Fifty Years a Hunter & Trapper

by E.N. Woodcock

Overview

Beginning with his experiences as a young boy learning the trade of trapping and hunting, the author chronicles his escapades throughout an untamed America, including trapping bear and deer in northern Michigan, wolfing in southeastern Oregon, hunting in California and Washington, and killing his first cougar in the mountains of Idaho.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781565549821
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	10/31/2001
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Woodcock worked the "trap line" for more than a half-century, and was a faithful contributor to Hunter, Trader, and Trapper magazine for a decade. In his later years Woodcock became an advocate for more stringent hunting and trapping laws, and believed conservation was the answer to the declining population of all game animals. In his more than fifty years, Woodcock never hunted illegally or out of season.

Table of Contents

I	Autobiography of E. N. Woodcock	15
II	Early Experiences	22
III	My First Real Trapping Experience	28
IV	Some Early Experiences	35
V	Some Early Experiences (Concluded)	55
VI	A Hunt on the Kinzua	68
VII	My Last Hunt on the Kinzua	78
VIII	Fred and the Old Trapper	93
IX	Bears in 1870, Today--Other Notes	103
X	Incidents Connected with Bear Trapping	113
XI	Pacific Coast Trip	119
XII	Some Michigan Trips	125
XIII	Hunting and Trapping in Cameron Co., Pa., in 1869	133
XIV	Hunting and Trapping in Cameron Co.	141
XV	Trapping and Bee Hunting	162
XVI	Hits and Misses on the Trail	183
XVII	Lost in the Woods	188
XVIII	Traps and Other Hints for Trappers	193
XIX	Camps and Camping	203
XX	Deer Hunt Turned Into a Bear Hunt	207
XXI	Dog on the Trap Line	212
XXII	Two Cases of Buck Fever	218
XXIII	Partner a Necessity	223
XXIV	A Few Words on Deadfalls	227
XXV	Advice from a Veteran	232
XXVI	The Screech of the Panther	244
XXVII	Handling Raw Furs and Other Notes	249
XXVIII	The Passing of the Fur Bearer	258
XXIX	Destruction of Game and Game Birds	265
XXX	Southern Experiences on the Trap Line	274
XXXI	On the Trap and Trot Line in the South	281
XXXII	Trapping in Alabama	288
XXXIII	Some Early Experiences	296
XXXIV	The White Deer	302
XXXV	A Day of Luck	306
XXXVI	A Mixed Bag	311