Brush up on your survival skills with help from Maine Primitive Skills School instructor Nick Spadaro. In this video, learn how to keep yourself warm on your camping trip & start a fire using the strap drill friction fire method.
In this how-to video, Andrew Price of Dryad Bushcraft teaches methods of trapping animals in a survival situation. Learn methods of tracking animals as well as the West County trap and wire snare method. Watch this video hunting tutorial and learn how to trap animals like a real Bushman.
There are many clever ways to kill a Big Daddy effectively in Bioshock. This method makes use of trap bolts. The best place to do this is in a corridor that contains no metal or glass surfaces.
Need to catch a bird? Only have sticks? This is an intricate method of trapping birds using stick weaving arrangements. This trap is common in Brazil and can be made quickly without tools and only using material on hand. It will result in the live capture of a bird.
Needing to trip the feral cat population in your neighborhood. Well, it's time to make a trap, fill it with cats, and shut your trap. This good how to shows a trap you can build yourself, and the necessary tequinique to catch those cats.
Mouse traps have come a long way from the simple coil that snaps down on the rodents. Make sure you're choosing the mouse trap that best suits your needs by watching this video from Ask the Exterminator. This video will show you how to find the best mouse trap for your needs.
Tired of being attacked by the goblin army in Terraria? Here's a sure-fire, or rather sure-lava, method for defeating them. Watch this video to learn how to design a lava trap that will make the goblin army vulnerable to your attacks.
There are many way to booby trap a bottle of diet cola, most of you already know the most common ones. Well here's another method of doing so, the result is the same. A BIG MESS!!! Watch the video tutorial for further instructions!
Recreate the scary effect in Poltergeist when the girl gets trapped inside the television using Adobe Audition, Adobe After Effects or any similar editing software. Harry Frank and Aharon Rabinowitz take you through the detailed tutorials step by step using a couple of different software methods.
The method explained in this video is a very simple method to get rid of fruit flies. Materials required for this method are:
This video will demonstrate how to properly set our top 4 Rat Snap Traps. The models reviewed include the two most common traps, the original Victor Metal Trigger Trap as well as their newer Expanded Trigger Trap. Also reviewed are two new designs which are both easier and safer to employ. Baiting these traps is also discussed.
Here is a clear, step-by-step guide for building and setting a an Asian bird trap from Laos. This simple and effective trap requires some seeds, a small piece of bamboo, 4ft of cordage, and a young sapling. This trap can catch everything from small birds up to a jungle chicken.
Want to build the ultimate traps in Minecraft? This three part video series shows you the ultimate guide to building unassailable traps within the game. Make sure you have quite a few resources before you begin - you'll need them all!
When you're surviving in the wild there's no running to 7-11 to grab some snacks. It's all up to you. This excellent instructional video teaches you how to build and set an Asian trail spring trap. Primarily, this trap would be used for medium sides animals as they make their way along a forest trail. The trap requires a heavy object near the trail (ideally a rock, or fallen log), a length of fine, strong cordage, a 4ft piece of sapling and several small branches for this device's triggering ...
Here is an effective way to coil a long rope and use as an emergency method of transporting an injured person.
This trap is best built on a patch of ice - no monsters will spawn there, and you can still walk and build on it. You will also need quite a lot of stone to make this mob trap in Minecraft.
In this tutorial, we learn how to get rid of mice using a mouse trap with Rick. You will first need to know where to place the traps. Mice like to use the sides of walls to run around and will turn when they reach dead end corners. These are great places to place the traps so you will most likely trap them. If the mice are familiar with an area, they know where to avoid, so using two traps will help you catch them. Next, place the trap perpendicular to the wall instead of parallel so they wil...
See how to make a figure four deadfall trap. This is a great survival trap that can be easily constructed (with practice) out of very basic materials that in most environments can be easily found. The trap can also be made with very limited, or primative tools.
Control wild animals and pests with this system. This is designed and built as a simple live trap release system so one could safely open and release a live trap from behind the trap and away from the animal's exit from the trap.
Traps can serve a number of functions in your Terraria world. Watch this video to learn how to build traps that work well in both single player and multiplayer Terraria. As they say, there's more than one way to trap a mob.
One of the best traps you can build in Minecraft is one that uses pistons to work. This video shares a design for a piston trap. Follow the step by step instructions in this video to learn how to build this mob trap.
Because everything is better with lava! Most Minecraft traps use water to drown monsters, but you can use lava to trap your monsters! This trap is best built within a cave, since you will need a lot of stone to contain the lava.
This is an easy water based trap to trap monsters and animals in your Minecraft game, complete with a special loot collection drop. In addition, you're shown how to build an indicator light so you will know immediately when something has triggered your trap!
From the simplicity of the landmine to complicated Rube Goldberg traps, this video shows you five different traps you can build in Minecraft to destroy zombies. Why bother fighting them when you can just lure them into death traps instead?
In this two part video tutorial you'll find out how to construct a bird snare trap in order to catch a variety of birds. Some tools you'll need include two different types of sticks, string, a weight, and a knife. Enjoy!
Sand traps are one of the most infuriating parts of a golf course, with only water traps taking the lead as most annoying. But, with the help of professional golfer Dan Davis of Thousand Hills, sand traps will no longer be a problem for you. Check out the video to get some pro tips on hitting that golfball out of the sand and back on to the green.
This video looks at a possible trapping line, played by black, in the King's Gambit Declined. The trap offers up a free pawn to the white player that has devastating consequences if taken. The video also covers white's best option to avoid the trapping lines and create a comfortable position from which to work from.
All North American birds are edible and therefore a good source of meat if you're trying to survive in the wild. This detailed video shows how to construct and bait an Asian bird trap snare. You'll need some 150lb test bankline, some twigs, an available young sapling and something to bait your trap, such as wild berries.
Learn to make your own super effective bass traps and acoustic panels with materials from your local hardware store, just by watching this home audio video tutorial.
Mice, cute as they may be, are an unwelcome visitor in many a home. This video tutorial provides step by step instructions on how to hack a wireless electronic laser mouse trap from an automatic garage door opener and a computer mouse. Find out where those little pests are going. Watch this video tutorial and learn how to build a laser motion detector mouse trap.
Using a dish, liquid dish soap, a lamp, and a candle, you can get rid of fleas in your home with barely any effort. A well-placed flea trap can be the answer to all of those annoying fleas your pet may be bringing inside.
Are you tired of monsters or unwanted other players coming down your tunnels full of precious Minecraft ore? Why not build a classic hidden arrow trap for them? This video will show you how to do so, and demonstrate it's brutal effectiveness.
In this tutorial, we learn how to rig a counter weight trap. This is great as a fishing trap but can be rigged to be used as a tree trap. First, you will need to take a rock and wrap around it to create a counter weight. After this, bring the rope high over a branch, then down onto a lower branch. From here, wrap the rope around the trap and leave the rest of the string hanging. Now, the rock should be hanging high in the air and there should be a stick tied to the bottom of the rope to keep ...
Be careful before you set up that mouse trap! You might have a rodent problems you need to get rid of, but the last thing you want to do is lose your finger in the process. This video from Ask the Exterminator has all the instructional assistance you need to make sure you're doing it all the right way.
Gnats seem to come out of nowhere - one day your house is clear and the next you're covered in a million little pests. They get in your eyes and nose and all over your food.
The Pathfinder School offers bird enthusiasts this video tutorial that shows how to construct an Ojibwa Bird Trap. Using a series of sticks, anyone can learn how to create this bird trap, which works when a bird's weight triggers a snare. Learn the tips and techniques of what works and what doesn't in terms of materials to create a successful Ojibwa bird trap. The tutorial will explain what size sticks you need and how the trap should be constructed to successfully catch a bird.
Halfed Ass Construction presents how to build a Bass / Sound trap in this home audio tutorial. This how-to video goes over the step by step instructions for how to build a frame, the materials needed the process of building the bass or sound trap. A bass trap acoustic panel will help capture low frequency sounds specifically, but will improve the sound quality of all levels. Turn your home into a sound studio or set on a budget. Watch this video tutorial and learn how to build a bass or sound...
In this how to video Alley Cat Allies demonstrates how to trap an entire colony of cats. This video walks you through all the steps involved in planning, organizing, and implementing a full scale, entire colony trapping. It is important to trap all the cats in a colony at (or around) the same time to lower the amount of time and resources devoted to that particular colony. This video includes information on the equipment you will need, tricks of the trade for hard to trap cats, and advice to ...
We know that April Fool's has just passed, but that doesn't mean you can't still prank your friends and family in the most satisfying way possible (satisfying for you, of course, because it'll suck for them).
John Cornwell gives us great instructions on how to make a booby trapped diet coke bottle that could be unleashed on friends, roommates, or office workers. Use this as inspiration for one of your April Fools Day pranks!