Produced by Linda M. Everhart, Blairstown, Missouri FIFTY YEARS A HUNTER AND TRAPPER [Frontispiece: E. N. WOODCOCK AND BEAR TRAPS--HIS OWN MAKE.] FIFTY YEARS A HUNTER AND TRAPPER Experiences and Observations of E. N. Woodcock the noted Hunter and Trapper, as written by Himself and Published in H-T-T from 1903 to 1913 EDITED BY A. R. HARDING Published by A. R. HARDING, Publisher St. Louis, Mo. Copyright 1913, By A. R. HARDING. CONTENTS. I--Autobiography of E. N. Woodcock II--Early Experiences III--My First Real Trapping Experience IV--Some Early Experiences V--Some Early Experiences (Concluded) VI--A Hunt on the Kinzua VII--My Last Hunt on the Kinzua VIII--Fred and the Old Trapper IX--Bears in 1870, Today--Other Notes X--Incidents Connected with Bear Trapping XI--Pacific Coast Trip XII--Some Michigan Trips XIII--Hunting and Trapping in Cameron Co., Pa., in 1869 XIV--Hunting and Trapping in Cameron Co. XV--Trapping and Bee Hunting XVI--Hits and Misses on the Trail XVII--Lost in the Woods XVIII--Traps and Other Hints for Trappers XIX--Camps and Camping XX--Deer Hunt Turned Into a Bear Hunt XXI--Dog on the Trap Line XXII--Two Cases of Buck Fever XXIII--Partner a Necessity XXIV--A Few Words on Deadfalls XXV--Advice from a Veteran XXVI--The Screech of the Panther XXVII--Handling Raw Furs and Other Notes XXVIII--The Passing of the Fur bearer XXIX--Destruction of Game and Game Birds XXX--Southern Experiences on the Trap Line XXXI--On the Trap and Trot Line in the South XXXII--Trapping in Alabama XXXIII--Some Early Experiences XXXIV--The White Deer XXXV--A Day of Luck XXXVI--A Mixed Bag ILLUSTRATIONS. E. N. Woodcock and Bear Traps--His own make E. N. Woodcock's Residence Setting a Large Steel Trap for Bear Woodcock and Some of His Catch Woodcock on the Trap Line Log Set for Fox Woodcock and His Catch, Fall, 1904 Building a Bear "Lowdown" Results of a Few Weeks' Trapping Woodcock Fishing on the Sinnamahoning Woodcock and Some of His Catch Woodcock and His Steel Traps Woodcock Fishing on Pine Creek Woodcock and His Old Trapping Dog, Prince Good Small Animal Deadfall Spring Set for Fox Woodcock on the Trap Line, 1912 Visitors at Woodcock's Camp in Georgia E. N. Woodcock and His Catch of Alabama Furs E. N. Woodcock and Some of His Alabama Furs Foot of Tree Set Woodcock and His Old Trapping Dog PREFACE. Sometime early in the spring of 1903, a letter was received from a man in Pennsylvania and published in H-T-T, which a few weeks later brought to light one of the truest and best sportsmen that ever shouldered a gun, strung a snare or set a trap--E. N. Woodcock.