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Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making

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Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making

William Hamilton Gibson

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The dead-fall, the bow trap, the pit-fall: every trick of the old trappers, drawn and explained. Gibson's woodcraft manual covers gun traps, bear traps, net traps, and log coops, with the campcraft to live comfortably in the woods while running your line. A hands-on window into frontier skills. Study the diagrams and master the craft.

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147 chapters

  1. 1CAMP LIFE IN THE WOODS AND THE TRICKS OF TRAPPING AND TRAP MAKING
  2. 2BOOK I.
  3. 3THE DEAD-FALL.
  4. 4THE GUN TRAP.
  5. 5THE BOW TRAP.
  6. 6THE DOWN-FALL.
  7. 7THE BEAR TRAP.
  8. 8THE PIT-FALL.
  9. 9THE LOG COOP TRAP.
  10. 10THE NET TRAP.
  11. 11BOOK II.
  12. 12QUAIL SNARE,
  13. 13HOOP NOOSES.
  14. 14THE "TWITCH-UP."
  15. 15THE POACHER'S' SNARE.
  16. 16THE PORTABLE SNARE.
  17. 17THE "SIMPLEST" SNARE.
  18. 18THE QUAIL SNARE.

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