Do any of you carry nails in your BOB?

[trax]

I always try to make sure and have a few nails in my pack when I go out in the bush. Lots of uses

[Ted]

You take nails in the bush?, wow!,,,, you are one tough mutha!

[crashdive123]

You take nails in the bush?, wow!,,,, you are one tough mutha!

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[Ted]

LOL! Now those would be handy for removing ticks and lice "In the bush"

[mccaw69]

A book from my youth,yes we had books back then,called where the red fern grows,tells of using nails to trap raccoons in hollow logs with nails.

[Alaskan Survivalist]

I don't carry nails but I do have several screw hooks and screw eyes.

In my smallest kit I use a 5x7 tarp that is small for most sets but I use 3 nails to drive into fallen trees to hold one side of tarp to make a leanto. I like your idea using eye screws better and will be giving it a try. They should save weight, be easier to remove, and hold better. Thanks!

[COWBOYSURVIVAL]

A book from my youth,yes we had books back then,called where the red fern grows,tells of using nails to trap raccoons in hollow logs with nails.

Mine and my Daughters favorite movie and yes I have nails in my BOB for many reasons. Bait for this set can be as simple as a ball of tinfoil....coons are very curious!

[jack trapper]

They use that method for catching monkeys in africa. They put food in a termite mound and the monkey will reach in and grab it. Like the 'coons' they won't let go, and their fist won't fit through the hole. Saw it on discovery I think.

[Rick]

Dang it! My wife has a similar device. She has a hole in the front of the fridge with a beer inside. I can grab the beer but I can't get it through the hole. I've worked for hours trying to get that thing out.

[FVR]

Guess I will putting a few nails in the haversack.

[EdD270]

All the old timers, Kephart, Nessmuk, etc., wrote about routinely carrying nails in their packs for shelters, traps, furniture, etc. I never have done that, figured it's just more weight, and I'd need to carry something to drive them in with. I just carry paracord and some snare wire.
Might re-think that, and add a few nails to the pack.

[Stryker1]

I keep a few various size nails. 16d and below. Also I have some military trip line kits that have a few nails in them as well. Works awesome for snares along with a lot of other uses.

[vahtryn]

Isn't this how the kid caught the raccoon in Old Yeller to teach the dog how to track the animal? I think it was Old Yeller, or some very similar book I read in the 80s as a child.

[JasonCT110]

funny enough, I remember reading about this technique in "where the red fern grows" as a kid.. you can toss anything shiny in the bottom of that hole too..

[Old GI]

The only nails (16d and above) that we carry are for my bride's breakfasts.

[vahtryn]

funny enough, I remember reading about this technique in "where the red fern grows" as a kid.. you can toss anything shiny in the bottom of that hole too..

That's the book I was thinking about. I haven't read either in 20 or more years. So everything kind of blurs into one.

[Mad Cow]

Wow, that takes me back to fourth grade. We had to read "ware the red fern grows". Awesome book. Due to the fact that I grew up in Long Beach California I never got to try it but always planned on it. I remember when I asked my Granddad about it, he told me that monkeys are trapped in a similar way .As far as "is it legal", a game warden here in Texas told me that I should look into the methods of take in the regulations and if the method is NOT covered there it is unlawful and I will get a ticket. And in the book, the bait was a shiny piece of metal.