I just made this with limited knife usage. Boy, is it sensitive! Love it! I'm a beginner, and this was a very encouraging experience. Usually, my triggers aren't sensitive enough.

I love the mod to the Y-Bone. Thank you for mentioning me as inspiration for this deadfall. I really appreciate that - rock on, Brother !

I am a female who loves all things wild. This is a great video, and you are excellent at explaining and describing the process. Although I dont plan on getting lost or stranded anywhere (who does?) Skills like this can truly save your life. God bless!

This is a simple, neat, design. Thank you for teaching me. I learned something today!

Great new design. Thank you!

Thanks Mr. Canterbury, I gave this a try after seeing your earlier video, and got it figured out, but seeing the table top demonstration, I've picked up on a couple finer points that I was not clear on, or missed entirely. 👍👍🇨🇦

Dave thank you for making this video. I've seen alot of diagrams of this stuff but never seen it explained so clearly and easilly. Appreciate your work

In the words of the Corporal " that trap is outstanding and good to go". Thanks Dave

Thanks for a more detailed look at this trap system Dave. Definitely going to practice making this trap to put in my mental tool box.

Gday, I am new to this trap making thing and looked at a few videos on deadfalls now. This was one of the few ways that had less then 4 parts and didnt require some sort of cordage. nice one

Fantastic. Thank you, Dave. I'm going to try that this weekend.

An excellent upgrade to the figure 4 trap. Thanks for sharing.

I love Primitive Trapping. Cool seeing it in person with you, but this video goes into great detail. - Thanks Justin Williams

Thanks Dave. Excellent trap design. Going to have give it test run right away👍

Thanks for the great survival skill Dave. This design is genius.

Great looking trap. Can't wait to try it out. Thanks!

Hi Dave, Thank you for the (very) clear explanation. I'll be trying this this afternoon or tomorow (practice, not hunt). Kind regards, Alain

Really nice! You explained the one thing I was wondering about! Thanks once again!

This is by far the best video for any dead fall trap. Good lighting and close up. Most of the ones in the field of anybody have some way of obstructing the view. Great job Dave.

Great Dave, simple, fast and smart! 😉

What a great trap. Thanks for the lesson.

Wow,, very well presented, , I have not done this, but with your instructions, I have a high degree of confidence in its exicution, even without practice... Thanks for sharing.

Excellent explanation, Dave. I like the stability of the y stick, made one with a 18 inch log 4 feet long that my regular figure 4 would not balance, and it worked great. 👍👍

great trap video dave thanks for sharing. do you think this would work on larger animals like racoon possum skunks or woodchucks with more weight and larger sticks?

Very cool. Going to try it on barn rats this weekend.

Thanks brother, another tool and fun activity too teach the kids!

GREAT SETUP DAVE.

Will have try this. I need to practice my deadfalls anyways. Thanks for this awesome video my friend

WHATTTTT? Freakin COOL technique and trap system Dave! THANKS!!

Great stuff Dave and many thanks

Awesome I was able to see better on this video then the other thanx Dave Gona make me a couple for my kit&play arownd with it looks allot easier

Obrigado por compartilhar sua experiencia. Aprendo bastante com teus videos.

Good explanation Dave.

now thats the best design for this i;ve seen. nice

Thanks for the demo.

That is very useful! Great video Dave! Thanks for sharing.

Learned so much from you from the slingbow, to cooking stews, to building traps. You are the man

Thank you so much Mr C for sharing these things with us all and for helping make KZfaq University that much better :) You ROCK!

Keep the videos coming, Dave!

Thanks for going into detail

Dave, thanks again for this! This clip crossed my feed a year ago, and just yesterday I saw my first crotched wishbone component amongst my other kit scraps, which I saved for my 2.5 yo twin grandsons live-fall box trapline they run on weekends for Papa, who pays $1.00 per feral/barn cat, who then get a free tour and vacation across the big crick into next county. Anyway, my son-in-law, their daddy, after 4 years in our clan, has finally caught the woodcrafting bug, so my granddaughter-pregnant daughter won’t have to do all the wood processing, fires, and all other knife- and ax-crafting at their place! Lol Anyway, just a day or two ago, I shared a Patherfinder batoning video with him, followed by the text declaring Dave as being our biggest influence and inspiration in our early days, and that Ryan should judge all other media creators against Dave’s masterclass videos and book!! Appreciate, you, Dave!

Wow Dave, that is AMAZING!!!

Thanks Dave ive slways had trouble with the figure 4 but with the wish bone it looks easier

Thanks big brother Dave! God bless you brother!

That is brilliant. Thanks for sharing 👍

Such an improvement on the regular one thanks

Great explanation and demo. This trap is a must know if you spend time in the woods. I eaten many of squirrel and mice because of this trap.

*With nothing but knowledge, we can have confidence in any circumstance!*

That’s great. Looks easier to set up and less susceptible to wind rain etc sitting if off.

That trap looks spot on

Great video ! Thanks

Only three simple parts with a very stable support mechanism. It's easy to set and almost foolproof in operation. That's a great trap, Dave.

Great design 👍👍 thanks for sharing.

Nicely done Sir 👍🏻

Interest the way all the parts are thrown free of the trap. Good system to know. I watched the Asian bird trap video years ago and it too was a really interesting demo and potentially useful thing to know.

Obrigado por compartilhar com sua experiência.

Much more stable than the traditional. Thanks for sharing.

Very awesome! I call that the Wee Justin bone!

Thanks Dave, Im from East OHIO...this will work great for what we have

Cool trap will try it.

Wow. Very clever!! 👍

Great video man. what knife are you using for bushcraft these days?

Awesome device!

Very very cool!

Fist bumps 👊👊👊👊👊, high fives/pats on the back ✋✋✋✋✋, extra thumbs up 👍👍👍👍👍

Awesome thanks for sharing

Outstanding !

Awesome thank you sir!

I so gotta try this

Innovative my friend

Brilliant!!! 👍

Looks like it works good thanks

Very cool 👍

Thank you.

Dave your awesome!!

Nice one.

Thanks Bro

Nice!

Beautiful

love it

Sweet.

This is much easier to make and set. Always hated the 4 because it was so sensitive to set.

David Canterbury, Hi there... just curious what wood you chose for this trap? Does it matter, so long as it is easy to make and is solid? I live in NJ, for example... where the forest is very much like that in Ohio.

Dave, completely unrelated subject, but have you done any testing with the Henry single shot 12 ga. You mentioned it in a vid a while back but nothing since.

Is this trap super dependent on the component length and ratios between the pieces? Is there an optimal ratio? Weekend project with the kids! Other deadfall traps either too hard for a young kid to knot up or too difficult to set up without being discouraged. Thank you for the video.

Nice...!!

Very nice. Me likey likey.

I'm doin it👍👍👍

Wow

👍👍👍

1st Comment! Thanks Dave!!

Thanks my friends. Perfect man. Att binhoghryllo.

Show' Tmj'🇧🇷 👍

Bom dia querreiro

Leave it to the one and only David Canterbury to improve the original figure 4 trap!!!

Is this an old idea that SHOULD work ? Or has ANYBODY EVER actually caught ANYTHING in a dead fall trap ??