The Long Island Trapper

08/26/2026

This affects all of us stay safe!

Suffolk County has recorded 85 positive mosquito samples this season, along with its first reported human case. | Link in comments ⬇️

08/26/2026

Rest in peace Dolly. You were always a beautiful lady inside and out. ✝️❤️

08/25/2026

I'm at a loss for words with this one. I myself have searched for evidence and couldn't find it.

An American mink has been captured on camera in Northport, giving Long Island wildlife researchers something they have spent decades searching for: unmistakable evidence that the elusive species is still here.

08/24/2026

Releasing that poor defenseless squirrel?

08/23/2026

08/21/2026

Cold on the inside. Always.

08/21/2026

Happy Friday everybody have a beautiful weekend. 👍

08/20/2026

Only in New York lol.

08/20/2026

The animals were found dead in Bay Shore and Islip, bringing Suffolk's terrestrial rabies total to 39 since February 2025. | Link in comments ⬇️

08/20/2026

Very interesting. Definitely worth a try.

Some hunters are using toilet paper rolls to help prevent Lyme disease. It sounds ridiculous, but the idea actually makes sense. These “tick tubes” are usually cardboard tubes filled with cotton treated with permethrin, and some hunters put them around tree stands, trails, and hunting properties before early season. Mice take the cotton back to their nests. When ticks in those mouse nests touch the treated cotton, they die before they ever get the chance to crawl onto a deer, a dog, or a hunter. This is especially important because ticks get the bacteria that causes Lyme disease from mice and other small rodents not deer.

— Stephen Ziegler
Outdoor writer | Owner, DeLong Lures