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How to Hunt and Fish : the most complete hunting and fishing guide ever published. It contains full instructions about guns, hunting, dogs, traps, trapping and fishing, together with descriptions of game and fish.
Author
Tousey, Frank.
Date Added
9 January 2014
Format
Journal
Language
English
Publish Date
1898
Publisher
New York : Frank Tousey
Series
Ten cent handbooks > no. 21
Source
Dime Novel and Popular Literature
Alternate Title
Ten cent handbooks -- no. 21
Topic
Fishing > Handbooks, manuals, etc. Hunting > Handbooks, manuals, etc. Firearms > Handbooks, manuals, etc. Trapping > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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help the animal into the trap. st1lll)0I‘1‘1ilf-Ip it "1 Ulflt position
and securing the trap and gaiiie by withing or tying tiie to],
In unoum. ma,’ rpm. ring shouhl he slipped on the hutt and
f:i.<tem-d ii)‘ a wedge. Before l0:lt:lll;J,‘, perfutne the trap with
a few drops of the iish oil as mentioned ‘on a preceding pagep
The lllllsli of the otter is Very good. ‘This is 1111011 taken from
two siii-all f.’,‘l:l.litl.5 called oil stones, situated next the skin on
the hell)‘ of both sexes.
The otters sense of smell is very acute. Care must he
takcii to reniove any trace of the ti‘apper. While the trap is
llllS]il'llilL;‘. keep as far as possible front it. p The otter may he
doiiicsticatetl. lll0U;Ill, from its ferocious disposition, this is a
task of much ditiiculty. In order to do it effectually. so that
the animal may catch fish, or assist in iisliinz, Llltjy should he
pi'ociired as young as possible, atid he tirst fed with small tish
and water. Then bread and milk is to be alternated with the
fish. and the proportion of the former tzratltially iiict'eased mi
tlioy are led to live entirely on bread and milk. ’I‘liey are
then taiiglit to fetch and carry, as dogs are trained, and when
tliey are hrouglit to do this well, a leathern tish stuffed with
wool is employed as the object to he fetched; they are after.
wards exercised with a dead fish, and chastised ‘if they attenipt
to tear or inangle it. Finally, they are sent into the water
after living fish. Otters gciierally lirin:.: forth their young
under hollow liaiiks. or a lied of rushes, flags, or such weeds
as the place affords in greatest quantities.
Tlzc‘Fa'.x-liei-. These are very powerful for their size, am]
will frequeiitly tear down the Dead Fall and get the lliill
without lieiiigr, cauglit. The steel trap is best, with the Same
methorls used in taking the niink. The trap should always
be fasteiied to the spring pole; unless the animal is lifted front
the ,-ground, he is nearly sure to gnaw oil’ his leg or the pole.
An old hunter gives the following instructions: “For cup-
tnring the tisher, we always draw a trail composed of oil of
itnise. assafoetida. and the musk of the muskrat, mixed with
fish oil, and placed in a deer-skin bag,Iabout the size of a mit-
ten, ]iie1'ce(l full of holes with a. small awl. If drawn along
the line of traps, the scent is sure to attract the fisher’s atten-
tion, and when an animal once tinds it, he Will follow the trail
till he comes to the trap. Mink are sometimes caught ‘along
trails of this kind, and it is a good plan to set a trap for
wolves on the line, as they are likely to be ‘attracted to and
follow it. In setting the trap. we either place it in a hollow
log. or build a strong house and place the trap at the
entrance. In the latter case the hait should he placed ahmit
two feet back from the door. The trap should be covered