To Find Out Positively if animals frequent a 

 certain spot, place a small piece of bait there over 

 night; if it is gone in the morning, set your trap 

 right there carefully. 



In Dead of Winter Many animals hole up for j% 

 several weeks or more. V 



Never Apply Heat In drying skins; hang them > 

 in the shade is best. V 



Useless Tails. Tails of opossum and muskrat 

 are of no value, so cut them off. 



Remove the Pat Of all skins; fat left on heats 

 and spoils the hide. 



Best Month For bears and badgers is March; 

 water animals until the ice leaves. 



To Locate Skunks Look for their holes on rise 

 of ground or hills near rocks, etc., examine all 

 holes, and notice if black and white hairs are there, 

 being lazy they choose holes already formed; look 

 for droppings a little distance away; set traps close 

 to holes. 



To Trap Mink Dig a hole in the bank near 

 their haunts, place your bait inside your trap at its 

 edge and cover it well; sprinkle water around so 

 as to wash your traces away; before leaving i-t clog 

 the trap of course, and use scent bait. 



Never Set Large traps without a trap wrench. 



The Best Time First stormy night, or before a 

 storm the animals are then foraging for foods and 

 seeking warm holes to den. 



Skunks Hole up in very cold weather in rabbit 

 holes which they often kill and live on, until forced 

 out by hunger or a warm spell. 



How Animals Gnaw Loose. The caught leg or 

 foot becomes numb and some what painless, and 

 the bone being broken, is easily detached. 



Mark Your Traps By filing your initial there- 

 on, or by marks. 



When You. Succeed In catching an animal, 

 leave your trap and reset it; it often pays well, es- 

 pecially at dens. 



Always Remove Bones from tails of skinned 

 animals; it rots therein otherwise. 



