make snow sheds on such log’s. You will notice they take the highest 
altitudes in mountain range to travel when they are going from one 
locality to another. This high mountain ridge always has an animal 
trail, which makes a desirable set for lynx, wolf, covote, lion, cougar, 
panther and bear. 
CHAPTER VII. 
HOW TO LOCATE AND TRAP 
THE FOX 
You will find the fox in most all the states. He often visits the 
farm but you will find them more plentiful in high altitudes—moun¬ 
tainous regions. They live in natural caves, in bluffs of rock, hollow 
trees and logs and sometimes burrow their own dens. You will know 
the trail they travel by seeing where they leave their deposit. As a 
rule they place this on a rock or log that is in the trail and on all 
trails that they travel, the fox leaves this sign. In locating them in 
the mountains they have two distinct trails they travel—one is in 
the highest altitude on top of the mountain ridge and the other trails 
are made on either side of the canyon or gulch near the foot of the 
mountain or hills. 
Set your trap in their trails and conceal well, leaving no scent 
of yourself, and place your bait about two feet from your traps on 
each side of the trail and cover it to protect. It’s good to make your 
trap fast to a drag. This prevents the fox from tearing up the trail. 
The best set is where trees have fallen and span a stream, forming 
a crossing log. The fox will travel for miles to cross such logs rather 
than swim. In this case you chop notches to receive your traps and 
cover with moss, worm dust or pulverized rotten wood. You also 
use the drowning rig in this case and place two or three traps at in¬ 
tervals. When trapping in snow, it is good to make snow shelters 
for your traps. This should be done before snow season sets in. You 
should also make small snow sheds just to one side of the trails they 
travel and you can use natural snow sheds made by trees that are 
hollow at the base. Also bluffs of rocks and hollow logs. Your bait 
should be placed the length of the animal from the trap. 
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