. Buzzacott's masterpiece;. Hunting; Camping; Trapping. [from old catalog]. COMPLETE TRAPPERS GUIDE 341 HUNTING AND TRAPPING THE WOLF There are several varieties of wolves in the United States. The prairie wolf, of two or three dififerent kinds, is Init small, and is easily trapped or shot. He is not so destructive among sheep as the large gray wolf of the timbered country, and it is about these that I shall have the most to say. They are confined to no particular loca-. Wolf. tion, but travel about from one place to another. Still they have their- particular routes, as from one swamp to anoth
. Buzzacott's masterpiece;. Hunting; Camping; Trapping. [from old catalog]. COMPLETE TRAPPERS GUIDE 341 HUNTING AND TRAPPING THE WOLF There are several varieties of wolves in the United States. The prairie wolf, of two or three dififerent kinds, is Init small, and is easily trapped or shot. He is not so destructive among sheep as the large gray wolf of the timbered country, and it is about these that I shall have the most to say. They are confined to no particular loca-. Wolf. tion, but travel about from one place to another. Still they have their- particular routes, as from one swamp to another, and where their course brings them near a settle- ment, they sally forth at night to steal a sheep, if these are kept out and are not penned. Killing sheep is a business they understand, and they will cut the throat of one about as slick as a knife can do it. They are greedy creatures, and always want to kill the whole flock. I have known as many as thirty to be killed in a single night by one wolf—nothing done but to cut their throats. When the she-wolf can find an old bear's den, she will take posses- sion of it to have her puppies, usually about the last of April or the first of ]\Iay. These follow her all the sum- mer and fall, when they start oflf on their own hook to see what they can catch to eat. When deer are plenty, it seems as though they could catch one whenever they please. I have often seen how they operated, one or more running directly on the track, and one on each side. After. 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 Buzzacott, Francis Henry, 1861- [from old catalog]. Milwaukee, Wis. , McMains & Meyer
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