Elijah Kawapit talks about the Fox trap.

For trapping the fox, it’s set up in different ways too. Sometimes the snow is gathered to make a
small lump and a pole ( sikaskuuhigan NKR*r:R&) is placed under the snow, the snow is lightly pressed before placing the trap on top. It’s covered by a snow on the top, but not to touch the trap. After it’s completely covered (aku kakunawakinu Qr! RrUnNQFu! ) and it’s fixed in a way so the fox can easily fall through, when he steps on the trap. The bait is sprinkled around and top where the trap is, anything is used for the bait. It could be a frozen fish and it’s chopped into pieces.

I have seen a beaver anus (amiskw   QH*r) being used and the fox can easily scent it as he runs by it.  Two poles are bended over and that’s where the beaver anus is smeared. While the fox eats the sprinkled bait, he steps on the trap because he has no suspicion of the trap being there.

Sometimes in areas where there’s a lumpy ground on a rocky hill, that’s where it’s good to set up a fox trap. Two small poles are placed in a standing position, the trap is placed on top. Then it’s covered by  a moss, or a snow during the winter. The bait is placed under the poles, it’s hidden under a rock and just little part of it is made visible. So that the fox cannot remove the rock and the trap is placed where it’s estimated he would be standing, if he tries to pull the bait. That’s what happens when the fox tries to pull the bait, he steps on the trap.

I also saw another way of setting up the fox trap, many poles are placed bend together and the bait is placed inside. Sometimes snow is also used and shaped in the same way, the bait is placed at the back inside the covered area.

Even the lynx likes the beaver anus, it’s smeared on the tree. The lynx trap is set up in different ways too, the bait is placed where the tree has been smeared. The trap is placed under it and the snow is pressed down in a shallow form, then it’s covered after. Even if it has been snowing a lot, the lynx still falls through where the snow has been covered. The lynx doesn’t suspect about the trap and stands where he’s busy with the bait and the smeared beaver anus. It’s said that he ( lynx) rubs himself on the smeared tree.

Sometimes no bait is placed on the trap, the smeared pole is just placed near the trap. Still it’s covered the same way, he likes to bother the pole that has been smeared by a beaver anus. He really likes the scent of it. I also have heard that when someone comes across the tracks of the lynx, the smeared pole is placed there. When he finds the smeared pole, he keeps going back to it.  When he makes a mess on that pole, then the trap is set up. That way he‘s not being cautious for a trap, the next time he comes back to the pole.