. The Big game of North America [microform] : its habits, habitat, haunts, and charcteristics : how, when, and where to hunt it. Hunting; Hunting; Big game hunting; Big game hunting; Chasse; Chasse; Chasse au gros gibier; Chasse au gros gibier. \i\; . e ,« !* i- 610 BIG fiAME OF WORTH AMERICA. Like the Black Bear, the'Coon hibernates during the cold storms of winter; but should the weather be open, he will be out every night. Their rutting-season is from about the 20th of January to the middle of February, and they bring forth, about the 1st of April, from three to six young. The Raccoon is ea
. The Big game of North America [microform] : its habits, habitat, haunts, and charcteristics : how, when, and where to hunt it. Hunting; Hunting; Big game hunting; Big game hunting; Chasse; Chasse; Chasse au gros gibier; Chasse au gros gibier. \i\; . e ,« !* i- 610 BIG fiAME OF WORTH AMERICA. Like the Black Bear, the'Coon hibernates during the cold storms of winter; but should the weather be open, he will be out every night. Their rutting-season is from about the 20th of January to the middle of February, and they bring forth, about the 1st of April, from three to six young. The Raccoon is easily taken in steel-traps; and to be successful in their capture, the trap should always be set under water, near the edges of swamps or running streams. But the best sport to be had in their captu'e is to hunt. Raccoon. them in the night, with dogs tniined for the purpose. The best dog for this siMirt is tlie blsick-'irul-tan F'ox-hound. It has been iisserted that the *Cooii leaves tlie least foot- scent of any known animal: but I beg leave to differ from those who make this asserticm. He is a night traveler, at a time of the twenty-four hours when the temperature is the lowest; while aninial?< like the F'ox, the ral)bit, or the Deer, are generally flmsed duriifg the day. when the is higher. Take a Fox-hound and put him. in the early part of the day. when the temperature is rising, on a 'Oxm- trail which was made in the early pa it of the in-evious. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Shields, G. O. (George Oliver), 1846-1925; Caton, John Dean, 1812-1895. Chicago; New York : Rand, McNally
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