How to make animal traps?

Method 2. Building a Hook Trigger. Carve a mouth, or hook, into two sticks. Plant the base into the ground. Tie your cord around a bendable sapling. Attach the other end of your cord to the hook. Tie a noose to the bottom of the hook. Arrange your noose. read more

The action of the trap is simple: When the noose tightens and pulls from the animal getting caught, the trigger stick is pulled out from under the end of the toggle, setting off the trap. Just make sure the snare line or toggle line don't get hung up under the fork of the stake in the ground, which would hang up the whole trap. read more

To make a snare trap, start by making a noose using wire, string, or a cord. Then, tie the end of the wire you used to make the noose around a tall, sturdy tree branch so that the noose itself is lying flat on the ground. Next, pull the wire taut so the tree branch is bending downward and tie the noose to a trigger that's staked in the ground. read more