I stopped trapping, sold/gave away all my traps. I miss it especially when skunks are going for 70 ish dollars. But id rather be with a bird dog than a song dog at the end of the day. Coyotes dont make good friends but bird dogs do.
One man's trash is another man's treasure or maybe Im a glutton for punishment. Sometimes I have to flip over logs and large rocks to find birds. It worked today I saw 4 and got 2.
I like to bust a vehicle up during hunting season, gives you a good idea of weak points in the engineering. Also you get a reason to take it apart and attempt to put it back together