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A '''deadfall trap''' is a type of trap used by a [[Hunter Trapper]]. |
A '''deadfall trap''' is a type of trap used by a [[Hunter Trapper]]. |
Revision as of 16:32, 15 December 2014
A deadfall trap is a type of trap used by a Hunter Trapper.
It consists of a heavy rock or log with one side propped up with a stick, with food or other bait underneath, used to trap and crush small animals.
A cord is tied to the stick so that the rock or log falls when the animal takes the bait or when the trapper pulls the cord.
A box-and-stick trap is a hollow variant of the deadfall trap used for live trapping, where a cage replaces the crushing weight.
As with the Bear Trap or Mouse Trap, sometimes this works, but sometimes it catches the wrong thing.
Examples of Box-and-Stick Trap include:
Web Original
- #13 of Cracked.com's Photoplasty 18 Things You Never Noticed in Famous Pictures (Part 2) takes Kevin Carter's Pulitzer-winning photo of a vulture stalking a crouching Sudanese child and adds a ray of hope by having the child bait a vulture into a box-and-stick trap with an ACME brand cage. A kid's gotta eat somehow.
Western Animation
- In Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies:
- Elmer Fudd has used a box-and-stick trap on occasion to try to catch Bugs Bunny. In A Wild Hare, Elmer ends up catching a skunk instead. In Hare Remover, Bugs sees Elmer's trap for the first time, remembering that Bugs's grandfather had described them before, and plays along by getting trapped.
- Wile E. Coyote has tried (and failed) to use deadfall traps to catch the Road Runner.
Real Life
- Wikipedia describes figure-four and Paiute deadfall traps.
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