Description
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD by Ron Leggett
PREFACE
SAFETY FIRST
PAD CATCHES
THE TRAPS
Trap Design, Longspring Versus Coilspring, Which Coilspring?, Crosspiece Extensions, Treating Traps, Degreasing and Cleaning, Dying in Logwood, Trap Dips, Painting, Waxing
BEDDING
Digging the Bed, Footprint, Depth, Shape, Bedding in Spongy Ground, Digging Problems, Pre-bedding, Bedding the Trap Solidly, Power Bedding
SETS NOT NEEDING SOLID BEDDING
Step-Down Set, Trench Set, Spring Set
WEATHERPROOFING & CONCEALING
Materials for Set Making, Poly Fiberfill, Underalls, Trapper’s Caps, Pan Covers, Oversize Pans, Plastic Bags—Again!, Anti-Freeze, Salt, Propylene Glycol, Covering the Set, On-Site Dirt, Dry Dirt, Peat Moss, Buckwheat Hulls, Grass Clippings, Snow, Waxed Dirt and Sand, Making Waxed Dirt, Testing Waxed Dirt, Blending, Rain, Ice and Snow
PAN PRESSURE
MY PREFERENCES
Keep It Simple!
CONCLUSION
SPONSORS