food so as they can retire to their haunts until such 

 time as the storm has passed, when they reappear 

 as though by infinite command, even enabling cer- 

 tain species to hibernate, which is not by any 

 means confined to the bear. When snow flies 

 then trapping is at its best, for even the inexperi- 

 enced can then follow the trail, while it also forms 

 the easiest hiding places for the traps. Here a 

 favorite method of old trappers is to bury bait, scent 

 it and following its removal to place there his trap 

 with bait again below the trap, for the animal is 

 almost sure to retuin, pawing as usual to remove it, 

 he places his foot in the trap and is ca'ught. An- 

 other method of the artful trapper is to set his 

 traps on the edges of shallow water, staked to the 

 bank or "sliding pole" submerged just under the 

 surface of the water, its distance from the edge of 

 the bank being about the reach of the foot of the 

 animal. He then cuts a sod of grass, just the size 

 of the inside of the trap's jaws, and places it over 

 the pan carefully. The bait is then placed beyond. 

 When an animal goes to reach the bait he natural- 

 ly places his foot on the sod of grass to support 

 him, when the trap is sprung and he is caught 

 fast; extreme care however, being taken that the 

 trap and sod be placed naturally even with the 

 surface and seemingly a solid foundation, and 

 the bait, usually a dead bird or rabbit, placed about 

 a foot or so away and secured by a cord arid stone. 

 When however, the trapper is fortunate enough 

 to secure an excess of meat, or to kill a larger ani 

 mal such as Antelope, Deer, Moose, etc. by his 

 skill with the gun or rifle, away from his trapping 

 district, then he is in his element, especially if 

 Wolves, Coyotes, etc. abound, for his success is as- 

 sured. Skinning the animal and helping himself 

 to its choicest portions for his sustenance and the 

 hide; he disembowels the animal, applies his med- 

 icine and drags the entrails towards the carcass 

 from all directions like the spokes of a wheel; he 

 then sets his traps about the carcass, a trifle away 

 from it and retires A day or night or two might 

 pass without reward, but sooner or later success 

 comes beyond his expectations, for such a feast 

 cannot pass unobserved. Soon one appears, then 

 more and more, until a veritable pack of savage 



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