LUNCHTIME TRAPS AND TRIGGERS WORKSHOP

Learn to make traps, triggers, snares, deadfalls — learn by doing!

Thursday, February 29, noon

Note:  We do not go out and try to kill or trap animals when we do this class.   We recognize that hunting and fishing are long-established methods of putting food on the table, especially during times of hardship and emergency.   Though I have never really been what you’d call a “hunter,” I always wanted to know how to capture and clean animals for food, if I had to.   I learned originally how to clean animals by using roadkill, and fish that I caught.   Later, I learned how to make and use primitive traps from various sources, such as Paul Campbell and Larry Dean Olsen.  So if you’re like me, and just want to know how to make these devices “just in case,” please come to the class.

We’ll walk in a section of the Arroyo Seco to learn which woods are best for traps and triggers.  Then’ we’ll work on carving a deadfall trigger, a trigger for a quail trap, and more.

You’re learn by doing.  Bring your knife! (We have extras if  you don’t have one)

We’ll see edible and medicinal plants. Bring your bowl for salad, and bring your canteen.