CHAPTER V. 
HOW TO LOCATE AND TRAP THE 
LYNX CAT 
You will see their deposit on the trails they use. You will notice 
where they cover it at times as do house cats. They are great to 
walk logs as they hunt their prey. They always seek the highest or 
lowest point of view, using the highest point to locate and the lowest 
to sneak on their prey. They often visit farms. A bushy, thick un¬ 
dergrowth seems to be their haunts. They also like high mountain 
country. The trails they use are located easily as it is like the fox. 
Set traps in these trail and place the bait on each side of the trail 
two feet from the traps. The crossing log is a fine set for lynx cat. 
and logs that run the same way for some distance, as they invariably 
walk such logs. 
CHAPTER VI 
HOW TO LOCATE AND TRAP 
LYNX 
They are only found now in high altitudes where you find deer 
and snowshoe rabbits plentiful. You will notice they travel the deer 
trails, and not only the deer trails but all animal trails such as fox 
and lynx cat. They leave their deposits, as a rule, on logs that have 
fallen across the trails or rocks that project out of the ground in 
the trail. 
The mode of trapping the lynx is about the same as the lynx 
cat, wolf or coyote. Set your trap on trails they travel; place "the 
bait two or three feet from the traps on each side of the trail and 
cover with leaves. Make sets on crossing logs and on logs that run 
in line with each other, making a long log walkway. You should 
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