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Having noticed that where a tree or log has fallen or been placed across a brook or creek, any animal travelling in that vicinity will, more or less, cross upon it, led me to invent the following device:
The only tools necessary are a good sharp axe and a spade. With your tools and traps, go to the mouth of some stream or creek that empties into a lake or river. Take your axe and cut a log say eight or ten inches in diameter and long enough to reach across the creek, allowing about six inches to extend on either shore. Before putting the log in place, take your axe and at the center of the log cut a notch just the size of a trap and 1½ inches deep. Cut two more notches, one on each side of the trap notch, in the shape of a V, six inches wide and seven inches deep.
When the notches are cut, lay the log across the creek near the mouth. Take the spade and dig out each bang so the log will be 1½ inches over the water. Set the trap in the center notch and stake the trap chain to the bed of the creek. It is best to set the trap in good shape, taking plenty of time and concealing each trap carefully. This set works great for trapping Minks, Coons and any animal that frequents water.
Submitted by Orrin Wicks
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