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Well, this last weekend we spent out at a local place called Plum Orchard Lake. Really nice area, lots of mountains and trees, a good sized lake, and an outdoor shooting range open to the public. The plan this time out was to not give them an agenda, but rather to let them get out and do whatever they felt like doing for a change. Only planned activities were some shooting of .22's, fishing, and a brief showing of some traps and snares and how they work. I was on the traps and snare duty with George, the Scoutmaster for one of the other local troops (we had our troop and his there) and we each made two traps and showed how they worked. For my two, I used the BK16 that was on my hip all weekend and my folding saw, and I got a good feel for how it worked, and just how capable it was. Unfortunately, I don't have any pics of it actually doing anything because the missus stole the camera, so while I have a few from my phone, I don't have many, and the ones I do have are all of the traps. I will get some good photos of the 16 up here in the next few days though. Anyways, the traps.
First up, the L7 Spring Snare, done by myself
Next, a Paiute Deadfall put up by George
Some trap whose name I cannot remember, but pretty sure I saw it on Dave Caterbury's YouTube channel at some point
And lastly a two split ring trigger George combined with a trip line and some coke cans filled with gravel as a warning system
It was an interesting turn out since no one was *required* to come check it out, but there were a few that really, really took a liking to what we were showing them. Afterwards, there were a number of traps strung up all over the place. And a little later, a number of kids strung up all over the place. All in all, a good time, and some quality learning was done by the kids. George said his split ring trigger was on a little sheet of info included with his Izula 2, and I was pretty impressed by it. The stick held the engine in place, and was attached by a piece of fishing line to a tree. I will be honest, I got caught in it even though I knew it was there.
The downside to the trip was that it rained almost non-stop from Saturday afternoon all the way through when we left Sunday morning. I took my bag of Beckers and the other troop got to see them all, and really enjoyed them, although the favorites were the BK16 by a landslide, with the BK14 and the BK5 being a ways behind that. The 16 was handled by several of the adult leaders, several of which were LEO's or active military, and was the clear favorite of all that held it.
First up, the L7 Spring Snare, done by myself
Next, a Paiute Deadfall put up by George
Some trap whose name I cannot remember, but pretty sure I saw it on Dave Caterbury's YouTube channel at some point
And lastly a two split ring trigger George combined with a trip line and some coke cans filled with gravel as a warning system
It was an interesting turn out since no one was *required* to come check it out, but there were a few that really, really took a liking to what we were showing them. Afterwards, there were a number of traps strung up all over the place. And a little later, a number of kids strung up all over the place. All in all, a good time, and some quality learning was done by the kids. George said his split ring trigger was on a little sheet of info included with his Izula 2, and I was pretty impressed by it. The stick held the engine in place, and was attached by a piece of fishing line to a tree. I will be honest, I got caught in it even though I knew it was there.
The downside to the trip was that it rained almost non-stop from Saturday afternoon all the way through when we left Sunday morning. I took my bag of Beckers and the other troop got to see them all, and really enjoyed them, although the favorites were the BK16 by a landslide, with the BK14 and the BK5 being a ways behind that. The 16 was handled by several of the adult leaders, several of which were LEO's or active military, and was the clear favorite of all that held it.
