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trail. I use false bottoms, in order to get the foot out, as it has to 

 be cut. Put bait in block. 



I often use Honey. I always know of a tree of bees. In my 

 traps I tie the comb on the pan. On the deadfalls I use tobacco 

 sacks full of honey. When using the blocks I smear the honey all 

 over them and pour some inside. Crawfish are good, eggs (fresh) 

 broken on a trap or in the blocks, fish and frogs. Tin fish are 

 used to advantage, as a coon has a great deal of curiosity. 

 I set traps in the water and on logs and at holes under fences. I use 

 judgment, and I also study the nature and habits of the animal 

 I am after — the coon — and simply outwit him. I use Funsten's 

 bait or scent with my traps, deadfalls and blocks, and I think I am 

 safe in saying it increased my catch over 25 per cent." 



W. F. HOYE 



Winner of Third Prize 



"I will try to give, in as few words as possible, my experience and 

 success in trapping for coon. I will say right at the start that the 

 first thing to do is to start right, and that means a good deal in the 

 art of trapping. 



Now the next thing is to find where the most coons are, and locate 

 yourself near where they are, but not too close, as your presence will 

 cause them to move. Now after you are located, take your traps 

 (size No. 1}4 or 2, if the spring is not too stout), set them in the trail 

 of the coon, which may be in the water or on land. If in the water, 

 place the traps where the water is about three to six inches deep. 

 If there is no trail to be found, and you see tracks or other signs, 

 then the best way is to set on logs or by the end of a log or hollow 

 tree, and be sure to cover your traps up with bug dust or loose earth, 

 and sprinkle a few drops of Funsten's Animal Bait for coon around 

 your traps, and the work is done. I have doubled my catch by using 

 the Funsten Animal Baits. The coon is cunning and you must 

 study him to become perfect in catching him." 



James H. Pace 



How to Prepare Raccoon for Market 

 Raccoon should always be stretched square and never cased like 

 skunk, mink, and opossum. Trappers in different sections have their 

 own methods of stretching the skin square. It does not make any 

 particular difference what method is used so long as the result is 

 right. Raccoon skins are valuable and for this reason it will pay you 



