Old trappers know if they were to set a steel trap in a place not frequented by fur bearers that their catch would be next to nothing.
It is not so quickly made and set as a steel trap, and never gives "Sneakums" inducements to approach it for future use.
If the trapper is satisfied that it is an animal that is doing the mischief, he wants to plan carefully, and if he is an expert trapper, a steel trap or two will come into good play and the animal will be caught in the steel trap.
Regan opened his mouth to say something--and, instead, snapped his jaws shut like a steel trap.
Carleton, quick as a steel trap, getting the gist of the message in a glance, brushed by P.
While coming along he told the following story: "Several years ago there were two white men trapping on a little stream that emptied into the Copper River, and one of them was caught in a steel trap.
My guide was always more or less uneasy for fear of stepping into a steel trap set on a game trail along the stream.
A howl of enraged surprise came from the little animal as he dangled with hind toes just touching the ground, and his fore-paws in a steel Trap which he had pulled over the side.
Carcajou--"talk of conditions with a Fellow's fingers in a steel Trap!
They are caught with a hook and line, and bite a steel trap, and hang on like a poor relation.
The best way tew domestikate them that ever I saw, is tew surround them gently, with a steel trap; yu kan reason with them then tew grate advantage.
In life matrimonial we hav the conjugaler Bend, which brings a man down on the hard pan ov hiz knees, and makes him az eazy, and interesting tew handle as a rat in a steel trap.
I was soon coaxing the smith to make me a steel trap, which he did.
Yes, and I like a pen for a bear better than a steel trap.
I thought if I could not get the bear in a steel trap, there would be but little use trying to get him in such a clumsy thing as a deadfall--however, Uncle had trapped bear long before I was born and knew what he was talking about.
When a steel trap is used it requires the largest size, especially made for the purpose.
Besides the temper of the spring, there are also other necessary qualities in a steel trap, which we subjoin in order that the amateur may know how to judge and select his weapons judiciously.
We give, then, this imperative rule--Never bait a steel trap on the pan.
However, both the deadfall and the snare are good traps for certain animals and it is well to know how to make and use them for one may sometimes see a good place in which to place a trap but may not have a steel trap along.
To properly set a steel trap on dry land one should dig a "nest" for the trap, deep enough to allow the covering to be flush with the surroundings and just a little larger than, and of the same shape as the trap when set.
Though he often behaves like a coward, hunters approach him with care when he is caught in a steel trap, as he can make a great spring and when he chooses, can fight desperately.
Once, while travelling in Athabasca with Caspar Whitney, the noted American writer on Sport and Travel, we came upon a black fox caught in a steel trap.
Though he often behaves like a coward, hunters approach him with care when he is caught in a steel trap, as he can make a great spring and when he chooses, can .
A surer way, however, is to also set a steel trap in front of the lodge door, so that if the lynx does not enter, he may be caught while looking in.
Suddenly, half-way down the lines of stakes, his breast touched the pan of a steel trap, and the jaws flew up quick as a wink and strong as a vise.
The trouble began with a steel trap, just as it did in their father's case.
And on this night, of all others, the Beaver put his hand squarely into a steel trap.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "steel trap" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
