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Excerpt from The Trapper's Companion: An Up-to-Date Book Replete With Trapping Methods, Approved Sets Used by the Most Experienced Trappers, Instruction for Handling, Grading and Shipping Raw Furs Traps, Bait, Scents, Fur Farming, Camp Building, Boat Building, Turtle Trapping, Bee Hunting, An
The mink travels on the hop, with the print of two feet showing and one foot always in advance of the other. The track somewhat resembles that of the house cat, though smaller and more pointed than that of the cat, and the nail prints are left by the mink, which is not the case with the cat.
Minks may be caught by the use of bait in fall and early winter; but in midwinter and in spring bait attracts but little. Many minks may be taken without bait, simply by placing the trap in the mink's path, where the tracks are seen under overhanging banks, under undermined trees and in the mouths of small brooks and ditches and at the en trance to drain tiles. In all cases the trap must set level, with spring turned to the right hand. The trap must be covered by about an inch of water or very thin mud.
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The mink travels on the hop, with the print of two feet showing and one foot always in advance of the other. The track somewhat resembles that of the house cat, though smaller and more pointed than that of the cat, and the nail prints are left by the mink, which is not the case with the cat.
Minks may be caught by the use of bait in fall and early winter; but in midwinter and in spring bait attracts but little. Many minks may be taken without bait, simply by placing the trap in the mink's path, where the tracks are seen under overhanging banks, under undermined trees and in the mouths of small brooks and ditches and at the en trance to drain tiles. In all cases the trap must set level, with spring turned to the right hand. The trap must be covered by about an inch of water or very thin mud.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Author(s) - Unknown Author
Hardback
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ISBN - 9780266415817
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.2 cm
Page Count - 164
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