SPECIFIC THINGS TO TEACH. ^7 



fere with the jaws of your traps and make things 

 look as natural as possible. Visit your traps 

 the next morning and the chances will be that 

 you will have one or two 'coons waiting you. I 

 have often found three waiting me in one set- 

 ting as above. When you have a coon or two, 

 take one at a time to an open field about 400 

 3^ards from the bush, then tie a long clothes line 

 to the ring of the chain in such a way that it 

 will not slip off. At the other end of the line, 

 tie something white, and allow Mr. 'Coon to 

 make for the bush. Have a friend with you that 

 will keep an eye on Mr. 'Coon. Then take your 

 dog to the spot in tlie field where the coon 

 started from, and make him take the scent, and 

 once he has it in the right direction and com- 

 mences to pull, turn him loose and follow him. 



If the hound comes from good stock, he will 

 soon find Mr. 'Coon and will bark at him. 

 Encourage him and have your friend pull on the 

 line in order to make the 'coon move. The dog 

 will then catch him; after the hound has 

 pinched the 'coon a couple of times, throw the 

 line over a branch of some good sized tree and 

 help the 'coon to climb. Allow the dog to bark 

 for a while. Slioot the coon, open him at once 

 and blood your dog well by rubbing the blood on 

 his front legs and over his body. 



If you have another coon, repeat the same 



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