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Recent Examples of trappersEven though trapping itself isn’t painful to the animal, some anti-trappers and hunters are uncomfortable with the idea of an animal being captive, or experiencing fear when the trapper arrives to check the trap.—Skye Goode, Outdoor Life, 29 Jan. 2026
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hunters
Noun
The best threat hunters in the world have been spending the majority of their day in query syntax and console pivoting, work that is necessary but not where their value actually lives.
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Aqsa Taylor,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
Some hunters are continuously refreshing job boards and quickly firing off applications to open listings.