The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-06-01
PlIe WILD ANIMALS
81. 40 GENTLY THAT NO
scnEs ARE BROKEN.

a GENTLY THAT NO
soNEs ARE BROKEN.
..,.krats to suicide-Trieks
IN Foxes-A $25 Scent
! 10y Of the cIaf'in Brothers,
= 1r.ppers j" Central Mass
c,sain brothers, living in cen
|, ssss, .. are not only the
a the gentlest trappers any
.round. Nobody else. according
Il. poston Herald, uses steel traps
ID i, md so gently tensioned that
.;ely hold the animal and don't
80 zones. Nobody else springs
~ Of a trap simply because
nav be- no chance OF visiting
=. next day to get the cap
~. .simsls. or releases a stray.
SiDfing dog. .
u .Innk Is found in a trap. a
I k,.-s from q six foot stick finish
q. - mink goes the same road.
y, NAV be killed If his fur Is
n the season is early. Rey-
" /. brought back to a cage for
r.de and provided in the yard back
+. claaip house. and there he
vail fed and cared for care
~ I'M the cold fetches the gloss
= Aictness that tell the perfect
rhen the fox gets a club on the
~ a. slin Is stripped of. turned
NJ eat and cured. A short time
a 4. brothers had eight foxes in
A vire coop waiting for the prime
, Z. at and the killing season.
- uuslrat is usually found
- His first impulse when he
y - foot into a trap is to make
. ~ water. The chain OF the trap
Isaned to a knorty stick thai
n dcva toward the bottom OF the
~ vAere the brothers trap, and
q ~ for the muskrat to go down
=
~ inots prevent his return and
isVps long before the trappers
n The trap is always set near
. vuter and always arranged so that
! nrsirat may commit suicide. for
- In awkward habit, If he is in
Is ar from the water, Of making
la twist and getting away leav-
! ] hot behind him.
! hkes skill and persistence to
% - fox. He will circle all
y : brushwood pile in which a
~ hen IL making a rumpus.
kytvon't touch her, for he seems
me It out that there is q trap
- yort near. But If a hen goes
y q Is thrown away, Reynard is
= surs to get the body.
~ ClaAin brothers always make q
~ fox in an open field. They
I6hele into the earth a few inches
1t . gentle incline, put a trap
satrance to the hole and the
e TIE further and covered end.
lbx goes for the bait by way
md prepared for him, he must
he trap-it is one of the little
- a the business, however, to
II fox 30 that road.
~ md again foxes have been
Ii = walk up to the very edge
hap, sni6 around and walk
Returning to the attack, they
ring in the ground, approach
nom the rear and get 1t all
mt disturbing the trap in the
y tap may be showed out Of
aad incidentally sprung, with
Int dirt inside it. A piece
mt or q slice of hen is the
nnl, but It is the seasoning
rally does the trick.
Qaain brothers paid IN old
! rs for the secret Of the sea-
1nme Of the books on trap
~ that asafoetida scattered
. hap will draw wild animals.
u Cladin says that nothing
80 from q store will ever
- nose Of q wild animal, and
sss rely on their secret prep
eltogether. It is persistent
yleasant to the human most
- the trappers handle
& traps only with gloves. in
! have no human scent &c
~ the animals. 1t isn't that
wever. SO much as tracks
little signs that keep the
' from the trap, once the
9; has drawn them. :.
M the brothers do no trap
~ ground is covered with
= the streams are frozen up.
will avoid the footprints
"a In the snow, though they
al . hundred of them in the
y . get at a tat pullet.
oning Neal Claflin came
~ A.