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bottom wire well underground so that the rabbits will not dig under it. 

 The rabbits will run along th? fence, looking for an opening. They will 

 attempt to pass under the fence over the box, when the trap door will 

 drop and let them into the box. 



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Fig. 5. — Pitfall trap to be placed under fence. 



This form of trap has been found very effective. One farmer stated 

 that he found from 4 to 6 cottontails in each trap for each of several 

 mornings, until the number of cottontails was materially reduced. 



In firm soil, instead of putting a box in the ground a pit is dug, and 

 a trap door, with supporting frame, can be used with equal effectiveness. 



Another rabbit trap, for cottontails, is made of two 1 in. x 6 in. boards, 

 A and B, 3 ft. long and with two short cross pieces, C and D, at each end. 

 Two piesces 1 in. x 5^1 in., about 2 ft. 3 in. long (£ and F) are nailed or 

 fastened with screws atG, one end of the trap is placed beneath the woven 



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Fig. 6. — Another form of pitfall trap, for hard ground. 



wire at a point where the rabbits have been entering, the trap being inside of 

 the garden or field. Undr the trap is a pit or box in the ground. When the 

 rabbit gets near the center of the board, E or F , the board tilts and lets it fall 

 int'O the pit or box. This kind of trap is being used in the San Simon Valley 



