DCHP-3

trap out

Fur Trade
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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exhaust the supply of fur-bearing animals through trapping.

Quotations

1936
An Indian never "traps out" his territory, like many white trappers, but always leaves enough fur-bearing animals to insure the permanent value of the locality.
1956
Trapping is not as profitable as it was, for much of the country is becoming trapped out.