FUR FACTS 175 



is small and heavy; or else a piece of wood may be substituted, in 

 place of rock. Never use iron weight, as wolves are very skeptical 

 of the scent of iron, but not of rocks. A good and neat way of at- 

 taching trap to the rock is to drill a hole in a rock of proper size, 

 placing iron eye in hole and pour hot babbit metal around it. When 

 trap is set, turn eye under, and no suspicion will be aroused at the 

 presence of the rock. 



If traps are to be covered with snow, use a piece of hardcrusted 

 snow to level fine snow over traps, as there will be no scent left, as 

 if some other article were used, and if sand is used to cover traps, use 

 a flat rock. At all times handle traps with gloves that are used for 

 nothing else but that purpose, keeping them well-rubbed in palms 

 with beeswax. 



If using a small bait of any kind, it should be securely fastened, 

 so that it can not be dragged away from traps. 



The wolf may be readily trapped from badger mounds by placing 

 traps on mound and bait in hole, a badger or skunk being preferable 

 to almost any other kind of bait; but if that can not be had, use some 

 other in connection with a good decoy, such as Funsten Animal Bait, 

 which will be found very useful in attracting the game to the hole. 

 Traps should be placed with deep enough cover to prevent ground 

 squirrels from springing traps, sage brush being a very desirable place 

 to place bait, as the strong odor of the sage will kill all human scent, 

 and scent of the steel; besides, the leaves may be used to cover the 

 traps, which is the best covering that can be had. 



If a tame Wolf can be had, it can be used with great success by 

 chaining it near your bait, after setting traps and covering properly, 

 first placing blocks under pan of trap, so that tame wolf may not 

 spring them. After wolf has been left to walk and roll over traps all 

 day, it may be removed in the evening and blocks taken from under 

 pans of traps, which will require but little disturbance to be made to 

 traps, if traps have been sunken below the surface of the ground; 

 yet if trap should be exposed in any way, it should be recovered. 

 Manure should be used for covering traps, as it will remain less 

 compact than dirt." 



O. S. McKEE. 



Another Method for Trapping Wolf 



"For fall trapping, locate all the long, narrow ridges along all 

 streams; the higher and sharper the ridge the better. If too much 

 brush, clear narrow path where necessary, and plow furrow along 



