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

and the one used' by the squaws was
that my trap did not crush the life out
of the animal.
In a previous chapter ! have ex-
planned one way of catching a par
fridge. Partridges may also be trap
ped in a snare. just as a rabbit is
caught The snare can be made out of
many different materials that grow in
the woods. Even grass and roots will
make strong snares and the lining bark
of the cedar
In making snare make loop with
a slip moose in it. Bend a little bush
over the trail and fasten this bush in
a notch made on another bush. At
tach the loop to the bent bush and
hang it just little above the trail.
When a partridge or rabbit touches
this snare in attempting to pass
through he brings a strain on the bent
bush. which is released with a swish,
catching the quarry by the neck and
him over the trail
1t is a cowardly thing to snare a
deer, but it can easily be done. A man
who gets a deer in this way or in a
bear trap is called ''pot hunter"
By making a snare out Of rawhide
and using a larger tree for a spring it
is just as easy to hang deer in the
trail as it is a rabbit.
The trapping Of mink Is different
story. The trapper goes alongside of
stream and digs hole in the bank.
Into this hole he forces some stale fish
or other bait. Then he places his steel
trap. which is attached by chain to
a hitcher, at the mouth Of this hole.
The trap and hitcher are well covered
up with dirt and leaves. The mink
in trying to get at the bait in the hole
steps on the hidden trap and Is caught
To catch these animals in the lake
country set your trap in about two
feet of water on a fat rock or nat
ural stepping place which the mink
would use in coming from the water.
The placing Of the bait close by entices
the animal, VITO, coming by way OF
your trap. falls a victim.
Beaver castor. the essence OF the
seven barks which the beaver eats, Is
very penetrating. and a little Of this
spread in the vicinity OF the traps will
attract the animals very quickly.
Catching the otter is somewhat more
difficult. If he is going upstream he
always goes through the biggest swell
Of water.
Offers breast themselves against the
flow Of water and push themselves
over the falls with their hind feet until
they reach another flow. and so on.
Their front feet. which they use very
little, are so small that a trap would
slip of one In second. They must
be caught by the powerful hind legs.
Place a trap below the flow In about
eight inches OF water and attach the
chain of the trap to a hitcher which
has been put out In deep water. For
this particular hitcher limb is chosen
with it's branches. which are trimmed
down to about an inch in length, point
ing downward. Thus the ring OF the
hitcher can go down over these small
projections. but 1t cannot be pulled up.
When the otter starts to push him.
self over the flow be pushes his foot
into the trap and Immediately dives,
pulling the ring down the stick. Then
the sunken hitcher holds him under
water. where he browns.
In case the otter is coming down
stream the trap is set just below the
flow.
Not being in sympathy with the
wholesale slaughter of animals through
our system Of hunting. today. will not