Science of Trapping

ska. A distinct species is also found in Europe and Asia. In North America there appears to be several varieties, varying considerably in size and colo

eight inches from tip to tip. A smaller and darker variety is found in the Eastern States and the Eastern parts of Canada and Lake Superior regions, and a

nches long and is quite bushy. The fur is thick, fine and glossy, and the color varies from a very light

uary and ends about the middle of March. The young are

its food. It is a great rambler, traveling long distances along the streams and lakes, and always following the same route. When on t

while in the extreme south, they are only number one, during December and January. In February, the

quirrels, mice, rabbits, muskrats, etc., all of which

w and the double jaw traps are especially desirable for mink, as whe

nested down, and covered with some light material in keeping with the surroundings. The trap may be fastened to a light clog or a balance pole, or if very close to the water, to a sliding pole. The bait should be strictly fresh. Some good scent may be used if desired. Hollow logs and holes in drifts and under st

rapidly, make a hole in the bank, on a level with the water, making the hole about ten inches deep and about four inches in diameter. Put a piece of fresh bait back in the hole, fas

p under the water, close to the edge of the stream. Fix a small fish on the point of the stick, out in the stream a foot from the trap, pushing the stick down unt

ull length of the chain into the stream. Place a couple of water-soaked leaves on the trap, and drop a few pinches of mud on them to hold them in place. The steep bank on one side and the deep water on the other, will guide the mink into the trap. If, however, the shallow water extends out some distance from the bank, take a chunk of water-so

an opening, leading through this drift, close to the bank, and set the trap in this opening, covering with fine, drift dirt. In case you

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ill show that it would be practically impossible for a mink to pass along the stream without being caught. The same set is good for the raccoon. If

he dirt that you dig out, rest directly in front of the hole, and set the trap in this dirt, covering with same. Pack dry moss around the jaws and cover the trap first with a sheet of paper, finishing with a thin layer of dirt. Put some good m

in this log, covering with fine, rotten wood, and every mink that travels around the lake, will attempt to run through the log, and will

taken in box tr

als. It is made by taking fish of almost any kind, cutting them into small pieces, and putting in a wide mouthed bottle. Let stand in a war

d place them in a bottle, adding about two ounces of fish oil and all of the mink musk you

tween each set being from eighteen to twenty-four inches. The footprints will measure from o

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