Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1914-10-15

Perhaps the questions may arises
Why do these big trails lead YOU to
water? And why do the trails get big.
ger? Because these trails ways lead
to something. and the constant fire.
quenting OF them by animals makes
them bigger They lead the animals
to something, or there wouldn't be any
big trail there.
Anything that is good for the animal
is good for the human being. In a
word. all a man has got to do in the
wilderness is to live in perfect bar
mony with his surroundings. He hasn't
got to resist anything.
1t isn't necessary to walk into a
stream and wade up against the cur
rent. Build a crude craft and float
downstream with the current You
will get a whole lot more out of it.
In building a fire always kindle it to
the lee of your lean-tO, so that the
smoke of the fire won't pour into your
camp and smother you.
| would pick the site Of camp In
the open, under the shelter of spruce
or cedar, or some other black growth
timber. This is perfect shelter, for all
the dew or frost that would fall during
the night would land on the limbs of
trees.
On the spills under the trees it is al
ways dry, no matter how damp or
frosty it may be outside. This black
growth timber protects the ground be-
meath 1t from frost, fog, and dampness
which come from the atmosphere. The
black timber absorbs all this as nour-
ishment for itself. This explains why
under black growth timber there is
never any sign Of vegetation and spills
THAT have fallen the year before.
There is not a thing in the forest,
dead or alive, but what is of some use.
Even the dead leaves are invaluable,
They can be used to kindle fires and
$50 to mako 8 fine top covering for
"a 1OreSt BED.
The trapping season In the woods
starts early in the fall when fur is
getting good and prime. The trappers
have what they call trapping lines, a
territory extending for miles through
the country. This trapping line Sec
ton is "baited up"-that Is to say.
food liked by the animals is scattered
about through the district In order to
get the fox, mink. otter, sable, bear.
muskrat and beaver coming there.
Then the setting Of the traps begins,
The trapper does not work according
to the eight hour day schedule. Some
times he is up and away at 4 O'Clock
In the morning and continues working
until after dark at night
After the catch the skins are 6eshed
and stretched and dried in camp
Without tanning they are sent direct
to market
Any one who devotes his whole time
to trapping and understands his busi-
ness can make as much as $4,000 a
year A five dollar license at present
allows any resident of the state OF
Maine to catch all fur bearing animals
in any place in the state during the re-
spective open seasons
As to the various modes OF trapping,
| will start with the bear. The most
modern and up to date way to catch
a bear is to use a steel Newhouse trap.
The NewhOuse trap weighs about twen-
ty pounds and has two heavy steel
springs which control two heavy steel
toothed jaws. Attached to this Is
chain about four feet long with ring
on the end. This ring is to fit over
piece of timber ten feet long and four
inches in diameter which Is called
clog.
This clog Is used so that when the
steel Jaws close on the bears leg ne
will drag 1t along AS long as he can
make Roadway ne will keep going, but
If he finds himself fast ne will LEG
himself" OF, IN other words, gnaw OF
his own foot and make his escape Ii
bear starts the trap and finds that
he can make progress be will work all
kinds of ways to clear himself from
any tangle he gets into. But you will
always find him in Newhouse trap
In trapping a bear in this manner
bait is necessary Anything in the
way of fish or fresh or stale meat is
good, but best Of all is the carcass OF
another bear,
Another way to trap a bear Is
through the use Of deadfaIl The
deadfall Is built of logs. First place a
bed log so that it lies about one and
one-half feet above the ground Next
drive four long. heavy sticks INTO the
ground. two on each side OF the bed
log and about eight feet apart
In the slots between these sticks
another log. called the drop log. Is
placed upon the bed log. At one end
it is raised mp and supported by
prop. which ia known as Il figure 4.
Then this top log is loaded with four
or FIVE other logs. these logs fitting into
the slots made by the extending sticks.
Among trappers these logs are known
as the load.
Tho holt for this tran iS Oiapo0 on