shipping by express.
This, if going on a long journey, to your trapping grounds, is not
safe by freight, as the trapping season may be over before your traps
reach you. Still another advantage is the amount of room saved in
packing, for you can pack two of the "jump" traps in the same space
required to pack one long spring trap. The writer has had a good deal
of experience in this matter and knows the difference in handling the
two makes of traps.

Now I do not like to use the double spring "jump" trap where I am
trapping, for I might possibly catch a dog or other domestic animal
and it is a hard trap to get a live animal out of.

Many, perhaps most trappers use the No. 1 trap for trapping mink,
muskrat, marten, etc. The No. 1 Newhouse or Victor is sufficiently
strong for these animals but as I have stated, I do not think this
the best plan if the trapper is operating on grounds where there are
larger animals to be taken, as most frequently the one set can be
made to catch several kinds of animals. I have found also that one is
more liable to catch the animal by the end of the toes in a No. 1
trap than in the No. 1 1/2, but where one is trapping for the
purposes of saving the fox, skunk or other animal alive, then the No.
1 trap should be used, as the animal is not so liable to break a leg
or to hurt the foot so badly.

For otter I prefer the single spring Newhouse trap, owing to the fact
that it is more easily concealed than the double spring trap. I see
that a number of writers think that the No. 5 bear trap should have a
larger spread of jaw so as to catch higher on the bear's foot. Now I
do not intend to dictate to others as to what kind of a trap they
should use, not in the least, for I have my own ideas as to traps and
guns as well as the manner of using them. Now as for myself, I think
the Newhouse No. 5 bear trap could not be improved, as to spread of
jaws. The grasp is just right to catch the bear through the thick of
the foot where there is no danger of the bear twisting the foot off.
In case where the trap has a spread of jaws sufficient to grasp above
the foot and for more space for the bear to place his foot well
between the jaws, will say there is plenty of room in the Newhouse
No. 5 trap, if the trap is properly set. I also see that some
trappers want the swivel in the trap chain 8 or ten inches from the
bed piece, or the point of fastening. Now I am somewhat puzzled as to
an explanation in this matte