Deadfalls and Snares

By: Harding, A. R.

Book Excerpt: ...d when trapping in parts of the country where lynx, coyote or wolverine are liable to eat marten in traps, use a snare and it will hang 'em high and out of reach. Snare to be fastened to trigger.Of course a little pen has to be built when setting this deadfall with bait. In setting in trail it beats any deadfall I have ever used for such animals as have a nature to follow a trail. A fine wire can also be tied to the trigger and stretched across trail instead of a brush and tied on the opposite side of trail. I like it, as the weight can be put high enough from the ground to kill an elk when it drops.CHAPTER II.BEAR AND COON DEADFALL.I will explain how to make the best bear deadfall, also the best one for coon that ever was made, writes an old and successful deadfall trapper. First get a pole six or eight feet long for bed piece, get another sixteen or eighteen feet long and lay it on top of bed piece. Now drive two stakes, one on ea...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08JB1M59R
• ISBN13: 9798678095978
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 98 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"