my first figure 4 deadfall
so i've been trying some traps here at the house, and on my 2nd attempt i got a working figure 4. i know i can make a better one, but this one does work. i also only used my swiss army knife to make it, so i know i can make one if i have my survival kit with me.
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Nice job. Catch anything?
nah i just made it like 30 minutes before i posted. i live in town so i would probably ether catch one of my dogs or the neighbor's cat. i just built it for the sake of gaining knowledge. i will however take it with me the next time i go camping.
Last edited by russell_pta; 10-09-2009 at 07:58 PM.
Good pic! so the wife let's you play in the house or either doesn't know....
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i made it in the garage and swept up real quick
when she came in and saw it she just rolled her eyes and laughed at me.
Nice job. One more trick in the book of knowledge.
Tracks Across the High Plains...Death on the Bombay Line...A Touch of Death and Mayhem...Dead Rock...The Griswald Mine Boys...All On Amazon Books.
Here's an assortment of triggers you can try.
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Tracks Across the High Plains...Death on the Bombay Line...A Touch of Death and Mayhem...Dead Rock...The Griswald Mine Boys...All On Amazon Books.
wow thanks rick. some of those aren't in my books >.>
heres a little variation of the figure 4 from "naked into the wilderness"
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and a paiute deadfall from the same book
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I have a coupla spring snare tricks too, but I'll save those for another time
happy hunting!
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Looks good, those can be tricky to cut right.
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yes, they can be kinda tricky, and you need to use good hardwood. these are red-tip bush limbs. need to be pretty thick too to hold up the rocks, I've broken quite a few. the top rock is easily 75 pounds... the bottom one I'd guess about 50 lbs.
what I like about them is they collapse away from the falling rock (except the trigger sticks) so they don't get snapped by it.
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. Helen Keller
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Square off the center brace, square off the trigger. Will hold better & trip faster.
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to fight... he'll just kill you.
i tried to square them up. they are "beginner square". i did square them up good at the trigger/main stick junction.
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