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FUR FACTS 



more than a poor bear, so that the professional trapper who makes 

 his living on the trap line as a rule does not bother with bear. The 

 pelts of the bear found in the cane breaks are of little or no value for 

 furriers' purposes, and are only suitable for mounting. As this is 

 rather expensive the bear of the southern states is not hunted for its 

 fur and it is rarely that a bear skin from this section is sent to market. 



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BLACK BEAR 



How to Trap Bear 



The following methods have been used by prize winning trappers 

 who have had long experience and successful catches for a number of 

 years on the trap line and will be of much value to both pro- 

 fessionals and amateurs. 



"I go in a rough canyon at a place where a side gulch comes in 

 where bear travel, then hang half a sackful of partly-damaged apples 

 on a tree or large rock, then build a V-shaped pen in front of the 

 tree, build it higher than the bait hangs and right next to the bait. 

 This I hang four feet high. I smear some honey on the outside of 

 sack, and set my trap, well covered, about three and one-half feet 

 from the tree, in the entrance of the pen. I clean the trap and rub 

 it with sage brush, also sprinkle sage brush leaves over it before cov- 



