Art Of Trapping

Tips and Tricks of Trapping

A classic of wood lore, this guide provides well-illustrated directions for constructing traps for large, small, and feathered game. Additional information covers animal habitats, camping, building simple shelters and canoes, and recipes.

The Art of Trapping

The Art of Trapping

Excerpt from The Art of Trapping: A Complete Description of the North American Fur Bearers, Their Habits, Range; How to Make a Success of Trapping and Other Information of Great Value to the Trapper and Fur Collector In preparing this little volume, the aim has been to produce a work that will appeal to the beginner as well as the experienced trapper and collector of Fur-bearers, and to bring to the attention of every man and boy the wonderful opportunities for pleasure and profit in trapping, including such information relative to our North American Fur-bearers, as would be desired by either the amateur or the experienced trapper and Fur collector. It tells the range of the different Fur-bearers, their habits, haunts, modes of living, food, how to trap them, how to skin and handle the pelts, in fact, it is a book that will guide and help the experienced trapper and teach the beginner the art of successfully trapping the North American Fur-bearers. Conditions vary considerably in different sections and the trapper must use his own best judgment, but whether the reader is a beginner or an experienced trapper, if he will read this book carefully, he will get information that will be of great help to him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.