History Main / HunterTrapper

* The ''American Conquest'' series also features them as playable units.

* In ''Literature/NorthernExposure'' minor character Walt is a seventy-something trapper who lives in the woods for most of the year, just coming into town to drop off his skins and for supplies. He eventually becomes general store owner Ruth-Anne's love interest.
* In the Literature/GauntsGhosts series, Scout Sergeant Mkoll was one of these before he joined the Guard. He fits the stoic, outdoor-oriented stereotype, although he evidently used to have a family he cared for deeply.

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* ''Sid Meier's VideoGame/{{Colonization}}'' has the Fur Trapper colonist occupation, to [[CaptainObvious produce fur]] for your colony on forest squares. "Game" bonus is applied to both furs and food production on the square.

* William "UsefulNotes/BuffaloBill" Cody was less on the trapping side, but quickly parlayed his fame as a hunter into a career in entertainment.

* William "Buffalo Bill" Cody was less on the trapping side, but quickly parlayed his fame as a hunter into a career in entertainment.

Generally, the Hunter Trapper will have or quickly acquire excellent survival skills and woodcraft, often with the aid of a Native American friend. ImprobableAimingSkills are common, but this character is seldom TheGunslinger, as in the early days, their rifles hold only one shot. Often wears a [[HatShop Coonskin cap]].

* [[OneSceneWonder The bear guy]] from ''TrueGrit''.

Often overlaps with ThePioneer; can turn into the MountainMan if he decides to stay outside civilization permanently. May also qualify as a type of IntrepidMerchant, especially if he puts himself at high risk to gather pelts from dangerous animals because of the even higher chance of profit. Contrast the EvilPoacher; compare and contrast the RoguishPoacher.

* This is a possible [[AnEntrepreneurIsYou side-business]] for a character with high Survival skill in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' -- harvesting and tanning the skins of the rarer varieties of mutated Gecko is particularly profitable.

* ''ComicBook/{{Tomahawk}}'' and his sidekick Dan Hunter in TheDCU.

* ''VideoGame/UltimaVIIPartII: Serpent's Isle'' gives us the Trapper, a frontiersman who hunts and traps the sentient Gwani for their pelts. Players may go in expecting a rehash of ''Ultima VII Part 1'' and its subplot about the logger who doesn't realize he's destroying the homes of the sentient Emps and swears to leave them alone as soon as he finds out. Uh...[[TheMostDangerousGame nope]].

* On ''Series/{{The 100}}'', Clarke adopts this role after separating herself from the other characters. She's shown killing wild panthers with just a knife and some bait, keeping some of the meat for herself, and trading the rest for supplies at a remote trading outpost.

* The villain Buck Wylde from the ''{{Zorro}}'' comic book published by Topps was one of these.

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* Kraven the Hunter of ComicBook/{{Spider-Man}} fame is a super-villain with this as his shtick. When he isn't playing bad guy, he lives off the land in the wildest places of Earth, including the dinosaur infested Savage Land.

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* Multiple examples throughout Karl May's ''{{Winnetou}}'' novels and related works -- the author's self-insert and frequent viewpoint character Old Shatterhand is himself one and consequently tends to find himself in like company when out in the West.
* In ''Series/NorthernExposure'' minor character Walt is a seventy-something trapper who lives in the woods for most of the year, just coming into town to drop off his skins and for supplies. He eventually becomes general store owner Ruth-Anne's love interest.

* Parodied in a sketch of ''TheKidsInTheHall'', where a pair of French Canadian trappers row a boat with wheels on dry land and kill businessmen for their expensive Armani suits.

* ''RedDeadRedemption'' relies heavily on hunting and trapping throughout the game.

* Katniss Everdeen and Gale Hawthorne in ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' support themselves and their families by hunting game and gathering plants in the woods outside District 12. Katniss's resulting knowledge of woodcraft and wilderness survival, and her [[TheArcher skill with a bow and arrow]], render her well-prepared to partake in the titular Games.

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* A couple of hunter/trapper archetypes (suitable for use as [=PCs=]) appear in ''{{Deadlands}}: The Great Weird North''.

A character who makes his (or, rarely, her) legitimate living by hunting down animals for their meat and fur. Most often found in stories about America's frontier days, fading into TheWestern.

Generally, the Hunter Trapper will have or quickly acquire excellent survival skills and woodcraft, often with the aid of a Native American friend. ImprobableAimingSkills are common, but this character is seldom TheGunslinger, as in the early days, their rifles hold only one shot. Often wears a [[HatShop Coonskin cap]].

The French-Canadian version of this character is the ''Voyageur'', actually rivermen who worked for the fur companies, but who did hunting and trapping on the side.

Often overlaps with ThePioneer; can turn into the MountainMan if he decides to stay outside civilization permanently. May also qualify as a type of IntrepidMerchant, especially if he puts himself at high risk to gather pelts from dangerous animals because of the even higher chance of profit. Contrast the EvilPoacher; compare and contrast the RoguishPoacher.

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