Trapping and Snaring Books

[Kiah]

I have a copy of "Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping" by W. Hamilton Gibson (you can read it online at Gutenberg), and am very fond of it. I'm going to be ordering some books, and was wondering if any of you have any experience with the following books.

"Trapper's Bible: Traps, Snares & Pathguards"

"The Rural Ranger: A Suburban and Urban Survival Manual & Field Guide of Traps and Snares for Food and Survival"

"Ragnar's Ten Best Traps: And A Few Others That Are Damn Good Too"

"Into The Primitive: Advanced Trapping Techniques"

Do any of these books contain any traps or info that's not already in "Camp Life in the Woods"? Also, in one of the Amazon reviews of "The Rural Ranger", it mentions something about heating a room with a garbage bag. What's up with that?

 

[DOC-CANADA]

I have 'The Trapper's Bible' and I'm not impressed. Gibson's book is far better. One book you might want to get your hands on is Deadfalls and Snares by A.R. Harding. It's a great little book and the price is right. See it here.

If you do buy any of the others, give us a evaluation, later.

Doc

 

[Kiah]

I have 'The Trapper's Bible' and I'm not impressed. Gibson's book is far better. One book you might want to get your hands on is Deadfalls and Snares by A.R. Harding. It's a great little book and the price is right. See it here.

If you do buy any of the others, give us a evaluation, later.

Doc

I looked at the Amazon excerpts for "Trapper's Bible" and "Into the Primitive" and wasn't really drawn to investigate further. I bought a PDF of "Rural Ranger" and found a PDF of "Ragnar's", so I'll let you know what I think of them. Also ordered a copy of "Deadfalls and Snares" from the link you gave.

 

[moon59]

Pick up a copy of Fur-Fish-Game they have adds for all kinds of trapping books.

 

[akennedy73]

"The Rural Ranger: A Suburban and Urban Survival Manual & Field Guide of Traps and Snares for Food and Survival"

I like the Rural Ranger - the author is someone who has thought extensively about survival and developed innovative solutions to common problems of staying warm, storing and cooking food, purifying water, disposing of waste. His solutions are cheap and practical in utilizing common everyday items. It's not a book about wilderness survival though some of the trapping and snaring techniques certainly apply - it is generally a book about surviving in an urban/suburban environment after a serious disruption of infrastructure and/or services. It's not the most well written book but it's innovative and straight-forward.