TRACKS AXD TRACKING 



one might track a supposed marten on the 

 prairie as did the writer when he first came 

 West where that animal never has been found. 



Tracking marten and shooting them is as suc- 

 cessful a method as trapping them. 



If ferrets are tracked and their skin is wanted 

 whole, a trap not smaller than a No. 4 should 

 be set at the entrance of the hole, as the pretty 

 " varmint " mutilates himself if trapped and not 

 soon killed. If a ferret runs a rabbit into a hole 

 he may not leave it for two or three weeks, other- 

 wise, as stated, the ferret usually travels forth 

 every second night. 



156 



