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victim simply forces its head through the 
loop and chokes itself to death. 
In making a snare it is always best to 
obstruct it on all sides except top and en- 
trance, with stones, wood or anything that 
will prevent 
the animal 
from getting 
the bait with- 
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muskrat trap 
is made by dig- 
ging a hole 
large enough 
for a barrel to 
set in, near the bank of a pond or where the rats 
frequent. Fill the barrel 2-3 full of water; 
then put in a quart of sawdust and small 
DRNCICIC SION 
wood. On 
this place the 
bait, so it will 
inozt, 0 joe 
rat will jump 
in for the bait 
and will be 
Gigonwalneral 
Severdlmcan 
be caught in 
a Silmeile 
night, where they are plentiful. 
The best fox trap is a No. o0 steel trap, 
which must be smeared with the blood of 
some animal, or with beeswax, to destroy 
the odor of the trapper’s hands. The best 
bait is a small piece of fried meat smeared 
with honey. To make the attraction doubly 
strong get the matrix from a female dog or 
fox, in season, and preserve it in a tightly 


corked bottle of alcohol. A few drops from 
this bottle will bring a fox straight to the 
trap. Also rub some of the alcohol on the 
soles of your boots when visiting the traps. 
A piece of raw meat should also be dragged 
about. Another good plan is to get some 
earth from a kennel where a tame fox has 
been kept and set the trap in it. Most 
trappers use what they call ‘‘ medicine,” 
which is a mixture of oil of anise, asafoetida 

and musk, mixed with fish oil. When used 
at the trap a drop or 2 is placed on or near 
the bait. When used to form a trail lead- 
ing to a trap the “ medicine” is placed in 
a small bladder or leather bag pierced with 
numerous small holes and dragged from 
wee trap to trap. 
This ieee 
trail which 
several of the 
carnivorous 
fur bearers 
will eagerly 
follow. 
Other good 
lures are the 
castoreum of 
the beaver, 
the musk of the muskrat, or a drop of the 
secretion from the glands of the skunk. 

Another good lure for foxes, minks, martens, 
etc., is composed of % pound strained honey, 

¥% dram musk, 3 drams oil of lavender and 4 
pounds of tallow. Mix the whole thorough- 
ly and make 
into 4o pills 
Ot biaclahkse 
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near the bait 
when setting 

the trap. 
The best 
[PE ES altoyye 
muskrat are 
apple, carrot, 
flagroot and parsnips. A good idea is to put 
on a drop of the rat’s musk to suggest that 
other rats have been there. 

