set trap

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A well set trap will not reveal itself to the game or to any other trapper.

From Mink Trapping A Book of Instruction Giving Many Methods of Trapping—A Valuable Book for Trappers. by Harding, A. R. (Arthur Robert)

Another way, drive a stake beside a log, set trap about six to nine inches away, pour fish brine on stake and see what it will do.

From Fox Trapping A Book of Instruction Telling How to Trap, Snare, Poison and Shoot - A Valuable Book for Trappers by Harding, A. R. (Arthur Robert)

A hole set trap should not be approached unnecessarily.

From Mink Trapping A Book of Instruction Giving Many Methods of Trapping—A Valuable Book for Trappers. by Harding, A. R. (Arthur Robert)

Thus nothing was easier than to set trap after trap, into each of which the simple fellow fell as they were set—fell fatally.

From Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas by Souvestre, Pierre

Now for four more nights you must bury a set trap under every heap of sawdust. 

From Full Revelations of a Professional Rat-catcher After 25 Years' Experience by Matthews, Ike