The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . Fig. 222. —The Coop Trap. prop up one side of it. Fasten a long cord to the stick,and, after scattering grain beneath the sieve, carry theend of the cord to a place of concealment to await theappearance of some birds. As soon as these are attractedby the grain, and begin feeding under the sieve, pull thecord and they will be your prisoners. The Coop Trap, shown in Fig. 222, can be used fortrapping the larger variety of birds. This is well known HOME-MADE TRAPS 225 as an effective trap for wild turkeys. It consists of
The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . Fig. 222. —The Coop Trap. prop up one side of it. Fasten a long cord to the stick,and, after scattering grain beneath the sieve, carry theend of the cord to a place of concealment to await theappearance of some birds. As soon as these are attractedby the grain, and begin feeding under the sieve, pull thecord and they will be your prisoners. The Coop Trap, shown in Fig. 222, can be used fortrapping the larger variety of birds. This is well known HOME-MADE TRAPS 225 as an effective trap for wild turkeys. It consists of anumber of sticks piled up in the form of a pyramid andtied together as shown in Fig. 222. Dig away enoughof the ground under one side of the coop to allow a birdto enter, and then scatter some grain inside and a littlein the entrance to attract the birds. It may seem strange to the reader, but it is neverthe-less a fact, that, after entering the coop, a bird will try to Fig Fig. Fig. 224. Fig. 223. A Rabbit Snare and Twitch-up. fly out of the top, and will remain there until starved todeath, if not released, without attempting to escape bythe way it entered. A Rabbit Snare. — This can be used to the best ad-vantage after the first snowfall, for the footprints of arabbit are then easy to follow. Bunny can be counted 2 26 OUTDOOR PASTIMES upon keeping in the same path to and from his burrow,and a snare set in the centre of his path is pretty certainto catch him before very long. The snare should bemade of a piece of soft wire about two feet long. Makea noose in one end about four inches in diameter, andfasten the other end to a branch projecting over thepath (see Fig. 223). This noose is commonly attached to what is knownas A Twitch-up, or a sapling bent down and held asshown in Fig. 224. One of a number of schemesemployed for holding the sapling in position is hereshown. Select a spot a few feet from a sapling, andthere make an enclosure about twelve inches
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