November 24, 2002

Trap by Julia Kristof

First, most of us built a Figure-4 deadfall to warm up to the subject.

Here is one of the Figure-4 Deadfall traps.

Please note that no animals were trapped or harmed in any way during the day. The day was meant for practice in building the traps and snares only.

Trap by Rob Bicevskis

Rob made this Paiute Trap variation. The right-hand diagonal stick is under spring tension, and the end is fashioned into a small spike. When the trap is released, this stick will impale the animal under it.

Two of the group at work.

Trap by Walter Muma

We worked on a deadfall design from John McPherson (outlined in his books).

Here, a stick is placed on the ground and is kept under tension. When the trigger is released, the spring stick pulls the supporting stick out and the weight falls.

Trap by Walter Muma 

Several of us tried out hand at a Split Stick deadfall.  VERY tricky to set this one.

Snare by Rob Bicevskis

We also turned our attention to snares. Here is a simple bird snare.

Note that in all cases we have used much heavier cord than we would if actually building a real snare to catch something. This is so the design of the snare is readily visible.

Snare by Eric Quesnelle

A Pencil snare.

Snare by Rob Bicevskis

And another type of bird snare.