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Job Description

Hunt and trap wild animals for human consumption, fur, feed, bait, or other purposes.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 45-3021.00

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Hunters and Trappers”.

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Tasks for “Mule Rider”

Wash and sort pelts according to species, color, and quality.
Cut walk tracks for better access to traps and bait stations.
Release quarry from traps or nets and transfer to cages.
Travel on foot, by vehicle, or by equipment such as boats, snowmobiles, helicopters, snowshoes, or skis to reach hunting areas.
Train dogs for hunting.
Track animals by checking for signs such as droppings or destruction of vegetation.
Pack pelts in containers, load containers onto trucks, and transport pelts to processing plants or to public auctions.
Trap and capture quarry dead or alive for identification, relocation, or sale, using baited, scented, or camouflaged traps, snares, cages, or nets.
Skin quarry, using knives, and stretch pelts on frames to be cured.
Maintain and repair trapping equipment.
Mix baits for attracting animals.
Teach or guide individuals or groups unfamiliar with specific hunting methods or types of prey.
Scrape fat, blubber, or flesh from skin sides of pelts with knives or hand scrapers.
Publicize hunting activities by writing for outdoor magazines or by making videos of hunts.
Participate in animal damage control, wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Obtain required approvals for using poisons or traps, and notify persons in areas where traps and poison are set.
Obtain permission from landowners to hunt or trap on their land.
Cure pelts with salt and boric acid.
Patrol trap lines or nets to inspect settings, remove catch, and reset or relocate traps.
Select, bait, and set traps, and lay poison along trails, according to species, size, habits, and environs of birds or animals and reasons for trapping them.
Decide where to set traps, using grid maps and aerial maps of hunting areas.
Kill or stun trapped quarry, using clubs, poisons, guns, or drowning methods.
Remove designated parts such as ears or tails from slain quarry as evidence for killing bounty, using knives.

Related Technology & Tools

Arrow pullers
Pipe cleaners
Pump action rifles
Hand trowels
Collarum snares
Powder measures
Bow stringers
Gambrels
Hunting binoculars
Trap stakes
Stake pullers
Hand-held radios
Live traps
Single-action revolvers
Wrist slings
Trap setters
Cappers
Sonic cleaners
Bow hunting arm guards
Hunting handguns
Recurve bows
Nipple picks
Blinds
Hunting flashlights
Fixed-blade knives
Arrow sharpeners
Noose poles
Magnetic compasses
Bow stabilizers
Thread cleaning tools
Cleaning jags
Longbows
All terrain vehicles ATV
Handheld global positioning system receivers GPS
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Personal floatation devices
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Lever action rifles
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Foot traps
Double-action revolvers
Air horns
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Game calls
Spotlights
Knife sharpeners
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Game scales
Black powder pistols
Weather alert radios
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Crossbows
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String silencers
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Bone crushers
Duck boat paddles
Night vision binoculars
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Crossbow broadheads
Game sleds
Spotting scopes
Snowshoes
Fur combs
Jaw traps
Hunting trucks
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Ratchet shears
Arrow straighteners
Pack saws
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Emergency first aid kits
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Game shears
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Water purifiers
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Hunting vests
Hunting machetes
Ammunition magazines
Broadhead wrenches
Dog training dummy launchers
Hunting waders
Mechanical releases
Box traps
Hunting boats
Hand saws
Hunting safety harnesses
Holsters
Bow hunting gloves
Bore lights
Compound bows
Semi-automatic rifles
Hunting decoys
Shooting glasses

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