Steel Traps

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Steel TrapsISBN13:9781522950103ISBN10:1522950109Author:Harding, A. R. (Author)Description:(This is a RePrint) - To Those That Have Followed The Setting Of Steel Traps There Is A Fascination Or Fever Which Comes Over Them Every Fall About The Time Of The First Frosts The Only Remedy Seems To Be A Few Weeks On The Trap Line While Some Look Upon Trapping As An Unprofitable Business, Yet The Number Is Becoming Rapidly Less, For More And More People Are Yearly Deriving Pleasure, Profit And Health From Out-Door Life Such As Trapping, Hunting, Etc There Are Thousands Of Trappers Scattered Over America Who Are Reaping A Harvest Of Fur Each Year From Their Steel Traps Valued At Hundreds Of Dollars In Addition To The Healthful Sport They Enjoy In Some Parts Of Canada And The Northwest A Trapper In A Year Catches Fur The Value Of Which Together With The Bounty Brings Him $1,000 00 To $2,000 00 It Is Said On Pretty Good Authority That A Trapper In British Columbia A Few Years Ago Caught Upwards Of $6,000 Worth Of Fur, Principally Marten, In One Season There Are Many Thousands Of Trappers Scattered From The Gulf Of Mexico To The Arctic Ocean And From The Pacific To The Atlantic That Make Hundreds Of Dollars Each Year With Steel Traps There Is Also A Vast Number Who Trap Only A Few Weeks Each Season This Includes Boys And Farmers After The Busy Season The Actual Number Engaged In Trapping Is Not Known Neither Is The Actual Value Of The Raw Fur Catch, But It Is Thought To Exceed $10,000,000 Yearly Is It Any Wonder Then That So Many Want To Know More About Steel Traps And Trapping? Considerable Of The Information Herein In Regard To Traps, Scent, Decoy, Etc , Is Gathered From Old And Experienced Trappers From All Parts Of America As Well As From The Great Trap Manufacturers, Oneida Community Ltd , So That Readers Can Rely Upon The Information Imparted In This Book As Being Trustworthy Some Books, Purporting To Be Of Value To Hunters And Trappers, Are Written By Men Who Have Never Followed A Line Of Traps Or Been In Close Touch With Trappers The Author Of This Work Has Been Engaged For Many Years In Trapping And Collecting Furs And Has Come Into Close Contact With Many Of The Leading Trappers Of The Country Steel Traps Are Far Superior To Snares Or Deadfalls From The Fact That They Can Be Used For Both Land And Water Trapping While Snares And Deadfalls Are Adapted To Land Trapping Only Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date:2015-12-27Weight:0.54 lbsDimensions:0.38'' H x 9.02'' L x 5.98'' WNumber of Pages:176Language:English

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