Bait scrape

Bait scrape, a metal box used by law enforcement to gather bait from the water, to use as evidence against offenders who were baiting waterfowl. In 1935, tough hunting laws were enacted to include the federal outlawing of baiting, which became an amendment to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. Market hunters and sportsmen attracted or baited, waterfowl into traps contrsucted with various materials with stakes and poles with a covering of net, cord or wire usually in shallow waters. Bait scrape tool was used to catch these offenders.