ft 



Keep Skins Loose and straight; don t roll them 

 up; pack them straight is best. 



Skunks are Easy To trap. A rabbit often dis- 

 plays more intelligence as to traps than the skunk. 



Bait for Mink Any fresh meats, fish or fowl, 

 muskrat meat, etc. 



The Best Book for Trappers Is unquestion- 

 ably "Traps and Trap Making" by Hamilton Gib- 

 son; 300 full pages, price $1.00; over 200 illustra- 

 tions; very complete and accurate. 



To Attract Wolves Place bones or large chunk 

 of meat in fire and let it smolder. Use carcasses 

 of other animals. 



Smear Traps with. Blood Or dip in thin solu- 

 tion of melted beeswax or tallow. 



Number of Traps to Use. Six dozen traps are 

 ample for any trapper to attend. 



Always Sink Your Traps To the exact level 

 of the ground, leaving the surface as near as it was 

 as possible. 



Use Presh Baits Whenever possible; fasten 

 them to a short stick and in the right position to 

 lead feet into the trap. 



Cut Up Old Baits In small pieces and scatter 

 thorn along the route of your traps. 



How to Skin Cat, Fisher, Fox, Lynx, Martin, 

 Mink, Opossum, Wolverine, Otter, Skunk and 

 Muskrat must be "cased," that is, not cut open. 

 In skinning, cut at the rump and turn the skin in- 

 side out over the body of the animal, leaving the 

 pelt side out. 



After scraping, cleaning and drying, some deal- 

 ers advise turning the skin back again, leaving the 

 fur side out; but with the exception of Foxes, 

 Red, Silver and Cross, the large dealers now pre- 

 fer the skin left pelt side out, as the quality can be 

 more easily determined by examining the rumps; 

 and are better preserved and protected in the num- 

 erous handlings. 



Badger, Bear, Beaver, Raccoon and Wolf must 

 be "open," that is, cut up the belly from rump to 

 head. After scraping, cleaning and drying, stretch 

 to a uniformly oblong shape to the fullest extent 



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