Promontory Peg Trap Variation !

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An idea came to me today for a variation of the Promontory peg trap. I wanted to try using a bait stick between the peg parts that was thinner on one side than the other so that as the bait stick turned ( as in when an animal applied downward pressure )it would force the peg apart.

Hope the pics explain it better than my words~

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It did appear to work but was not as sensitive as I'd have liked, I'm sure with more time I could have fine tuned it. Give it a go and let me know how you find it !

The girls had a great time as usual !

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I don't know about the trap,but Maisy sure has a "WTF is he doing up that tree" look
 
scruffuk said:
Ah, very good idea.

Thanks Pit
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Thanks buddy, I can't figure this forum out sometimes, there is very little interest in traps and very little interest in wild edibles....I'm not sure what some people would expect to survive on ?
 
Sorry I did not reply yesterday Pit. been working hard in the oil field this week and only reading post.

I think the added stick will help target animals to set the trap off. So I like it. I even looked it up in my 6/12 book to

see if that is where you got it.:D

Hawkeye
 
Hawkeye5 said:
Sorry I did not reply yesterday Pit. been working hard in the oil field this week and only reading post.

I think the added stick will help target animals to set the trap off. So I like it.

Hawkeye
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Thanks buddy, I wasn't getting at anyone, just a little perplexed I guess !

It's sometimes just nice to get a little feedback even if it's " That sucks Pit, you should do it like this......"
 
maybe thin out the long part of the "Y" that is inserted Or turn it around a 180 degrees so the narrow part is between, less friction.
 
Not too familiar with the promontory peg trap to begin with, but by the looks of it I'd say your modification makes quite a bit of sense. Wouldn't be too fun to find your trap tripped with the bait stolen and the bait stick had simply spun around without tripping the peg parts. I assume the original idea is that a bait stick you use will have enough of an irregular shape to set off the trap anyways?
 
I've just realised that I had my peg set back to front, even though the mechanism worked it would probably work even better the correct way around !

This was an old attempt of mine at modified version of the promotory peg trap that Dave Canterbury came up with~

I used natural cordage and recessed the bait trigger to accept it, Dave Canterbury didn't do this but hey there are no hard and fast rules with this stuff !

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By pitdog2010 at 2011-07-05

Secure the other end of your cordage to another piece of wood that acts as a back stop for your deadfall weight~

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By pitdog2010 at 2011-07-05

Set it up and ya good to go, I should have placed my peg closer to the front but it still worked anyway....the bait would be placed on the cordage, this could be berries or frogs etc depending on what your wanting to catch~

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This trap took me maybe 5 minutes to make, set up and then film....try doing that with a figure 4 trap.......and it's so easy to do !!!!!

And a video of the pro~

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pitdog said:
Thanks buddy, I can't figure this forum out sometimes, there is very little interest in traps and very little interest in wild edibles....I'm not sure what some people would expect to survive on ?
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Don't dismay amigo. There are plenty of us out there that appreciate these things.
Sometimes they may just miss em, othertimes not get chance to reply.

Both wild foods (specifically Mushrooms) and Traps are my 'to do' Wilderness learning challenges this year (and possibly a few knots here and there).
Without your catalogue of traps I would be neither inspired or actually be able to do em!
 
pitdog said:
Thanks buddy, I can't figure this forum out sometimes, there is very little interest in traps and very little interest in wild edibles....I'm not sure what some people would expect to survive on ?
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you live in a totally different part of the world to me , but I follow your stuff anyway .
the thinking behind what you do is probably more valuable than the traps you turn out and what you find for me anyway .

dont give it up please :)
 
That is a very, very cool trap. I appreciate the pics and the video a lot. I'm going to work on one tomorrow, Lord willing.
When using the string variation and putting the bait toward the back of the promontory, do you think would that would decrease the force of the fall, or is that just a misconception on my part? I like how light the string variation appears to makes the trigger and am wondering that if force degradation may be an issue in putting it near the rear, a simple fix would be be to put the bait near the end of the string close to the peg.
With the string variation, it almost seems like it would equal the figure 4, and be much easier to craft in a pinch.
If you had to pick your 3 all around favorites traps for ease of build and effectiveness what would they be?
 
Barrabas said:
If you had to pick your 3 all around favorites traps for ease of build and effectiveness what would they be?
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And the one I'd already posted~

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I haven't experimented much with the Promontory Peg trigger, although I once did catch a rat using a Promontory Peg under a decent rock.

I've had quite a bit of success with figure four triggers though. I find that the figure four can be consistently set to have the right degree of trigger sensitivity, whereas I find the Promontory to be quite frustrating by comparison.

I've actually got a couple of figure four deadfalls in my back yard at present. There seems to be a lot of rats and mice around. These drive the dog crazy and she is forever running around the yard crashing through the garden to keep tabs on them. (Knocking unripe fruit off the trees and generally trampling the place. At one stage she'd be digging under the neighbor's fence to get at them).

The thing that currently annoys me the most about a deadfall that I want to set quickly, is the way that the log or rock tends to move around while you're trying to set the trap. If the weight (log or rock or plank or box or whatever) is sitting on a nice surface and maybe jammed up against something solid... then things can be a bit easier. I guess if a trapper has the luxury of time and all the necessary resources, steps can be taken to steady the weight... like driving pegs in alongside the weight to stop it wobbling.... or selecting 'ideal' weights like nice flat rocks that sit nicely on the ground.

Thanks for posting Pit.
 
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