set trap

Example Sentences

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He had left Natalie alone on the cliff, and then blindly permitted this chit to lead him straight into Hobart's set trap.

From The Case and the Girl by Parrish, Randall

This was precisely what Kah-go-mish had hoped they would do, and right before them lay the other part of his cunningly set trap.

From The Red Mustang by Stoddard, William O.

Be sure to search out all the old hollow logs near streams and set trap in or near entrance--place bait in log.

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

With his knife he then cuts a hole in the snow exactly the size of the set trap, the plate of which has already been daubed with mixed bait.

From The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure by Heming, Arthur Henry Howard

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)