Deadfalls and Snares
Primitive Trap Construction, Wilderness Techniques, and Frontier Skills for Deadfalls, Snares, and Small GameBy A. R. Harding
Length3h 51m
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A. R. Harding's *Deadfalls and Snares* is a practical yet remarkably revealing manual of North American trapping, devoted to the construction, placement, and effective use of primitive and specialized traps. Its discussions of bait, scent, spoor, habitat, seasonal conditions, and the habits of animals such as foxes, wolves, raccoons, and smaller fur-bearing species combine technical instruction with close empirical observation. Written in a direct, methodical style, the book belongs to the tradition of early twentieth-century sporting and natural-history literature, when vernacular environmental knowledge was being organized for hunters, trappers, and rural readers. Its diagrams and procedural explanations give the work the character of a field handbook while preserving an older craft culture increasingly shaped by commercial fur markets and modern outdoor publishing. Harding was a prominent American authority on hunting, trapping, and outdoor commerce, best known as the editor of *Hunter-Trader-Trapper* and as the author of numerous manuals for sportsmen. His experience gathering reports from working trappers and translating practical knowledge into accessible instruction clearly informs this volume. He writes not as a detached theoretician but as an editor and practitioner concerned with reliable results, economical materials, and the transmission of techniques learned through repeated observation. This book will appeal to readers interested in traditional crafts, the history of wildlife management, sporting culture, and vernacular American knowledge. It is valuable both as a historical document and as a precise record of early trapping practice, inviting modern readers to study the skills, assumptions, and ecological attitudes of its period with critical attention.
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Length3 hrs 51 mins
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Publish dateNov 27, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Taxidermy and Zoological Collecting (Annotated)
2INTRODUCTION.
3CHAPTER II. BEAR AND COON DEADFALL.
4CHAPTER III. OTTER DEADFALLS.
5CHAPTER IV. MARTEN DEADFALL.
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6CHAPTER V. STONE DEADFALLS.
7CHAPTER VI. THE BEAR PEN.
8CHAPTER VII. PORTABLE TRAPS.
9CHAPTER VIII. SOME TRIGGERS.
10CHAPTER IX. TRIP TRIGGERS.
11CHAPTER X. HOW TO SET.
12CHAPTER XI. WHEN TO BUILD.
13CHAPTER XII. WHERE TO BUILD.
14CHAPTER XIII. THE PROPER BAIT.
15CHAPTER XIV. TRAPS KNOCKED OFF.
16CHAPTER XV. SPRING POLE SNARE.
17CHAPTER XVI. TRAIL SET SNARE.
18CHAPTER XVII. BAIT SET SNARE.
19CHAPTER XVIII THE BOX TRAP.
20CHAPTER XIX. THE COOP TRAP.
21CHAPTER XX. THE PIT TRAP.
22CHAPTER XXI. NUMBER OF TRAPS.
23CHAPTER XXII. WHEN TO TRAP.
24CHAPTER XXIII. SEASON'S CATCH.
25CHAPTER XXIV. GENERAL INFORMATION.
26CHAPTER XXV. SKINNING AND STRETCHING.
27CHAPTER XXVI. HANDLING AND GRADING.
28CHAPTER XXVII. FROM ANIMAL TO MARKET.
29CHAPTER XXVIII. STEEL TRAPS.
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