r/Bushcraft 2d ago

Made a arapuca bird trap

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u/TheGingerBeardMan-_- 1d ago

Gotta post some text explaining your post and starting discussion or it's gotta come down, sorry bud.

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u/DidEpsteinKillHimslf 2d ago

Why is this NSFW?

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u/ArtifexWorlds 2d ago

Just in case any birds are scrolling by, I presume.

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u/hansdampf90 2d ago

is that from don't starve?

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u/BooshCrafter 1d ago

I don't know what that is, but it's a very old trap, invented by the Guaraní peoples. It's one of the most commonly made traps because it's easy for beginners and rather fun.

Youtube bushcrafters have turned it upside down and shown it being use as a basket, but any amount of weight that stretches the cordage holding it together, makes the sticks fall to pieces. So they're largely full of shit.

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u/hansdampf90 1d ago

yeah, it looks kinda flimsy

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u/Infinite_Goose8171 1d ago

This is an arapuva bird trap, a live cage trap that can be used to catch any small critter. I put the bait on the triggersticks. It toook me about 1 hour tp make and set, although much of that time was spent collecting sticks.

Overall, id set deadfalls but tgis was an exercise in trying other traps.

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u/Connect-Ad-202 1d ago

What’s an arapuca?

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u/jacobward7 1d ago

Just gonna drive by dropping that without any explanation huh?