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and mutilate or bloody up the skin or fur. Third, they can be set, 

 on account of their size, in many places where it would be difficult 

 to put a No. l}/6, which is commonly used by marten trappers. 

 Fourth, they are cheaper than larger sizes of the same make, thus a 

 marten trapper can have more traps for the same money invested. 

 It pays big to have the best traps, and Newhouse are the best. I 

 recommend the Funsten Animal Bait to all trappers. 



I adapt myself to the individual spot where I wish to set a trap* 

 use my best judgment, set carefully, make the pens snow-proof, and 

 attend to my line of traps regularly. I find it best in winter to have 

 three different lines set, and go to each every three days, staying in 

 camp Sunday. I skin, stretch and handle the Marten very carefully* 

 and naturally look for the best market returns when I ship. Be 

 thorough. It pays me, it will pay you." 



JOHN D. CRAWFORD. 



Winning Method for Marten 



"Early in the winter the marten are found on the high grounds, 

 later on they go down on the bench lands. 



In the first place, take the Newhouse trap, No. lj^, find 

 some sheltered place; a tree with a heavy top is the best, for they 

 stay in trees a great part of the time. Nail your bait on the tree 

 about two and one-half feet from the ground, set your trap about ten 

 inches from the root of the tree, cover it nicely with leaves and dirt, 

 take some bark or whatever can be found, and stand it up on each 

 side of the trap, so the marten has to pass directly over the trap. 

 Cut some green branches from a tree and fix them about two feet 

 above your bait, so as to protect the bait and trap from the weather. 

 Sometimes it is good to set two traps under the same tree, fixing it the 

 same way on the opposite side of the tree, for marten go in pairs. 

 If you catch one marten you are almost sure to catch two in the 

 same place. Rough places, such as brushy and loggy places, are 

 generally the best, as martens hunt birds and mice for their living. 

 They hunt their living, a good part of the time, in the day time, as 

 well as at night. I have caught marten the same day I set the traps, 

 coming home on my back track after setting traps, so that proves it. 



For bait, take about one or two pounds of well-tainted veni- 

 son, nail it tightly to the tree, about two or two and a half feet above 

 the trap, put two or three drops of Funsten's Animal Bait on the 

 piece you have nailed to the tree, and it will surely get the marten 

 every time.'* 



J. C. WlLBY. 



