Hunting

 
Acquiring food for energy and sustainability will be needed after immediate priorities have been met. The EDIBLE page describes mostly plants and bugs, but this page will cover methods of acquiring fish & game. Some of these methods may be illegal in your area, and as such, are presented for use only in emergency situations. Topics we will cover include:

• TRAPS & SNARES
• deadfalls
• snares
• box/gums
• WEAPONS
• spears
• bow & arrows
• blowguns
• throwing sticks
• slings
• STALKING

 

• FISHING

Soda Bottle Fish Trap

Did you know that you can modify an empty plastic soda bottle in order to make a fish trap?
The neck of the soda bottle makes a great funnel, and the body of the bottle makes a great cage. In essence, if you reverse the neck direction to face the body, what goes in the funnel lands in the cage. So, with a knife or scissors, pierce the side of the bottle at it’s widest point below the bottle neck and cut around the circumference of the bottle, then remove the neck, turn it around and insert it into the body, and viola!, you have a fish trap. You can either eat the critters that you catch, or, you can use them for bait to catch something bigger. For more details, see my blog “Soda Bottle Fish Trap“.

Silverware Figure-4 Deadfall

I came up with a workable configuration of a spoon, fork and knife as a trigger for a figure-4 deadfall. It begins with a spoon placed on the table face-up. When the weight of the deadfall is placed on the fork’s tip, the pressure will keep the assembly in balance. Because of the spoon’s slippery nature and the delicate counter weight of the knife, it’s quite easy to trigger. Of course, don’t forget to put bait on the handle of the spoon, which should be facing inside and under the leaning deadfall. The bait can be peanut butter, butter or grease… something that will stay adhered to the handle. Check out my blog for more details…