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Mark and recapture
in horizontal position
① Set traps, nestled well so that
trap doors flush with runway
or ground surface
② Place cake of wet fresh green
forage in box, along with a
handful of surface litter (cut
grass, etc).
③ Map plot.
④ For caught animals, in addition
to marking: 1- date
2- trap number
3- mark applied to
animal
4- sex
5- pelage
6- wt estimate Taken
Also, for $,$,
7- pelvis up or cl
8- Feats + or -
or lack.
9- direction, distance, &
path of travel from
pt of release (at trap),
entered on map, followed
by observation with 20 lots
disturbance to animal as
(see over)