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]