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bait. Every fox for miles will come to that bait, as the rabbit begins 

 to decay, and as sure as there is a rabbit on that stake the fox is 

 sure to get caught. 



The Water Method Many a fox is caught by this method. Go 

 to a spring where the water does not rise and fall, and place a flat 

 stone fifteen inches from the shore, with the top one inch above the 

 water. Cover the stone with a sod, so that the stone can not be seen. 

 Place trap about four inches from the shore, trap all under water 

 except the pan. Cover the pan with a thin, dry sod. Place bait on 

 sod over the stone, and cover bait lightly. Put a little Funsten Fox 

 Scent on the bait. Be sure and place your bait so that it can not be 

 reached by the fox, except by stepping on the sod covering the pan 

 of the trap. Stand in the water while setting trap, and bait trap 

 with small pieces of cat or rabbit. A few hints Never go near traps 

 when they are not sprung. 2nd take the foot of a fox and make 

 a few tracks over the trap. 3rd In going around to see traps drag 

 a piece of meat with a little of Funsten's Trail Scent on it. 4th 

 When the snow is deep, set traps in a paper bag and cover with snow." 



JOHN POOLEY. 

 Another Method 



"Find a place where the fox is in the habit of traveling. Pick out 

 a place where there is a nice knoll or hill, and if you can not find one, 

 make one there. Hills should be made a month in advance, or during 

 the summer, so the fox will get used to it. When trapping season 

 opens get a couple of handfuls of chicken feathers and sprinkle 

 around the knoll or hill. Now this hill should be at least two feet 

 high. Then get a live chicken, put it in a cage and hang about ten 

 feet from the hill, and about eight feet high, in plain sight of the 

 mound. Set about three No. 2 fox traps and cover well with dirt 

 from the hill and fasten chain to drag, not solid. Use a few drops of 

 Funsten Animal Bait for Fox, and every fox that comes near smelling 

 distance of this bait will investigate it and will go on the mound to 

 survey the surroundings and look at the box. Do not forget that the 

 traps must be set on the mound, and do not touch the traps with 

 hands after you have handled the bait, or the fox will not go on the 

 mound, and your work will be for naught. Use clean mittens or 



gloves." 



R. G. BRACHVOGEL. 



A Missouri Trappers Method 



"Fox are very shy, and they catch the most of what they eat, and 

 it is hard to get them to work at any kind of bait, but if the bait is 



