The Trapper's Bible: Traps, Snares & Pathguards

by Dale Martin

The traps, snares and pathguards detailed here can be constructed out of the most basic materials, keeping your expenses down and your net profits up. Includes pest snares, large animal snares, and transplant traps, plus camp alarms that alert you to intruders and deadly pathguards that could save your life.

Genres: Survival, Self Reliance, Nonfiction

72 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1987

Reviews

[Rbjumbob · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you want to just understand snares and how to make one, this is your book, very short to the point great graphics and pictures. It doesn't get into the how to do trapping as much as just simply how to make a snare or trap. A very short discussion on game trails is included but that isn't really the purpose of this book, just a quick guide to how to build traps and snares. Excellent read for survival technique not a great guide on trapping. I suspect that was not the authors point he didn't spend a lot of time talking about game trails and reading the land, just how to fashion a snare.

[Katlyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book has an entertaining voice and fairly good descriptions of various traps, although some were hard to follow and took a minute of examining the drawings to understand what he was getting at. I've found i've had to approach the particulars with trial and error to sort of fill in the gaps, but snares are simple machines with endless diversity, so i guess that's to be expected. Instruction on building the box traps were lacking. The last resort traps were morbidly interesting, if disturbing.

[Kara · Rating 5 out of 5]

this book is a quick little read, its almost more a large phamplet than a book, but it does what it says, teaches you how to assemble and set several snares easily and cheaply. Im excited to attempt snaring some of the many squirrels in the back yard!

[Don Bouchard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Solid Information for Beginning Trappers....

For anyone interested in the basics of snaring anything from pests and game animals, this is a solid text by someone who appears to have much experience. Be careful. The techniques work. Check local laws, and get training and permits.

[Joshua Milburn · Rating 4 out of 5]

From a beginners point of view, seems like a great reference.... not sure I'll need the details on punji traps, though.