Modified Deadfall

[Rat Eater]

This trap is of my own, very strong and is self standing. you can set it up on solid surfaces and is much easier to set. Enjoy:cowboy:

http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt334/Rat_Eater/AFrame.jpg

[flandersander]

Looks very good. How about you fall on over to the introduction section? Let us know a little about yourself. Thanks. Its not difficult to get the top pieve to ballance on the single point?

[Rat Eater]

I originaly desisigned this for problamatic bears around my house. later I down scaled it down for everything else.

[Rick]

Wait. What? You made a dead fall for bears?

[Skysoldier]

Oh, yeah!!!!!! Mean devils!!!!

[Rat Eater]

YES the first one I made was 8' tall and used a block and tackle to raise 4 20' 24"dia logs all tied together, the lower ends were about 3 feet off the ground at the back. my guess would be 1000' pounds or so. I made four more for other people easier than digging a pit!

[flandersander]

I guess its easier, but its also a little more likely that you're gonna get crushed, that if you dig a pit. I gotta ask, does it kill a bear?

[Rat Eater]

Digging a pit is hard work because of the permafrost and either way you have to cut wood, one to burn down in the permafrost or make a trap and then burn it in your cabin. Killing the bear depends on what you wants to do with it, just want it dead 20 1" 5' long rebars work well then you fill the hole in, if it factors into you personel economics you shot it!

[Rat Eater]

And you don't have to the bear out of a hole!

[pocomoonskyeyes]

That's a nice variation on the Paiute deadfall Rat eater. I don't think I would've thought about adding another upright for sturdiness. It does seem like it would be dangerous setting one used for bears..... I wouldn't want to be under it if it slipped.

[Rat Eater]

you don't have to be under it to set it.

[Rat Eater]

I think I still have some pics on 35mm somewhere, I'll see if I can get them on disc at walmart and post them. But I will not post the after effect because of fish and game laws!

[Rick]

But why even do it? That's the part I'm having trouble with.

[crashdive123]

Red Lake posted a great video a while back. In it, Angus built a bear dead fall trap (about the 22 minute mark of the film).

[Rat Eater]

I lived 300 miles from Anchorage in the bush, sometimes you will get a problem bear starting to hang around. They would sometimes kill my sled dogs, they will also turn your outhouse over to get some grub. Being a trapper I wanted to see if it could be done with local materials. The biggest thing I got from it was a very reliable trap for smaller critters and they could be easly set on ice or rocky terrain and hard pack ground. Also it can be built anywhere with an axe and not have to lug a 30# trap.

[Rat Eater]

I would love to see that video, how can I find it? Thanks

[Rick]

Got ya. I appreciate the explanation. Thanks.

[crashdive123]

Oooops. Forgot to post the link to the video. Here it is. http://www.nfb.ca/film/survival_in_the_bush/

[Ken]

Up past your bedtime last night? :innocent:

[crashdive123]

Yep. Long drive.

[Ole WV Coot]

If I COULD build a dead fall big enough to kill a bear I would save myself a lot of trouble. Just cut a willow switch and go after the critter, which I could easily do if I didn't have a bad back.

[your_comforting_company]

I devised a similar trap using just whatever I had laying around. I think the video explains it well enough. The design is very simple.
(hopefully I linked the video correctly)
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[dutch hermit]

Looks complicated but also very creative.. I like this idea

[ClayPick]

Crude and efficient! It’s hard for me to not like that deadfall.

[1776]

YES the first one I made was 8' tall and used a block and tackle to raise 4 20' 24"dia logs all tied together, the lower ends were about 3 feet off the ground at the back. my guess would be 1000' pounds or so. I made four more for other people easier than digging a pit!

Hey this looks like the solution to trapping hogs better than my wacky snare idea. Though I think I'd better practice making and using the trigger before messing around with a half ton of logs. Good ideas thanks for posting.

[Mozartghost1791]

I like the modification of the Paiute Deadfall design... However, it might be easier to get the top piece to balance on the supports if the supports formed an 'X' and you could put the top piece between the two supports then and it couldn't slip off and accidentally release the stone. I've built a few small paiute's and I use a forked stick stuck in the ground to hold up the top piece. Much more stable than the traditional one where its all balanced on the top of one stick.

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