Talk:Trapping

message: I have reverted the attempt to incoporate text from animal trapping methods on the basis that the material needs lots of cleaning up first before being used anywhere, let alone tacked on here.  Additionally it results in a long and unfocussed article.  Even if it were cleaned up, I still think we have distinct topics that need separate articles.
I reverted replacement of leg-hold with foot-hold as the rational didn't sound right (the trap does after all actually grip the leg), and the history of recent edits from that IP address didn't inspire confidence (sorry for jumping to conclusions). I have now read many articles that use the term foot-hold, and acknowledge it is quite valid, but couldn't actually find a reliable source that explained the preference for one term over the other.  I think we should at least mention both names and then be consistent throughout the article.  --Tony Wills (talk) 10:21, 6 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Tony, I think your experience in trying and failing to find a standard terminology for the "foothold/leghold" type of traps reflects a lack of standard terminology on the topic. I'll second the terminology "foothold/leghold" as used on this talk page by user "MikeHobday" on 6/20/2008. ScottS (talk) 18:16, 6 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reverts 

message: Needs a better cite for such a claim. At the moment we have:
: "Ștefan Cucoș Faza Cucuteni B în zona subcarpatică a Moldovei Muzeul de Istorie Piatra Neamț 1999"
: "Stephen Cucoş phase in the Carpathian Cucuteni B Moldova History Museum Piatra Neamt 1999"
I'm guessing that somebody saw some exhibit in a museum? We can do better than this I am sure.
Kortoso (talk) 17:12, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:   Cucuteni-Trypillian culture - first traps? 

message: Suggesting the following text as a replacement:
: A deadfall is a trap used to drop a weight onto a prey animal and crush it. The type of weight used may vary, but it should be heavy enough to kill or incapacitate the prey immediately. The figure-4 deadfall trigger is constructed using three notched sticks. These notches hold the sticks together in a figure-4 pattern when under tension.
: Source: FM 3-05-70: Survival (US Army Handbook) Kortoso (talk) 18:03, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deadfall 

message: Although Gin trap redirects here, there is no mention, let alone explanation, of that term.
Google tells me that the term is also used to mean 
# a machine for separating cotton from its seeds.
# a machine for raising and moving heavy weights.
I don't have knowledge of the subject to be able to add anything more constructive than the results of 5 seconds of google search, but this appears to be a notable gap in the article.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.237.176.7 (talk) 07:51, 25 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gin trap 

message: This subsection leaps right from a brief mention of traps from 1600s-1800s, then jumps to apparently recent modifications. It could use more historical detail and more detail about how the devices work from a mechanical viewpoint.
Apegrrl (talk) 02:00, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  more detail on leg hold traps needed 

message: The 'fur clothing' section is currently focused entirely on a relatively brief period in history and on North America. Since trapping for fur has been done all over the world since before the beginning of human history, it would be great if someone knowledgeable could expand or generalize this. Cloudspert (talk) 15:38, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  American focus