins X0192
- Nathan Pamperin X0193
- Mike Crawford X0194
- Patrick Valkenburg X0195
- Tom Seaton X0196
- Steve Kakaruk X0197
- Richard Bishop X0198
- Michael Osborne X0199
- Mark Nelson X0200
- Gregg Vinger X0201
- Mike Hemmer X0202
- Mike Grant X0203
- Daniel Green X0204
- Todd Nichols X0205
- Jack Byers III X0206
- Steve James X0207
- Mark Somerville X0208
- Gary Otts X0209
- Scott Allen Weum X0210
- Tony Edwards X0211
- Tom Cheeseman X0212
- Mike Burns X0213
- Kurt Lockwood X0214
- Corey & Becky Schwanke X0215
- Craig Schwanke X0216
- Ricky Romine X0217
- Shann Martin X0218
- Unassigned X0219
- David Safine X0220
- Steve Schleicher X0221
- Peter Kazenoff X0222
- Richard & Lillian Person X0223
- Joshua Schmidt X0224
- Rodney Vesper X0225
- William Morris X0226
- Gary & Linda Bamford X0227, X0228
- Jeff Tubbs X0229
- Chuck Lind X0230
- Barry Warner X0231
- Gary Lewandowski X0232
- David Duncan X0233
- Zach Turner X0234
- Raymond Johnson X0235
- Ian Thomas X0236
- Gordon Omnik X0237
- George Bennett X0238
- Brett Conley X0239
- Chris Smith X0240
- Howard Ross X0241
- Neil Lehner X0242
- Jason Wenger X0243
- Darrell Bohn X0244
- Timothy Berg X0245
- Chris Terry X0246
- Thomas Nelson X0247
- Michael Cassidy X0248
- Robert Cook X0249
- Jon LaValle X0250
- Dan Nelson X0251
- Eric Kruse X0252
- Barry Willard X0253
- Ed Missler X0254
- JR Pederson X0255
- Just Jensen X0256
- Dakota Millard X0257
- Nick Power X0258
- Thomas Hopson X0259
- Don Horrell X0260
- Mike Matney X0261
- Kyle Wait X0262
- Dennis Wilson X0262
- Tim Conley X0263
- James Anibas X0264
- Norman Piispanen X0265
- Shawn Conway X0266
- Unassigned X0267
- Dean Theel X0268
- Rick Wilbur X0269
- David Clark X0270
- Art Casserberg X0271
- Travis Tolman X0272
- William Addeo X0273
- Dan Orlando X0274
- Kelly Griffn X0275
- Bill Larry X0276
- Keith Rowland X0277
- Terence Burris X0278
- Joseph Letarte X0279
- Ryan Littleton X0280
- Jim Hoehn X0281
- Kyle Wait X0282
- Tony Lee X0283
- Thomas Narow X0284
- Mario Mock X0285
- Jeffrey Sutter X0286
- Joel Reed X0287
- Sean Sylvester X0288
- Milt Behr X0289
- Todd Walter X0290
- David Benitz X0291
- Mike Lunenschlos X0292
- Bobby Childers X0293
- Robert Graff X0294
- Michael Elsner X0295
- Hunter Mathews X0296
- Artina Cunning X0297
- Lance Nelson X0298
- Thomas Fortier X0299
- Gabriel Davis X0300
- Brian Johnson X0301
- Joseph Person X0302
- Tim Rietman X0303
- Ross Beal X0304
- Tommy Maras X0305
- Michael Robbins X0306
- Brian Latham X0307
- Jaimie Kassman X0308
- Eugene Hall X0309
- Jared Creviston X0310
- Gary Nance X0311
- Kurt Cook X0312
- Samuel Fejes X0313
- Jody Lozori X0314
- Kristopher Richard X0315
- Steven Strassburg X0316
- Adam Zank X0317
- Michael Knapp X0318
- Melvin Foltz X0319
- Matt Albert X0320
- Lyle Becker X0321
- Bret Bohn X0322
- Dwight Mercer X0323
- Jeff Stark X0324
- Ryan Bandy X0325
- Jerry Mills X0326
- Tim Van Zant X0327
- Kyle McMillan X0328
- Raymond Heuer X0329
- Adam Lammers X0330
- Aaron Strickland X0331
- Jake Elliott X0332
- Thor Stacey X0333
- Skip Bates X0334
- Michael Killian X0335
- Don Johnson X0336
- Billy White X0337
- Charlie Sykes X0338
- Walter Robinson III X0339
- Judd Manuel X0340
- Robbin Hams X0341
- Lincoln Parrett X0342
- Nate Turner X0343
- Joshua Fischer X0344
- Robert Lindholm X0345
- Ronald Malone X0346
- Christopher Ferrieri X0347
- Ted Hanson X0348
- Ben Blair X0349
- Ricky Lindsey X0350
- Bob Hunter X0351
- David Kingsley X0352
- Lawrence Feltman X0353
- Travis Banning X0354
- Rodney Pangborn X0355
- Rusty Kramer X0356
- Gary Leistico X0357
- Joseph O’Neil X0358
- Bradley Swinning X0359
- Warren Brigham X0360
- Jeff Taylor X0361
- Mike Turner X0362
- Timothy Biggane X0363
- Elwin Lawler X0364
- Chuck Thomas X0365
- Christopher Tobias X0366
- Eric Leusch X0367
- Aaron Pugh X0368
- Brenda Wilbur X0369
- Timothy Wingfield X0370
- Ryan Moyle X0371
- Jim Morris X0372
- Qaiyaan Harcharek X0373
- Philip Berg X0374
- Jim Hill X0375
- Roy Hull X0376
- Scott Stroede X0377
- John A Benedetto X0378
- Daniel Eichner X0379
- Ken Eichner X0380
- Stephen Newman X0381
- Terry Anaruk X0382
- Gerald Richards X0383
- Michael Herrman X0384
- Austin Smith X0385
- Bill West X0386
- James Birch X0387
- Winston Davies X0388
- Bruce Mitchell X0389
- Brett Gibbens X0390
- Thomas Lees X0391
- Wayne Clark X0392
- John Dahman X0393
- Bill Brophy X0394
- Hanceford Clayton X0395
- Nicholas Peters X0396
- Dave Keys X0397
- Harris Emmons X0398
- Wayne Crowson X0399
- Shane Arnold X0400
- Dakota Arnold X0401
- Henry Hastings X0402
- Dan Hall X0403
- Kregg Leffel X0404
- David Miller X0405
- Bruce Wolford X0406
- Brandon Fischer X0407
- Gary Taylor X0408
- Mike Miller X0409
- James Firmin X0410
- James Culley X0411
- Mark Richter X0412
- Fred Pike X0413
- Robert Lynn X0414
- Anthony Hollis X0415
- Dave Daggett X0416
- Jeff Miller X0417
- Russell Wimmer X0418
- Christy Miller X0419
- Mick Perry X0420
- Neil McGraw X0421
- James & Evelyn Warrington X0422
- Mark Hamlyn X0423
- David Ferkinhoff X0424
- Matt Cooper X0425
- Eddie Green X0426
- Bob Jahnke X0427
- Robert Wood X0428
- David Johns X0429
- Ron Dupee X0430
- Stephen Miller X0431
- Sam Willingham X0432
- Mitchell Whitman X0433
- Jeremiah Wood X0434
- Dave Schmitz X0435
- Justin Maple X0436
- Thor Jorgensen X0437
- Don Deblauw X0438
- Tyler Quakenbush X0439
- Matt Lumley X0440
- James Geib X0441
- Shuan Porter X0442
- Brian Falicon X0443
- Jim Ward X0444
- Chuck Iser X0445
- Jarod Pyle X0446
- Eric McNeil X0447
- Drew Hilterbrand X0448
- Bruce Engdahl X0449
- Ivy O’Guinn X0450
- Jarrett Finley X0451
- Adrian Coghill X0452
- Cody Cottrell X0453
- Hunter Keogh X0454
- Sarena Mapes X0455
- Douglas Norton X0456
- Ted Spraker X0457
- Nicole & Kevin Vigil X0458
- Benjamin Shelton X0459
- Harrison Gottschling X0460
- Curt Geoffrian X0461
- Fenton Grennan X0462
- Marshall Maguire X0463
- Gary Foch X0464
- Abed Radwan X0465
- Lyle Myrvold X0466
- Erik Dreisbach X0467
- Larry Bennett X0468
- Elysha Agne X0469
- Ryan Niehus X0470
- Bruce Day X0471
- Ben Britten X0472
- David Peterson X0473
- Daryl Brinkman X0474
- Jim Portch X0475
- Ivan Block X0476
- Ken Salmon X0477
- Benjamin Fifer X0478
- Neil Eklund X0479
- Tom & Penny Green X0480
- Steven & Dayna Green X0481
- Benjamin Green X0482
- Lydia Green X0483
- Chris Chartier X0484
- Platt Herrick Jr X0485
- Gary Sprouse X0486
- Alan Johns X0487
- Tim Schupp X0488
Mission Statement
The Alaska Trappers Association endeavors to preserve and promote trapping through trapper education and public awareness.
Our Philosophy
Shared knowledge fosters responsible trappers and improves public understanding of trapping.
The Trapper's Code of Ethics
A Trapper’s Responsibility
- Respect the other trapper’s “grounds” – particularly brushed, maintained traplines with a history of use.
- Check traps regularly.
- Promote trapping methods that will reduce the possibility of catching non-target animals.
- Obtain landowners’ permission before trapping on private property.
- Know and use proper releasing and killing methods.
- Develop set location methods to prevent losses.
- Trap in the most humane way possible.
- Dispose of animal carcasses properly.
- Concentrate trapping in areas where animals are over-abundant for the supporting habitat.
- Promptly report the presence of diseased animals to wildlife authorities.
- Assist landowners who are having problems with predators and other furbearers that have become a nuisance.
- Support and help train new trappers in trapping ethics, methods and means, conservation, fur handling and marketing.
- Obey all trapping regulations, and support strict enforcement by reporting violations.
- Support and promote sound furbearer management.
The Code of Ethics is reprinted from the Alaska Trappers Manual. The manual was created in a joint effort by the Alaska Trappers Association and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. The Alaska Trappers Manual and the Alaskan’s How-To Manual are available through the ATA.