The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-09-21

turv he has sTa+ :. .at; l.t4Se s a. cen
tranping and hnnt;np III 4. ,4 eaoI year y
caliet and sfof saventtbraa sn,';r.55s IAi rs ae
e& hleiass pe M; - slA
trilosa When fa,,rt, 80. aa, 'lS W Oh pa
catIota a be,TSnJ, bsS t;I,o11 ~ 1.,, Ae M Ie
neishbsrhood where heIiysd n s;ns o,,d !, te e
aSti1,atas tIe ,,,f - anu ne
CAUGHT in trans or ofher,visa Jastra,ro ~ ei 90
lows 100 moose m deer. IN css;h,s e i1l 1no
1s has sC t,-oloos ~ cs 2-no ~ @ Sai lOO
Wild cafs I00 ISv Isa .o3 s,o =
fishers: mink and nartn hv to 4ge
nuskrats by The ten thonsoY;yds ssio'1'''HuS
~ ~ On meeting M. Hnfrbins . fau a,,o, ;ro.o
since. in company with his soy,T ;,a.no .sS
.as@ him in true Yankee style as folows.
AL 80 g TN what what fart ~ tba oo, 1o,,o
You trapned and hunted 2S $50 iA"'e
Br11ns,VicE and New YorI b,1t so.,,o Vew
mont and Michiqan. = 's'"1s ss14e ~ II efTT
sts5 At what seasons Of the year do vol, cen-
- b sraIlv trsn95 70 sSS 'o' een-
---,-aaI GENERALLY commence ahout -tba Ct of
* = = November, and tran tin the 1st Of nr;I
a There is no Certainly Of securing nrime t,r he
fore the 1st OF November, and but few kinds
3 5a are good after the 1st of AuriI The threa
kinds, beaver, otter and muskrat are. however
q good till the 1stof Nay, and the fur of Tie Of,
u ter is good even as late in the season as Tne,
"'Do you generally 90 alone. or with COM
panionsY Il F7w q. TcrrFEcsN -
!" 4 have trapped alone about one-four4b of
q the time. 1t IS generally more nleasant hnt
-. less profitable, to have cofnpanions. When
game is plenty it answers wei to have part
-11ers, but would recommend never tn have
more than two, and think it nearly ALWAYS hat
~ ter to have only one companion, - =
= = - " How many animals have Won generally
taken on a winters tIip?
esre That depends, of course. entirely 11ron NV
fortune in securing good tranning-aronnd -
. My son Samuel and trapped one season in
Canada, and caught one hundred and fftv
beaver and the fu,s of other animals which
we caught at the same time would brino as
q 4 much money as that of the beaver. The hest
- specimeu of luck | ever had .xvas in S9++;na
twenty-seven traps and finding a mink, fisher
or maften IN Twenty-Five of them That was
on my second trip to Canada
HOW much money did you generally
maker q
!" That is another difficult question. | have
made from i've dollars to seTenty-fvs dol lars a
ia month ~ z
We'll, then, how much did Won make in
your bat trip?'
1.-THE best tTiD ever made vas fortv, vearz
ago. l went out on Dead River ii the STATE Of
= Maine. | was abseht rom home i,1sf' one
& month-started December Sd aud returned
January Sd; sold nv fur for ninerv-seven dol
lars; and fur was then yecy cheap. The same
fur would now bring several hundred dollars.
Two of US have often made one hundred dol
-oi. lars month or fifty dollars apiece
5il "'What do you take for an outiit?' fas
"A dOuble-barrel gun, a hatchet, II used to
carry an axe but now prefer the hauchet J. a
90 butcner-kniie, a pocket knife, camp kettle
holding about six quarts, a frying-pan, a pint
As dipper or cup and spoon. 90 lightly clad.
never taking an overcoat and single wooden
,ae blanket. For winters campaign take for
ty pounds flour, ten pounds pork, six quarts
10 beans llve pounds sugar and one pound Of tea.
The two last items might be dispensed with. I
have lived q week at time in the woods eat
50O, ing nothing but mooseemeat, and Reuben How
ard, trapper from Connecticut. says he has
alone. ~ ,Qae4g2 30
,gs tiff you were starting now wouldn't YOU
take some little eonvenie1cas for cooEing ana
.sres camping beside those you have mentioned p
@No tie longer one lives the lie ofa h,,ntor
and trapper the better he learns to GET slona
VITA few conveniences, and the more desirous
he becomes of avoiding lugoage, =
- p How MANY trans d. yol, f.zo aIo,,,,,
"sVynen i first went tFay,,in@ tbo,,1sst -;
mo- or eicbt trans enouoEl Illf sta41 t s.A pa
much better. and more easily tended tba~ ~
- wooden traps and dead-fag. tbatI now 't.e taa
one hundred musk-rat or mink traps-some-
-, times even one hundred and fiftvEhesiSas q
few otter treps. and if / am goinp into a baou
u. or country a dozen beaver trSps.'
sBut Won cant take ali these into +la
woods at oncep
le3 ~" No; l first select nv trapping ground.
and then make a line, as tranDers say: that
" Is, carry into the woods three or four back
rs loadsof traps, and deposit them in safe places
along the line on whicn intend to traD. which
sometimes extends from twenty to forty miles,
nom one stream to another
That depends, of course upon oircum-
=. Stances Inere game Is plenty, fifty traps will
sces Won iJfsscJ o,5 r., "a 9
or eyengtgo 6dYntiTed s,sno y % ''-'' -'''
50 sHovy g ala nSluaeu So1'ine',,,s siaps
ssTnera i Z co., Sa,ip aosI a. Ilgne W
eanning on1 : s0ou ueai 70 De learned about
,r- 's'5s'sSThien / 60 into fbe r,,,,.4
ienoth oftiS ll.So .lS Woogs 70 trap tor any
Of ogs or bark sli91Jsy ~ palld home-shanty