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Other traps such as special snares, trap netting, trapping pits, fluidizing solid matter traps [4] and cage traps could be used. Mantraps that use deadly force are illegal in the United States, and in notable tort law cases the trespasser has successfully sued the property owner for damages caused by the mantrap.
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.
Snares are one of the simplest traps and are very effective. [34] They are cheap to produce and easy to set in large numbers. A snare traps an animal around the neck or the body; a snare consists of a noose made usually by wire or a strong string. Snares are widely criticised by animal welfare groups for their cruelty. [35]
In the fur trade, a trapline is a route along which a trapper sets traps for their quarry. Trappers traditionally move habitually along the route to set and check the traps, in so doing become skilled at traversing remote terrain, and become experts in the geography of the local area.
Bal-chatri (/bɑːl tʃʌθri/) are traps designed to catch birds of prey (raptors). The trap essentially consists of a cage baited inside with a conspicuously visible live rodent or small bird, with a series of monofilament nooses attached to the surface to snare the legs of a free-flying raptor that attempts to take the bait. [2]
Carter is told that if his mission fails, his platoon will not get liberty for a week. A Lieutenant comes by the bridge and Gomer tries to stop him. The Lieutenant gets caught in a snare trap and is hanging upside down. Carter comes by and also gets caught in a trap. Gomer took out all the ropes from the bridge to make the traps.
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Trap-building is a method used to catch prey instead of active hunting. [12] Animals that snare prey will construct a trap and then wait nearby until an organism is caught. [12] This is observed in web-building spiders, who weave elaborate webs of sticky spider silk that entangle prey. [12]