CHAPTER XVII. 
HOW DIFFERENT ANIMALS SHOULD BE SKINNED 
To case an animal yon should split the skin from the heel of one 
hind foot to the other. Split the tail on the under side and take out 
the bone, remove the skin, leaving the fore legs whole. 
To take a skin off open, split the skin from chin to the end of 
tail; split each fore leg on the under side from heel to chest, and 
split the hind legs to the vent and remove the skin. You should be 
careful to not allow your knife to cut the skin or cut the roots of 
the hair or fur; if you do this will cause the fur to shed out when 
tanned. 
Remove the fat and pelt with the pelting knife and board de¬ 
scribed in illustrations. When once pelted stretch as shown in illus¬ 
trations. 
Otter, mink, martin, fisher, lynx, lynx cat, fox, coyote, wolf, 
muskrat, opossum, skunk and raccoon should be cased. Cougar, lion, 
panther, bear, beaver and deer should be open. 
CHAPTER XVIII. 
WHAT SCENT BAITS WILL ATTRACT 
A bait that will attract beaver will also attract muskrat. 
A bait that will attract otter will attract mink. 
A bait that will attract coyote will attract wolf and fox. 
A bait that will attract bear will attract raccoon, skunk, opossum. 
A bait that will attract lynx will attract lynx cat. 
A bait that will attract fisher will attract martin. 
A bait That will attract cougar will attract panther and lion. 
I manufacture seven different animal scent baits, differently 
scented, to attract the animals they are intended for. They are: 
One for beaver and muskrat. 
One for otter and mink. 
One for coyote, wolf and fox. 
One for fisher and martin. 
One for bear, raccoon, skunk and opossum. 
One for lynx and lynx cat. 
One for cougar, panther and lion. 
The baits are put up in two different sized jars, with rubber seals: 
One pint and illustrated book included, $2.75. 
One quart and illustrated book included, $3.75. 
Illustrated books without bait sell for 75c each. No bait sold 
without the book. When you have one of my trapper’s books, and 
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