Trapping

[Highlander]

(13 April 2013, 02:36)Northumbriman Wrote: I find this a really difficult area to reconcile. Although I never say never and accept there are advantages to trapping in some circumstances I have major issues with it. First thing is that its so indiscriminate. You set a trap to catch a rabbit only to find you caught a hedgehog or badger using the rabbit run as a shortcut. Another issue is that there are way too many domestic animals out there to be certain you won't catch someones pet unless you are in a really remote area. Then there is the legal issue to overcome. I am not averse to ignoring or bending pointless laws but trapping laws were introduced to the uk to protect not to prevent.

Well remember that we are really talking about after the shtf,.. although we do all need to practice these skills from time to time

I guess this comes down to two things, the location in which you are planning to trap,..and the `woodsman` in you

To trap a rabbit,... well rabbits use the same area as cats do, but cats dont always go where rabbits go,.. for instance you could try trapping a rabbit right outside its burrow,.. to the best of my knowledge I have never heard of a cat in a rabbit warren,... and of course you can also trap out of town where the risk of cats are minimum

A used rabbit run, is usually well used and so the ground over which the rabbits run is soft,.. you should be able to see tracks in the soft ground,.. if you only see rabbit tracks, then you should be fairly certain that cats dont use that same path