| 单词 | steel trap |
| 例句 | I was running my team up a small frozen creek when I came around a corner and saw a raven caught in a number-four steel trap. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z They made a perfect half circle in front of the synagogue doors, like a steel trap with gaping jaws ready to be sprung. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She smiled to herself—delicate like a steel trap. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z We’re all small, scared, helpless animals, our legs caught in the teeth of a steel trap. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z As one of her admirers observed, “She has plenty of nerve and is as sharp as a steel trap. She moved her base up north and continued speaking out in cities around the country. “ A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I allude to the setting of steel traps for catching vermin. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead he handed me three small steel traps. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z A funny little round man in hippie clothes with a mind like a steel trap. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z But Olivia's circumstances are that of animal in a steel trap that keeps closing tighter and tighter. "Flowers in the Attic: The Origin": How to be Gothic, from creepy manors to severe housekeepers 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z “He’s got a mind like a steel trap.” Books of The Times: Doctor?s Doings in Christopher Reich?s ?Rules of Betrayal? 2010-08-01T21:45:00Z Douglass, who disapproved of the use of violence, wrote that he had warned Brown that “he was going into a perfect steel trap, and that once in he would never get out alive.” How Accurate Was ‘The Good Lord Bird’? 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z I think if he would give me a scene in any of his shows, I would jump at it, because he’s such a brilliant writer and his mind is like a steel trap. Carol Burnett talks showbiz’s evolution, gut instinct and what TV shows she’d binge on 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z While kindly and unassuming, she is also worldly with a mind like a steel trap. Anne Holt's top 10 female detectives 2010-12-08T12:34:00Z His is known for having a memory for dates like a steel trap. Gary Cole of 'The Good Wife' is apparently underrated, reader says 2015-05-09T04:00:00Z “His mind was like a steel trap,” his sister Sandy Rogers said. A Final Work by Sam Shepard Reveals His Struggle With Lou Gehrig’s Disease 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z But then she had a mind like a steel trap. T Magazine: Sitting Pretty 2011-12-01T15:58:13Z “He had a mind like a steel trap when it came to where everything is,” said Porter, who died in 2015. Bernie Newcomb, the blind programmer who created E-Trade, dies at 79 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z Also, cookbooks: Unless you have a mind like a steel trap or count shorthand among your skills, an audio cookbook is going to be frustrating. Perspective | Why some books should not be made into audiobooks 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z Granted, the second busiest airport in the nation, built in a sprawling, car-dependent city and perpetually under construction, often feels like a steel trap for traffic, especially during the holidays. Column: This is not a defense of LAX. It's a love letter 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z This brought me up short, but I thought: Perhaps he will be able to retain everything that happens in his sharp, steel trap of a mind. Opinion | It’s me, the one person waiting for the anonymous Trump book before changing my mind 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z “And Warren, she is a lot better in that area than people thought. She is a good listener, and her mind is a steel trap. She remembers everything.” Joe who? Elizabeth Warren stakes her claim as true heir to Obama legacy 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z Throughout a number of barnstorming appearances, Johnson cemented his reputation as a charming and self-deprecating Old Etonian, whose tousled blond mop nonetheless surmounted a mind like a steel trap. Boris Johnson will have us laughing all the way to the food bank | Will Self 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z Warren has — twice — and she has a mind like a steel trap. The Democratic 2020 frontrunners are too old. And I say that as an old man myself | Art Cullen 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z By Dec. 19, Wall had returned to being a steel trap of injury information. By opting for surgery, John Wall hopes to avoid tearing Achilles' tendon 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z But then it turns out, if you keep reading, his mind is not like a steel trap at all. Opinion | It’s me, the one person waiting for the anonymous Trump book before changing my mind 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z The rule outlaws practices such as shooting grizzlies from aircraft, using steel traps on brown and black bears, and gassing wolves including cubs in their dens. How your U.S. lawmakers voted 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z If nobody’s mind is a steel trap, everybody is capable of contending on the PGA Tour. At the Players Championship, a Cast of Unusual Suspects Moves to the Top 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z Related: India’s tiger population increases by almost a third Poachers use guns, poison and even steel traps and electrocution to kill their prey. More tigers poached in India so far this year than in 2015 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z By the end, he fantasized about catching a certain part of Paige’s anatomy in a steel trap and watching him slowly bleed to death. The 19th-Century Start-Ups That Cost Mark Twain His Fortune 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z It is like a steel trap only in that if you tried to administer an intelligence test to a steel trap, the trap would not do very well and might injure you in some way. Opinion | It’s me, the one person waiting for the anonymous Trump book before changing my mind 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z This year, they lure him to the shallows surrounding NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, where the beginnings of a blue crab revival crawl inside his steel traps. Commercial fishermen fight to fish near NASA 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z The author says Obama is "as competitive as any person I've met," and he calls the president's memory a "steel trap." Ex-aide writes about being Obama's friend, valet and 'surrogate son' 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z There are poachers of every ethnic and religious group poaching every species of animal, plant, and tree and using every means imaginable, from assault rifles, to steel traps to traditional cross bows. Quora Question: Should Poachers Be Shot on Sight? “A mind like a steel trap. He’s more than smart. Mitch is exceptional,” Geis said after a Friday rally in Louisville. Mitch McConnell achieves his goal They placed dozens of baited, steel traps on the property to kill red-tail hawks and great horned owls, which eat quail. 3 men sentenced for killing protected hawks, owls 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z Thank goodness my mind is still a steel trap for the important stuff. Lest we forget, aging has its downside 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z In January, Wildlife Services trapper Russell Files was arrested in Arizona for intentionally snaring a neighbor’s dog in a steel trap. Petition targets ‘rogue’ killings by Wildlife Services 2013-12-15T23:35:13Z He’s a big picture man with a mind like a steel trap. FT Front Page Rumor: FCX To Buy McMoRan and Plains Exploration 2012-12-05T06:57:00Z The forest minister also said an inquiry will be ordered into two tiger deaths in the district of Chandrapur where the tigers were caught in a steel trap. India Ink: Maharashtra State's New Policy of Allowing Forest Guards to Shoot Tiger Poachers is a Necessity, Officials Say 2012-05-25T07:30:31Z On the Sierra de Tamaulipas, wood rats were caught in steel traps set near or between rocks. The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, Mexico 2012-04-06T02:00:23.953Z Most of our specimens were caught in steel traps, at meat baits, set for small carnivores. An Annotated Check List of the Mammals of Michoac?n, M?xico 2012-03-24T02:00:18.660Z One morning one of the birds was found caught in a steel trap placed the evening before for rats, and both of its legs were crushed above the knee. Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:17.560Z “The book grips like a steel trap, and only the stupid could read it unmoved.” The Maker of Opportunities 2012-01-30T03:00:18.090Z We made a free use of steel traps, guns, and phosphoretic poison. Natural and Artificial Duck Culture 2012-01-04T03:00:33.923Z She won’t even let me take my bow-arrer and a steel trap I got down at the blacksmith shop by the canal. The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z Remarks.—Our one specimen from 9 miles southeast of P�tzcuaro was caught in a small steel trap set at a meat bait. An Annotated Check List of the Mammals of Michoac?n, M?xico 2012-03-24T02:00:18.660Z But they shut up like steel traps when you try and get them on the subject of Heath Hover.” The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z You were always as smart as a steel trap. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z She rose, to face her first chance—a thin, severe woman with a mouth like a steel trap. Out of the Air 2011-11-21T03:00:14.460Z From appearances, he seemed to have something unusual attached to one of his fore feet, which we judged to be a common steel trap. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z Most of our specimens were caught in steel traps, some along the edges of cornfields, others along the highway and along the pole fences. An Annotated Check List of the Mammals of Michoac?n, M?xico 2012-03-24T02:00:18.660Z He was a first-class steward and sharp as a steel trap—but he was a crook. The Postmaster 2011-09-21T02:00:28.863Z If the trapper is not very poor 103 he has steel traps and a gun to add to his pack. Little Folks of North America Stories about children living in the different parts of North America 2011-09-01T02:00:19.377Z God created man and all kinds of animal life, but he did not create the steel trap. The Discards 2011-08-27T02:00:23.603Z His data were obtained from stomach analysis of specimens caught in steel traps. Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas 2011-08-26T02:00:22.450Z To catch the beaver we would set our steel traps in the water about seven inches below the surface so the young could swim over them and not get caught. Colorado?The Bright Romance of American History 2011-08-25T02:00:28.183Z He's sharp as a steel trap; that much I can tell with one eye shut. The Postmaster 2011-09-21T02:00:28.863Z In the middle of October fox skins were prime, and then new steel traps were distributed and set near the many caches. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z The gamekeepers would employ us to take hedgehogs, which we did in steel traps baited with eggs. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z On other occasions raccoons were caught in the steel traps, and their raids were characterized by systematic and dextrous opening of the mouse traps and, frequently, by predation on the small mammals inside them. Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas 2011-08-26T02:00:22.450Z In Ross-shire and in the west he is occasionally found in places where the wild cat and marten are making their last stand against the keeper and his exterminating engine, the steel trap. The Badger A Monograph 2011-07-25T02:00:12.053Z “And like a tom-cat dies by inches,” is illustrated by a picture of a cat caught by the paw in a steel trap. In the Track of the Bookworm 2011-07-19T02:00:23.543Z We had no steel traps, and with its usual craft the fox usually managed to evade our crude weapons by keeping out of sight. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z He had forced a dozen negroes into the ranks when to his surprise the white walls suddenly closed on the blacks and held them as in a steel trap. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z Many hunters set guns with a cord running from the trigger to a bait of fresh meat, and the muzzle of the gun pointing at the meat; others set large steel traps or deadfalls. Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing 2011-07-09T02:00:15.543Z The badger if caught in a steel trap will frequently bite his leg or foot clean off. The Badger A Monograph 2011-07-25T02:00:12.053Z The mountain on the north side is pierced by a very remarkable tangi, the walls of which, could they be closed, would fit like the teeth of a steel trap. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z Bone traps were made with a good deal of care after the pattern of steel traps. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z They are caught with a hook and line, and bite a steel trap, and hang on like a poor relation. The Complete Works of Josh Billings 2011-07-01T02:00:13.387Z She looked old and haggard; the smiling mouth had grown hard as a steel trap. The Weight of the Crown 2011-06-26T02:00:09.240Z The man's jaw closed like a steel trap. The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z As I did so I heard a report like the closing of a strong steel trap. Hoosier Mosaics 2011-05-20T02:00:35.173Z Yes, my face has been my curse, and it was the steel trap that snapped chains on me when I was only a child. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z High forehead, twinkling gray eyes with flecks of brown in them, a mouth and jaw like a steel trap, and quick, firm handclasp won him a place at once among the other boys. The Boy Scouts of the Air in Indian Land 2011-04-11T02:00:11.027Z And he shut that mouth of his like a steel trap. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z In a narrow run or at the mouth of a burrow a steel trap unbaited and covered with very light cloth or tissue paper is often effective. House Rats and Mice Farmers' Bulletin 896 2011-03-12T03:00:26.220Z “And by the way,” she added, “after you apply the facts to the law, that sound you’ll hear is the steel trap closing on you.” City Room: One Person's 'Special Interest' Is Another's 'Stakeholder' 2011-03-09T16:10:57Z Four years ago, he had left his right front paw in a steel trap, and ever since he had avoided everything which he did not know. Swamp Cat 2011-03-06T03:00:20.453Z He set his lips like a steel trap. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z Then there is what is perhaps the strongest element of his game – his steel trap mind. Martin Kaymer replaces Tiger Woods as world No2 after runaway victory 2011-01-23T22:01:02Z It’s gettin’ dark and colder than a steel trap in January.” Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z But she was quick as a steel trap. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z Her kick is abbreviated, with a motion that is less reminiscent of a frog than of a steel trap. Soni?s Breaststroke Is Hard to Imitate or Defeat 2010-08-21T23:00:00Z Their abiding places are swamps and shallow streams, in the banks of which they burrow, and they are usually caught in steel traps baited with fish or meat. The Girl From Tim's Place They will even put their foot into an open and exposed steel trap; and the better-off Indians often use small No. 1 traps instead of snares. Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. I have used both steel traps and deadfalls and altho I do not wish to start a controversy yet I must say that a deadfall well set is a good trap. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps Some of the most expert fox trappers use the snare in preference to the steel trap but the number is comparatively small. Science of Trapping Describes the Fur Bearing Animals, Their Nature, Habits And Distribution, With Practical Methods For Their Capture The trapper who makes mink trapping a business should have various kinds of traps and sets for them, such as steel traps, both bait and blind sets, as well as deadfalls. Mink Trapping A Book of Instruction Giving Many Methods of Trapping—A Valuable Book for Trappers. There is no animal roaming the woods so hard to catch in a steel trap as the fox, says a writer in the _Orange Judd Farmer_. Fox Trapping A Book of Instruction Telling How to Trap, Snare, Poison and Shoot - A Valuable Book for Trappers When small steel traps are used instead of the deadfall, the hunter can cover more ground in a day and do better work than by making all wood traps. Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. Taken all in all we do not know that a certain number of deadfalls take up any more time than an equal number of steel traps. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps In setting steel traps, great care is advised for the one who learns to do this most neatly, leaving everything natural is, as a rule, the most successful. Science of Trapping Describes the Fur Bearing Animals, Their Nature, Habits And Distribution, With Practical Methods For Their Capture The mink is very cunning and hard to catch in a steel trap unless you know how and where to set, which is about the only secret there is in catching mink. Mink Trapping A Book of Instruction Giving Many Methods of Trapping—A Valuable Book for Trappers. The following method I have employed successfully: First take four good steel traps and cover them with fresh blood at a slaughter house. Fox Trapping A Book of Instruction Telling How to Trap, Snare, Poison and Shoot - A Valuable Book for Trappers The steel traps are much more fortunate than the wood ones. Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. In fact more deadfalls can be set in a day, after they are built, than steel traps. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps In order to keep steel traps in perfect working order they should have a certain amount of attention. Science of Trapping Describes the Fur Bearing Animals, Their Nature, Habits And Distribution, With Practical Methods For Their Capture I do not believe, however, that any of the methods mentioned in this article are equal for effectiveness and true sport to the regular way with steel trap or deadfall. Mink Trapping A Book of Instruction Giving Many Methods of Trapping—A Valuable Book for Trappers. I have seen enough to be sure that fox are not afraid of either human scent or steel traps, if the dirt is not disturbed around the trap. Fox Trapping A Book of Instruction Telling How to Trap, Snare, Poison and Shoot - A Valuable Book for Trappers The fox as a rule is a most wily animal, and numerous are the stories of his cunning toward the Indian hunter with his steel traps. Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. If a certain snare is bothered continually, it will do no harm to set a steel trap where you think chances best of taking the animal. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps As before mentioned, steel traps are made in various sizes so that they may be used for all animals, from the smallest to the largest. Science of Trapping Describes the Fur Bearing Animals, Their Nature, Habits And Distribution, With Practical Methods For Their Capture If rightly built ten or a dozen is all a man can make in a day, and like setting steel traps, a dozen carefully set for mink are worth a hundred set at haphazzard. Mink Trapping A Book of Instruction Giving Many Methods of Trapping—A Valuable Book for Trappers. From November 20 to January 20 is the open season for foxes on the islands, and box traps, rather than dead falls or steel traps, are used. Fox Trapping A Book of Instruction Telling How to Trap, Snare, Poison and Shoot - A Valuable Book for Trappers They will readily catch in deadfalls, and will walk into an open, uncovered steel trap in daylight! Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. Trappers in the forest always have the necessary tools, axe or heavy hatchet and knife, with which to build a deadfall, while their steel traps may all be exhausted and none set within miles. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps There are various styles of rat traps on the market which make excellent weasel traps, but as one never knows what animal may happen along, I prefer to use the steel trap. Science of Trapping Describes the Fur Bearing Animals, Their Nature, Habits And Distribution, With Practical Methods For Their Capture I use steel traps, not so many as I used to, as trappers are numerous nowadays. Mink Trapping A Book of Instruction Giving Many Methods of Trapping—A Valuable Book for Trappers. Does the iron and steel used in farm implements differ from that used in steel traps, so that the latter must be handled with such care as is advocated by many of the trapper's profession? Fox Trapping A Book of Instruction Telling How to Trap, Snare, Poison and Shoot - A Valuable Book for Trappers A live bear in a steel trap must be shot to make "a good bear of him." Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. The trapper that makes the largest catches usually is the one that has deadfalls and snares in addition to steel traps. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps As a rule, the lynx is easily taken with the steel trap, unless food is very plentiful, when they do not care for dead bait. Science of Trapping Describes the Fur Bearing Animals, Their Nature, Habits And Distribution, With Practical Methods For Their Capture The next round I brought a No. 1 Newhouse steel trap intending to set it if the deadfall was down without making a catch. Mink Trapping A Book of Instruction Giving Many Methods of Trapping—A Valuable Book for Trappers. It takes in most of those old sly ones that have been nipped by steel traps, etc. Fox Trapping A Book of Instruction Telling How to Trap, Snare, Poison and Shoot - A Valuable Book for Trappers Much information is also contained in the writings of Mr. Woodcock and whether you use gun, steel traps, deadfalls or snares, you will find something of value. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. These traps, like steel traps, to make catches, do not depend upon numbers so much as correct and careful construction and setting. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps The traps recommended for the gopher are the No. 0 steel trap and some of the various choker traps made especially for this use. Science of Trapping Describes the Fur Bearing Animals, Their Nature, Habits And Distribution, With Practical Methods For Their Capture To prove this I will mention that some years ago in one deadfall I caught eight mink in five winters and one in a steel trap, making nine caught in the five years. Mink Trapping A Book of Instruction Giving Many Methods of Trapping—A Valuable Book for Trappers. In one corner was a number of steel traps. Bee Hunting A Book of Valuable Information for Bee Hunters - Tell How to Line Bees to Trees, Etc. One day they had been off on the west side of the turnpike setting marten traps and had built a number of deadfalls and had also set several steel traps for foxes. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. Old trappers know if they were to set a steel trap in a place not frequented by fur bearers that their catch would be next to nothing. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps In setting steel traps, select the freshest mound, and by examining closely, one can usually tell which way the dirt was thrown out, and will know on which side to look for the burrow. Science of Trapping Describes the Fur Bearing Animals, Their Nature, Habits And Distribution, With Practical Methods For Their Capture In the first place the steel trap is about the only trap that can be used; there being no timber over large portions of the Northwest and Canada. Mink Trapping A Book of Instruction Giving Many Methods of Trapping—A Valuable Book for Trappers. Alcorn obtained most of the squirrels in rat traps and steel traps, using "chewed" rolled oats as well as bits of fish and mouse bodies as bait. Mammals taken Along the Alaska Highway It was not far to where we had a steel trap setting. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. The same applies to all sets, whether steel traps, snares or deadfalls. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps The regular gopher traps, mentioned above, are more easily set than steel traps and printed directions for setting usually accompany the traps. Science of Trapping Describes the Fur Bearing Animals, Their Nature, Habits And Distribution, With Practical Methods For Their Capture The most successful trapper uses some deadfalls as well as steel traps, especially if trapping for a season at one place. Mink Trapping A Book of Instruction Giving Many Methods of Trapping—A Valuable Book for Trappers. The steel trap is soon in place, awaiting the coming of the animal, and many of them are trapped in this way. Fur Farming A book of Information about Fur Bearing Animals, Enclosures, Habits, Care, etc. The number of bears killed in this part, fall of 1911, notwithstanding that the use of steel traps is prohibited, was larger than has been in years. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. You can make your sets faster and can change the steel trap from place to place; of course, the deadfall you cannot. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps Rabbits are seldom trapped with steel traps, but almost every country boy knows how to take them in box traps baited with sweet apples. Science of Trapping Describes the Fur Bearing Animals, Their Nature, Habits And Distribution, With Practical Methods For Their Capture Professional trappers use generally from 50 to 300 steel traps, depending upon what game they are after. Mink Trapping A Book of Instruction Giving Many Methods of Trapping—A Valuable Book for Trappers. This is a good trap for mink that are afraid of steel traps. Fur Farming A book of Information about Fur Bearing Animals, Enclosures, Habits, Care, etc. It is not to be supposed that the fox, coyote, wolf, etc., can be taken in the deadfall; neither is it supposed to be as convenient or as successful a trap as the steel trap. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. It is not so quickly made and set as a steel trap, and never gives "Sneakums" inducements to approach it for future use. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps I shall trade some of my pelts for steel traps. Hawk Eye If trapping season after season in the same locality deadfalls are a great help for mink that are apparently hard to catch in steel traps readily take bait from deadfalls and get caught. Mink Trapping A Book of Instruction Giving Many Methods of Trapping—A Valuable Book for Trappers. The red lips opened and shut with the precision of a steel trap. The Guarded Heights While the deadfall cannot take the place of the steel trap, yet a well constructed deadfall under some conditions has advantages over the steel trap. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. Bait is sometimes difficult to get, but usually the trapper will get enough with his gun and steel traps to keep his line of deadfalls well baited, without difficulty. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps Regan opened his mouth to say something—and, instead, snapped his jaws shut like a steel trap. The Night Operator You can make your sets faster and can change the steel trap from place to place. Mink Trapping A Book of Instruction Giving Many Methods of Trapping—A Valuable Book for Trappers. We should have found out if you hadn't snapped together like a steel trap. The Bachelors A Novel When I looked at the bear I found that he had three toes gone from one foot and this I thought to be the cause of his being so over-shy of the steel traps. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. Some animals may be shy of deadfalls that can be taken in spring poles, snares and steel traps. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps Mr. Hurd’s mouth reminded her for a moment of a steel trap. The Missioner On the other hand, mink that refuse to take bait from deadfalls are often caught in blind steel trap sets. Mink Trapping A Book of Instruction Giving Many Methods of Trapping—A Valuable Book for Trappers. This city of Calcutta, which offered its shelter to thousands and thousands of men had become like a steel trap. Stories from Tagore After the small steel traps were set we began building a line of deadfalls for marten and fisher. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. While these trappers did not say, it is presumed that the foxes were caught in snares or steel traps, for it is seldom that one is caught in a deadfall. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps The men all agreed, and we started that day With cheering and waving of caps; And down in the hold I had hidden away A hundred and fifty steel traps. Harper's Round Table, October 8, 1895 With the first “swish” of the lash, which the gaoler, an old soldier, understood the use of, he set up a screech like a cat in a steel trap; and this he kept up throughout. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance You may not know it, but the steel trap has done as much for the Indian as the self-binder has for the white man. Seeds of Pine I set the steel traps for foxes and built one or two more deadfalls farther down the creek. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. This book would not be complete without at least a few pages devoted to steel traps. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps The timber wolf is far too wise to get into any steel trap. Northern Diamonds One trapper, with Indian blood in his veins and Indian thirst for the avengement of a kinsman's death in his heart, grasped the chief's extended hand with the clasp of a steel trap. The Story of the Trapper The water was shallow and presently he made out a steel trap dimly outlined well inside the pen quite close to the poplar stick, the chain fastened to one of the pen stakes. The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp I was soon coaxing the smith to make me a steel trap, which he did. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. While a few steel traps were in use prior to 1850, yet it has only been since that date that they have come into general use. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps It was a steel trap, lying on the open ground, battered and rusted as if it had been there for some time. Northern Diamonds His nose was large and straight, and his lips set tight and unyielding like the jaws of a steel trap. The Portal of Dreams The Currycomb manufacture is now represented by D. Ferguson, and by W. H. Tildesley, the latter adding to it the making of steel traps. The Annals of Willenhall The steel traps we set for fox and wildcats, as there was a bounty of two dollars on wildcats at that time. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. Professional trappers in the North, Northwest and Southwest often have out lines many miles long and use 200 to 350 steel traps of the various sizes. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps The two men examined a pile of steel traps beside the door and a number of pelts that were drying on frames in the open air. Northern Diamonds These animals, all males, were taken in steel traps baited with the bodies of skinned mice or birds. Mammals from Tamaulipas, Mexico His jaws came together with the click of a steel trap. The Plow-Woman After we had all the deadfalls and steel traps out but three or four otter traps, we set one or two at the drift where I caught one the fall before. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. Lot had several steel traps which had belonged to his father, and Enoch was likewise supplied. With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga Last of all, a single steel trap came to light. The Wilderness Trail His jaws are like the men-folk's steel traps, when they do get home. Finn The Wolfhound She's bright as is a new-made cent And smart as any steel trap; I tell you grass will never grow Beneath her restless heel-tap. Life and Literature Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, and classified in alphabetical order Now you have a trap that will work alright, where a steel trap would freeze down from sleet or other causes and would not spring; nor will Johnny Graball carry off a deadfall. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. "Might try a steel trap," the German suggested, callously. The Pathless Trail He might have gone on at some length with this doleful soliloquy had not a hand suddenly closed over his mouth with the grip of a steel trap. Officer 666 But even in his emotion and bewilderment the steel trap of silence set upon his face. The Shepherd of the North In addition I had bought six double-spring steel traps sufficiently large to hold beaver, coyotes or wolves. A Mountain Boyhood I selected places to set the other two steel traps which were in camp, and then went to camp, looking at the mink traps on the way, but found that none had been disturbed. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. Once he had seen an Indian ten miles away, attacking a wolf which had been caught by the leg in a steel trap, belonging to another man. Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin Quicker'n a steel trap a trout takes un, but he's a little un, an' I'm so disgusted-like I don't pull he right in. The Gaunt Gray Wolf A Tale of Adventure With Ungava Bob For a second or two she manœuvred to obtain a grip, then, as she turned to avoid attack, the jaws of the trout opened wide, and, like a steel trap, closed firmly on her tail. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain Guns and steel traps hung upon them, the floor was made of uneven boards which had obviously been split in the nearest bluff, and the furniture was of the simplest and rudest description. Blake's Burden I set the two steel traps on the drift where I had seen the otter signs, and the second time I looked at them I found an otter tangled up in one of the traps. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. Several million marmot pelts are shipped every year from Mongolia, the finest coming from Uliassutai in the west, and were American steel traps introduced the number could be doubled. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Then, turning to me, he asked: “Where is the steel trap?” Zigzag Journeys in Northern Lands; The Rhine to the Arctic; A Summer Trip of the Zigzag Club Through Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden Of course they didn’t have repeating-rifles then, and surely not steel traps. Young Alaskans in the Far North "He's as bright as a steel trap; all brains." The Silver Maple Bill baiting and setting the deadfalls, while I commenced on the steel traps. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. Like most rodents, the marmots grow rapidly and have so many young in every litter that they will not soon be exterminated in Mongolia unless the native hunters obtain American steel traps. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' She's nigh on to forty year younger 'n I be, and smart as a steel trap, tell you! The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies It is true, something may be done with steel traps for such animals as the fox, raccoon, and squirrel. The Peanut Plant Its Cultivation And Uses It was noon when the task was completed, and after a hasty lunch of tea, bear's liver, and bannock, 'Merican Joe selected fifteen small steel traps which he placed in his pack sack. Connie Morgan in the Fur Country Yes, and I like a pen for a bear better than a steel trap. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. When it had disappeared underground we carefully buried a steel trap at the entrance of the hole and anchored it securely to an iron tent peg. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' So, when the midday dinner was over, the farmer went to the barn and got a steel trap, and carried it over to the clover-field on the hillside. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland Now, sluggish and slow though a porky may be, there is one of his members that is as quick as a steel trap, and that is his tail. Forest Neighbors Life Stories of Wild Animals The following morning 'Merican Joe took from the cache the dozen steel traps he had placed there when the platform was first built. Connie Morgan in the Fur Country To get back to my job, I took one out of three steel traps No. 3, and all the traps that we had brought with us. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. These were the only steel traps which the Mongols had ever seen. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' He got up and opened a mud cupboard, from which he took a big steel trap. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland The trouble began with a steel trap, just as it did in their father's case. Forest Neighbors Life Stories of Wild Animals All the steel traps had been set, and 'Merican Joe had constructed two deadfalls, which varied from those set for marten only by being more cunningly devised, and more carefully prepared. Connie Morgan in the Fur Country No one but a--fool would catch anything in a--steel trap. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. He described the merits of deadfalls, snares, steel traps, and birdlime. David and the Phoenix Only a week before he had set steel traps at a den where he chanced to find a pair of Badgers in residence. Wild Animals at Home And on this night, of all others, the Beaver put his hand squarely into a steel trap. Forest Neighbors Life Stories of Wild Animals Two blows of the light belt ax made a notch into which the small steel trap fitted perfectly. Connie Morgan in the Fur Country We would build deadfalls along the line, for we would not set a steel trap only where we were quite sure that we would make a catch. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. The community had its first financial success when it undertook the manufacture of a steel trap invented by one of its members. The Greatest Highway in the World Historical, Industrial and Descriptive Information of the Towns, Cities and Country Passed Through Between New York and Chicago Via the New York Central Lines. Based on the Encyclopaedia Britannica. And after a time they saw the steel traps. The Wonders of the Jungle, Book Two Finally, he got up and walked slowly toward it, and the first thing he knew a steel trap had him by the right foreleg. Forest Neighbors Life Stories of Wild Animals At noon they camped for lunch almost at the end of the line of steel traps. Connie Morgan in the Fur Country All the time we were putting up these deadfalls we were keeping a watch out for likely places to set our steel traps for fox and other animals. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. Across each tunnel mouth was placed one of the enormous guards, twelve-foot mandibles opened like a waiting steel trap. The Raid on the Termites After leaving this hospitable village, the party was overtaken by three young men, Walla-Wallas, who had come a day's journey in order to restore a steel trap, inadvertently left behind. Lewis and Clark Meriwether Lewis and William Clark Suddenly, half-way down the lines of stakes, his breast touched the pan of a steel trap, and the jaws flew up quick as a wink and strong as a vise. Forest Neighbors Life Stories of Wild Animals We use up de steel trap in 'bout fifteen mile. Connie Morgan in the Fur Country Because beavers are caught in great numbers in steel traps, which are set and baited on purpose for them. History, Manners, and Customs of the North American Indians Jim came to his decision like the snapping of the jaws of a steel trap. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good It took the first horses and wagons and plows into the upper country in its day, as well as the first rifles and steel traps. The Young Alaskans on the Missouri And, most of all, it would take strength and nerve and determination to tear himself away from a steel trap and leave a foot behind. Forest Neighbors Life Stories of Wild Animals You set seven steel trap an' catch wan marten, dat good. Connie Morgan in the Fur Country I do not like the trap myself, as it cannot be concealed so well as the steel trap, and, indeed, has no advantage except in cheapness. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. But 306 it’s not my idea of bliss, drowning under a foot or two of ice with a steel trap mangling your ankle for full measure! The Prairie Mother Barry took notice of the big Dutchman, receiving an impression of quiet, ponderous efficiency that was yet strangely suggestive of a velvet-covered steel trap. Gold Out of Celebes Snowshoes, roughly-fashioned fur garments, steel traps and other winter gear were hanging from pegs. The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] There was also a collection of steel traps, a dog sled and a jumbled mass of dog harness. On the Edge of the Arctic or, An Aeroplane in Snowland He was a rotund, florid little man, with twinkling, humorous eyes, which could bore like augers on occasion, and a mouth as firm and close as a steel trap. Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters Laying on the ground, his foot caught in a wicked looking steel trap, was an elderly man. The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers The old, original feeling came back, in short,—of a velvet-covered steel trap, yet there was now no fear of the trap in Barry's mind. Gold Out of Celebes The brain which works "like a steel trap" exists only in fiction. The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 Two of the steel traps caught, however; one a slinking jackal and the other a fine oryx, both of which Charlie reluctantly shot with the small rifle belonging to the doctor. The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series The moment he perched, a steel trap which had been set there by the keeper flew up and caught him, with such force that his limbs were broken. Wood Magic A Fable His neighbours all said that Danny was "as smart as a steel trap," and immediately added that they wondered where he got his smartness from—certainly not from his father! Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 Again there was that vague suggestion of a steel trap covered with velvet, or kidskin. Gold Out of Celebes By that time steel traps had been introduced, instead of the clumsy wooden traps before used. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Bring six of those Canadian lynx or fox steel traps. The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series He had the heart of a lion, and jaws like a steel trap. The Tale of Benny Badger These methods of hunting are all very old, yet all are still in use among the Inupash with the exception of that of netting foxes, the net having been abandoned for the steel trap. Short Sketches from Oldest America He was particularly attentive to one special steel trap, which he carefully baited with fish and set close beside the gnawed remains of a rabbit, still fresh and blood-stained. Kiddie the Scout Not only were the males caught, but the females also; and the trappers were now able with their steel traps to catch vast numbers of the infatuated animals. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America There was a rattle of chains, and with the steel traps in their hands the two returned to the fire. The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series The Indians thus obtained the steel trap, the keenly cutting ax, and the rifle, which he soon learned to use with unerring aim. Daniel Boone The Pioneer of Kentucky In the case of hazel nuts, I have surrounded the bushes with a wire fence or wire mesh, leaving a little opening on one side, and have placed steel traps in the opening. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912 At such times his mouth would shut like a steel trap and his blue eyes would send the thermometer below zero. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen They are trapped, in Canada, by steel traps, which are submerged close to the bank below their “rubs.” The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America “Precisely,” Mrs Fyne said very unexpectedly like a steel trap going off. Chance A Tale in Two Parts Water animals taken in steel traps may usually be quickly drowned. Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration They had followed their natural instinct of climbing when they got into the steel traps, and climbing wildly had broken off every single branch from those hazels which carried hybridized nuts. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912 His heavy jaw and teeth, after the word, snapped like a steel trap. Laramie Holds the Range Yes, sir, I've got a steel trap clamped on my foot this minute. Old Ebenezer A fox, too, when caught in a steel trap will sometimes gnaw off the leg just above where it is72 imprisoned, and afterward go through life with little inconvenience on three legs. The Hunters of the Ozark The wire spring or choke traps of Stop Thief style are ahead of the common steel trap in this respect, but like the homemade traps cannot be used in so many various situations. Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration "Yes," said Miller, and his mouth shut like a steel trap. The Shadow World Bright Sun is smart, smarter than a steel trap. The Last of the Chiefs A Story of the Great Sioux War "He's as sharp on the floor of the Assembly as a steel trap." American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt His lips were like a steel trap, and in his eyes there was a cold glitter. Oh, You Tex! At the rustling snap, like the voice of a steel trap, I jerked my hand away. Wood Folk at School There ran a rumour, too, that the 2d Virginia cavalry under Munford was somewhere to the northeast, blocking the road to Manassas Gap, closing the steel trap on that quarter. The Long Roll And the little fellow cheerfully returned: "Oh, I've got a snap, as the bear said when he stepped into the steel trap." Frank Merriwell's Races Each trapper had ten steel traps allowed him. The Dog Crusoe and his Master Next came the large grey rat, captured originally in the steel trap, and whose first act might have been anticipated. Quicksilver The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel When its head emerged the heavy muscles of the elephant's side inclosed about its neck like a vise, entrapping the hyena as effectively as though it had its head in a steel trap. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country Then he held the trap in the fire until the meat fairly sizzled and the steel trap was quite hot. Winter Adventures of Three Boys The white hunters, with their fire guns and steel traps, were fast killing off the game. By Canoe and Dog-Train He rolled back a small rug in the middle of the floor to expose a massive steel trap door. Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope Don Cesare, it seems, had walked into a steel trap at last. Little Novels of Italy A wild animal caught in a steel trap vents its wrath upon the bushes and sticks and trees and rocks within its reach. The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers On the top of this is nailed a little board, and on this is set a steel trap or snare. Winter Adventures of Three Boys The leaves of the latter are sensitive, and composed of two parts which snap together like a steel trap. Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Then come bony shells, or sockets, for the eyes and nose; and, below these, two heavy half-circles of bone, like the jaws of a steel trap, to carry the teeth. A Handbook of Health "Heart like a steel trap, cobber," he said, almost approvingly. Police Your Planet A monkey playing with a steel trap got his tail cut off. The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference But when the white trapper enters with his steel traps and poisons he kills all before him, if possible, even if he does not secure one half of it. Winter Adventures of Three Boys An old pair of snowshoes, and steel traps, pieces of board shaped for stretching pelts of various sizes and some simple cooking utensils hung upon wooden pegs against the wall. Left on the Labrador A Tale of Adventure Down North But there are years, as every trapper knows, when you cannot get a fox into a steel trap by any amount of artfulness. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's Nearest akin to this—defence by means of amputation—is the practice of bears and raccoons of amputating their limbs when caught in steel traps. The Human Side of Animals "And I'm plumb sorry, for she is, in many other ways, as quick as a steel trap and bright as a new dollar." Dixie Hart Alec had not accomplished much beyond finding the frozen part of the hind foot of a marten in one of his steel traps. Winter Adventures of Three Boys Its right fore paw was fast in a steel trap. Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's What is more strange, it was so all over New England that fall; foxes kept clear of steel traps. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's It seemed like the snap of a steel trap. Phantom Wires A Novel Her small fingers closed like a steel trap on my wrist. The Door Through Space The two fore legs of the fox were securely fastened in the steel trap, which seemed to have closed on him about four inches up from his feet. Winter Adventures of Three Boys Gray's mouth set like a steel trap; his eyes had a glint in them. The Captain of the Kansas It has been argued that poison is more humane than the steel trap, since it brings a quick death; but both are cruel. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's The lips of the Scotchman were like steel traps and his eyes points of steel. The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North He has a brain like a steel trap. Stand by for Mars! Owen had occupied himself in rubbing up several steel traps which the boys had brought along, thinking they might prove useful in some way; but which, having been neglected, were inclined to be very rusty. Canoe Mates in Canada Three Boys Afloat on the Saskatchewan Barb wire is to 'em like a new steel trap to a wolf. The Plunderer The Italian closed his mouth like a steel trap, and refused to utter a word. The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont So the mouth which was opening to speak shut up again like a steel trap, and the dark eyes turned bleak and cold. The Lost Valley Then, in one hundred and fifteen days of wonderful strategy and the fiercest fighting the world has ever witnessed, Foch and the Allies closed upon the Germanic armies the jaws of a steel trap. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War She was staring from wide and, Caleb noted, rather horror-stricken eyes at the huge steel trap above the blanket pack. Then I'll Come Back to You "For instance—who?" asked Captain Brisco, and the words seemed to come out like the closing of the jaws of a steel trap. The Moving Picture Girls at Sea or, A Pictured Shipwreck That Became Real Once, while travelling in Athabasca with Caspar Whitney, the noted American writer on Sport and Travel, we came upon a black fox caught in a steel trap. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure They are easily caught in steel traps, and after vainly trying to drag their feet from the cruel crushing jaws, they sometimes in their agony gnaw them off. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth "Steel traps?" echoed Head-nurse sniffily, "who is talking of steel traps?" The Adventures of Akbar The boy was toting a double-springed steel trap, big enough it seemed to take all four feet of any bear that ever walked—and it was beautifully dull with oil! Then I'll Come Back to You Once Simmo caught a bear by the hind leg in a steel trap. Ways of Wood Folk Though he often behaves like a coward, hunters approach him with care when he is caught in a steel trap, as he can make a great spring and when he chooses, can fight desperately. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure He was as quick as a steel trap, a delightful companion, and he would have made an excellent and yet safe President. Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie Wise folk leave steel traps alone," he said; "fiddling with them lets off the spring. The Adventures of Akbar Hat in the hand that balanced his big steel trap, he stopped in front of her and offered one brown paw. Then I'll Come Back to You Our eyes met, the sectary nodding grimly, his jaws set like a steel trap. Prisoners of Chance The Story of What Befell Geoffrey Benteen, Borderman, through His Love for a Lady of France The steel trap is set for the lynx much in the same way as it is for the fox; but for the lynx, a snare is preferable. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure With good care he'd growed up nice an' bright, an' as big as the average, an' smarter 'n a steel trap. David Harum A Story of American Life It was the jerk that had freed Cob from the really quite light hold, as we have already explained, of the jaws of the steel trap. The Way of the Wild Farmers' boys sometimes set steel traps by shocks of corn whither come quail and prairie chickens. The Investment of Influence A Study of Social Sympathy and Service Its common mode of escape from the steel trap, 144. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making A surer way, however, is to also set a steel trap in front of the lodge door, so that if the lynx does not enter, he may be caught while looking in. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure His face had closed up like a steel trap. The Half-Hearted But since he had to be giving some first aid, he drew from her foot the boot that had been in the steel trap, so as to relieve the ankle. The Sheriff's Son I walked towards him to have a look at what he was doing, and I found him manoeuvring with a great steel trap. The Romance of the Coast It is manufactured in connection with the larger steel traps, and is attached to the chain by a swivel joint. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making For one marten an Indian catches in a steel trap he catches a dozen in wooden deadfalls; but with the white trapper it is different—he relies chiefly on the steel traps. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure He shut his jaws with a click like that of a steel trap and never said a word. The Jungle Fugitives A Tale of Life and Adventure in India Including also Many Stories of American Adventure, Enterprise and Daring The weasel will not enter a cage trap, and the much used snap-jaw steel trap would tear the skin. "Say Fellows—" Fifty Practical Talks with Boys on Life's Big Issues A good dog will discourage these night prowlers and steel traps placed at strategic points will often put a quick end to their activities. Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry When a steel trap is used it requires the largest size, especially made for the purpose. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making Then, again, it is not only cheaper, but it is more deadly than the steel trap, for once the animal is caught, it seldom escapes. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure This method of catching beavers was quite new to Bob, who had always seen his father and the other hunters of the Bay capture them in steel traps. Ungava Bob A Winter's Tale Two of the steel traps stolen from the Frenchmen were then laid before captain Clarke, and the women brought about twelve bushels of corn. History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6. Now, I'm short of three verra necessary things, flour, tea, and steel traps. Burned Bridges Although steel traps are most generally used, there are several other devices which are equally if not even more desirable. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making The pelts of more dead game had been ruined; deadfalls had been broken; and even some of his steel traps had been carried away. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure A little later they passed a steel trap, in which a white arctic fox straggled for freedom. Ungava Bob A Winter's Tale Well, well, there's no telling," he said; "but he's as bright as a steel trap. The Voice of the People She has a mind like a steel trap, that girl. Burned Bridges In the cheaper class of steel traps the jaws approach to the thinness of sheet-iron, and the result is that the thin edges often sever the leg of their would-be captive in a single stroke. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making If at first steel traps fail, he may build special deadfalls, often only as decoys round which to set, unseen, more steel traps in wait for the marauder. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure He had been careful of his wages, and as he blazed new hunting trails into the wilderness, used his savings to purchase steel traps with which to stock the trails. Ungava Bob A Winter's Tale Fletcher Hill's hand was like a steel trap, cold and firm and merciless. The Odds And Other Stories No. Mind like a steel trap, that man. Burned Bridges The steel trap is most commonly used, as other wooden varieties, box traps or dead-falls, for instance, are apt to absorb and retain the stench of the animal. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making If his steel traps fail, the Indian may resort to still another method—the gun trap—regardless of the fact that this may lessen the value of the animal's pelt. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure Dorothy and Cologne very gently helped the boys get the steel trap free from the shoe. Dorothy Dale's Camping Days One day someone set a steel trap just in front of her burrow. Children of the Wild Arlee saw a slim, wiry young American, in rough khaki clothes stained with work, a browned, unshaven young man with sleepy looking eyes and a mouth like a steel trap. The Palace of Darkened Windows We give, then, this imperative rule—Never bait a steel trap on the pan. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making With the steel trap it is different, as animals often pull away from the steel jaws or even gnaw off a foot in order to get free. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure On the platform was fastened a small steel trap, and under it hung a dead chicken. Wilderness Ways His next recrudescence was in Old Tuolumne, where he forgot former experiences with steel traps and set his foot into the jaws of one placed in his way by vindictive cattlemen. Bears I Have Met—and Others And even as he spoke a distant piercing scream, followed by another, and yet another, rent the air, causing Jill's mouth to shut like a steel trap, and her eyes to blaze like fires. Desert Love Although steel traps are generally used in the capture of foxes, a cleverly constructed and baited dead-fall such as is described on page 113 will often do capital service in that direction. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making Though the steel trap is much in vogue among white men and half-breeds, the deadfall, even to this day, is much preferred by the Indian. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure I placed two large trout, with a steel trap between them, in a shallow spot on the river that I could watch from my camp on a bluff, half a mile below. Wilderness Ways It was the fifty-pound steel trap that landed upon Joe's head and sent him plunging over the cliff just as Wood's Winchester began to bark. Bears I Have Met—and Others The canoe meant travel, the meagreness of the outfits either rapid or short travel, the two steel traps travel beyond the sources of supply. The Silent Places It is extensively used in the capture of the moose and grizzly bear, and is the largest and most powerful steel trap made in this or any other country. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making I could get him into a steel trap, for his wits are not abiding; they come only on occasion. Roof and Meadow Little old Irishman—sharp as a steel trap. Copper Streak Trail The Grizzly had partly recovered, and throwing his head upward he closed his jaws upon McKiernan's forehead, with a snap like a steel trap. Bears I Have Met—and Others The snares had strangled three hares; the steel traps had caught five muskrats, which are very good eating in spite of their appearance; the net had intercepted a number of pickerel, suckers, and river whitefish. The Silent Places There is a very common and erroneous idea current among amateur sportsmen and others in regard to the baiting of the steel trap; viz., that the pan of the trap is intended for the bait. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making Guns and steel traps hung upon them; the floor was made of uneven boards which had obviously been split in the nearest bluff; and the furniture was of the simplest and rudest description. The Intriguers "Dead bird!" called the referee, with jaw closing like a steel trap. The Way of a Man Sir George Simpson wants steel traps and not ploughs west of the Rockies. 54-40 or Fight Many of the Indians also, seeking lucrative trade with the white men, had purchased steel traps and had become quite successful in the capture of beavers. Christopher Carson The true object of the steel trap is, that it shall take the animal by the leg, thus injuring the skin only in a part where it is totally valueless. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making They could see now that the dog was fast in a steel trap, held securely by his hind leg. Buffalo Roost Muskets and steel traps enabled them to obtain many more furs. Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam The vicar's heavy eyebrows contracted; the lines of his face all turned downwards, and his long, clean-shaved upper lip closed sharply upon its fellow, like a steel trap. A Tale of a Lonely Parish I borrowed a steel trap an' set it in the hole, but he'd dig out under it an' round it every time. Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned This is nearly always used in connection with the steel trap, in the capture of the smaller land animals. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making Did ever you see steel traps make or hold one? The Covered Wagon The bank will shut its tills like a steel trap and to-day is Saturday, and there are the workmen and others to be paid, and several bills due into the bargain. Don Orsino "He's all hustle, and smarter than a steel trap—that's why I put him in charge of the gang in the lower shanty—besides, I saw the boys wanted him." The Lady of Big Shanty He had been in a steel trap twice before and chawed off his leg to get away. Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned They are commonly taken with the steel trap. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making Archbishop Taché tells of the persevering fortitude of a big wolf caught years ago in a steel trap at Isle â la Crosse. The New North Then he snapped his jaws like a steel trap afflicted with tetanus, and stood on his head awhile. Cobwebs from an Empty Skull We set our steel traps along the "runs" used by the animals, taking great care to hide our tracks, and give the game no indication of the presence of an enemy. An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody) I tell ye, when I thought of all the sufferin' that Mink went through it settled me for steel traps. Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned Besides the temper of the spring, there are also other necessary qualities in a steel trap, which we subjoin in order that the amateur may know how to judge and select his weapons judiciously. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making She is as smart as a steel trap; but she is as lawless as Allyn. Phebe, Her Profession A Sequel to Teddy: Her Book Some of them are wide-awake and sharp as steel traps. Iola Leroy Shadows Uplifted We had two sizes of wooden "Out of Sight" for mice and rats, and four or five sizes of Oneida steel traps for catching medium sized animals such as civets and polecats. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China We now had to take up all of our steel traps, and rob all our dead-falls and quit business generally—even then they got some of our traps before we could get them gathered in. Death Valley in '49 This is a very common fault with many steel traps and often defeats its very object. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making Rod could see that one of the big steel traps had caught the wolf on the forward leg and that the other had buried its teeth in one of the hind legs. The Wolf Hunters A Tale of Adventure in the Wilderness But dat gran'son ob mine is smart as a steel trap. Iola Leroy Shadows Uplifted As soon as tiffin was over we went up the creek with a bag of steel traps to set them on the tiny trails which wound through the jungle in every direction. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China They do say that Black Ben, the poacher, have riz, and what's more, walked slap through all the squire's steel traps, without springing on 'em. Adopting an Abandoned Farm The steel trap 2-1/1 or 3 is most commonly used, being set in the haunts of the animal, and slightly scented with musk. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making On the whole, I can imagine the world rubbing along very well with marriage as unaccommodating as a perfected steel trap. An Englishman Looks at the World Suddenly the bantam crouched, sprang, and recoiled like a steel trap. Cheerful—By Request We caught several hens in our steel traps, and one morning at the edge of a swamp I shot a jungle fowl and a woodcock with a "right and left" as they flushed together. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China Honey for bait, great steel traps with crocodilian jaws, and guns there were in the outfit. Monarch, the Big Bear of Tallac Among the most useful, although the most cruel, of inventions used by the professional trapper are the steel traps; so much so that the author would gladly omit them. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making He was brown and lean and enduring, steady-eyed and pestilence-salted, and his mouth, which had once hung open, shut now like a steel trap. The War in the Air The levers of his body snapped into play like the jaws of steel traps. Burning Daylight I am certain his brain was working at lightning speed, but he was a rat in a steel trap and the springs held him. Mr. Standfast On the other hand, his intelligence was no such perfected instrument as Hicks's, as exact as logarithms, as penetrating as a scalpel, as uncoloured by emotions as a steel trap. A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West It is constructed somewhat on the principle of the ordinary steel trap, and also resembles in other respects the one we have just described, although much simpler. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making In a cache we found two muzzle-loading guns, cooking utensils, steel traps, and other camping and hunting paraphernalia. The Long Labrador Trail His mind showed itself disciplined and orderly, and its workings struck Daylight as having all the certitude of a steel trap. Burning Daylight His eyes were gleaming, and in the dim light his mouth was set like a steel trap. The Crimson Blind Raffles was no longer smiling; his eyes were like points of steel, his lips like a steel trap. Mr. Justice Raffles The experience of modern trappers generally, warrants the assertion that for practical utility, from every point of view, the steel trap stands unrivalled. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making Jim's stock of well-kept Victor steel traps were commented on, and stories listened to in connection with this one or that. With Trapper Jim in the North Woods His mind, working in its customary way, like a steel trap, canvassed the idea in all its bearings. Burning Daylight We permit none but official corner loungers and "dead beats;" and, having a very FOX for a Mayor—whose police are sharp as steel traps—thee comes into danger, unless thee be a Repeater. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 03, April 16, 1870 That his parents or himself might enjoy all the apples, he had under the Latin dedication, placed a simple English menace of steel traps and spring guns. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 2 Great Britain and Ireland, Part 2 The steel trap No. 1 or 2 is the size particularly adapted for the muskrat, and may be set in various ways. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making And without lookin' like one, or, that is, without havin' the same features at all, the Deacon did make me think of a steel trap. Samantha among the Brethren — Volume 6 From under the counter you drag out a mink skin or so; from the dark corner an assortment of steel traps. The Forest The "thanks" clipped like a steel trap, and the business was completed. Thoroughbreds My good friend," he said at last, "you're walking into a steel trap. The Man in Gray When the animals exist in such numbers as to become a destructive Page 214 nuisance to the farm, the small-sized steel trap, No. 0, arranged with bait hung above it, will work to good advantage. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making A steel trap is real firm when it lays hold and tries to be. Samantha among the Brethren — Volume 6 The difficulty was to open the steel trap without putting himself in the way of a bite from those "tarrable sharp teeth." A Shepherd's Life Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs The mouth closes on you like a steel trap, tightly compressing the flesh and often refusing to relax its hold. Alone Farmers were wont to stand up poles in their meadows and set steel traps on the top of them to catch the hen hawks that came for the meadow mice which were damaging their meadows. My Boyhood In every case where the steel trap is used the spring pole, page 144, should always be employed, for the reasons already described. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making At night men tried to steal the corn, and had to be prevented by steel traps, like rats. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies I was down in the fir plantation with Fritz, and we came upon a dear little rabbit caught in a steel trap. Probable Sons A terrific rush, a snap of the long jaws like a steel trap,—then the old wolf would toss back the rabbit with a broken back, for the cub to finish him. Northern Trails, Book I. When an hour had passed they were carrying five victims of the steel traps. The Outdoor Chums The First Tour of the Rod, Gun and Camera Club In using the steel trap the size No. 2 should be taken. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making Otters and beavers--we caught them in deadfalls and in steel traps. Beautiful Joe An Autobiography of a Dog On the fifth night the lynx returned, went to the windfall, was lured straight to the bait, and the sharp-toothed steel trap closed relentlessly over its right hindfoot. Kazan She had put the toes of one foot into a steel trap. Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans I thought that dragon's front of thine would cry aloof to the sons of gallantry: steel traps and spring guns seemed writ in every wrinkle of it.—But you shall quit my house this instant. The Duenna Page 204 The above constitute the only devices commonly used for the capture of the rabbit, the steel trap being dispensed with. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making "He's sharp as a steel trap," volunteered Bellew, "when he wants to be." The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings The first is like a steel trap, and the last nimbler than a buck-shot. The Prairie When once you have really bent to the helpless you are caught; there is no such steel trap, and it holds you fast. Italian Hours "Thank you for your courtesy," answered the reporter, shutting his book with a snap like that of a steel trap. A Knight of the Nineteenth Century And the door closed sharply, reminding one of the shutting of a steel trap. What Can She Do? Finding a water hole to which mountain sheep occasionally came at night to drink, he set steel traps around it. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations I brought away a nice steel trap one night, worth ninety cents. Sketches New and Old, Part 2. But one day he had something the matter with him, and he went to a doctor, and the doctor told him something, I don't know what, and he shut down like a steel trap. The Moneychangers In that part of the country the trade in furs is extensively carried on, and Amos frequently caught some of the smaller wild animals in his steel traps. Friends and Helpers A number of steel traps, with the usual double-barrelled gun, or rifle, and a good supply of ammunition, constitute the most important supplies of the shanty-boat, and are never forgotten. Four Months in a Sneak-Box He is wonderfully expert in springing steel traps for the bait or prey there is in them, without getting caught himself. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations "And it was in a place like this that my boy died?" said the old lady, her mouth quivering and then closing on the words like a steel trap. Love, the Fiddler Thad was rummaging about, looking everywhere for a steel trap he had once possessed, and which now seemed strangely missing. The House Boat Boys Yes, but notes aint cash; and our banks are shut down as tight as steel traps. Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter Frank had agreed to this; and when Mark went to Tallahassee he bought six of the best steel traps he could find. Wakulla: a story of adventure in Florida And besides how we found the old portage trail, and also the steel trap, and how all these things kept on making us think for sure we were on the right route. Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador She resumed her knitting and her lips closed like the spring of a steel trap. At the Mercy of Tiberius He is a Home boy, but he is as smart as a steel trap, and he sized up Whiskers-on-the-moon right off. Rilla of Ingleside As he spoke the word, the strong mouth closed like a steel trap. The Jewel of Seven Stars The men who pursue them for the bounty, or for their fur, as well as the ranchmen who regard them as foes to stock, ordinarily use steel traps. Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches Some steel traps hung in a tree near, and several iron pounders for breaking bones. Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador If I go a huntin', I may flounder into a steel trap; if I stand still, wuss may happen. At the Mercy of Tiberius It happened like this: About a year or more ago, the rats got to pestering my place a good deal, and I set up a steel trap in my back yard. Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion Then his mouth shut like a steel trap. The Jewel of Seven Stars But before the return of warm weather his health and strength were fully restored, and to a casual glance he bore no mark of his dreadful experience in the steel trap. Wild Animals I Have Known I never congratulate any girl on marrying; I think they ought to make it somehow not quite so awful a steel trap. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2 Otters and beavers we caught them in deadfalls and in steel traps. Beautiful Joe To deal with these affairs he had the long head of the canniest Scot, wide and high between the ears, and a muzzle as determined as a little steel trap. Greyfriars Bobby The wolver, with a load of the strongest steel traps, had begun his autumn work on the 'Cottonwood.' Animal Heroes Hers was an alert, vigorous mind, bright and strong like a steel trap, and her brother's vagueness and growing habit of inattention irritated her. A Damsel in Distress He removed the steel traps from the highways and the corners of the streets. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 1 At the same time I credit ourselves with having kept the existence of the steel traps completely secret. The Quest of the Sacred Slipper It consisted of a bunch of steel traps, some tools, a broken ax, a box of miscellaneous things such as trappers used, and a few articles of flannel. The Last of the Plainsmen "At least he looks like one—and yet—you can tell from his face he'd have as little mercy as a steel trap for anyone he had to—catch—" She shuddered uncontrollably. The Bat There sat a huge black bear on his haunches holding up a great steel trap which clutched one of his paws. The Young Forester No. His mind was like a steel trap. The Valley of the Moon The man carried a rifle, an axe, and several steel traps. Betty Zane "Ah, like the charming journey the other day, when it rained bullets and produced a crop of steel traps!" The Three Musketeers The sharp click of his teeth, like the snap of a steel trap, completed the sentence. The Spirit of the Border A bunch of steel traps lay in a corner. The Young Forester Once a man did kick Bâtard, and Bâtard, with quick wolf snap, closed his jaws like a steel trap on the man’s calf and crunched down to the bone. The Faith of Men Thirty deadfalls made by Quonab, with the sixty made on the first trip and a dozen steel traps, were surely promise of a good haul. Rolf in the Woods But just then the wrist I held leaped from my hand, and the hand clasped like a steel trap about my wrist. The Sea Wolf Then she gave a little gasp and shut up like a steel trap. Joe Wilson and His Mates |
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