Prepping for the DP gathering

[RescueRiley]

SPent some time with my nephew yesterday.. Decided it would be a good chance to work on my trapping demo For DP's upcoming gathering,.. as well as to expose my Nephew to some basic trapping skills.

here's a pic of the 2 of us

I made some trap triggers out of Dowels.. so folks could handle them and se the notches up close and use them to make there own

Nothing like the classics
fig. 4

My nephew setting a fig.4

The Paiute

Cross bar snare

 

[RescueRiley]

baited toggle and releas snare

a rushed pan trip foot snare.....I didn't make a full foot pad

 

[RescueRiley]

While we where there we worked on some other stuf as well


We played around a bit with a solar still
(miserable fail)

as you can see a good amount of moisture Collected on top but only a few drops rolled down into the cup... beyond maybe getting enough water to wipe my brow in about 3 hours.. it was a largely unproductive effort.. I think if I had a 2nd large basin to fill with sea water it would have worked better.

Allin all it was a great day... We even got to do some kayaking, and play wiht an improvised survival net.. so he and I learned allot and enjoyed eachothers company thoroughly.. Thanks for looking.

 

[DOC-CANADA]

Nice, clean looking, trap set ups. You probably have more than enough for people to learn and practise - they all take time, as you know.

Have a great weekend, RR, wish I was there.

Doc

 

[dipbait]

LMAO I cant help it , but this has got to go to the gutterhead title thread in W/C.

This could possibly be the best title ever.

 

[RescueRiley]

DOC, wish you where to brother... Thanks for the complements, they mean allot coming form a man of your experience.

 

[carspidey]

nice...
i want to do the same with my nephew...

thanks for sharing...

 

[RescueRiley]

Thanks for the Kind words guys... We had a great time.

 

[never too sharp]

Those traps look sweet, and I can't wait to learn them. See you saturday morning?

And dipbait, who doesn't like a little DP?

 

[DPKnives]

Good stuff as always John. I cant wait to give them a try. See you tomorrow. Doug

 

[IA Woodsman]

I really like the idea of useing dowels for your demo. Hope you guys have a good time

 

[tonym]

Great stuff John!

 

[DPKnives]

Great stuff John!

Tony it is not too late to get down here. Maybe you could even ride with riley. I know wishful thinking. Doug

 

[TheGame]

I really do need to practice my trapping skills some more. Thanks for posting this up, John.

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