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Snow and sleet storms are apt to be particularly good 
times for trapping. However, the %4; first and third largest 
catches at Plainfield were made on two days of thaw. 
On some days, chickens and sharptails are easier to 
catch than on others; whatever the reason, on those days 
the birds are willing to enter almost any kind of trap. At 
other times they are more wary. Some trappers stick to one 
kind of trap for each condition (Low, who has caught more 
sharptails than anyone else), some prefer a variety of traps 
to offer different choices during the less productive periods 
(the Hamerstroms, who have caught the greatest number of 
chickens). 
0      All in all, grouse trapping has not yet been reduced 
to a formula. Sharptails, in particular, actually behave 
differently in different regions; beyond this, the 
members of the Cooperative have shown a wide range of choices 
in traps, baits, when and where to trpp, how long to bait 
ahead, and in all the other details of a trapping program. 
Perhaps the only conclusions to be drawn from these records 
is that one cannot say that any particular system is best 
for all conditions, but that one should be able to find, 
among this collection, systems to fit most circumstances. 
COLORED MARKERS 
A bird wearing the standard aluminum band *wt be taken 
in the hand again before the number can be read. Additional 
colored markers, which can be recognized at a greater distanc