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trap, for this reason if for nothing else, it is very desirable to use it. 

 The bait is made from odors that arouse the passion of the particular 

 animal for which it is made. As soon as the male skunk smells the 

 odor of the Funsten Animal Bait he will make an effort to get to it 

 and even fight frantically for it. The three prize winning methods 

 of trapping skunk in the $500.00 contest of Funsten Bros. & Co., 

 are given herewith. All of these men are experienced in their line 

 and have been successful trappers for many years. 



Winner of First Prize for the best method of trapping skunk. 



"My plan for trapping skunks is as follows : As I have had twenty - 

 three years' experience in trapping skunks, and as I have lived and 

 trapped in twenty-two different States, I will try and give you some 

 pointers in regard to catching these animals. 



The first thing to do is to buy the best steel traps, then 

 oil your traps good in the joints. See that they all work to 

 perfection before you start to set them. Then purchase some of 

 Funsten's Animal Bait for Skunk, search the country over and where 

 you can find their holes, or around old vacant houses, or hay stacks, 

 or under barns or any out-building, where you can find their runs, 

 set your traps. First carry some old rotten grass, or leaves, or hay 

 chaff, that is perfectly dry, then take a hatchet and dig out a bed 

 for your trap, then put in some of your dry grass or chaff, and set 

 your trap on it. This keeps your trap from freezing tight to the 

 ground in cold weather. Then if there is any trash where you set 

 your trap, spread it back over the trap, so as to leave it to all appear- 

 ances just as near like you found it as possible. And at cross-fences 

 or cross-hedges is a good place, any place where you find they 

 run along. Set your trap as I have directed you, then take a piece 

 of rabbit or a part of a mouse or bird, put it on a small forked stick, 

 and stick it within five or six inches of your trap, and then put about 

 six drops of Funsten Skunk Bait on it, and if any skunks come close 

 you will get them. Place the covering as thinly over the top as 

 possible, just so you hide the trap from view. Make a round of 

 your traps every day, if possible — every other day at least. 

 I have been using Funsten skunk Bait, and I have caught many 

 skunks." 



J. B,. POTNTEK 



Winner of Second Prize 

 "Having had considerable experience in trapping, I wiU give 

 you my idea about catching them. 



