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How to Make and Set Traps

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How to Make and Set Traps

John Harrington Keene

103 pages~2 hr 3 min read16 chapters$4.99
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The set matters as much as the trap, and small mistakes let the quarry walk free. J. Harrington Keene explains how to make and set traps for weasel, stoat, rat, otter, and squirrel, plus various methods of catching birds. Practical old-country woodcraft for the trapper. For the reader curious about the traditional skills of taking small game. Learn the trapper's patient craft.

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16 chapters

  1. 1Transcriber’s Note:
  2. 2How to Make and Set Traps
  3. 3I. THE MOLE.
  4. 4II. THE WEASEL, STOAT AND POLECAT.
  5. 5III. RATS.
  6. 6IV. THE OTTER.
  7. 7V. THE SQUIRREL.
  8. 8VI. BIRD TRAPPING.
  9. 9VII. BIRD-CATCHING BY NET.
  10. 10VIII. BIRD-CATCHING WITH TRAPS.
  11. 11IX. BIRD-CATCHING WITH TRAPS, ETC.
  12. 12The Art of Stretching and Curing Skins.
  13. 13Dressing and Tanning Skins and Furs.
  14. 14Coloring or Dyeing Skins and Furs.
  15. 15Some Additional Valuable Miscellaneous Information Useful Alike to the Hunter, Trapper and Angler.
  16. 16Transcriber’s Note:
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