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March 17, 2002
Traps
(Photos and report by Walter Muma) |
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Five people met at Walter & Julie's place in Cambridge
for a day of working with traps.
Most of us were absolute novices at trap-making.
However, with a few good diagrams we helped each other troubleshoot our
traps. By the end of the day, we had each successfully constructed and set
both a Figure-4 deadfall and a Paiute deadfall trap.
For more info about Traps
and Snares,
please visit the Wildwood Survival website, Traps
and Snares
sections. |
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Trap by Alex Harwood |
First we worked on
basic Figure-4 deadfall traps. We used a
pine board to simulate a deadfall, with a rock on top for weight. |
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Trap by Julie Liptak |
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Click on the small photo to
watch a movie of this trap being triggered
(Trap by Julie Liptak)
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Windows media format (WMV)
320x240, 319 KB |
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Trap by Peter Linke |
| Next we each tried
constructing and setting the Paiute trigger deadfall.
This form of it is unique in that it doesn't
require a knife.
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Click on the small
photo to watch a movie of this trap being set |
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Windows media format (WMV)
320x240, 1.5 MB |
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Here are 2 movies of this trap
being triggered
Click on the small
photo to watch the movie
(Trap by peter Linke) |
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Windows media format (WMV)
320x240, 198 KB |
Windows media format (WMV)
320x240, 537 KB |
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Trap by Alex Harwood |
Watch yer nose!
This version requires a knife to cut a notch on
the diagonal stick and a point on the upright stick.
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Trap by Walter Muma |
| We found the Paiute
deadfall trap to be much easier to set than the Figure-4 deadfall. |
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Click on the small
photo to watch a movie of this trap being triggered |
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Windows media format (WMV)
320x240, 223 KB |
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Trap by Walter Muma |
The one drawback of this
type of trap, in comparison with the Figure-4 deadfall, is that it
does require some cordage. However, we found that the cordage
doesn't have to be very strong. Therefore some elementary cordage
could be whipped up from available plants without much trouble. |
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Trap by Peter Linke |
Closeup view of the paiute
trigger. |
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Trap by Walter Muma |
It works: dinner! |
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We all had a great time and learned a lot. We didn't
"master" very many traps; in fact, we didn't "master"
any! But we all had a great time learning these couple of traps, and
mastering some of their idiosyncrasies.
Later on, we went inside to watch a video of Tom Brown. It
being a cold day in a cool basement, we all cooperated to get a fire going
from a hand-drill set: a mullein stalk on a balsam fir fireboard.
For more info about Traps
and Snares,
please visit the Wildwood Survival website, Traps
and Snares
sections.
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