Traps From The Past

[Feltwad]

Enclosed is a images of a collection of now illegal traps mostly used by the Victorian and Edwardian Game keepers and rabbit catchers

Feltwad

Edited February 5, 2016 by Feltwad

[Marksman1997]

Good way to get a broken leg!

[Old farrier]

Hi

Thanks for posting

Interesting old stuff can you tell us what they were used for catching or a bit of there history

 

All the best

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[Feltwad]

Hi

Thanks for posting

Interesting old stuff can you tell us what they were used for catching or a bit of there history

 

All the best

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There are several different types of traps in the image, the large ones are a foreign bear trap and a small version of a man trap , the gin traps vary from Otter trap , Fox trap , Rabbit trap , and a small rat or weasel trap ,this small trap was mainly used in small drains and stone walls . There are several types of pole traps from the large one for large birds , the small ones which includes a hugger trap for hawks etc and a small one baited with a dead fish for kingfishers .For moles there are two types of barrel traps and a hump back mole trap which speared the mole when it dislodged the trip . At the front of the image is a early clay trap and a trip wire gun {see full image}. It is now illegal to use most of these traps

Feltwad

 

Trip Wire Gun

Edited February 6, 2016 by Feltwad