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es. Never touch the trap with your bare hands, unless 

 you are going to set it under water. 



The best way to trap wolves is to take the carcass of a 

 dead horse or other animal and draw it to a spring-hole, 

 and then set your trap exactly as recommended for bears. 

 Wolves may be poisoned by the wholesale. Where 

 there are wolves in the country, they have, as I said be- 

 fore, regular routes over which they travel several times 

 during the winter. By close observation you can learn 

 about when they will be along, — within a week or so, at 

 any rate. N'ow hunt up an old horse that is about to 

 die, lead him to the spot that you liave selected, kill him, 

 and skin him. Take pieces of lard about the size of a 

 hazel nut, and slices of tough flesh from the horse large 

 enough to thoroughly enclose the lard. Spread the lard 

 a little on one side of the flesh, and sprinkle upon it as 

 much strychnine as can be taken up on the point of a 

 knife blade. Mix this with the lard; then roll up the 

 meat neatly and tie it slightly, so that the strychnine can- 

 not be exposed on the surface, and lay it down on the car- 

 cass of the horse. Put about a dozen of these baits ex- 

 actly where you can find them at any time. When you 

 come again to examine the place, as many pieces as are 

 gone, just so many dead wolves you may expect to find 

 within two or three rods of the spot. I have known a 

 whole gang to be killed in this way in one night. 



Foxes may be killed in a similar manner, only very much 

 less strychnine is necessary. When the wolf, the fox, or 



