Box Trap
In his book, “Survival Skills of Native California’”, Paul Campbell wrote and showed images of a live box trap used by Yaqui and Kumeyaay indians. The Mohave and Maricopa also used this trap.
Paul writes—
Benito Aldama Jat’am, Kumeyaay, of la Huerta, remembers his uncle, Antonio Vaquero Aldama, telling him that sometimes so many quail became trapped under the box they fly away with it.
Similar to the Arapuca bird trap of Brazil, both the Arapuca and the Box trap have the unique advantage of being a live catch trap. This ensures what ever you trap remains fresh. Designed for birds, these two traps are very well suited to catch other game, such as rodents, squirrels, etc. through very simple adjustments.
Both the Arapuca and box trap used an alternating layering of sticks, akin to that of the way a log cabin is built, to construct the trap.
For the purposes of this article, we will construct the box like the Arapuca did, but use the trigger system employed by the Native Americans. The difference between the two boxes is that the Arapuca uses the initial crossed cordage (shown in the first image), while the Native American one does not.
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