If running around with birdhouses doesn’t sound like a good time to you, there are other ways to train your hunting skill. However, there is also a reason why everyone uses the birdhouses to gather their hunting XP! Other trapping techniques such as bird snaring, box trapping, butterfly netting, and even falconry can be used to level up the hunting skill. However, these items either have a high hunter level, require more of your time than they should, or aren’t too much fun to do. Hunting in Old School Runescape, much like real-life hunting, can be a bit of a grind.