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Now if you were prepared you won’t need to do this, but it doesn’t hurt to know
this either.
Now, that you have ventured out look for areas to fish and set fish traps and places to
set traps for animals. If you have your gun, GREAT…if not, here are some tricks you
can try. If you find a water source for fishing try and find some bait in the area and
start setting you some lines. Meanwhile, you can make a native fish trap. Do this by
gathering several sticks about an inch I diameter about two feet tall. Go to the edge of
the water and start sticking the sticks into the mud at water’s edge. Keep doing this
process as if you are building a small wall of vertical sticks. Run them out into the
water about 3 feet. Shape them in a manner that they look like the letter “M”. Leave
the center open so that small the medium size fish can enter. Place another stick in the
ground at the base of the “M” and attach bait such as insects or chum from fish you
have caught. A fish will enter to get the bait, but will be unable to exit. This makes for
an easy meal as the natives used this method of fishing often. I usually make three of
four of these the increase my chances. It never hurts. Your trap should look like this…
Now as for trapping some game you could try this if you don’t have a gun. Find an
acorn tree or one that you have spotted with squirrels or other wildlife. Once you have
found a tree or presents of wildlife, find a large stone or short long weighing two or
three times as much as the animal you intend to trap. Now gather 2 sticks about ½-¾
of an inch and 6-8 inches in length. You really have to work with it and finesse it, but
you need to lay the sticks in a manner to create a shape of the number “4”. Now, you
may be wondering how to make the number 4 with only two sticks. Don’t worry the
bottom horizontal line of the 4 is actually going to be made with your fishing line.
Carve notches in the sticks to make the vertical and forty five degree angle line of the
four. Then, attach fishing line to the bottom of the forty five degree angled piece and
tie a small stick to the end. Stretch the line over the tall vertical piece and wrap it once
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