134 pages, about 8" X 5.5", glossy soft-cover in full color. New re-print restored and digitally enhanced from a nice original. Printed on high quality 24# 97 bright acid free paper. Fully Illustrated.

"Plain Directions for Constructing the most approved Traps, Snares, Nets and Dead falls: Methods of Applying them to their various purposes; and the most successful Baits for attracting all kinds of Animals and Birds with their special use in each case; also with practical receipts for preparing skins and furs for market and for tanning them for future use; with concise but comprehensive instructions for preserving and stuffing specimens of Birds and Animals in the most natural and durable manner."

Contents - Index:

• Pages: 134

• Traps: Deadfall, Figure Four, Harrow , Box, Pit, Coop, Rabbit, Brick
• Traps: Garrote, Double Box Coop
• Snares: Ground, Net Trap, Bat fowling
• Steel Traps: Cautionary notes, Hints, Devices Guardian of the Hen House
• Baits and their uses: Attracting prey, Fish Oils, Castereum and others
• Trapping for Muskrat, Beaver, Otter, Mink, Marten, Fisher, Badger, Skunk
• Trapping for Woodchuck, Squirrel, Gopher, Raccoon, Opossum, Fox Wolf
• Trapping for Bear
• How to cure skins
• How to tan skins, Muskrat, Rabbit and all kinds
• Amateur Taxidermy, Birds, Stuffing, Animals, Arsenical Soap, Camphor