Special Features
HISTORY CHANNEL'S 'Mountain Man'

Paul Antczak Wolf Trapping

BLUE CREEK TRADERS
Mountain Man Camp & Trap Valuations by North American Trap Collector Association Member Don Fryda

GUEST SPEAKER
Colorado's Dan Gates
Defeating Legal Challenges to Trapping

Hunting & Trapping Leadership Meeting

Demos & Vendors For The Entire Family

Demonstrations Include:
- GEOFF NEMNICH, PREDATOR CALLING & THERMOSCOPE HUNTING
- JENNA MALINOWSKI, LADIES-ONLY TRAPPING
- DON LIETZAU, SNAKE TRAIN YOUR DOG (LIMITED TO 6 DOGS! $150)
- Gary Jepson, How to Use Lures
- Kirk Budd, Museum of the Fur Trade
- E.J. Kelly, Bobcat Trapping
- Jim Ball, Bobcat Cage Trapping
- Scott Schaefer, Nest-Raider Predator Control
- Travis Chilson, Coyote Trapping
- Dave Hastings, Badger Trapping
- Rusty Kramer, Wolf Trapping
- Gary Mackie, Beaver Skinning
- Mark Ross, Snaring Coyotes, Beaver & Otter Craig O'Gorman, Trapping Q&A
- Kids' Events, Leam to Use a Predator Call, Trapping Education
- Chadron State College, Cabela's Collection Viewing (CSC Burkhiser Room 231)

Join Us For Our Fundraiser Banquet, Raffles & Auction Saturday Evening! Hunting, Trapping & Cattlemen Associations Invited to Attend. To secure a vendor booth, contact Mark Ross at 308-762-2482.

Schedule of Events

September 25, 2025

The Nebraska Fur Harvesters meeting will be at 6:00 pm

September 26, 2025

7:30 a.m. The fairgrounds will be open to the public.
8:00 a.m. Travis Chilson, South Dakota: State Predator Agent Trapping Coyotes
9:00 a.m. Don Lietzau, Arizona: Snake Training Your Dog
10:00 a.m. Ladies trapping demo, ladies only
11:00 a.m. Scott Schaefer, Nebraska: Nest Raider Predator Control
12:00 p.m. Lunch Break
1:00 p.m. Mark Ross, Nebraska: Snaring Coyotes, Beaver and Otter
2:00 p.m. Rusty Kramer, Idaho: Trapping Wolfs
3:00 p.m. Gary Jepson, North Dakota: Proper Use of Lures
4:00 p.m. Mike Sells, Iowa: Calling Raccoon
5:00 p.m. Dinner Break
6:00 p.m. Gary Mackie, Nebraska: Beaver Skinning and Stretching
7:00 p.m. Events will be over and doors will be locked

September 27, 2025

Gate to the fairgrounds will be open to the public 7:30 am
8:00 a.m. Sam Wilson, Nebraska: NGPC Biologist Mountain Lion Management
9:00 a.m. Paul Antzack, Montana: Mountain Men TV series Wolf Trapping
10:00 a.m. Craig O' Gorman, Montana: Questions and Answers on Trapping
11:00 a.m. Kirk Budd, Nebraska: The History of the Fur Trade Museum
12:00 p.m. Lunch Break
12:30 p.m. EJ Kelly, Wyoming: Trapping Bobcats
1:30 p.m. Dave Hastings, Nebraska: Trapping Badgers
2:30 pm. Jim Ball, Arizona: Cage Trapping Bobcats
3:30 p.m. Geoff Nemnich, Nebraska: Calling Predators and Thermal Hunting
5:30 p.m. Doors Open for the Fundraiser Banquet
The NFH Banquet will Saturday evening. Doors will open at 5:30 pm. 5:30 to 6:30 will be open for games and raffles. 7:00 pm dinner will be served and followed will be the fundraiser auction.

Date: September 26-27, 2025

Location: Dawes County Fairgrounds - 2009 E Gordon Ave Chadron, NE 69337.

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