The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-11-16


 genuity lots of times. You may trap d whole season for some wi.y old mlnh or other TUT bearer, without plncnlng ms toes, and then run on to some way, or figure out some origi- ual method that will capture hlm. That is one of the things that make trapping so interesting, biting your brain against the animafs natural sagaeity and keenness. About out uts. Go prepared for any emergency that might happen in the way Of sickness or accident. Take along a good standard medicine and first aid hit. Have only the best Of every thing in your outfit. Good warm clothes with changes, 1T it gets very cold where you are going, and, oI course, that is where the best fur is located. Get only the best traps, firearms, ammunition, and whatever food you are going to take with you. 1t pays in the end even if it does cost more at the start. No need to be ex- trayagant, or to load up with lot of unnecessary articles, but go with only the best of what you think you will really need.
 The correct way to handle furs: This is another very important part of the work connected with trapping and one that is neglected to great extent. I have seen so many poorly handled furs, some Of them coming from trappers that are considered successful, and perhaps they were in trapping the animals, but they were very poor in the art of skinning and curing the pelts, and having worked hard to obtain them, and losing a good bit of money besides that they could just as well have had, if U ey had not been so careless. When .Ae trappers begin to realize how muc T money they are actually losing |. not taking proper care of their furs, they will begin to look after that end of it closer. It is just as easy to skin an animal the correct way and to properly stretch the hide and flesh as it is to handle it in a careless man ner. Almost every month in the HIT some one tells the proper way to handle furs, so there is no excuse for not knowing how or learning how to do so correctly. Learn what ami mals are to be skinned cased and what ones to skin open. Use proper sized stretchers, either ones that you can make yourself or you can pur- chase ready-made steel stretchers from many different firms or fur houses. These steel stretchers are mighty handy, especially to take with you on trip into the wilder ness, as it is less work I think to pack few dozen of them with you than it is to have to make your own after you get located. from the rough timber you will have to use Some wilderness trappers use withes, slender, bending limbs, but the steel stretchers or the thin board ones that you can make are the best.
 As to baits and scents, I believe lAot IS up lu lut luulfluudl NlluStll Some trappers have success with diff ferent baits and some rarely use scents. although l think they all use bait more or less. Also some hold to the argument that traps must be purged of the human scent and oth- CTS say this is unnecessary, so I say that whatever your own experience teaches you that you have the best success with is the thing to go by. In different locations you have to use different methods. The animals
 D one place will take to baited sets, and in others you will haye-to use blind sets, or in the same location, one season they will take to baits and scents and maybe another sea son they will not touch them A great deal depends on other cOndi-