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confessions of a professional varmint exterminator home current issue article archives advertising classified letters to the editor contact us february 2014 steve mcqueen in montana the famous actor and his beautiful wife loved livingston read article here ____________________________________ jeanette rankin and belle winestine in honor of the centennial of women s suffrage in montana read article here ____________________________________ mcqueen the back story read article here ____________________________________ an apache outbreak war on the border chiricahua apaches defy and fight u s and mexican soldiers read article here ____________________________________ food police a real possibility for some it s an idea whose time has come read article here ____________________________________ the real wolf does not let sleeping dogs lie authors say it is pro wolfers who propagate myths read article here ______________________ letters to the editor read article here ______________________ confessions of a professional varmint exterminator when a critter has to go who ya gonna call 10 04 13 by pat hill southwest montana native shane halstead puts his decades of wilderness experience to practical dual use as a trapper and taxidermist the trapping end of the equation though has led halstead into unusual work i ve been incorporating problem animal removal into my business said halstead whose primary occupation is in the field of taxidermy the 46 year old halstead told the pioneer that with nearly 30 years of trapping wild animals under his belt he has gotten the knack for removing animals like beavers and skunks from peoples properties after getting out of the trapping business when the market price for furs plunged halstead got back in the game about eight years ago and he had an idea for a different approach i kept hearing about folks wanting to get rid of animals like skunks that were causing problems on their properties said halstead because i m a pretty good trapper i didn t see why i couldn t start trapping and removing problem critters for other people it s a service generated by need if people need that service i m one of those guys they can call to take care of the problem halstead added that he hasn t noticed too many other people pursuing problem animal removal as a business in montana and as far as he knows he s the only one doing it in the southwest part of the state halstead said along with the traditional approach of trapping and eliminating problem animals he also offers relocation of the beasts to clients as well i always tell the customer if you want to eliminate your problem you ve got to get rid of it he said but because in today s world some people just don t agree with that i can relocate the animals i don t like killing all the animals but to relocate a skunk not many people want a skunk around their place halstead said he removed at least 20 skunks at 35 per animal for clients last year but he added that beavers are the animals that garner the most business for him aside from the obvious odorifer ous negative effects associated with skunks the animals can also transmit the rabies virus beavers will wreak havoc on both woodlands and waterways building the dams necessary for them to transform sections of streams into the deep pools they require to build their lodges aside from the headaches these engineering adjustments to streambeds can cause farmers and ranchers beaver dams can also affect the migration of trout traveling to spawning areas or trying to escape rising water temperatures during the hot summer months halstead said he quite often does not charge clients for beaver remov al because if he can harvest the animals when their pelts are prime he can sell those pelts he said clients who request his services for beaver removal often let him harvest animals like muskrat mink and bobcats on their property as well i leave it up to the customer mostly said halstead if i have to drive 100 or more miles to remove a beaver and bring my camper along there may be some cost involved but halstead said that for him it s the experience itself that offers the most reward basically i like to be outdoors instead of indoors he said i m more of an outdoorsman rather than to stay inside a building i love to trap and the critters need to be controlled and i can stay outside and not get into any more trouble than i already do i guess though i generally don t get in much trouble i do this work alone and it keeps me busy i m professional and discreet with my approach and respectful to all the animals on a customer s property and people are very grateful for getting the problem animals off their place aside from getting sprayed by a skunk a time or two and an entertaining encounter with a game warden things generally go pretty smoothly for halstead on the job it all depends on the situation he said problem animals can be anywhere on a property under a barn house or porch or even in an office space wherever there s food such as pet food for instance that s where they go and that s somewhere they re not supposed to be halstead s approach in capturing an animal varies with the situation sometimes i have to use more bait or smellier bait he said sometimes no bait at all i don t want to trap a critter i am not after halstead shoots animals clients want killed but employs tranquilizers when relocating an animal via a contraption he calls a dispatch pole i ll run into potential hazards on the job he said getting sprayed by a skunk is the worst but there are hazards involved with beaver removal too you sometimes have to take a chance in the water or on the ice to get to where they are i just stay aware and do what i ve got to do and the chase can get quite interesting i m after a badger right now halstead said in late september he s a small badger but he s a big problem and he s smart i ve never run into such a critter i already caught the female but i ve been after him for three weeks now he s just keeping one step ahead of me there s been cows in the field he s in and they ve been stepping on my traps too a thousand pound animal can cause some damage to a trap but the customer has moved the cows and one of these days that badger will make a mistake and i ll get him i ve just got to be persistent trapping of problem animals is still a sideline of sorts for halstead but his mainstay business remains in the realm of taxidermy halstead who has been a taxidermist for 28 years has won numerous awards on both the state and national level for his work in that field i like to give people a quality job for a reasonable price he said of his taxidermist work halstead works with big game fish and birds i am more about quality taxidermy than speedy taxidermy said halstead a lot of guys don t care how they portray their work and i do kind of cringe when i see something like that whether a customer wants a skunk to bid them a permanent adieu or this season s big bull elk displayed with a handsome shoulder mount in his den shane halstead can handle the job home current issue article archives advertising letters to the editor contact us montana pioneer p o box 441 livingston mt 59047 www mtpioneer com 2007 2013 montana pioneer publishing no part of this publication may be reproduced without written permission from the publisher site created by living arts media