DEADFALLS AND SNARES

A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps

Edited by A. R. HARDING

Published by A. R. HARDING, Publisher 106 Walnut Street St. Louis, Mo. Copyright 1907 By A. R. HARDING

CONTENTS.

I. Building Deadfalls

II. Bear and Coon Deadfall

III. Otter Deadfall

IV. Marten Deadfall

V. Stone Deadfall

VI. The Bear Pen

VII. Portable Traps

VIII. Some Triggers

IX. Trip Triggers

X. How to Set

XI. When to Build

XII. Where to Build

XIII. The Proper Bait

XIV. Traps Knocked Off

XV. Spring Pole Snare

XVI. Trail Set Snare

XVII. Bait Set Snare

XVIII. The Box Trap

XIX. The Coop Trap

XX. The Pit Trap

XXI. Number of Traps

XXII. When to Trap

XXIII. Season's Catch

XXIV. General Information

XXV. Skinning and Stretching

XXVI. Handling and Grading

XXVII. From Animal to Market

XXVIII. Steel Traps

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

A Good Deadfall

The Pole Deadfall

Small Animal Fall

The Pinch Head

Board or Pole Trap

Bait Set Deadfall

Trail Set Deadfall

Bear or Coon Deadfall

Otter Deadfall

Marten Deadfall

Marten Trap Triggers

Another Marten Deadfall

High Built Marten Deadfall

Tree Deadfall

More Marten Trap Triggers

Flat Stone Trap

Stone Deadfall Triggers

The Invitation — Skunk

Killed Without Scenting

Right and Wrong Way

Bear Pen Trap

Bear Entering Pen

Den Set Deadfall

Portable Wooden Trap

The Block Trap

The Nox-Em-All Deadfall

Illinois Trapper's Triggers

Trip Triggers

Animal Entering Trip Deadfall

Trip Trigger Fall

Canadian Trip Fall

The Turn Trigger

Two Piece Trigger Trap

String and Trigger Trap

Trail or Den Trap

Spring Pole and Snare

Small Game Snare

Wire or Twine Snare

Snare Loop

Path Set Snare

Trip Pan or Plate

Double Trail Set

Trail Set Snares

Path Snare

Rat Runway Snare

Underground Rat Runway

Runway and Cubby Set

Log Set Snare

Cow Path Snare

Lifting Pole Snare

Bait Set Snare

The Box Trap

The Coop Trap

The Pit Trap

A Good Catcher

Single and Three Board Stretcher

Some Stretching Patterns

Dakota Trappers Method

Holder for Skinning

Wire Coon Method

Wire and Twig Coon Method

Size of Stretching Boards

Pole Stretchers

Fleshing Board

Stretching Frame

Skin on Stretcher

Hoop Stretcher

Small Steel Traps

No. 81 or Web Jaw Trap

No. 91 or Double Jaw Trap

Mink and Fox Traps

Otter and Beaver Traps

Otter Traps with Teeth

Otter Trap without Teeth

Offset Jaw Beaver Trap

Clutch Detachable Trap

Newhouse Wolf Trap

Small Bear Trap

Small Bear Trap with Offset Jaw

Black Bear Trap

Regular Bear Trap with Offset Jaws

Grizzly Bear Trap

Bear Chain Clevis

Steel Trap Setting Clamp

INTRODUCTION.

Scattered from the Arctic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico and from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean are thousands of trappers who use deadfalls, snares and other home-made traps, but within this vast territory there are many thousand who know little or nothing of them.

The best and most successful trappers are those of extended experience. Building deadfalls and constructing snares, as told on the following pages, will be of value to trappers located where material — saplings, poles, boards, rocks, etc. — is to be had for constructing. The many traps described cannot all be used to advantage in any section, but some of them can.

More than sixty illustrations are used to enable the beginner to better understand the constructing and workings of home-made traps. The illustrations are mainly furnished by the "old timers."

Chapters on Skinning and Stretching, Handling and Grading are added for the correct handling of skins and furs adds largely to their commercial value.

A. R. Harding.