The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-03-08
Trnnplng a Grizzly.

Trapping grizzly has ils perlls and
eXoitonents also The trap employed
is Of The double sprlng pattern, With
steel Jaws, and weighs complete thirty.
eight pounds, Tho springs are very
powerful and hnyo 10 be bei with
levers, II Is quite nm art 10 set and
place q trap ounnnglY and trappeH
vary In their methods and are chary Of
explaining them, will then pass this
branch Of the sublogt Lot us suppose,
therefore, That tho hunter has made his
camp In noighbOrhood redolent Of
grilllic7 and that he has his trap sot IL
q llkely place for boar, At tho end
Of tho tr.p chain is u ring about five
Inches IN diameter, and tlis Is driven
about half foot over the end Of 0
heavy stick or log live inches through
and siS or eight feet long. The object
Of this "olog,N aj It Is called, Ia
10 mako trail which can bG
readily followed and 10 hamper the
bear sufficiently to prevent hls going
tO n great distance away before tho
hunter can arrive, Groat care must bG
taken chat the chain bo fastened 10 tho
extreme end OF the clog, IN such u way
that 10 cannot get across two trees, aud
so giyo The brute q chance 20 uso hls
enormous strength 10 tOar himself loose.
Nothor must tho clog bo too large and
heavy, or the same result win follow
10 may bo accepted 0s % maxim that q
grizzly caught IN such trap will event
unlly gHt loose, and ordinarily in fow
hours He rs generally caught by tho
extremity of the fOropnw, Just above
the cuWai the hold on him ls not very
great hi9 GNorIOug 10 get away are
tremendous and the roWltin no cutting
and lnroraling the foot that sooner on
Iator Ice viii tear out OF the tap alto
gothor Two grIt2los that I caught
got away; one who was probably tpkon
10y tho claw alone leaving somo hairs
only lololl the tale Che other leaving
small piece OF hig foot hchnd az
souvenir. Many had Nll but torn them
solves loose; iu one Clsu tho foot was
almost out through mud only u small
poee of skin rhc thickness Of " mans
little lugcr remained 10 hold tho terri,
bly, ulwlutod monster to tho much de-
tested clog
The traps nre sot far bnok In dense
and gloomy forests near tho tangled
swamp whore grizzlies love 20 mako
their lair Tho ground Is covered with
fallen lImhnr. aud travel must be nlOot
and Is slow and dillcult. The bear on
being caught starts on on % lremon,
dous ru'b loE lho swamp which rs close
by Here he catches ON a rotten log
for second and plow5 a path through
Wide enough Tor cart thoro no hangs
on two fallen trees Fifty feet long, but
he hangs for nu iugtnnt only moves the
rroat trees tp ono side and ruyhog on.
Next ho strikes against o tree, aud iu
h08 mgo turns md cuw the whole sd0
out OF it l0lyrF tho fresh white pine
rcd with blood stains from his gums.
Now hcroNghul iJe swamp md plungo'
doop Into itA rrcngos, venting hig rugl
on tho bn'Hams aud poplars, absolutely
chewing down snplIugs aud even gnaw
Inc thcm into longths Iibo stove wood,
All thla time ho is slowly but surely
tearing bis foot loose from the the trap,'
and sWolybut not slowly is he working
himself mp into tho most tremendous
dcgfoo of rage and flociy
Whom YOU have thus trapped thou,
3aud.pound grizzly you huyo not
caught boar, you hay6 simply caught
tho dcviI incaruato lnlood, Tho quos,
ton sometimes IS, not whether YOU have
c0ugh, tho bear but whelhor you have
notsmply given him u Iirst-olass oppor
tunity 10 catch YOU Now lot us 500
how thIs i7, The grizzly thus caught,
aud thus workol mp into tho most
formidable lorocIty, has to bo followed
upOioot first Though % donso forest.
md then carefully into tho heart OF u
tangled swump, whore one cannot soc
ten stops ahead, and whore, u tho
monster should suddenly rise directly
In front and ohltgo trap clog and all,
retreat would bo absolutely Impossible,
Add 10 thIa chat nc tho tIm0 Of tho
hunters arrival tho boor may have ius,
succeeded In tooring his foot loose, or
may hoyo Just managed 70 break bh
chain, on may have just finished eating
up the clog bodily, all Of which things
have happened In my experience flo
would then bo In % beautiful state OF
iron2y and would bopcrtocly delighted
10 Wipe out % huntor on Two II only To-