Answer:

trappers

Answer	Crossword Clue
TRAPPERS	Hide seekers
TRAPPERS	PETA members' personae non gratae
TRAPPERS	Fur traders, once

TRAPPERS	Pelt hunters
TRAPPERS	Astor employes
TRAPPERS	Certain woodsmen
TRAPPERS	They go out for fur
TRAPPERS	John Jacob Astor et al.
TRAPPERS	Pelts-for-pelf people
TRAPPERS	Hudson Bay settlers
TRAPPERS	Eskimos, e.g.