The Yukon Trappers Association (YTA) is a non-profit organization which provides Yukon Trappers and the public with education, information, services and equipment for the trapline operation. Our main goals include:

• Communicating with the Trapping Community
• Public Education
• Providing fur depot services to trappers (including sealing services)
• Being a fur industry/trapper representative and advocate
• Providing trapper development workshops
• Working with other Associations and kindred or related businesses. For example; YF+WMB, YOA
• Offering basic trapping supplies for sale as well as tanned fur.

Membership

The YTA has a growing membership, made up of individuals from all walks of life. As members of the YTA we all have to encourage those trappers who are not members to join up and make a difference. Our numbers are important when we work to affect changes! As a member, you’ll enjoy:

• 10% discount from Our Store (except tanned furs)
• bulk tanning rates
• paid shipping for furs
• your furs are insured once dropped off at YTA
• the possibility of being a part of an advocacy group interested in trapping
• receiving our newsletters

Annual charge (365 days): 30.– single, 40.– family (up to 4, and children under 18 years), 200.– corporate.

Membership Benefits

With our future extensive list of Membership Benefits your YTA card will pay for itself over and over!  Our membership benefits are generously provided by our corporate members and many Yukon businesses, small and big, so all of your membership fees will go directly to supporting wildlife conservation, responsible trapping and outdoor stewardship.

• 10 % discount (except tanned furs) at the trapline-based business Blue Ribbon Craft Studio; where we add extra value to our work.

Show your YTA Membership card prior to purchase for discounts. Some conditions may apply and most discounts cannot be combined with other offers, specials, sales, etc.

Below are businesses where you don’t need a membership, but your current trapping license.

• Yukon Honda gives a 10% discount (5% from Yukon Honda and 5% from BRP) when you buy a new Ski-Doo.

History

The non-profit Yukon Trappers Association has been in operation since 1973, initiated by a group of trappers who wanted to speak with a unified voice and  to provide services and products that were specific to trappers. For many years YTA was also responsible for providing the Trappers Education Program, an instructional workshop to teach the basics of trapping. The Yukon Government (YTG) has taken this program over. Since 2009 YTA has been run by a solid group of volunteers who provide all the services and maintain the administrative integrity of YTA without pay.

Meet our board

Executive Board 2025

• President: Robert Stitt
• Vice President: Grant Redfern
• Secretary Treasurer: Jackie Yaklin
• Directors: Tracy Bowers, Sonja Seeber, Victor Sokalski, Lewis Wilson, and Charles Nadeau.