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[[underlined]] Twin Oaks [[/underlined]] Dec. 23. Rained hard in night got nothing in traps tho a coyote broke one of the old hard stiff chains and escaped and another pulled up chicken in new trap and escaped. Another got out of old weak trap that I had been using to catch my finger. Skinned coyote and cat for mounting. Did not reset traps as it rained by spells all day. A fine rain, about a half inch has fallen and soaked the ground well.
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What does "using to catch my finger" mean in this context?