MINK TRAPPING
A BOOK OF INSTRUCTION GIVING MANY
METHODS OF TRAPPING--A VALUABLE
BOOK FOR TRAPPERS.
EDITED BY
A. R. HARDING.
PUBLISHED BY
A. R. HARDING PUBLISHING CO.
COLUMBUS, OHIO.
COPYRIGHT 1906
BY A. R. HARDING.
CONTENTS.
[I. General Information]
[II. Mink and Their Habits]
[III. Size and Care of Skins]
[IV. Good and Lasting Baits]
[V. Bait and Scent]
[VI. Places to Set]
[VII. Indian Methods]
[VIII. Mink Trapping on the Prairie]
[IX. Southern Methods]
[X. Northern Methods]
[XI. Unusual Ways]
[XII. Illinois Trapper's Method]
[XIII. Experienced Trapper's Ways]
[XIV. Many Good Methods]
[XV. Salt Set]
[XVI. Log and Other Sets]
[XVII. Points for the Young Trapper]
[XVIII. Proper Size Traps]
[XIX. Deadfalls]
[XX. Steel Traps]
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
[A Large Mink]
[A Mink Trapper]
[Looking for Food]
[Good Signs]
[Nicely Handled Wisconsin Skins]
[Some Prime N. E. Skins]
[Large Iowa Mink]
[Caught in Midwinter]
[Northwestern Skins]
[Trapper's "Shack"]
[A Good Mink Stream]
[Where Signs are Plenty]
[Indian Trapper]
[Camping Out]
[Moses Bone]
[A Young Trapper]
[Large Southern Mink]
[Caught in Minnesota]
[A Few Good Ones]
[Broke the Fastening]
[Trapping Down Stream]
[Eastern Trapper and Traps]
[Barricade Set]
[Northwest Trapper and Mink]
[Northern Mink Trapper's Shanty]
[A Few Days' Catch]
[Three Log Set]
[Some New York State Skins]
[Pole Deadfall]
[Stone Deadfalls]
[Board or Log Trap]
[A Good Fastening]
[Mink and Other Steel Traps]