. The encyclopaedia of sport. asonably placedtrap in front of anybait; travellers tales of its cunning are mereinventions devoid of foundation. Much thesame may be said of the Fisher. They aretogether a couple of lawless tramps, robbing thetrapper of valuable fur on every occasion, andinvariably paying the penalty. The Lynx is a stupid and harmless cat,which willingly thrusts its handsome headthrough a noose, or its woolly paw into a trap,although it be unbaited, except for a covering offeathers, which it always tries to scrape make a good covering for traps, andoften, in deep sn
. The encyclopaedia of sport. asonably placedtrap in front of anybait; travellers tales of its cunning are mereinventions devoid of foundation. Much thesame may be said of the Fisher. They aretogether a couple of lawless tramps, robbing thetrapper of valuable fur on every occasion, andinvariably paying the penalty. The Lynx is a stupid and harmless cat,which willingly thrusts its handsome headthrough a noose, or its woolly paw into a trap,although it be unbaited, except for a covering offeathers, which it always tries to scrape make a good covering for traps, andoften, in deep snow, nothing else is available ;but when these do not exist, a good plan is tolay a piece of thin paper over the trap andsprinkle it lightly with snow. The majority of animals secured during aseasons trappingwill usually consist of Martens,which are easily caught with any description ofbait, be it even one of their own kindred. Thetrap should be set at the foot of a pine or cedarin a small house constructed of bark or boughs ;. in fact all traps should have, when practicable,some covering, both as a guide to the animalsand to keep off the snow and hide the bait fromjays, whiskey jacks, Clarks crows or lighter the fabric, the better ; for should alarger animal come along, it will trample throughthe frail structure where something more for-midable would prevent it placing a foot in thetrap, and a little Marten trap will well hold aWolverine or Lynx, even though it grip but twotoes. Martens are easily taken in deadfalls con-structed as follows. A house of bark about afoot high is built strongly against a tree, andacross the opening of this is laid a pole sixinches in diameter, fixed with four long the top of this is laid another similar pole,one end of which is raised sufficiently to admitthe animal, and is kept in position by anupright stick about six inches, long from pole to pole. Between thisstick and the lowerpole is placedanother stick, ofabout seven inc
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