12.23.07
OUTDOORS: Setting a Trap
Kennebec Journal, ME - Dec 21, 2007
The safest bet is nearly as unsure as any of the other gambles. The ice so early in the winter is unsafe in the best of times, and the four inches of fresh powder from the night before makes it impossible for a newcomer to the area to find his way.
It all looks the same.
We tiptoe across the marsh along a natural dam, David Wilson first in the three-man procession as he carries a large chisel in his left hand and drags an empty sled by a rope in his right. Every couple of steps, he taps the chisel a few times in succession — shrugging his shoulders and moving on.
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