Download or read book Traps and Trapping Furs and Fashion written by William T. Redding and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Science of Trapping written by Elmer Harry Kreps and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-08-27 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During past ages many of the wild creatures of the forest and stream were hunted and captured in various ways by the inhabitants of the wilderness, --the flesh of these animals being the principal food of many tribes of savages and the skins being used for clothing; but it was only after furs became a staple article of wearing apparel among civilized nations and the traders had learned of the profits to be made in the fur trade that wholesale and systematic trapping began. For many years after the commencement of the fur trade in this country, the occupation of trapping was monopolized by the native inhabitants, but later some of the bolder of the white race pushed into the wilderness and learned the trapper's art
Download or read book Mink Trapping written by Arthur Robert Harding and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guide to Trapping written by Jim Spencer and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: • Complete guide to trapping raccoon, muskrat, mink, otter, beaver, and a variety of other species • Authoritative advice on matching the right trap--whether leg-hold, body gripper, or snare--to each furbearer • Species-specific instructions for making sets that deliver and tips for preparing and marketing pelts to maximize profits Trapping has become somewhat of a lost art, but interest in the sport is as strong as ever thanks to a stable fur market and a growing need to control mammal populations or remove nuisance animals. In Guide to Trapping, Jim Spencer covers strategies for successfully harvesting popular species such as raccoon, muskrat, mink, otter, beaver, coyote, gray fox, red fox, bobcat, skunk, and opossum. His entertaining and informative writing will appeal to trappers of all levels. Spencer discusses trap styles and the basics of establishing and working a trapline, including techniques for fastening and adjusting traps and a species-by-species review of trapping tactics for the country's most pursued furbearers. The field-tested techniques, carefully explained and illustrated, will help trappers make sets that deliver maximum results.
Download or read book The Trapper s Guide written by S. Newhouse and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Firearms Traps and Tools of the Mountain Men written by Carl P. Russell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-26 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic, scholarly history of the fur trappers and traders of the early nineteenth century focuses on the devices that enabled the opening of the untracked American west. Sprinkled with interesting facts and old western lore, this guide to traps and tools is also a lively history. The era of the mountain man is distinct in American history, and Russell’s exhaustive coverage on the guns, traps, knives, axes, and other iron tools of this era, along with meticulous appendices, is astonishing. The result of thirty-five years of painstaking research, this is the definitive guide to the tools of the mountain men.
Download or read book A Fall Fur Hunt in Maine written by Manly Hardy and published by Jeremiah Wood. This book was released on 2021-02-17 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, legendary Maine naturalist, outdoorsman and fur buyer Manly Hardy tells of his two-month long trapping trip with Rufus Philbrook in the headwaters of the Allagash and Penobscot rivers in 1859. The two young men built a cabin near Caucomgomoc Lake and ran trap lines for marten, fisher, lynx, beaver, otter, mink, muskrat and bear. From the elaborate half-pitch camp with an open fireplace and wooden 'chimney' to intricate hand-crafted deadfall traps for marten and fisher, homemade fur stretchers and clothing, encounters with Indians, ancient trails, active lumbermen and old logging camps, and keen observations of the weather and geography, the story is nothing short of fascinating.
Download or read book Science of Trapping written by Elmer Harry Kreps and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-09-10 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During past ages many of the wild creatures of the forest and stream were hunted and captured in various ways by the inhabitants of the wilderness, --the flesh of these animals being the principal food of many tribes of savages and the skins being used for clothing; but it was only after furs became a staple article of wearing apparel among civilized nations and the traders had learned of the profits to be made in the fur trade that wholesale and systematic trapping began. For many years after the commencement of the fur trade in this country, the occupation of trapping was monopolized by the native inhabitants, but later some of the bolder of the white race pushed into the wilderness and learned the trapper's art.
Download or read book Fur Fortune and Empire The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America written by Eric Jay Dolin and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011-07-05 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Seattle Times selection for one of Best Non-Fiction Books of 2010 Winner of the New England Historial Association's 2010 James P. Hanlan Award Winner of the Outdoor Writers Association of America 2011 Excellence in Craft Award, Book Division, First Place "A compelling and well-annotated tale of greed, slaughter and geopolitics." —Los Angeles Times As Henry Hudson sailed up the broad river that would one day bear his name, he grew concerned that his Dutch patrons would be disappointed in his failure to find the fabled route to the Orient. What became immediately apparent, however, from the Indians clad in deer skins and "good furs" was that Hudson had discovered something just as tantalizing. The news of Hudson's 1609 voyage to America ignited a fierce competition to lay claim to this uncharted continent, teeming with untapped natural resources. The result was the creation of an American fur trade, which fostered economic rivalries and fueled wars among the European powers, and later between the United States and Great Britain, as North America became a battleground for colonization and imperial aspirations. In Fur, Fortune, and Empire, best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin chronicles the rise and fall of the fur trade of old, when the rallying cry was "get the furs while they last." Beavers, sea otters, and buffalos were slaughtered, used for their precious pelts that were tailored into extravagant hats, coats, and sleigh blankets. To read Fur, Fortune, and Empire then is to understand how North America was explored, exploited, and settled, while its native Indians were alternately enriched and exploited by the trade. As Dolin demonstrates, fur, both an economic elixir and an agent of destruction, became inextricably linked to many key events in American history, including the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, and the War of 1812, as well as to the relentless pull of Manifest Destiny and the opening of the West. This work provides an international cast beyond the scope of any Hollywood epic, including Thomas Morton, the rabble-rouser who infuriated the Pilgrims by trading guns with the Indians; British explorer Captain James Cook, whose discovery in the Pacific Northwest helped launch America's China trade; Thomas Jefferson who dreamed of expanding the fur trade beyond the Mississippi; America's first multimillionaire John Jacob Astor, who built a fortune on a foundation of fur; and intrepid mountain men such as Kit Carson and Jedediah Smith, who sliced their way through an awe inspiring and unforgiving landscape, leaving behind a mythic legacy still resonates today. Concluding with the virtual extinction of the buffalo in the late 1800s, Fur, Fortune, and Empire is an epic history that brings to vivid life three hundred years of the American experience, conclusively demonstrating that the fur trade played a seminal role in creating the nation we are today.
Download or read book The Mountain Men written by George Laycock and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-09-21 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To know how the West was really won, start with the exploits of these unsung mountain men who, like the legendary Jeremiah Johnson, were real buckskin survivalists. Preceded only by Lewis and Clark, beaver fur trappers roamed the river valleys and mountain ranges of the West, living on fish and game, fighting or trading with the Native Americans, and forever heading toward the untamed wilderness. In this story of rough, heroic men and their worlds, Laycock weaves historical facts and practical instruction with profiles of individual trappers, including harrowing escapes, feats of supreme courage and endurance, and sometimes violent encounters with grizzly bears and Native Americans.
Download or read book The Story of the Trapper written by Agnes C. Laut and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-06 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Story of the Trapper" by Agnes C. Laut. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Download or read book Animal Traps and Trapping written by James A. Bateman and published by COCH Y BONDDU BOOKS. This book was released on 2003-10 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is James Bateman's classic account of the history of animal traps which has become the standard work on the history of animal trapping. Animals of all kinds are covered, including mammals, birds, insects, fish and crustaceans.
Download or read book Mink Trapping written by A.R Harding and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-07-31 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Mink Trapping by A.R Harding
Download or read book Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making written by William Hamilton Gibson and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Successful Trapping Methods written by Walter S. Chansler and published by Princeton, N.J. ; Toronto : D. Van Nostrand Company. This book was released on 1955 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making written by W. Hamilton Gibson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether or not a hunting expedition is in the plans this year, W. Hamilton Gibson’s guide to camping and trapping will give you a lesson in self-sufficiency and living simply. Building camp shelters and log huts, woodland bedding, and birch canoes are just some of the skills you can learn by reading this classic wilderness manual. Charming sketches throughout the book lend to the nostalgia of this timeless guide and depict many of the traps used when Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making was first published in 1882. This book is a perfect gift for the outdoorsman interested in learning new camping techniques, and the historian who will delight in the author’s details about life as a trapper in the late nineteenth century. Learn some of the old tried and true tricks for bait and trapping, such as creating portable snares or coop traps. These simple techniques make catching animals such as beavers, partridge, raccoons, and rabbits on your next camping trip a cinch. While the book includes numerous effective traps, it promotes a conservationist hunting style by encouraging readers to respect animals and to never pursue trap-making out of cruelty. The guide also includes information on how to make the most out of your catch, with recipes for making venison jerky, gutting fish, and instructions on curing and tanning fur skins.
Download or read book Fur Truths written by Abraham Gottlieb and published by . This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
