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Modern Trapping Methods 
(Continued from page 520) 
one’s food supply, whether through de- 
struction by fire, storm or marauding 
animals, is surely a “sword of Damo- 
cles.” 
An additional factor that often has 
much to do with the wilderness trap- 
per’s disappointment is that the first 
year is apt to prove a total loss. It 
takes at least a couple of months in the 
fall for one to locate and unless he is 
an expert, the trapper cannot be sure 
there is fur in his district save in the 
case of certain animals like beaver, 
muskrats, etc. But he goes ahead and 
prepares for winter, setting out his 
traps when the proper time comes. 
What is he to do if his judgment has 
proven false and very few furbearers 
get into his traps? It is too late to 
move, unless he walks out and leaves 
his outfit to the mountain rats! 
These facts have not been given with 
the idea of attempting to discourage 
men from trying the wilderness game; 
rather they are set down in hopes of 
being a help to those who do tackle this 
form of trapping. If someone had told 
me a few things along this line, pre- 
vious to my first sally into the wilds, I 
am sure life would have been a lot 
different for me. 
been in the lonely places cannot pos- 
sibly imagine the grim and pitiless as- 
pects of life and it surely can do no 
harm to warn one beforehand. And 
now, let’s consider the other phase of 
the game, settled district trapping. 
The problem that besets most of my 
trapper correspondents seems to be the 
fact that there is no opportunity for 
catching the wily furbearers in that 
particular vicinity from which they 
write. This, of course, is often true; 
at the same time a good trapper will 
often ply his trade successfully right 
under the noses of men who say “there 
ain’t any fur left.’”” The moral to this 
is—look around! Rarely does a man 
eventually make a success of profes- 
sional trapping who has not, in his 
youthful days, captured a few animals 
in his immediate neighborhood. A 
trapper is first born and then made. If 
one hasn’t the gift of observation which 
leads to the location of animal run- 
ways, dens, etc., as a youth, surely he 
can’t expect to develop a marked trap- 
ping skill as middle age approaches. 
The big advantage of trapping near 
home is this: one may give it a thor- 
ough lookout with only a fraction of 
the expenditure required for the wilder- 
ness expedition. One can buy his grub 
and outfit as the emergency arises, 
making the trapping pay its own way 
right from the start, if he is possessed 
of a moderate aptness for the job. A 
big saving results in that he doesn’t 
One who has not . 
it will identify you. 
have to pay for expensive transporta- 
tion of outfit and grubstake. 
The work of settlement trapping is 
far easier and less fraught with hard- 
ships than the other kind. Of course 
it must be understood that trapping 
anywhere is the hardest of hard work 
and unless a man is prepared to bend 
his best energies to the task, will prove 
an absolute fizzle. But there are some 
men who do not care to ‘take a chance 
on suffering unnecessary hardships and 
to these settlement trapping undoupbt- 
edly has an appeal. The presence of” 
certain hazards in connection with 
trapping the wilds is, naturally, a miss- 
ing element in the other branch. 
If a man traps in certain districts — 
and finds trapping doesn’t pay, there 
are often other tasks, more remuner- 
ative, to which he can turn. For in-— 
stance, let us suppose one is after the 
furbearers in a district where lumber- 
ing is going on. If trapping fails he 
can generally find something to do, 
even working for his board in an emer- 
gency. This is a matter for serious 
consideration, as one who has gone 
hungry well knows. It’s hard to pic-— 
ture romance, even in the beautiful 
woods country, on an empty stomach. 
They say men fight on their stomachs — 
and this is surely true of trapping. 
But settlement trapping has its dis- 
advantages too. The chief drawback is 
the comparatively small numbers of 
fur-bearing animals and the resulting 
fact of their being scattered over a com- 
paratively large territory. Very often 
the trapper will encounter difficulty in 
gaining the consent of land owners per- 
mitting him to trap in favorable spots. — 
“Posted” lands are surely a drawback 
to either hunter or trapper but there 
is no excuse for blaming the land 
owner—in nine cases out of ten the 
outdoor man brings these restrictions © 
upon himself through thoughtlessness 
in trespassing on another man’s hold-— 
ings. It has been my experience that 
farmers and ranchers will usually meet 
a man halfway, although there are ex-— 
ceptions to the rule. A man who has 
suffered considerable loss at the hands 
of some careless hunter or trapper can- 
not be blamed for posting his lands to 
the exclusion of every man who carries — 
a gun, fishing rod or steel trap. 
; 
It is a deplorable state of affairs when 
aman cannot set out a few steel traps | 
in a community without running the 
imminent danger of having his catch — 
stolen and often the trap itself taken. 
This condition does exist and must be : 
considered. Sneak thieves ply their — 
trade at hours when they figure the — 
trapper won’t be around; some of them . 
are pretty clever and a set must be 
well hidden in order to escape their — 
eyes. | 
In summing up, we find no mention — 
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