Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making

· 1896

Introduction.--THE DEAD FALL.--Honey as Bait for Bears.--THE GUN TRAP.--Peculiar Habits of the Puma.--"Baiting" for the Puma.--Caution required in Setting the Gun Trap.--Several Guns used.--Different Modes of Setting.--Various animals to which the Gun Trap is adapted.--THE BOW TRAP.--Vane and Barb for Arrows.--Best Wood for Bow.--A Second Example of Bow Trap.--Arrows Barbed and Poisoned.--THE DOWN FALL; or Hippopotamus Trap.--The terrible Harpoon used by the African Trapper.--Different Modes of Setting the Down Fall.--Modification of the Down Fall for small animals.--THE BEAR TRAP.--Various Methods of Setting.--Honey as Bait for Bear.--Bait for Puma.--THE PITFALL.--Use of the Trap in Asia as…

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