"Arapuca" Live Bird Trap

[Pict]

Catching stuff with them is just a matter of placement and bait like any other trap. Mammals will mess with them. Mice will drop the trap and then leave.

There are certain clues as to what is messing around with your trap...

Trap fallen over bait that is still there = wind or rain.

Trap fallen over bait that is gone = mice or rats.

Trap fallen over bait that is gone and trap is moved or disturbed = larger rodent

Trap that is totally destroyed, bait still there = a predator got your bird, especially if there are feathers/blood around.

Trap that is totally destroyed, no feathers/blood, bait gone = horse, goat, deer etc.

Trap gone totally missing, bootmarks around trap = someone stole your trap.

Mac

[Rick]

That's funny. I was actually thinking the very same thing as I read through your post then I saw your last line. I chortled when I read it and I don't chortle often.

[Pict]

Rick,

It takes a big man to admit to chortling. Mac

[RangerXanatos]

Thanks for the video! I am just now getting to watch it. It's something I would have never thought of. Just goes to show you that there is so much that we can learn from other cultures.

Daniel

[Gray Wolf]

Shows what we can learn from each other here!

In the immortal words of Sarge, "gotta love the wolf pack"!!!

[DOGMAN]

Cool, I am going to have to check out all your videos

[Runs With Beer]

Today when I got home, Something had gotin in my trap. Im sure it was a squirrel because the trap was torn apart, Im pretty sure it was not a bird. It was in a pile, But it caught what ever it was, So sound tech.

[Pict]

My first attempt with an arapuca caught a horse. I had used cracked corn for bait.

I have another video on my page in which we caught two dove and my son got to them first and they ended up getting away. At home I set them on the floor of the dog kennel and then close it off to our dogs (5) and goat. The goat will actually try to eat the trap itself. Mac

[Runs With Beer]

I saw you video about the doves and the goat, Haaaa Haaaaaaa.Ican see that this is a bird trap , not for Squirrels, But it do work. Thanks for your sopport.

[Runs With Beer]

Well I finely caut a bird, Too cool. Was a no target catch, Let go.Going to try to take it a little More. If Id hade out more traps this works. Dont expect to get a catch a day on one trap. Thanks Pict!

[Pict]

Well I finely caut a bird, Too cool. Was a no target catch, Let go.Going to try to take it a little More. If Id hade out more traps this works. Dont expect to get a catch a day on one trap. Thanks Pict!

Way to go! What were you using for bait?

In order to eat every day with the arapuca you need to set about 10 of them to catch between 1 and 3 birds a day. It all depends on placement. In my area of Brazil rural farm workers would set them along their walk to work and check them morning and evening. Exotic birds would be sold as pets and game birds like pigeons would wind up in the pot. Somewhere I have a series of photos of two old bird trappers I knew (they have passed away). I'll try to locate them and make a post. Mac

[JoelD311]

Very nice. I'm impressed. I used to love love love survival techniques etc when I was a little boy and now that obama's (i refuse to capitolize his name) our pres I'm starting to wonder if I should brush up on my skills

[crashdive123]

Joel - I know that you're new. One of the rules of this forum is no politics.

[Gray Wolf]

Joel, if you don't believe crash, ask Bragg... oh wait, you can't....

[Pict]

As an aside, in Brazil the term "Arapuca" is also used for sting operations mounted by police and hidden camera type attacks by the press. So if the bait is right you can catch a crooked politician or bad cop in an arapuca. The idea is that the one caught always looks kind of foolish. Birds caught in an arapuca are always extremely embarrassed so be gentle.

There is no such thing as a bad reason to brush up on your skills, but keeping politics off the board is a good idea. Mac

[italia]

huh. thats ironic. i just watched your video on this last week. never seen this thread either. i thought the video was very good and its a trap that i will use.

[italia]

Joel - I know that you're new. One of the rules of this forum is no politics.

yeah joel. theres no such thing as freedom of speech

[crashdive123]

Yep - no freedom of speech - that way we don't have to suffer azzhats lightly.

[nell67]

itailia,whats up?? no such thing,eh? first off,whether or not people actually read the rules and TOS when signing up,they did agree to abide by the rules of the forum when they joined.

[Pict]

Of course there's freedom of speech. Part of that freedom is to establish your own board where you can determine what is or is not off limits.

Personally I like the limits placed on politics and religion on most boards, and I have very strong opinions/beliefs regarding both subjects. I also feel I have something to say about wilderness survival/bushcraft and that's why I post here. I say keep the board on track. Nobody is stomping on anyone's right to free speech, there are plenty of political boards, we don't need another good wilderness board getting dragged into the political arena.

Now, where politics touches on wilderness subjects, like regulations for public land use, especially at a federal level I feel the topic should be discussed in places like this. That of course is subject to the people that are paying to make this place happen. Mac