bas been made in regard to disposal 
of furs. After all the trapper plies 
his trade for the money there is 
in it, except in a few instances 
where sport is -the consideration; 
therefore, the net results of the ex- 
pedition are measured in terms of dol- 
lars. The wilderness trapper is unable 
to keep posted in regard to market con- 
ditions; hence cannot avail himself of 
the opportunity to turn his furs into 
cash to the best advantage. The writer 
has lost hundreds of dollars at differ- 
ent times because of this fact. I know 
of one instance where a_ wilderness 
trapper suffered a loss of fiften hun- 
dred dollars because he didn’t get his 
wares to market a week sooner. It 
seems reasonable to assume that the 
settlement trapper has a decided ad- 
vantage in being able to sell his catch 
at any time he sees fit. He can either 
turn his furs over personally to a 
buyer, getting the cash in hand immedi- 
ately, or he can ship to reliable dealers 
scattered all over the country and get 
his returns in a fairly short time. On 
the other hand the man from the wilds 
must either take valuable time, time 
which should be spent in looking to 
his traps, and take his furs outside or 
await the end of the season and find 
the market has slumped. If he ships 
his catch any great distance the total 
time wasted in waiting for the returns, 
counting from the day he leaves the 
trapline until he returns, will not 
amount to less than a month and often. 
more. 
All these things will surely face the 
trapper, he cannot escape them under 
any circumstances or conditions, and 
have been written with the idea of help- 
ing one to decide whether he wants to 
be a wilderness trapper or be content 
with plying the good old trade near at 
home. 
After all, everything depends entirely 
on the individual. It has been my privi- 
lege to know hundreds of trappers oc- 
cupied in every conceivable branch of 
the trade as practised on North Ameri- 
ca. Some of them were misfits surely, 
others made good. The misfits were 
more than often quite satisfied after a 
season’s trial, while the successful ones 
invariably returned for more. Once a! 
trapper always a trapper! And, after 
years of actual experience on my own 
account, I wouldn’t undertake to say 
which is the better way of making a 
living trapping—at home or afar. Both 
branches offer opportunity to the man 
who can see their especial advantages, 
adapting himself in either case to the 
task in hand. So we will be content 
with this advice—at least try the less 
expensive and less strenuous form of 
trapping first, then you will know 
whether the wilderness game will ap- 
peal to you. 




























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