The sun., 1916-11-01
Rod and Gun Neus

stratins II whom. after ten minutes Of ae-
tive play, his Hsh is brought to the boat.
lying side up, and sa.p,nsi AND ne n nSw
the h-h. which is done. 49,.
In fact, so exhausted ie the hsh that
The sun has now set. and an occasional
light in the distant city 10 seen. the mead
ows are silhouetted against the afterelow
In. great eity's tail buiidinss.. calling 20
the returning anglers mind the thoushs
that there are few cities which can snStn
Il. own limits and In sitn nts OF RRoTH.
New York. Oct. 20.
wild Turkey Open Time.
In PENNSYLVANIA. Arisen: ana w'ss VII,
The other opening ds,.s foley: -.
Columbia. virsinis. North Caroline. New
November io-Maryisnd.
November lb-south Carolina. hissis-
sippi. Tennessee. Louisiana,. Oklahoma
November soIG.ora,a' T.os'aa'
Time to Think About Trapping.
It's getting about time to think about
trapping. so thought I would drop you
in trapping mink iih. h Bi.k..La%e
mink 1snn S sf.p L. but Thf i Ms: IN: s'i No. /" ei jump FOR for
the reason that II is stronger and has a
better grip than the smaller trap. No. O..
T,appsts are apt 70 sss ,.sh ,s sam MINK.
and the No. o isn't strong enough to hold
them. but the No. / will hold a foH. and I
always use II for trapping foxes on dry
set you should have a larger trap so TO
have plenty or room to place the sod, moss
to- To- s smp on 0 %h. On he comes 70 your trap.
No. 2. jump trap. Blake-Lamb. 10 about
the right size. I think, for the water set
your stepping s,on. or whatever you US.
on the pan OF your trap and gets a good
grip on the fox's foot.
or q bobcst. and such animals are oren
prowiing around your fox traps.
md that, most Of the trapper use too
in ten uses a bait that foxes will eat. Not
only this, but many use double the amount
Of scent II needs to attract the fox to their
traps and old foxes get shy OF these things
and won't come close enough to the traps
TO get caught. and then We hear trappers
telling about the foxes getting shy ana all
The trouble 10 with the trappcr. He tries
% do so much. around his traps that ne
much seem, and too much bait and Of too
much monkey work done BY some trap
pers round their traps. They are shy any
way, but very easy TO trap II you 60 to
work nj II In the right way.
Some trappers speak Of not handling
traps or bait with bare hands This II all
right. but sometimes have set fox traps
right In the dirt. using the dry land set
with my bare hands and used my hands 10
handle the bait and to cover up my tracks
and got my fox Just as quickly as ! Old
any other way.
The reason was because I used q scent
and q bait that attracted the foxes and
was so strong that Il fooled the nose of
the fox and he could not detect the scent
Of my hands on the bait or traps.
when YOU fool Mr.. FoS's nose you GET
At,, 49, tl,nn Thntfs cha uhnle aRFraf
OF fox trapping. II you can beat his nose
YOU can beat him. but II you can't beat his
nose he will beat you every time.
Keep things natural around your traps
Us. proper bats and scents. the RICH,
amount OF both. and fox trapping Is easy.
Foxes and skunks Will he high this year
50 get busy. boys and here's luck to you
all JESSE BESTIY told Trapper).
Arlington, VT, Oct. 20.