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FUR FACTS 



The marten lives largely on birds, moles, rats, mice, etc., and along 

 the coast of British Columbia it is said to feed on mussels. 



The marten is often trapped with the deadfalls, using the 

 figure 4 trigger. The tree trap was especially designed for trap- 

 ping the marten, and is very successful for this purpose. It is se- 



MARTEN 



curely nailed to the side of the tree, the bait being placed above the 

 trap or on the hook provided for it on the trap The tree trap kills 

 instantly and for this reason is very much favored by most trappers. 

 One of the difficulties that the marten trapper has to conte nd with is 

 the wolverine and the fisher who seem to follow the marten trapper, 

 and whenever a marten is caught are quick to destroy it. The 

 wolverine especially seems to take great delight in following a line 

 of traps for the express purpose of destroying marten after they are 



