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This video has been transferred from original 8mm movie film produced from 1937 to 1940 by Herb Lenon. The films were made for training trappers during Herb’s employment as a Michigan State Trapper Instructor and used to help other trappers for many years thereafter. The most intense instructions ever filmed...now available to you! See Herb personally demonstrate secret sets and locations that made him the outstanding trapper of his time. Each excellent clarity black and white instruction scene of this rare vintage silent film has been carefully edited and captioned by Herb to ensure it is thoroughly understandable. Many of the best trappers of the past century learned from these films, now you can too! Herb was inducted into “The Trapper \u0026amp; Predator Caller Hall of Fame” in 1981, “The National Trappers Association Hall of Fame” in 1994 and the “Michigan Trappers Hall of Fame” in 1995 for his lifetime of outstanding dedication to the trapping fraternity. 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