Trappers

Professional monster hunters who track and kill supernatural beasts for their valuable pelts. Since 1865, is now considered under the US Government as an active military company.

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Equipment

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Firearms

Would be equipped with a powerful rifle accompanied with Dogs Breath Ammunition. Rifles can vary from bolt action to lever action depending on preferences, with some trappers preferring the rare single-bore rifle using a large shell to deal maximum stopping power

Dried Flowers

Trappers would often carry pouches of dried herbs and Flowers that are known to react to supernatural presences. Effective substance includes:

• Amaranth
• Blackberries
• Burdock Root
• Calendula (Marigolds)
• Coriander
• Dandelions
• Garlic
• Hawthorn
• Juniper
• Linthreed

Its often custom for a trapper to carry a dandelion on their person at all times. A flower used to hide the wearers scent from any potential monsters in the area.

Traps

The bread and butter to every trapper's toolkit. To give massive advantages in encounters, trappers would utilise snares and steel jaws in the area to subdue the monster. Allowing opportunities to dispose of the beast with less chance of injury.
Common traps that are used are:

• Leg holds
• Steel Jaws
• Body Grips
• Snare
• Cuff Traps
• Deadfall
• Cages

Barr Meter

The meter will spike when high traces of anomalistic particles are found in the air, commonly indicating Cryptids or beasts roaming within proximity.

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Rank Hierarchy

Though considered a military force the Trapping Initiative Act, 1865, the hierarchy and chain of command for trappers is a bit unorthodox. Showing more parallels with law enforcement and bounty hunting rather than the formation of units.

Hunt Wardens

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A type of sheriff that focuses on the protection against anomalous forces in their designated county and/or state.
Most Hunt Wardens are veteran trappers or hunters with years of experience under their belt. Hired by the US government to maintain pest control and safety
Hunt wardens are often those who notarize bounties and engagements with local trapping communities, trying to balance the fur trade economy with public safety.
Hunt Wardens are often accompanied by a squad of Picketts, consisting of around ten to eleven enlisted men and women under the US Trapping Company. They will designate orders, maintain morale, and lead any large party attacks on dangerous creatures that prove harmful.

Picketts: Enlisted Trappers

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Enlisted soldiers of the US Trapping Company fighting against the supernatural enemy. Picketts are a nickname for civilians or trappers serving directly under the US Government as defenders of settlements and cities.
Named after the function of picket fences, with each panel standing side by side walling off a property from trespassers.
Picketts follow orders from their commanding Hunt Warden. Scouting locations or notifying sightings of monsters and threats.

Billies: Bounty Trappers

Though majority of trappers tend to avoid enlistment and the watchful eyes of the law, some would still often collaborate with government outposts to cash in bounties placed within the county.
Though a new department in the military, the US Trapping Company is severely understaffed, with most professional trappers wishing to continue their lifestyle away from Uncle Sam's prying eyes.
But the introduction to bounties was incentive enough for local trappers to assist. Bounties tend to rake in more profit than standard trapping. The DSA would issue handbills to trapping outposts about nearby threats.
Under US laws, any registered billies must have on their persons a bounty hunting license and a bill that details the job they are embarking on.
Bounty Trappers are sometimes referred to as Billies for their constant possession of handbills.

Teddies: Lifestyle Trappers

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A trapper in the most traditional sense. Teddies are often the most common depiction of trappers in the collective common knowledge of the country. The hardworking man who rises at dawn and returns home at dusk with meat on the table and pelts to sell.
Teddies will spend days even weeks trapping and hunting monsters in nearby areas. Teddies don’t necessarily hunt exclusively monsters, often catching regular game like elk and beavers. But the idea of tracking and skinning a creature worth a sack of cash is something most Teddies won’t turn down.
Teddies will often travel as a hunting party between two to a dozen, though it is not unusual to hunt on your own.
Will be summoned in emergencies as conscriptions. In a clause allowing them to continue their profession.
Are categorized as Teddies to differentiate from other ranks. Teddies refer to the stereotypical 'wildman' appearance most standard trappers have; with their hair as wily as that of a grizzly bear.

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Affiliations With 
U.S. Department of Supernatural Affairs 
Established
1700s (Profession)
1865 (Constitutional) under the Trapping Initiative Act, 1865 
Number of Enlisted Trappers
200~ (Enlisted Picketts)
600~ (Registered Trappers)
250~ (Unlisted Trappers)

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Pictured Above: Official Government Issued Trapping Badge (Third Iteration), 1885