Arctic Survival by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781405933919
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 2017-04-12T00:00:00+00:00

Animal Food

73. Finding animals on the open tundra is not easy, but don’t be too quick in deciding that the area is lifeless. Keep on the lookout for any signs of animal life—such as excrement, tracks, hair, and, in extremely cold weather, “animal smoke” steaming from their bodies. These may put you on the trail of food. Wherever there is one kind of animal there are almost sure to be other forms of life. The animals you may find range from lemmings, which are stub-tailed mice, to polar bears. What you catch will depend on your facilities and skill. Small animals such as lemmings, muskrats, hares, woodchucks, squirrels, and snowshoe rabbits, can be caught with sling shots, snares, deadfalls, and other simple traps. The larger animals such as polar and brown bears, caribou, moose, seals, mountain sheep, and wolverine, are difficult to kill. They may be snared or captured by deadfalls and pit traps, but unless they are strangled or stunned they are hard to kill without a gun. Learn to attract animals by kissing the back of your hand vigorously and making a squeaking noise which indicates the presence of a wounded mouse or bird; that should definitely attract some hungry animal. But learn to conceal yourself.

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