. Wolves in relation to stock, game, and the national forest reserves. to a stationary object, the chain should havea swivel at each end; if to a drag, one swivel next the trap is wolf will bite and break an ordinary flat steel chain, and willbreak any ordinary chain that is allowed to twist and kink, if it isfastened to an immovable object. PROTECTIVE MEASURES. 27 DIRECTIONS FOR SETTING TRAPS. The best anchor for a wolf trap is a stone drag of 30 or 40 poundsweight, to which the trap is securely wired. A long oval stone isthe best, but a triangular or square stone can be securely Avi
. Wolves in relation to stock, game, and the national forest reserves. to a stationary object, the chain should havea swivel at each end; if to a drag, one swivel next the trap is wolf will bite and break an ordinary flat steel chain, and willbreak any ordinary chain that is allowed to twist and kink, if it isfastened to an immovable object. PROTECTIVE MEASURES. 27 DIRECTIONS FOR SETTING TRAPS. The best anchor for a wolf trap is a stone drag of 30 or 40 poundsweight, to which the trap is securely wired. A long oval stone isthe best, but a triangular or square stone can be securely galvanized fence wire or telegraph wire should be fastenedaround the ends of the stone and connected by a double loop of thewire, and the trap chain fastened to the middle of this loop. (Seefigs. 3 and 4.) A jerk on the trap tends to draw the bands together,and the spring of the connecting wire loop prevents a sudden jar thatmight break trap or chain. Twisted or barbed fence wire may beused if sufficiently strong, but it is not so easily handled. If no. Fig 3.—Method of fastening wolf trap to triangular or square stone. stones are available, or if the trap must be immovablj? fixed, itshould be fastened with twisted iron stakes that can be driven belowthe surface of the ground. They should be at least 18 inches longand of good iron straps three-quarters of an inch wide and three-six-teenths of an inch thick. In light soil they should be still longer.(See fig. 5.) If a picket pin sufficiently strong, provided with aswivel that will turn in all directions, can be purchased at the localhardware store, it may not be necessary to have a pin made to trap, chain, and stone drag should be buried out of sight closeto a runway, where the wolves follow a trail or road, cross a narrowpass, or visit a carcass, with the trap nearest the runway and flushwith the surface of the ground; to keep the earth from cloggingunder the pan, the ])an and jaws should be covered wit
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