East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-09-21

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preferable but the larger the opening
next is To- select good stations, and
the better.
If one has confidence enough IN
poison to put it out, he should have
confidence enough in it to know that
it will kill. For instance, if you are
sure that Il predatory animal has tax
On yOurhait you should not give up
search if You do not find the subject
ut once but should continue to hunt
| He may go distance of one mile or
more if his stomach contains large
amount Of FOOD because food has II
| great resistance to any and all poison.
| Poison bats should be made up while
in camp at night or other spare time.
They should be made of solid pieces
of tallow, two inches long, one incl
wide, and IA inch thick. These Sits
should be made lengthwise and -
grains of processed stryChnine insert
eG in the center, The hole made in
the slit for inserting the poison, after
the poison is placed, should be filed
with some grease which will easily
I melt when combined with the gas
! trio juice Of the stomach. After TINS
process the b9its reready for distri-
! button. one should go to his bait
station horseback and distribute bats
about the station in accordance with
the coyote signs, both as to quantity
and place. If twenty coyotes are
visiting your station the baits should
be more thickly and widely placed so
that they may all have an equal
chance and that the first coyote over
the line will not get them all.
One should never put out bats be-
fore carrion birds, such as magpes |
and eagles, have gone to roost in the |
evening as they often eat and carry |
off the bats thus making it trouble |
some for the hunter, Besides the birds |
IRE apt to drop the bait where some
domestic animal, such as dogs, hogs,
or chickens will pick them up. Bats |
should be placed on rocks or under |
natural debris around the station 4
where the night snow fall will not |
cover them from the cOyte's sight or
smell. BY returning to your station
early in the morning after following II
the foregoing instructions, one may
readily determine whether the Dalls II
were taken by predatory wild animals
one may eliminate the interference of II
birds in his bait station by
mixing ten grains Of strychnine with
one pint of luke warm mutton tallow,
When this mixture becomes cold it
should then be distributed freely
about the bait station.
Another method employed in the
poisoning Of predatory animals is to
make a drag Of fresh meat in "A circle
Of about one and one half miles
around your bait station, distributing
poison baits in the trail of the meat
at "a distance of one hundred yards
apart. The coyote when coming into
the bait station will follow the circle
rorS Il short distance and after taking
he bait will die on his way to the
station or shortly after he reaches 1t.
Eaits used for this purpose would b"
IipDcd i'm fresh blood and all baits
should bc prepared and handled only
with rubber gloves. This. eliminates |
human scent and protects sores and
Wounds that are frequently on your
hands. Tho best success / have ever
had at the carcass Of a dead horse or
cow was after the coyote had had
free access to the cartons, until they II
had eaten the flesh entirely and moth II
ing was left but the bone and sincw.
After this period they have been feed H
iug .Iultunly gor the past few days and 4
heir stomach has become very much |
When their food has been |
suddenly shut off they ~ once become
hungry especially in severe |
~old weather. consequently they read I
.Iv partaEc Of poison bIits. II twenty (
coyotes are feeding around station. |
forty ur fifty baits should be scattered |