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sturdy game fighters, and the airedale makes a wonderful dog for 

 this purpose. They are never far behind the grey hounds and usually 

 arrive in time to put the finishing touches to the wolf. 



For a while setting out poisoned baits to kill the wolf was a very 

 common practice, but the results have been such that it is now being 

 discontinued and should be discontinued entirely. It simply serves 

 to pollute the country, and as strychnine is the poison used it is 

 very dangerous. Pelts that are taken by the poison method are not 

 desirable. The wolf that is poisoned will often be able to travel far 

 enough from the place where it took the bait to get into some out 

 of the way place and die. Very often it is some fine dog that gets the 

 bait instead of the wolf. Often the bait containing the strychnine 

 will get kicked around and cattle and sheep will graze over the spot 

 and die from the efiEects of the poison. Birds will eat the poison bait 

 and fly off and die. Fine furbearers such as skunk, marten, mink, etc., 

 wiU get killed by nibbling at the poisoned bait that is set out for 

 wolf and the wolf goes merrily on. Trappers should absolutely make 

 it a hard and fast rule never to use poison in any shape or form. 



As stated before, the wolf of the Western United States has plenty 

 of food available and experience has taught him to fight shy of food 

 baits that have been prepared for him, and for this reason it is very 

 difficult to trap the wolf and depend on food baits alone to attract 

 him to the trap. Experienced trappers such as the United States 

 Forest Rangers depend on scent baits, such as Funsten Animal Bait, 

 which is highly recommended for this work. This bait has been 

 on the market for more than twenty years, was awarded the grand 

 prize, highest award, at the World's Fair in St. Louis, 1904, and has 

 been used by wolf trappers throughout the United States, Canada, 

 Alaska, and Siberia. It will attract the wolf where you want him 

 no matter how old and crafty he may be. 



The No. 4J/^ Newhouse Trap is recommended for wolf trappers. 

 It has large powerful jaws with a spread of about eight inches and 

 is furnished with a strong two pronged drag and a heavy steel chain. 

 Once the wolf is caught in this trap he is there to stay, and there is 

 no chance for him to pull out and get away. 



The No. 43^^ is used where the wolf are very large and powerful. 

 The most popular sizes for wolf trapping are the No. 4 and the No. 

 3. These are lighter traps, but will hold equally as well as the No. 

 4J/^. The nature of the drag depends a good deal of course on the 

 character of the trapping ground. A heavy stone or a chunk of 

 wood will make a very satisfactory drag, and it should be remembered 



