Camping and Trapping
This is a subject close to my own heart. Of course and in today's world there is little call for these skills and many people view the whole topic with distaste. However, in days gone by we clothed ourselves in skins and furs so the skills involved in snaring or trapping animals was very important. The image on the CD you see to the side was taken when I was trapping possums and wallabies above the snowline on the Central Plateau of Tasmania in Australia. This CD contains information that is mostly from North America during the heyday of the fur trade. For those interested it is a real insight into the period when we were still reliant on the skins of animals to keep us warm. You never know we may well need these skills again... keep it alive. The CD I have put together contains 11 books scanned from yester-year that show many practical skills and techniques from days gone by. Here is a list of those books and what you will find on the CD. 1. Camping and Trapping was written by William Gibson. This man lived between 1850-1896 and his book written in the late 1800s really captures the skills needed to be a frontier man of that era. If you are interested in trapping and snaring this is an absolute must have. Camping and Trapping has 193 pages packed with information on how to make and set traps as indicated by the list of illustrations below. It also contains a wealth of information gained from living in the Woods. 2. A Trapper's Guide: A Manual of Instructions was written by the famous trapper Newhouse in 1869 and has 245 pages of amazing innformation. From capturing to curing, this is one of the most detailed texts you will ever find on this subject. 3. 50 Years Hunting and Trapping by E.N Woodrock and edited by A.R. Harding in 1913 has 324 pages . This man lived between 1850-1896 and his book written in the late 1800s really captures the skills needed to be a frontier man of that era. If you are interested in trapping and snaring this is an absolute must have. Camping and Trapping has 193 pages packed with information on how to make and set traps as indicated by the list of illustrations below. It also contains a wealth of information gained from living in the Woods. 4. Pioneer Life or Thirty Years a Trapper was written by Phillip Tome in 1854 and has 238 pages. "The lover of the hunt will find faithfully portrayed, the exciting scenes of the chase, the fight with the elk, the wolf and the panther, and herein be enabled to gather the experience of nearly half a century as to the best mode of securing every description of game to be found in our forests." 5. The Book Of Camp Lore and Woodcraft was written by Dan Beard (founder of the first Boy Scouts Society) in 1930 with 288 pages. Those of us who think we know boys, feel that this "inner light" illuminating their wonderful powers of imagination, is the compelling force culminating in the vigorous accomplishments of manhood. It is the force which sent Columbus voyaging over the unknown seas, which sent Captain Cook on his voyage around the world, the same force which carried Lindbergh in his frail airship across the Atlantic." 6. Builders of The Nation or From Indian Trail to The Railroad was written by A.C. Laut in 1902 and has 176 pages. "The trapper s hard-earned knowledge of the vast empire lying beyond the Missouri was utilized by later comers, or in a large part died with him, leaving occa sional records in the documents of fur companies, or reports of military expeditions, or here and there in the name of a pass, a stream, a mountain, or a fort. His adventurous warfare upon the wild things of the woods and streams was the expression of a primitive instinct old as the history of mankind." 7. Home Manufacture of Furs and Skins was written by Albert Farnham and has 292 pages.A Book of Practical Instructions Telling How to Tan, Dress, Color and Manufacture or Make into Articles of Ornament, Wear and Use. 8. Tony Alexanders's Hunters and Trappers Guide was written Tony Alexander in 1887 and has 129 pages. "In hunting and trapping, as in every other practical business matter, it is only the man who has had continuous experience for a long time and under many and various circumstances that can be trusted to advise." 9. Forty-Four Years The Life Of A Hunter was written by Mesach Browning in 1859 and has 432 pages. "Meshach Browning's life may be deemed an eventful one, considering the almost constant risks he ran of losing it in his many dangerous conflicts with bears, panthers, wolves, and wounded bucks ; for the latter are scarcely less to be feared than the former, as their sharp horns, and keen, cutting hoofs, are wielded with as much strength and skill,both in attack and defence, as are the teeth and claws of the beasts of prey." 10. Science of Trapping was written by E. Kreps in 1909 and has 247 pages. "Trapping in itself is an art. Manyof the wild creatures are exceedingly wary and the trapper must match his reason against the instinct, the natural wariness and the acquired knowledge of the animals." 11. How To Trap and Snare was written by William Carnegie in 1909 and has 240 pages. "It may be imagined that trapping and snaring are an uninteresting kind of drudgery very necessary, but outside the amateur's sphere of interest. On the contrary, it is an engaging and fascinating pursuit, and one worthy the skill und attention of those to whom country life in general, and game-preserving in particular, possess a never-ending attraction."
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