How Do You Build A Squirrel Trap For Survival?
If you get lost in a wooded area, with the possibility of not being found for a few days, you’ll need to know how to catch food. This article will tell you how to build a squirrel trap that will help you survive until you can be rescued. First, you’ll need to find a spot where squirrel are likely to be. This is best accomplished by looking for animal sign on the forest floor. These signs can take the form of squirrel scat, husks of acorns and other nuts, or well used runs through the underbrush. Look in the trees to see if any nests are visible. They will look like bundles of twigs and such either in the joins of branches or protruding from hollows in the trees. These will be the best places, though if you don’t see any nests, you should still set a trap anyway. Find a thick stick, a little more slender than the width of your wrist, and lean it up on the trunk of the tree at a 45 degree angle. A squirrel, when running up a tree, will always choose the path of least resistance, so the s