338 WESTERN GRAZING GROUNDS AND FOREST RANGES 



Poison. The only poison that is successful with such 

 animals is pure sulphate of strychnine. A dose large 

 enough to kill a coyote or wolf is easily measured by 

 taking the large blade of a pocket knife and thrusting it 

 into the bottle of poison. What will easily ride on the 

 end of the blade, say for half an inch, will be sufficient 

 for the purpose and not enough to cause the animal to 

 vomit. 



Strychnine is bitter to the taste and must if possible 

 be placed so as to get into the animal's stomach before 

 the taste is detected, otherwise it is rejected. 



There are several ways of preparing baits. Fat bacon 

 cut into inch-squares makes an excellent bait. Fresh 

 liver, kidney or meat of any kind, cut into pieces some- 

 what larger, will do, but these are apt to soak up the 

 bitter taste of the poison and not be quite so efficient. 

 Take these pieces of meat and with a knife open a little 

 pocket hole down into the center of the piece. Into 

 this slip the poison and carefully close up the gap. One 

 of the most successful plans is to dip each bait into a 

 pot of hot beef tallow, which gives it a coating that 

 effectually covers the bitter taste of the poison and is 

 also very attractive to the animal. 



If you desire to make a "drag" to toll the animal to the 

 trap or poison, make a bucketful of these baits and, 

 having procured a piece of old beef, a fresh raw hide, or 

 killed a jack rabbit and split it open, or even take an old 

 coat, or banket, and dose it well with the scent, fasten 

 it to a saddle rope and, mounting a horse or riding in 

 a wagon, pull the drag behind on the ground. Drop a 

 bait occasionally where the animal following up the 

 scented trail will find it. In making the "drag" it is 

 well not to follow a road or trail but Bather to cut across 



