if you look in a survival book or on the many websites about the subject you will normally find a chapter about trap building included, it's also a topic of many survival/outdoor courses. i've build quite a few of them to see how they're made and then taken them totally apart(and destroying every part of them to prevent misuse by others) as most (european) countries do not allow them(!!!check laws before trying!!!). for the same reason most outdoor/survival courses- both civilian and military- simulate hunting success by providing a dead animal.
while i was in new zealand about two years ago i spent some time on rather remote places where there was a lot or trouble with possums(an introduced species regarded as a pest as they do a lot of damage to native flora and fauna) and rabbits. which provided me with an opportunity to test some traps (without any harm to native species!), but with rather limited success- either they just pinched the bait or some predator was faster and got an easy meal... . snares worked well on rabbits and i got quite a few possums with bought traps(instant killing) for the pot, but the selfmade ones a la figure4-trigger were a total failure(for me)
has anyone used traps succesful in a survival situation or on a long bushtrip and if yes- which ones worked best?
while i was in new zealand about two years ago i spent some time on rather remote places where there was a lot or trouble with possums(an introduced species regarded as a pest as they do a lot of damage to native flora and fauna) and rabbits. which provided me with an opportunity to test some traps (without any harm to native species!), but with rather limited success- either they just pinched the bait or some predator was faster and got an easy meal... . snares worked well on rabbits and i got quite a few possums with bought traps(instant killing) for the pot, but the selfmade ones a la figure4-trigger were a total failure(for me)
has anyone used traps succesful in a survival situation or on a long bushtrip and if yes- which ones worked best?