318 FIFTY YEARS A HUNTEB AND TRAPPER. 



is none of the high top boot, fashionable, corduroy suits and check' 

 tred cap business about the H-T-T. Success to all. 



Boys, you know how we all like to gather around a camp fire 

 and talk over our hunting and trapping experiences, of how we 

 caught a certain mink, fox, coon or bear, or how we killed a cer- 

 tain deer. So while we are out fishing I thought I would like to 

 have a chat with the trappers. And boys, all you who have not 

 camped out for a week and had a good time fishing, do not know 

 how much you have lost, especially those who need the care 01 a 

 doctor. 



Yes, boys, take your camp outfit and go out into the woods 

 among the hills, streams and lakes. There you will find one of 

 the most competent doctors and nurses that ever treated the ills 

 of the human family. Do not forget to take a few copies of the 

 HUNTER-TRADER-TRAPPER along and other sporting maga- 

 zines, as well as some of the Harding Library, so while you are 

 resting in camp you can visit with the trapper boys all over the 

 Union. 



This is May 20, 1905, and the second time I have been out 

 camping and fishing this spring. Trout are not as plentiful as 

 they were forty years ago by a great deal, but we still get all we 

 can use, and that is plenty. 



While you are out fishing do not forget to keep a lookout for 

 signs of game you will be trapping next winter. You may see 

 where there has been a litter of young mink, fox or coon reared 

 While these animals are of a migratory nature, they will, never- 

 theless, ' visit their old homes frequently, so you will find these 

 places a pretty sure place to make a catch next fall when you put 

 out your traps. Do not forget that during the summer is just 

 the time to fix some of your best sets for fox and other fur- 

 bearing animals. 



As I have had many years experience in camping, let me say 

 to those who have never camped, and who expect to camp the com- 

 ing season, that now is the time to hunt up a partner and get 

 acquainted. I have camped many seasons in large woods both 

 with and without partners. 



