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but do not scrape the pelt too close as that will injure the roots of the 

 fur. Never use any preparations of any kind in curing skunk skins. 

 Always remove the tail bone. 



Any of the following traps may be used in trapping Skunk, Victor 

 No. 1, No. 1 Giant, No. IJ^, No. 91, No. 913>^, Jump Traps No. 1, 

 No. IJ^, No. 91 and No. 91J^, Newhouse No. 1, No. 81 and No. 91, 

 and the Funsten Two Trigger Trap Coil Spring No. 1. We also re- 

 commend the use of the Funsten Perfect Smoker for smoking skunks 

 Out of hollow logs, but do not use it in bitter cold weather when the 

 skunk are hibernating. The finest device yet invented for scaring 

 skunks out of the den is the Funsten Spitz-Devil. Unlike muskrat 

 there are veiy few skunk skins dressed for home use; however, if 

 it is desired to dress them the same methods may be used as de- 

 scribed for dressing muskrat. 



The largest skins are found in Minnesota and North Dakota and 

 are nearly all of the narrow striped variety. The smallest skins are 

 found in Arizona and New Mexico and are nearly all of the striped 

 variety. The medimn sized skins come from the Central States. 



Size of Slcunk Pelts 

 Large Northern skunk pelts measure about twenty four inches 

 long, not including the tail and about eight inches wide. The average 

 weight of the raw skin dry and ready for shipment is one pound. 

 The small skunk pelt from the same section would be about eighteen 

 inches long and six inches wide. The large size skunk pelt from the 

 central sections would be about twenty two inches long and seven 

 inches wide. 



