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MY FAVORITE MINK SET
There is probably no animal that is more generally sought by trappers than the mink, for the reason that they are found in practically all parts of the country and their fur brings a good price. They are more widely distributed than any other animal, not even excepting the muskrat. They are found in nearly all localities, both North, South, East and West. In the mountain districts and on the plains their habits naturally vary more It less according to the nature of the country in which they live and what is true of the animal in one section of the country might not apply at all in another. So the set I am going to describe will be for the South.
I find where mink have been traveling on small creeks or branches, or where the banks, or old flumps, or rock, or old logs, crowd the mink into the water. Here is where I make my set. I will describe the double set, as I call it. I use two traps out in the creek and bank. I leave an opening where the traps are set about six or eight inches and place a stepping stick between the traps and let it stand one inch above water. I never fail to get Mr. Mink when he travels over this set. Sometimes he gets a foot in each trap. For the single set I use only one trap, but I use two stepping sticks, one at each end of the trap, three inches from the pan of trap. When Mr. Mink happens along he will step over the stick and set his foot on the trap pan and you know the rest.
J. W. Goddard.
Dekalb County, Georgia.
Fur, News. Fur News, January 1916.
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