Trapping with Red O'Hearn
Red has made his way through life in a nontraditional way. He takes what the land will provide while leaving seed for the future. Him and his wife Cindy raised seven children. Red trapped fur, food, turtles, raised bees, and lived a simple life in the country.
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128 Red O'Hearn illustrates the importance of support away from home
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127 Red O'Hearn cooks beaver tail
A "Gem" of a chef, Red O'Hearn takes another run at cooking beaver tail. Trapper, Naturalist, Woodsman, and Chef, Red O'Hearn fly's a little closer to the sun in trying a new technique to make beaver tail eatable.
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126 Red O'Hearn sets coon trail with a 220.
Red O'Hearn has exceeded 30,000 raccoons in his trapping career. He's credible, a natural teacher, and comical to boot.
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108 Red O'Hearn on eating stinging nettles
Most people view stinging nettles as a nuisance. Not Red, to illustrate their value he rubs fresh nettles on his hands. Red routinely eats and drinks this plant. Watch and learn why.
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116 Red cooks field corn,
Red shows the viewer how he cooks field corn. It's a great snack and good way to survive during a food shortage. As Red says "it's fun to cook too!"
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118 Red O beaver and otter catch, not all coons are movie stars,
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114 red O'Hearn coon trails
Red O'Hearn has harvested in excess of 30,000 raccoons. In this video he explains raccoon trails that are used year-round.
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A Raccoon startles Red as he is attempting a dispatch in a culvert
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103 Bobcat in otter set. Red O'Hearn
Red O'Hearn catches a bobcat in an otter set.
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Red O'Hearn shows a pocket set for raccoon and mink
Red O'Hearn has caught over 30,000 raccoon in his colorful trapping career. He's caught loads of other furbearers too. In this video Red shows you a pocket set.
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Red O'Hearn Catches a double on Beaver
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A Day on the Line with Red O'Hearn
Red has an array of methods that relate to living off of the land, For more then 50 years fur trapping has been one of them. While he still fur traps, much of his trapping is now done for pay. Enjoy Red’s wit and skills as you accompany him on his Iowa trapline.
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Trapping for Pay, Red OHearn
For Red O'Hearn trapping is a livelihood. He traps for pay, keeps the fur, skuls, gland etc. In this video you will accompany Red via a 75 minute video shot in the southern US, Red has skills and experience that cannot be topped.
