When I was a kid I had a little fort I build in the forest. I used this trigger method attached to a sheet of hidden plywood that dropped down into a hole when stepped on. The other end of the trigger went way up into a pine tree where I had a bucket of swamp water hidden to tip nasty swamp water on whoever stepped on the plywood trigger near the entrance to my fort. I covered the plywood with a thin layer of dirt and leaves to hide it. My little sister came home pretty angry one day hahaha. You've never seen a young boy so pleased with himself in your life. Until dad got home. :D
That’s awesome, I was doing things like that too. My wife and I worked very hard to move out of the city and get a place in the country, woods in the backyard. It saddens me - I have to kick the kid out of the house. Rather be inside with an electronic. Even before covid 🤷♂️
I think you're one of the best Bushcraft teachers on UA-cam. I really love the way you explain things in detail and up close with the camera. Please keep the great videos coming!!!!!!!!!!
This video just got you a new subscriber! Brought back memories! Over 60 years ago, I read Jack London and other wilderness books. I learned to make snares and traps. I even ran a "trap line " in brush near a RR track. Since then I survived Vietnam, raising a teenager and a narcissistic ex. These videos brought me to happy memories. Great skills and a talented teaching manner. Thank you
I’ve seen so many videos on this and this is without a doubt the best description I’ve seen it’s so easy but no one stressed the trigger is really the most important part
Great tutorial will teach my Royal Ranger kids I teach Wednesday night. Royal Rangers is a church base class teach & reach young men from 6yrs old up to 18 yrs old. I'm sure they will enjoy this L7 method as they enjoy all aspects of hunting. Thanks for explaining & keeping it simple
You've got the best down to earth 🌎 survival channel I believe. Thank you for this snare for food and fishing. In the military we learned that notched 7 cuts with sticks for counter enemy contact(B/ traps.
What a good video. And I almost forgot that you're the hand-in-my-face guy until the end, when your hand came flying and one of your fingers disappeared in my nose, the other one poked my eye. Now I'm half blind, half non-smelling. But still... it was totally worth it. What a good video. Thank you
Man I wanted to say thank you. I caught 2 Blue Channel Catfish today using this method. My dad taught me a lot about trapping and fishing but I was just a stupid little kid and didn't realize how precious this knowledge was. I just wanted to say thank you man. My dad would have been so happy to see me catch those today via spring pole and trigger.
Hey Dan, I have been watching some of your vids of late, and I have to admit that at first, I wasn't sure I wanted to learn from you. However, I buckled down and decided that even old dogs like me can always learn something new or addendums to things we might already know. Boy howdy! Was I ever wrong about learning from you! So much have I learned that I have constantly found myself scouring over your videos and my friend, let me tell you right here and now, I was WAY wrong. I have learned a blue ton from you. This video, I have watched a lot and every time I go out and practice it, I am able to tweak it a wee bit and now, I wouldn't hesitate to head into the bush with this rig and I would come away confident that I will have meat for the pot and confidence in my heart. THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
Thanks for demonstrating the L7. You are a great teacher. Thanks for sharing this essential skill. It is likely to be needed more than many would understand. God bless you and the ones you love ! Take good care now ! Later !
make some shallow "barb" cuts around your stake like a arrow head or fish hook barb and use a rock or a kinda heavy big stick to compact the ground around your stake other wise the force being put on the stake with the sapling and things like water and breeze will work it loose lessening the pull force... your probly never gonna have to rely on this for food but if you do it matters
as someone who is not a survivalist, I've never seen a better or clearer explanation of how to make a snare. The L7 trigger is simple but looks super effective. Now if I'm in a survival situation, I have at least one tool in my belt. Thanks
@ Roger Douglass If you want a few MAJORLY involved fishing traps, find Greg Ovens on UA-cam. He made one out of a mousetrap & then one that somehow had the fish get pulled up into this thing that also chopped off it's head too after catching it. Both were ice fishing ideas.
I live over in Jim Thorpe now. Not too legal, but when we were kids we went "Fishing" for turkeys. Sort of the same concept with the whippy branch. Amazing what you can come up with when you have to.
Well explained my friend! I know it's a simple concept, but some visual learners need to see it! Again, well done, and keep crushing the day every day!
Great video. I like the 1000 variations explanation. I use line on my trigger for fishing but use copper wire to the line at the trigger for the snare because an animal got out chewing threw the line once so I adjusted my approach. Thanks for all the good info.
Great video. I'd add a couple of nuggets from experience to make this better though: 1) In the event your stake doesn't gain enough purchase to stay driven in the ground, you can carve some feathers down the shaft for increased bite. Just drive it in and pack the soil down around it. Works like a charm. 2) Consider chamfering the top of your stake prior to driving it into the ground; this will reduce splitting, particularly if you're using the pol of an axe/hatchet over a wooden club.
pipe cutter used for tree cutting and seasoning while standing. use a long arm and you get a fulcrum effect that means you can do it old. make a wide one with pull detachment system with wheel to rotate around and you get one the oldest can use. determinate potato's can be made to split stalks like roses for roots to make them indeterminate if you need too. a decompression chamber can be used to make compost into tea like that is very much like hydroponic fluid. save weak plant but really good for potato's in a pot.
Excellent video! I like to chevron the anchor stick at the bottom 6-8 inches so that it grabs and anchors better and I like to use a stick with a short Y for the trigger. Not saying its better but it gives me the option for a ground loop by adding a trip line, vine to the bottom of the Y trigger. Works good for young hogs if the loop is set back far enough to grab a hind leg. It just gives more separation between the anchor and the trigger base if you have to use a dewberry vine because you're short on cordage.
I know this video has been around a little bit, but hopefully you see this... Could you expand on the snare? Specifically where to lay it in relation to the trigger, that knot to use, etc. I'm brand new to this stuff and loving every second of your videos
You try to find game trails where animals have walked so it's real close to your sapling it's just a slip knot that they get caught in and it's best if you use brush shrubs dead trees to funnel them into your snare
My friend Turtle Man said he lived on cornbread and buttermilk until he learned to catch his on critters. He's one of the best woodsmen I've ever known. Necessity is the mother of all invention.
Hey Dan, I'm watching ur program, I want to tell u thanks for such a detailed view of this 7-L, set up for us. I have watched Corprols Corner, & he's not shown this so openly.
BRO, thanks for the detailed explanation for this trap, idk why i never thought to set a hook on one end and have the spring on the bank of the water for fishing
Good information, it might be more relevant during these times to catch food or catch criminals, because of the way our economy is going. Thank you very much.
These are great triggers perfecting this type of set and one of the figure 4 style sets or paiute dreadfully you can feed your self really well in the situation that requires it
You good teacher. I made figure 4 when child it works. 2 7s works better. Lots of good soldiers around good fighters still need someone to help us think and organize Thank You for helping
If you leave the trigger longer on the bottom than top. make a loose loop from top attach point to bottom attach point. then attach the bait line to the bottom of the trigger it releases easier. Make sure pulling direction is directly away from notches to separate them not sideways. Adjust bottom stake as forward as possible so bait line barely has to be pulled to apply leverage to trigger pulling it out straight. I use this one for fishing. Or add a weight stick and put it sideways on ground ran under a root and bait line is only attached to trigger and put a loop in a funnel area. Weight stick gets stepped on it releases trigger loop catches and pulls to root.
Thank you for sharing this with us. What i would sugest and almost no one does is to show end result first and then provide a tutorial of how to make it.
This trigger is good for fishing where fish tug on the bait but practically useless for snaring animals as they have to get caught in the noose first to trigger it. You may be able to use it with the noose parallel to an animal trail but certainly not flat in the ground. The other point is to make sure you remove ALL branches from your spring tree or branch. It makes a big difference to how quick it pulls up. I speak from 60 years of experience.
When you launched your spool I thought it was an accident. I thought the next scene was going to be you walking in the woods spoiling string lol. Thanks for the video, I never thought about putting the the "snare end" to a hook in the water. Very neat
When I was a kid I had a little fort I build in the forest. I used this trigger method attached to a sheet of hidden plywood that dropped down into a hole when stepped on. The other end of the trigger went way up into a pine tree where I had a bucket of swamp water hidden to tip nasty swamp water on whoever stepped on the plywood trigger near the entrance to my fort. I covered the plywood with a thin layer of dirt and leaves to hide it. My little sister came home pretty angry one day hahaha. You've never seen a young boy so pleased with himself in your life. Until dad got home. :D
Boys will be boys 😂
That’s awesome, I was doing things like that too. My wife and I worked very hard to move out of the city and get a place in the country, woods in the backyard. It saddens me - I have to kick the kid out of the house. Rather be inside with an electronic. Even before covid 🤷♂️
This was worth reading.
She was where she shouldn't be. Funny how that works.
I frisking love this story
Great totorial, caught about 4 preschoolers already.
Wow, you are so fucking hilarious. Cringe.
@@ltcoltealeaf Ik, right. If you try really hard, you may be able to pop jokes like these one day too.
@@ltcoltealeaf I thought it was hilarious
Creepy fukin response
nice one XD
Dismiss those nasty nitpickers.
Jokes have to be polarizing, otherwise they aint funny ;-)
I think you're one of the best Bushcraft teachers on UA-cam. I really love the way you explain things in detail and up close with the camera. Please keep the great videos coming!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah. I agree with you. And This video calls always as my Chanel '' L7''.
But yeah. He is really good at bushcraft teaching.
I agree! fery well done.
He's more informative than My Daily Life, but not nearly as hot.
I agree with this.
This is great!
You have the ability to explain thing's in a clear way. Not everyone can do that. Thanks much!
💯💯💯
Truth
Without being condescending.
But not the ability to respond to your message.... 😜
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I’ve probably seen a hundred pictures of this in survival books but never really understood how to do until now, you’re a great teacher. Subscribed
I posted the same above. Don't know exactly why but I feel as though after seeing a bunch of videos on how to do this it finally stuck.
This video just got you a new subscriber! Brought back memories! Over 60 years ago, I read Jack London and other wilderness books. I learned to make snares and traps. I even ran a "trap line " in brush near a RR track. Since then I survived Vietnam, raising a teenager and a narcissistic ex. These videos brought me to happy memories. Great skills and a talented teaching manner. Thank you
Yes- thank you, and thank goodness you survived it all 🤗
The L7 trigger is one of the most useful and versatility trap triggers available. Honestly, it's probably the trigger that I use the most.
Agreed! I'll never forget my grandpa teaching it to me as a kid. It works lol🍻
Trade you subs btw?
L7 trigger... My Chanel is L7. Leo Seven. Nice.
L7 can trigger the best of us... in a good way.
Dude I just saw one of your comments on Ben Shapiro haha
Hands down THE best presentation on this trigger. The swingin' bank line was a nice touch, too.
Love his, no non-sense approach, gets right to the point.
I’ve seen so many videos on this and this is without a doubt the best description I’ve seen it’s so easy but no one stressed the trigger is really the most important part
Invaluable, thank you brother dan. You'll probably save my life here in North Korea Canada. Thanks so much Sensai
Learned this trigger system over 40 years ago. Love the simplicity of it and use while I'm fishing
Trigger system noted.,..
Great tutorial will teach my Royal Ranger kids I teach Wednesday night. Royal Rangers is a church base class teach & reach young men from 6yrs old up to 18 yrs old. I'm sure they will enjoy this L7 method as they enjoy all aspects of hunting. Thanks for explaining & keeping it simple
You've got the best down to earth 🌎 survival channel I believe. Thank you for this snare for food and fishing. In the military we learned that notched 7 cuts with sticks for counter enemy contact(B/ traps.
What a good video. And I almost forgot that you're the hand-in-my-face guy until the end, when your hand came flying and one of your fingers disappeared in my nose, the other one poked my eye. Now I'm half blind, half non-smelling.
But still... it was totally worth it. What a good video. Thank you
Man I wanted to say thank you. I caught 2 Blue Channel Catfish today using this method. My dad taught me a lot about trapping and fishing but I was just a stupid little kid and didn't realize how precious this knowledge was. I just wanted to say thank you man. My dad would have been so happy to see me catch those today via spring pole and trigger.
Do you mind if I ask if your dad is still with us
You said your dad would
Hey Dan, I have been watching some of your vids of late, and I have to admit that at first, I wasn't sure I wanted to learn from you. However, I buckled down and decided that even old dogs like me can always learn something new or addendums to things we might already know. Boy howdy! Was I ever wrong about learning from you! So much have I learned that I have constantly found myself scouring over your videos and my friend, let me tell you right here and now, I was WAY wrong. I have learned a blue ton from you. This video, I have watched a lot and every time I go out and practice it, I am able to tweak it a wee bit and now, I wouldn't hesitate to head into the bush with this rig and I would come away confident that I will have meat for the pot and confidence in my heart. THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
A "blue" ton? Huh???
I agree with all those comments on how well you communicate all of the instructions of the said project. Great teacher, thanks for all that you do !!!
Thanks for demonstrating the L7. You are a great teacher. Thanks for sharing this essential skill. It is likely to be needed more than many would understand. God bless you and the ones you love ! Take good care now ! Later !
make some shallow "barb" cuts around your stake like a arrow head or fish hook barb and use a rock or a kinda heavy big stick to compact the ground around your stake other wise the force being put on the stake with the sapling and things like water and breeze will work it loose lessening the pull force... your probly never gonna have to rely on this for food but if you do it matters
Great to know theres other wilderness survival instructors in Pa. Keep up the great work.
I LOVE watching your videos. They’re so concise and easy to follow. Thankyou from Australia 🤙🇦🇺
Awesome video Dan! Long Live the Republic 🇺🇸God Bless America 🇺🇸
as someone who is not a survivalist, I've never seen a better or clearer explanation of how to make a snare. The L7 trigger is simple but looks super effective. Now if I'm in a survival situation, I have at least one tool in my belt. Thanks
Im a big. Your instructions are so clear and simplified, it's almost "Barney Style". Good stuff
I'm still looking at your survival vids from a year ago thank you for the tutorials
So simple, yet essential. I learn so much from this channel. Thanks Dan!
There's a familiar pfp and name I recognize
Never really thought about traps in a fishing scenario. Thanks
@ Roger Douglass
If you want a few MAJORLY involved fishing traps, find Greg Ovens on UA-cam.
He made one out of a mousetrap & then one that somehow had the fish get pulled up into this thing that also chopped off it's head too after catching it.
Both were ice fishing ideas.
PS For some reason Greg Ovens looks like he could be in a metal band too!
He's great to watch & funny too @ times
This was my first video from you that I watched and it was extremely informative , thank you.
I live over in Jim Thorpe now. Not too legal, but when we were kids we went "Fishing" for turkeys. Sort of the same concept with the whippy branch. Amazing what you can come up with when you have to.
That's a great idea! The hills between where I live, and Santa Cruz, are just infested with wild turkeys.
Well explained my friend! I know it's a simple concept, but some visual learners need to see it! Again, well done, and keep crushing the day every day!
Thank you so much. This mama is glad to see something so useful to me.
Good common sense instruction. You are a very good teacher. Learning the concept opens up options from survival to defense
Once again you show your teaching skills. Telling us the whole thing, but also which parts are vital, and which parts we can experiment with.
Bru bruh bro that is one of the best trigger explanations ive seen on the "tube" keep um coming thnku.
Probably the best, practical, no BS information.
He put the L7 trap trigger in simple terms and visuals. I finally see how it's done. Ty for a great video.
I don't know exactly why, but this was by far the most useful and understandable video I've ever watched demonstrating this concept.
Best, to the point, video I've seen for a simple trigger trap! Keep up the great videos! Thank you.
Great video. I like the 1000 variations explanation. I use line on my trigger for fishing but use copper wire to the line at the trigger for the snare because an animal got out chewing threw the line once so I adjusted my approach. Thanks for all the good info.
You've a knack for imparting intuition. You're an effective teacher. You've earned a subscription.
Faultless instructional video again as always sir... Excellent. Thanks.
I finally figured out how I found your channel, it was through Townsend.
Fantastic video!!! I will go practice this, I can see how all the little adjustments can work for different scenarios. So interesting, thanks.
tthnks Dan great lesson, love the quick short videos, you explain thing well.
Didn't get 3 minutes in before I had to like this video, great stuff! Your a natural teacher!
Thank you!!! I've never had someone teach that to me and have me understand it. I'll have to practice this Saturday. How awesome!!!
Thank you for doing this video. I have seen the L7 on paper but until now I've not seen it in action.
Little bell on spring pole great tell tale!!! Like fishing.
Great video. I'd add a couple of nuggets from experience to make this better though:
1) In the event your stake doesn't gain enough purchase to stay driven in the ground, you can carve some feathers down the shaft for increased bite. Just drive it in and pack the soil down around it. Works like a charm.
2) Consider chamfering the top of your stake prior to driving it into the ground; this will reduce splitting, particularly if you're using the pol of an axe/hatchet over a wooden club.
pipe cutter used for tree cutting and seasoning while standing. use a long arm and you get a fulcrum effect that means you can do it old. make a wide one with pull detachment system with wheel to rotate around and you get one the oldest can use. determinate potato's can be made to split stalks like roses for roots to make them indeterminate if you need too. a decompression chamber can be used to make compost into tea like that is very much like hydroponic fluid. save weak plant but really good for potato's in a pot.
Great knowledge
well articulated
Cheers for sharing from Australia
Thanks for showing me...great video ....stay blessed PEACE from the uk
Very good explanation of the L7
Best bushcrafting videos…by far
I use a trigger that is fulcrum similar to your L7 I can see that your system is a working model thanks for sharing 👍
Excellent video! I like to chevron the anchor stick at the bottom 6-8 inches so that it grabs and anchors better and I like to use a stick with a short Y for the trigger. Not saying its better but it gives me the option for a ground loop by adding a trip line, vine to the bottom of the Y trigger. Works good for young hogs if the loop is set back far enough to grab a hind leg. It just gives more separation between the anchor and the trigger base if you have to use a dewberry vine because you're short on cordage.
Very nice thank you for showing it on you tube have a good night 🙂
I know this video has been around a little bit, but hopefully you see this... Could you expand on the snare? Specifically where to lay it in relation to the trigger, that knot to use, etc. I'm brand new to this stuff and loving every second of your videos
You try to find game trails where animals have walked so it's real close to your sapling it's just a slip knot that they get caught in and it's best if you use brush shrubs dead trees to funnel them into your snare
Works fantastic....in Africa my loop section I use steel fishing cable for our rodents. They bite normal string. Happy survival....God bless
I now see how Gomer Pyle set his traps to capture the bridge! Great video! I’ve really always wondered how these things worked. I’m a dumb city boy.
Fred would love this channel.
My friend Turtle Man said he lived on cornbread and buttermilk until he learned to catch his on critters.
He's one of the best woodsmen I've ever known. Necessity is the mother of all invention.
Awesome video. simple and straight to the point. Thanks for sharing
Great vid and a lot of important points covered here. Trapping effectively really is an art.
fantastic video! just learning that concept is enough, it could be used for so much more. a perimeter alarm!
Great instruction form,you’ve snagged a new subscriber.
Hey Dan, I'm watching ur program, I want to tell u thanks for such a detailed view of this 7-L, set up for us. I have watched Corprols Corner, & he's not shown this so openly.
Best video and teaching on the L7 you make it easy to use and understand. Keep the videos coming.
Good thinking and we'll thought sir. That is more than likely THE ONLY one I'll use , 97% of the time. Thx keep up the good work.
Dan thanks for teaching me my first trigger setup great video
One of my favorite traps i used to use for trout while setting up camp👍
Good job Dan
hi river bend, so does it really work ??? trout is definantly strong enuf to trigger right ??
@@tracykooken2606 yes it does 👍
You are a very good teacher. Thank you.
This was awesome dude thank you and happy new year!!
BRO, thanks for the detailed explanation for this trap, idk why i never thought to set a hook on one end and have the spring on the bank of the water for fishing
Good information, it might be more relevant during these times to catch food or catch criminals, because of the way our economy is going. Thank you very much.
Great work S
ir thank you for the awesome work
This is a great video - informative, short, clear, and with a minimum of theorizing - but enough warnings to be useful.
Securing food. Sounds lovely.
These are great triggers perfecting this type of set and one of the figure 4 style sets or paiute dreadfully you can feed your self really well in the situation that requires it
You good teacher. I made figure 4 when child it works. 2 7s works better. Lots of good soldiers around good fighters still need someone to help us think and organize
Thank You for helping
Clear precise simple (when shown how) and effective
What more do you want !
Instantly subscribed
This guy is so thorough I love it
Just found this, super cool trigger. I never understood how snares got pulled tight, I'm definitely going to try this on my next alpine fishing trip!
I like that. L7 trigger - gonna try that next canoe fishing trip. Thanks
This is exactly what I needed. Grazie!
Thnks for the video.. We all appreciate it. It was straight to the basic concept and very helpful.
Great stuff as always, PA brother!
Great video well done
Brilliantly demonstrated,Sir!
If you leave the trigger longer on the bottom than top. make a loose loop from top attach point to bottom attach point. then attach the bait line to the bottom of the trigger it releases easier. Make sure pulling direction is directly away from notches to separate them not sideways. Adjust bottom stake as forward as possible so bait line barely has to be pulled to apply leverage to trigger pulling it out straight. I use this one for fishing. Or add a weight stick and put it sideways on ground ran under a root and bait line is only attached to trigger and put a loop in a funnel area. Weight stick gets stepped on it releases trigger loop catches and pulls to root.
Hey I subscribed and liked. And I also have notis on. I am just a kid and I want to learn how to do this kind of stuff. So thanks for teaching me.
Thank you for sharing this with us. What i would sugest and almost no one does is to show end result first and then provide a tutorial of how to make it.
Great explanation without non essential information. Thank you.
Thanks for the wisdom brother your a good teacher
Awesome video my man. So clear and precise. Subscribed!
This trigger is good for fishing where fish tug on the bait but practically useless for snaring animals as they have to get caught in the noose first to trigger it. You may be able to use it with the noose parallel to an animal trail but certainly not flat in the ground. The other point is to make sure you remove ALL branches from your spring tree or branch. It makes a big difference to how quick it pulls up. I speak from 60 years of experience.
When you launched your spool I thought it was an accident. I thought the next scene was going to be you walking in the woods spoiling string lol. Thanks for the video, I never thought about putting the the "snare end" to a hook in the water. Very neat
I have always wanted to know how to do this. Thank you for posting the video!!!
Well done Dan.