464 Yearbook of the Department of Apiculture, 1910. 



Wildcats are caught in Xo. 2 or Xo. 3 steel traps covered 

 with grass, leaves, or dirt, according to surroundings, and 

 baited with meat, as rabbit or muskrat, fastened about 2 



feet above the trap or 

 placed in a crevice be- 

 hind it. 



Wildcat skins should 

 have the feet left on 

 them. They are usu- 

 ally cased flesh side 

 out, although some 

 trap p e r s open them 

 and dry them Hat. 



CANADA LYNX. 



The lynx is confined 

 mainly to Canada and 

 Alaska, but occurs 

 occasionally in the 

 liortho r n and more 

 mountainous States. It 

 lives almost exclu- 

 sive!}' in timbered re- 

 gions and feeds mainly 

 on rabbits, but grouse 

 and other small crea- 

 tures are frequent ly 

 among its victims. 

 Adapted for living in 

 snowy regions, it has 

 extraordinarily 1 a r ge 

 feet, the tracks of 

 which are easily dis- 

 tinguishable from 

 those of wildcats. 



The size of the steel 

 trap generally used for 

 lynxes is Xo. 3 or 

 Xo. 4. It may be set, 

 well covered, before an 



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Fig. 12. — End-spring Steel Traps ane Used 

 Almost Exclusively in Catching the 

 Larger Animals. 



In some cases the chain is fastened to a 

 stake, in others it has a clog or grapple at 

 the end. 



