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bird and pull and press at It and the trap will catch him by 

 the head every time. A Mouse or fresh beef-steak will also do 

 for bait. When you find a dead Rabbit which a Weasel has 

 killed and dragrged to the nearest tree that is hollow at the 

 butt, cut a stick two feet long, tie hind legs of Rabbit to one 

 end of stick, stand end of stick, with Rabbit on, up in the 

 opening of the tree, put other end on the ground inside of the 

 tree; set steel trap under head of Rabbit; Weasel will follow 

 trail of Rabbit on ground, and in trying to pull the Rabbit off 

 the stick will get in the trap. Set trap lightly. 



HOW TO POISON WEASELS WITHOUT DANGER TO 

 OTHER ANIMALS. 



When you are hunting Rabbits and shoot one, cut the head 

 off at once while the blood is warm; put strychnine in head, 

 place it in a Rabbit or Groundhog hole, or under a rock, put 

 stone in nmuth of hole, leaving space large enough for the 

 Weasel to enter, and it is sure death tor either Weasel, Mink 

 or Skunk. 



I found several dead Rabbits one day while hunting Poxes. 

 I always carry a small bottle of strychnine, while hunting. 1 

 put some in the wound in each Rabbit's neck and fastened it 

 In the hole. In the spring I found, around the mouth of the 

 hole, five Weasels, four brown and one white, dead. You can 

 also take English Sparrows, cut them on breast, put strychnine 

 in the opening and place Sparrow in the hole; you will have 

 game very plentiful on the grounds the next season. 



You can also use the wire trap in winter by putting live 

 Sparrows in it and feeding them with bird seeds, oats and 

 w-heat; all other kinds of live bait will die with cold except 

 the Sparrow. 



HOW TO CATCH WEASELS IN SUMMER. 



Take wire trap; it must be well-bound with extra wires or 

 Weasel will bite the wires together and get out. Put oats, 

 corn, peanuts, fresh meat and half of apple or piece of tur- 

 nip, as food and drink, for Mouse. Chipmunk or Squirrel; set 

 trap on the mountain, between rocks, or large live bait will go 

 in after the food. The Weasel will see the Chipmunk, Squir- 

 rel or Mouse in trap, and will go in and kill the bait and can- 

 not get out. 



When the Weasel is caught, put trap in water, until it is 

 covered over and Weasel will drown. Set trap for other Wea- 



