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weight the otter down to drown him. You can conceal an old ax 

 best. Try it. 



Find where otter come out on the bank. Set a No. %% New- 

 house trap, with teeth, about two or three inches under water, and 

 drop a few drops of Funsten's Animal Bait for otter. Stake your 

 trap back in river, and when the otter swims out to the bank he will 

 spring the trap with his breast, as the trap pedal has a breast pan on 

 it that sticks up. The sharp teeth on the trap will clamp him, 

 and he is your otter. We recommend this method, and by 

 all means use a Newhouse Special Otter Trap, No. 2^, with breast 

 plate." 



J. M. & A. M. RODGERS 



Winner of Third Prize 



"Find where the otter comes ashore to play in the sand and 

 leaves. Look close, and you will see where his feet strike 

 the bottom. Set a No. 3 or 4 trap in about two or three inches of 

 water, and cover carefully. Get a rock of about fifteen pounds in 

 weight and wrap wire around it, or put it in a sack and wire trap to 

 it. Place stone under water and cover with sand or mud. Fasten 

 small rope to trap, to pull up with. Fasten one end to bush or tree 

 on bank. Put a few drops of scent a few feet from trap. The musk 

 taken from the otter is good. I have good success with Funsten's 

 Animal Bait for otter, and catch all that come around here. 



A good way to catch otter is to find where they go up some small 

 ditch or muddy stream. Set trap in about four inches of water, and 

 stick brush in the stream in such a way that it will be impossible for 

 him to go up without going over trap. Also on bank of stream put 

 brush or willow. Do this in summer, so the brush will grow. Leave 

 about two feet passage in stream, and set three or four traps, staked 

 solid." 



WM. HlLLIGER 



How to Prepare Otter for Market 



In preparing otter for market the skin should be taken off with 

 the pelt side out, however, in some of the finer specimens it is best to 

 case the skin with the fur side out. In no case should the skin be 

 taken off open. Care should be taken to split the tail and take out 

 the tail bone. The feet should be cut off, but the tail should always 

 be left on. See that all superfluous meat and fat is removed from 

 the pelt. In drying the skin, do not dry in the sun as this will damage 



