^can nse evergreen brush or bark or roll three logs together, 
forming a hole. This makes a splendid snow shed. You will find 
that dry rotten wood or worm dust makes the best covering for your 
traps in freezing weather, using first flat leaves to cover the trap, 
then cover the leaves with the pulverized rotten wood or worm dust. 
CHAPTER IV. 
HOW TO LOCATE AND TRAP THE 
COYOTE AND WOLF 
You will see where they use a trail to travel. They invariably 
leave their deposits just to one side of the trail. You will also see 
where they scratch back and scratch the ground, just like the dog. 
They travel any trail, even to public roads. They are great rangers 
and can cover a great deal of territory in one night. They have no 
particular dens, only when having their young, using rough, bushy 
country for their hiding. You will find them mostly in rough, moun¬ 
tainous countries and often in dense swamps. 
When making a set for wolf or coyote you should set from two 
to six traps and don’t go only near enough to see. When you are 
running your trap line, let the traps remain until they do catch; use 
a drag for a fastening and set your trap in their trails, spacing them 
two or three feet apart and concealing everything well. Place your 
bait two or three feet from the traps on each side of the trail and 
cover it with leaves. You will find the crossing logs make a good 
set for coyotes and wolves. 
During snow season you should use snow sheds that you have 
made before snow season, or natural sheds that are near the trail 
they travel. You will find if you can ride your trap line that the 
coyote and wolf are not so shy of the tracks of a horse as of a man. 
When you dismount to attend your traps you should step in the 
tracks the horse has made; by this plan you will keep down suspicion. 
Where a tree has fallen across their trail makes a splendid set. Place 
two traps about three or four feet from the log in the trail and two 
traps on top of the log where he lights when he jumps from the 
ground, and place your bait two or three feet on the log each way 
from the traps. No. 2 or No. 3 traps are the most effective. 
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