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Traps

Traps are an essential part of most survival strategies. By setting up a number of well-placed traps which you check regularly, you can save yourself a lot of energy. As with most hunting and gathering strategies, it is best to set up your trap line at a bit of a distance from your main camp. Should you become sick or otherwise debilitated, you will not have exhausted the game in the immediate area of your camp.
 

Figure-4 Deadfall triggers

Paiute Deadfall triggers

Bait Stick Deadfall Trigger 

Split Stick Deadfall Trigger

John McPherson Style Deadfall 

Spring Traps

Friction Point Split Stick Trigger

Snapping Turtle Trap - by Doc

At Home In The Wilderness Part IV: Hunting and Traps - by Tom Brown Jr., from Mother Earth News, Issue #74

The Lost Traps - by Dan Stanchfield, from True Tracks, Fall 1998

Trap Baiting - by Tom Brown Jr., from The Tracker magazine, Summer 1982

 

See also the Snares section of this website
See also the Cordage section of this website

 

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