Deadliest Small Game Primitive Trap
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Dave Canterbury, David Canterbury, The Pathfinder School,Bush Craft ,Survival skills, Historical Lore, Primitive Skills, Archery, Hunting, Trapping, Fishing, Navigation, Knives, Axes, Fire, Water, Shelter, Search and Rescue
I was watching Rufus's body language while you set the trap. He didn't get right in the middle of your work like a lot of dogs will. He kept checking out the area around you making sure nothing was sneaking up. After looking in every direction, he'd look directly at you for a few second trying to read your body language, then resume checking out the area. That's a damn good dog.
Grandpa the Grey Thank you he is an awesome friend indeed
***** A person, unlike a dog, will give you , hopefully, stimulating conversation...the down side to a K-9, is that they bark...thus giving away your relative position...and also scare away, or at least alert, your potential game...
Uncas Grisim That depends on how you train your animal..and which breed you have. Some breeds are smarter than others. If you have a smart breed and you train it well, it will do what you want it to do. If you don't want it to bark, it won't. If you want it to bark, it will. It's up to you what your dog learns to do or not do.
Uncas Grisim You've never seen a hunting dog at work? Take a close look at my avatar. See that big old Black Lab on the back of my ATV? She'd for sure bark at the mailman, but when we were out on a hunt, not a peep. Didn't train her to keep quiet no more than I trained her to point, she just did it naturally. She'd also point a deer just as well as she'd point a bird. Never could sweet talk her into fetching a deer though. lol
You are very fortunate to have one so quiet...we can't get ours to shut up...falling leaves...passing gas...yap, yap, yap...
Still watching in 2019 thanks for being a great teacher!
David is hands down the best bushcraft and survival teacher. He actually lives that life. Discovery really fucked up.
Dave.... You're my fave. Instructions always clear...short and to the point. I've watched so many confusing and boring vids. Keep up the good work.
A solid, no nonsense, clear step by step presentation.
As a rank beginner, I wish more were like this.
Much obliged.
Dave Canterbury I've been watching your videos for a long time and appreciate your content very much for what I've learned in your videos. I'm a beginning blacksmith and have lived in the woods all my life. I fortunately had an awesome teacher, which says a lot to me considering how much I learn from your videos. Thank you sir. Sincerely JWH
Thanks for the tip. Rufus looks like he is doing well. I love seeing him in your vids.
Besides the snare, its the first primitive trap i ever learnt and its still my favorite. Great to see Rufus out with ya again!
Just subbed to your channel and your teachings are more important now in 2022 then ever!! Thanks for all you do Dave
Thank you for teaching me for free brother I really appreciate it I’ve learned so much from you and Shawn Kelly. Much respect
Dave Canterbury beast mode since before Dual Survival
i barbed my nail with a small dremel tool like a fishing hook and oooohh man! you DONT wanna know what happened next! and no it wasn't me the one who got it lol! so yea i think adding a barb to your set up
deff works really good..
I thought back to enemy booby traps in Vietnam and immediately thought about putting a barbed shape on the end of that nail to make it more effective on small game for retention. Flattened with a hammer and sharpened to a sharp point with a barb to hold any game in place. Well explained, good video quality as usual. Thanks Dave. I'll give you $20 for that dog right now! ;-)
Hey man bring a cork with you. put it on the nail while you set the trap.
smart
Getting it off might be tricky, no?
Nice idea, but after you’ve set the trap, good luck removing the cork!
just watched in 2021. Thanks, Dave.
I have seen about 24 of your videos. Dave, you are a rare Earth Intellectual. We have signed up for your class in Sept! We also are putting together a small group for your trapping course this winter! Please Do it this year!! Thank you for all your years of knowledge and I hope to absorb all that's possible from you.
Love you that you shared the video with Rufus
Thank you for sharing this valuable skill
Simple and seems like it would be pretty damn effective.
Also beautiful dog.
I like this trap setup, it was a easy bushcraft project to make two of them this morning, I made one with hickory and the other with cedar.
Cool, I am reading your book expert bushcraft now and it's really good
Good video, I like that you give a few different ways to setup a similar trap depending on what your game may be.
Not a big TH-cam watcher, but happened to come across your channel while I was searching for something, and ended up watching quite a few of your videos. New fan, very informative no nonsense education. Just thought I'd add to this trap lesson. If you don't have nails available, I've used a small log with the V of a protruding branch carved down and sharpened. And I've also used a carved spike attached with cordage. I've never actually killed an animal with this method, just practiced making them several times. I think another good addition would be carving a barb into the spike to prevent the animal from pulling loose if not killed immediately? Edit, just noticed someone already mentioned the barb idea. Great minds...
What a great trap, and super simple to set up. Thanks Dave.
I worked as a highlead logger before,and we use that technique of twisting a stick between 2 cables that are wraped around 2 or more trees to offer support when the logs are hauled down or up the hill to the landing,never thought of making a trap out of if before, but i can see how it ws effective,we use about a 4-5 foot stick and have to twist it very tight,i had a friend of mine accidently let the stick go as he was twisting it and it knocked him out,lol.
a barbed removable tip and some cordage and you can reel in your squirrels and rabbits:)
Hi Dave - stupid question from a total newbie. You point out that primitive trapping is illegal in most places; looks like it's illegal in my state (TX) on public land as I read the rules and regs. So I guess a man's practice is limited to private property where he has the owner's permission?
Your channel is fantastic and your store offers tremendous items and first-class service. Thanks for sharing so much hard-earned knowledge.
Good teaching.
Thank you.
I made one of these after seeing this video, but i sawed a small slot in the end where the nail goes, and inserted a steel 2 blade trade point. instant kill. Nearly took the head off a rabbit. I'm making one now with a hole awled out, to accept a screw in broadhead.
wow great idea
Cool, Kyle, but be careful about confessing to crimes online. We are not as difficult to find as we think we are and people have been arrested in the past for things they have said online. These types of traps are for emergency survival and are usually illegal under normal circumstances.
I like your thinking, will have to try that. Instant kill is always one of my goals.
David said it was a good idea to add a frog gig into your normal day go bag. I now carry 3 frog gigs slightly modified for making traps with.
For me 3 heads has worked better than just one striking point, but i am going to try your idea out.
Interesting one Dave. Would you see any downside to wedging a T-bar between the two trees, just above apex of the spiked club? I was thinking it might serve to retain tension overnight, especially if the trees are less than a few inches in diameter.
thanks again for FOOD for thought lloll !! Blessings.
When the 10$ bill is worth 1cent, we ALL are gonna need to know some of this stuff.
Thanx brother.
peace
great set up Dave thank you.
Photobombed BIG TIME!!!! Awesome cameo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dave do you have a book on the type of traps you make? i once saw you make a treadall trap that caught a wild pig on dual surviver
would like to see stuff like that. take care keep your video's coming.
Thank you for your work and sharing this information. 🙏🏾
Nice trap setup Dave Canterbury 👍☘️😎
Thanks for the demo Dave..... great job!
Still here in 2023! You have no idea how influential you have been in my life.
Great trap Dave. i am going to practice this one as well as your others. Good to see Rufus is doing well.
GOOD SAFETY TRICK FOR THIS: You could also carry a piece of cork so that you can put it over the tip of the nail when you are setting all this up & then take it off to "arm" the trap. Wood with a pre-drilled hole in it would probably work well, since cork isn't too easy to find in the woods if you lose the piece you brought. Just figured I'd mention it, since getting "nailed" in the woods can be a huge problem & it would really suck for things to fall apart from a slip like that.
Great video Dave. Miss you on TV, but understand.
Keep the great videos coming.
Wow that would be a great place to add a broad head arrow point
very excellent demonstration, thanks.
good video. I have seen this type of trap before, but did not know how to trigger it. side note, I really like your dog. he looks like a great hike companion. give him a good scratch behind the ears from me,please.
One thing you forgot to make a bunch of sharp traps is with the good old 3 size pencil sharpener. Ya those old school type pencil sharpeners. The ones that come in 3 hole sizes. makes some very sharp sticks to impaiI your game. Even the $1 store ones work very well. Buy the plastic ones with the 3 different hole sizes. They work very well on deer if you take the time to make them right.
Nice trap...simple, few parts, and builds on the well proven promontory peg trigger. You could also make this work off the Paiute trigger... I think.
Wow great idea. I think this setup could be used as the spring in a snare as well. Simple and effective, I like it.
Thank you Dave
Mr. Burleigh has a good point put a stick on the backside of the 2 saplings and the "wacker" rests against it, pressing the stick against the 2 saplings so it can't move forward until you are ready to set it, no? fantastic tips as usual. Thanks Dave.
Dave, that one is totally wicked good. Real nice.
I’m here in 2022 thank you sir love you man hope your well 🌷🥀
He has a path finder school in southern Ohio. Ohio representing Dave !!
Thanks for your videos buddy....
Nice work Dave. But, if you'd have called this vid, "Deadliest Small Game Trap & My Favorite Belt Knife" it would have hit 20,000 views by now.
I'm loving this promontory peg trap trigger series!
Excellent Video,
Lee
this is a great trap... thanks for showing it... didn't miss one detail of it... i wonder how much weight it can hold ... guess that relys on the material used
Very clever trap easy to make and i think very effective.thanks brother nice video
Really good idea. Thanks Dave
I have noticed this in a few of your videos, Dave. At around 7:00 (on this one), all sound disappears. I cannot help wondering whether that is the UK's powers that be trying to censor what we get to see, just a purely coincidental technical glitch or whether you took the sound out completely for a while for a specific reason?!?!?
That all aside, great video and I look forward to seeing and hopefully hearing the rest of your videos.
Great video. The simpler the better when it comes to a reliable trap used in a survival situation. Looks like it would be easy to sharpen a stick and attach it to the end.
Why didn't I know about this? Thanks!
Try stringing another length of bank line temporarily, about three inches above the line that you have just loaded. You can do this with one hand if you're "firing on all cylinders". It will serve as a safety, and stop any accidental injuries until all preparations are made and the trap site is ready; it can then be easily removed without disturbing the trigger prior to departing the area.
I like learning ideas like these here. It may be illegal but if you were actually in a situation where you were going to be in the woods for a few days, then all bets are off. No official is going to fine you or punish you if you were literally lost for a while and you did what was needed to sustain yourself. They will be glad you were safe and sound. There are exceptions but these cases are rare by today's standards.
Yeah, it's still really useful knowledge. If you ever find yourself lost, you should do everything in your power to survive.
I'd love a "wilderness lawyer" to make some comments about this subject. Someone with "legal dirt time" and not some clueless wiseass with a big mouth.
Thank you for your videos
Thank you. Excellent
dave, have you ever used old guitar or banjo strings for a snare type trap, the reason I ask is I have access to a lot of these from my friends band.
The beginning of the video scared me. You started off by talking about traps for medium sized game, and then THE DOG WALKS IN THE SHOT!
Hi Dave, I'm brasilian and see you in a Discovery channel. Great demonstration.
Thank you
Also, wow, only 10 dislikes with a title like that? I think Dave is onto something.
Great video ... Thanks!
Thank you for the very informative video.
Great video, Dave. I really love this trap and trigger. I think this is my new second favorite primitive trap. Spring traps being my favorite. Please show a good spring trap trigger next. I know there are several, so I am curious to see which you would use and why.
Semper Fi
Papa Bravo
🤔What the heck is a spring trap? ... is that that trap that always shoots wil-e coyote off the cliff on the roadrunner cartoon?
Love your channel bro thanks for sharing Dave :)
you sir are a true genius very well done
Id damn sure love to know more about traps! Ill check back with your trap vids
You could put something over or covering the nail until your ready to set the trap. Like a piece of foam or rubber. Great video thought I will never forget this. I hope I never get so hungry that I have to use such a trap🤔.
I wish I had a big dog like Rufus please have him in more videos.
you mentioned other parts in this series - it might do well to number them (i wandered into this video, which apparently isn't the first in the series)
Thumbs up for that awesome dog!
I am thinking about doing some outdoor/wilderness work. I think I would be able to employ many of these simple trapping techniques and structures. Thank you.
great dog !! inserts himself without being a real pest :) i think you have another "trademark" .... something like the "Rufus pack" or "this month Rufus recommends...."
That's a good one, very simple and easy to make in a survival situation. use a branch and make a spike out of one of the limbs
Except for the extreme extraneous dog butt scratching in the beginning, this was a really good video. I hate when people show you a trap that won't kill anything. They just saw a sketch in an old bushcraft book and they set a trap for a bear with twigs THEN they start talking about digging a pit trap with spikes on the bottom. Or the giant logfall on ropes they saw in the movie Predator. This wasn't big or glamorous,or exciting showing "correct" bushcraft practices only using natural materials and weaving elaborate screens of rushes to lead the animal to the trap. You just showed potentially hungry people the business end of a bigger badder mousetrap. The clowns in camo get all the views, but your advice might fill the stomach.
Roger Komula oh wah he was petting his dog, what a baby you are, a whiney one too
Great trap I love it. Dave, quick question, what type of dog breed is your dog???
Thanks for the video.
It's a Kleptsy trap and they are my go to trap for just about everything, they can be maid in all kind of variations and are devastating on harvesting food to eat... In a survival situation as Dave stated though
Really smart trap i like that it is easier to set than many other traps
nice, thanks dave
Well thought!
David I haven't seen you do no videos on catching fish at all. Show these guys how to fish
Dave, enjoy all your videos very informitive, question could you place a small hole in the middle of the 1.25" piece of wood just below the notch to attach the stick so you could tye it off insted of the way you did. I think it would be stronger then just lashing it?
Hey Dave Canterbury, why not make a BARB on the end of the nail to make it even harder for the game to escape? Would that reduce the penetration of the killing point?
Dave, What type of dog is Rufus? Great video, again.
FYI
In Kansas, Windlass traps are legal. Got that straight from an attorney for KS Wildlife and Parks.
That is a great way to make a trap like that. I have never seen one like that kind before.
I got to thinking that maybe wile your holding the trap to put the trigger on. You could I guess put a some what hard stick behind the trees to keep the wood stick from coming back on your hand. wile you set the trigger part of the trap. just a idea though.
That's a great idea. It would make it a lot safer if you had a stick in the way to block it from swinging all the way forward.
***** in total agreement. i was born with one hand. i shortcut almost everything.
What breed is the dog? Nice trap btw tnaks for sharing
Marko Djuricic pit bull
Great video. With the nail, don't suppose you could use something more primitive? Like flint? The surface area of the sides would have to be wider, because flint is so brittle. Also, would a barb on the end of the killing implement improve the trap's effectiveness?
+RegaRayRocks Im thinking a large stick with a branch sticking out the side trimmed to a point and fire hardened. What do you think?
Mike Southey That'd probably do the same affect as the nail, but the surface area would be larger, which means it won't be as effective as the nail. Unless, of course, the sides were sharpened- allowing for easier penetration. Which is why I mentioned the flint.