PRIMITIVE TRAPS ARE JUNK! | Primitive Trapping Vs. Modern Trapping | Who Wins?

Thanks to The Meat Trapper for helping me demonstrate the various types of modern traps available to us as we look to live off the land in a more effective way. The Meat Trapper s Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/beavertrapper99/featured Please check out: Meat Trapper Radio - Episode 30 - Is Wilderness Survival No Better Than Fasting?: http://trappingradio2.com/meattrapper-radio-episode-30-wilderness-survival-fasting/ Open Letter To Primitive Trappers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-LxJH04txM If you are just starting out in trapping, I would highly recommend you watch a few series published by The Meat Trapper. 1. Snare School: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKr4Uaqv6FvP1yAzsqX_8g2bCj1jVC8d0 - Anatomy of a Snare, How To Build a Snare, How To Anchor a Snare, How to Set a Snare 2. Foothold School: https://www.youtube.com /playlist?list=PLKr4Uaqv6FvPw0p9ogB6K5CDKY8HHiC7v - CoilSpring vs. Longsprings, Slide Wires and Drowners, The King of Traps 3. Conibear School: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKr4Uaqv6FvNU-ukdVIhpuno5g-nWz_Xf - Trap Sizes and Brands, How to set and Stabilize Conibears, Triggers and Pans, Safety and Common Sense Dialogue Stay with me now, Meat Trapper himself will be following up to set the record straight about the kinds of traps that are best suited to living off the land and those that should be carried in a survival situation. But first, we must be clear about a few things. While the distinction between an effective trap and a primitive trap might not be crucial to most people in our civilized world they can become harmful to someone who finds themselves in a real survival situation - someone who is actually trying to keep themselves alive. Instructing people to use primitive traps is a recipe to accelerate starvation, when it is intended to do the exact opposite - and this is dangerous. Building primitive traps quite literally accelerates starvation and brings a person without food closer to death. The point isn t that primitive traps don t work at all, or don t catch game, in fact Natives were estimated to have run upwards of 300 traps per family to supplement their agricultural pursuits. The point, however, is that the world has changed, and it is no longer possible to imitate primitive man and produce a net caloric return. If you really believe you can live from the land with nothing more than your bare hands and primitive tools then you really are nothing more than a "starvalist." A starvalist or starvivor is a term originally coined by me to help describe people who do nothing more than starve themselves in the woods while accomplishing very little by way of productivity. You must ask yourself, if you really want to stave off starvation in a survival situation, then why not pack along a few modern traps and some proper snares and give yourself a fighting chance? Given that I am not a trapper and with the aforementioned in mind, I d like to introduce The Meat Trapper, he has agreed to pass along his knowledge about trapping and the sorts of traps he uses to regularly put food on the table. These are the kinds of traps that actually work when living off the land is a necessity. Just as Natives have moved over to modern tools, so too should those who really want to live off the land. Anyone who has actually tried to hunt, fish, or forage their food on a daily basis will readily admit that any advantage available is one worth taking. Use code "WoodBeard" to get 10% off ASAT Camo: www.asatcamo.com Merch (t-shirts): https://teespring.com/stores/the-wooded-beardsman