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Deadfall may refer to: Deadfall trap, a kind of trap for large animals, consisting of a heavy board or log that falls onto the prey; Deadfall, starring Michael Caine, Eric Portman, and Giovanna Ralli; Deadfall, a BBC radio play (1987) by R.D. Wingfield; Deadfall, featuring Nicolas Cage, Charlie Sheen, James Coburn, and Peter Fonda
A small Paiute-style deadfall trap, made with dogbane cordage. A deadfall is a heavy rock or log that is tilted at an angle and held up with sections of branches, with one of them serving as a trigger. [29] When the animal moves the trigger, which may have bait on or near it, the rock or log falls, crushing the animal.
Deadfall is a 1993 crime drama film directed by Christopher Coppola. Coppola co-wrote the script with Nick Vallelonga. The film stars Michael Biehn, Coppola's brother Nicolas Cage, Sarah Trigger, Charlie Sheen, James Coburn, and Peter Fonda. It is also the prime influence on the song "Deadfall" written by the American hardcore punk band Snot.
Deadfalls and Snares is one of Harding's Pleasure & Profit Books.First published in 1907, is an instructional book for trappers on the art of building deadfalls from logs, boards and rocks, and making snares and toss poles, for catching all types of furbearers, such as skunk, opossum, raccoon, mink, marten and bear, and coop traps for catching wild turkey and quail.
Salvage logging is the practice of logging trees in forest areas that have been damaged by wildfire, flood, severe wind, disease, insect infestation, or other natural disturbance in order to recover economic value that would otherwise be lost.
Deadfall received negative reviews and has a rating of 35% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 81 reviews with an average rating of 4.93 out of 10. [8] The film also has a score of 52 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 24 reviews. [9] According to Deadfall at IMDb, the film scored a 6.2 out of 10 stars with 39,570 star reviews. [10]
References A ace Slang for the drug acepromazine or acetyl promazine (trade names Atravet or Acezine), which is a sedative : 3 commonly used on horses during veterinary treatment, but also illegal in the show ring. Also abbreviated ACP. action The way a horse elevates its legs, knees, hock, and feet. : 3 Also includes how the horse uses its shoulder, humerus, elbow, and stifle; most often used ...
Langenscheidt dictionaries in various languages A multi-volume Latin dictionary by Egidio Forcellini Dictionary definition entries. A dictionary is a listing of lexemes from the lexicon of one or more specific languages, often arranged alphabetically (or by consonantal root for Semitic languages or radical and stroke for logographic languages), which may include information on definitions ...