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HOW TO USE BAITS 
IN TRAPPING 
(continued from page 19 ) 
feeding the fur bearers months before 
a set is made. When this is done, the 
animals get used to coming to the places 
for what they want to eat and in a way, 
seem less shy of man and human odor. 
Consequently, when traps are located, 
good catches can be expected. 
There is no bait to compare with that 
made by taking the generative glands 
of the animals — both male and female 
may be employed, but the latter is pref- 
erable — and squeezing the contents into 
alcohol. But a small quantity of the pre- 
servative is needed. While the attractor 
is best when the sacs are obtained dur- 
ing the mating season, they can be used 
nicely other times as well. The glands 
from the mink can be made into bait for 
the mink; those from the muskrat for 
the muskrat. I do not mean that other 
animals will take no notice of a differ- 
ent kind of odor from their own, but as 
a rule, it is best to have a single decoy 
for each. 
Crows, hawks and jays, are worth- 
less as attractors for the smaller animals. 
It seems to matter little whether they 
are plucked or not. Even the skunk and 
civet avoid them unless very hungry. 
Meat which has frozen and thawed 
several times, loses its power to draw 
fur bearers, especially the smaller ones. 
So far as possible, decoys should be kept 
fresh. It is not necessary, however, to 
change them each morning, but after 
they have been left for a week or ten 
days, fresh baits are recommended. In 
placing these, it is well to note care- 
fully the signs which may be nearby. 
Perhaps the set itself ought to be moved 
to a different location. The observing 
pelt hunter can tell by the tracks and 
other indications. 
T he one who uses lures, either na- 
tural or artificial, must keep con- 
stantly experimenting. What is 
good for one animal in a place, might 
not be in another only a short distance 
away. Again, in the fall of the year 
a carrot could be best for muskrat; two 
months later in the same place a potato. 
So far as possible, one must employ com- 
mon sense in his selection of attractors. 
For instance, if raccoon have access to 
fields of corn the best results could not 
be expected with it for a bait. 
Not only is it an art to know when 
to use a decoy and what to employ, but 
how to arrange it. To illustrate, it is 
not necessary to have a piece of musk- 
rat flesh staked along a slide for mink. 
The meat will cause tbem to be suspici- 
ous and in a place where fur could be 
expected, no catches made. In the case 
just mentioned, the draw was of the 
right kind but unnecessary. 
Another illustration comes to my mind 
which serves to show that for the more 
cunning animals at least, great care 
ought to be observed in having the at- 
tractor appear natural as to location. 
Suppose the trapper is after raccoon and 
has made up his mind to conceal a set 
