Trapping A Rabbit In Appalachia fff#25 v232

[@MichaelEReed-fb2po]

Used these boxes all the time when I was a very young boy! Thanks for the memory my brother! Much love 👍❤🙏🙏🐇🐇🙏🙏❤👍

[@metcalfmills5679]

Glad you enjoyed! Thank you Michael. Love to you as well ❤️🙏🏻

[@nates2526]

My grandfather caught squirrels off his walnut tree with a trap very similar to this. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you for sharing this with us!

[@barbarasimmons4158]

woo hoo! Friday night breakfast for supper, trap talk-doesn't get any better than that! Except haint stories, maybe-a close second-very close. 😂

[@metcalfmills5679]

Aw thank you Barbara😆

[@sheilafade2016]

That is a neat little contraption

[@metcalfmills5679]

Glad you enjoyed Sheila

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you Sheila

[@2ndfreeman]

My Dad would turn the box up on its end so that he could reach down and take the rabbit out without it running out of the box. I remember once when I was probably about 6 he raised the door on the box expecting to see a rabbit but instead a house cat jumped out of that box and ran straight up the front of his shirt and over his shoulder and took off. I don't think he thought it was near as funny as I did. After that we put hardware cloth on the back of the boxes so that you could see what was in there before you raised the door.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you for sharing this with us! Good idea

[@ohiowolfsister]

Thanks for laugh.

[@steveruby2120]

I built one like that when I was a kid too, except mine had a round pivot stick and trigger stick and wire mesh on the back and some bigger. Your right, they work like a charm. God bless.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you for sharing this with us!

[@tomvandenbergh4127]

I love fun fact Fridays, because in this day and time facts are hard to come by.... I'm gonna build me one of those just for fun Justro. Thanks as usual for passing on your mountain wisdom.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thanks Yom! Glad you enjoy

[@thegreatowl4912]

Yes sir, that's what my Grandaddy used to catch plenty a rabbit for dinner and a few pesky groundhogs that were tearing up the place. I haven't thought about that box till you posted this video. Thank you for sharing and God Bless you and yours.

[@metcalfmills5679]

I love stirring up good memories. Thank you for sharing this with us. God bless you as well

[@donaldatkinson7937]

I always caught more possums, when I was very small, older friend of my grandmother made me a rabbit box, that night I put it out and caught a possum, took it hoop, had some chicken wire, went from edge of storage shed with wire then around a tree back to shed a few feet away. Dumped the possum over in there, he immediately, climbed the tree and left,I didn't realize, they could climb, lol.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Ha ha ha! Thank you for sharing this with us.

[@rgb5031]

I used to have a wooden trap something like that. It was the best trap ever! We always used apples also. One time a possum got trapped in it, and oh boy, ... that was Bad News!!!

[@metcalfmills5679]

Ha ha! Thanks for sharing

[@donaldwells2102]

I'd say there's been a many of rabbit put on the supper table with one of those rabbit boxes.Thanks Justro for another good Fun Fact Friday.God Bless and have a Good Weekend 🙂.

[@metcalfmills5679]

That is for sure Donald. Glad you enjoyed and God bless you. Have a good weekend as well

[@lancelineberry4335]

I made and used several rabbit gums , as we call them, as a kid on my grandparents farm here in the NC foothills. They work very well until you catch a possum in them. I would always smoke them out after I caught a possum to get rid if their scent. Thanks for sharing.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you for sharing this with us!

[@rickcooper6817]

I'm gonna get you wascally wabbit! Thanks Justro, have a good evening.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Ha ha! Thanks Rick!

[@ellendavis9940]

You have got me plumb tickled to tears. Why? I swear I can hear the bad words under your breath doing that cage one handed. lol you don’t have to agree because I know I’m right. Gotta love me. Have a good weekend

[@metcalfmills5679]

I don’t know what you’re talking about??? 😆 Hope that you do too

[@solinina6708]

I am amazed how the rabbits box is built & works ,wow!ty sir!❤️🙏🏻💕

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you ❤️🙏🏻

[@blackmonday738]

Have a great week end, U and those beautiful daughters. I had Rabbit tacos, purrrrty gooowd.😄🤙

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you UP. Hope that you do as well! Sounds good!!

[@tpaw6908]

Justro that a great idea for rabbits or varmints. Can we make one human size it would come in handy since they like to tear down MONO TRESSPASSING SIGNS🤣🤣🤩 HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. Thank you always live the videos. Hugs to all.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Ha ha ha! Anything is possible! 😆 Hope you do as well. Thank you, hugs to uns too ❤️❤️

[@ku4ap]

I remember doing this as a kid, been better than fifty yr since. Time I teach the grandkids… might need it for lunch sometime too….T. Midkiff in Ky

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you for sharing. That is for sure

[@chickenmama4384]

It would be neat if you trapped a rabbit in your box!! Ingenious as always !!

[@metcalfmills5679]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@rickyb2200]

I've caught a lot of rabbits in my rabbit boxes , I also caught a cat but I guess the scariest thing I ever caught was a big Snake. Haha thanks Justro

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you for sharing this with us Ricky!

[@vanessakristle7599]

I did enjoy this video, every evening I see 3 in my backyard. Good eating for sure, my daddy raised rabbits so we could have meat on the table. Taste like chicken without the crispy skin! Lol

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you for sharing. Lol 😆

[@lawsonlawnandfarm8073]

Don’t see many of them anymore. We always called them rabbit gums me and grandpa used to sit them things out everywhere I remember how excited he’d get when he seen on tripped

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you for sharing this with us!!

[@nancytharp8213]

What a great idea. Wild Rabbits eat my garden. Thanks for sharing 🙏 😎 🏖 🏝

[@metcalfmills5679]

Hope it helps Nancy!

[@deborahcarol1808]

I learned something new. If things get bad i can feed myself. But i would want to eat that apple. Thank You one more time 😊

[@MiddleEastMilli]

He said you only need a slice of an apple. :)

[@metcalfmills5679]

Ha ha yeah maybe peel it and put the peelings in there! 😆

[@deborahcarol1808]

@@metcalfmills5679 Great Idea!

[@jamesdooley1624]

My granddaddy built his out of a holla log, didn't bait with anything, he said if it is cold they will go in a dark hole

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you for sharing this with us!

[@MiddleEastMilli]

This is so helpful!!! Thank you very much!

[@metcalfmills5679]

I hope so, thank you

[@billybradyjr6008]

Justro , you would have to triple that size of box down here. We got them big cane cutter rabbits in south Louisiana .

[@metcalfmills5679]

Yeah this little thing is just a model pretty much. I would like to see them big rabs!!

[@rodneyhardee2527]

Nice rabbit trap !

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thanks Rodney!

[@solinina6708]

I really enjoyed your video sir ! I have ate rabbit stew ,a standard recipe for stew ! Also ,I have eaten a rabbit stew with rabbit,chicken & beef combination ! Both were delicious ! ❤️🙏🏻💕

[@uncledanny7]

I had a rabbit box when I was growing up myself

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you Danny

[@Skashoon]

I tried raising rabbits but it got to be too much extra work since they were in an old horse shed 250-300’ from my house. I intended to breed them and sell them, but lost interest for now. Too many other things to do. I may try again once I finish building a tool shed. Maybe next year sometime. For now I may make one of these traps to fill the freezer. Thanks brother! God bless

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you for sharing. Glad you enjoyed and God bless you as well

[@dowdawg]

Now that’s slick!!

[@metcalfmills5679]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@tholland5509]

I used to build squirrel traps sorta like that

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you for sharing

[@bonsaimaster205]

Thanks Justin! I'll build some of different sizes when I can get some scrap wood. I have some of the metal live traps but this would save money and the more you set the better your chance of trapping what your trying to catch.

[@metcalfmills5679]

That is for sure Randy!

[@larrycounce4509]

Ive made a few of those, 100% effective

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you Larry

[@MynewTennesseeHome]

I'm going to try that, in addition to waskly wabbits maybe I can catch some of those aggravating field rats.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Yeah likely!

[@mkin62]

I bet you could sell a pile of them for Christmas gifts if you wanted to. maybe even a kit so a young boy could put it together himself. but I have a question. if you catch a wild animal like that, how do you get them out without getting eaten lol?

[@metcalfmills5679]

That is for sure Mary! There is a couple different ways 😆

[@michaelking1454]

Can’t tell you how many rabbits I have caught with the same system but we called them rabbit gums here in South Carolina upstate

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you for sharing this with us!

[@jeffreydevillez7433]

I need to show you how to make a figure 4 trigger trap! You might already know how to!

[@metcalfmills5679]

Don’t know that name, thanks Jeffrey!

[@jerryhuntjj2885]

I need to build me one of those.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Not hard to do!

[@lisaeveridge9033]

I will set the trap. Someone else will have to get it ready for cooking. LOL

[@metcalfmills5679]

Ha ha ha!

[@hazel555]

Justro, unrelated to this video, since you work on big grinding stones, would you happen to know where to find a small, home-sized, basic, non-motorized grinding stones set? I've seen pictures on-line of Asian or South American people using them; they pour some grain in the center of the top stone and then turn by hand and the ground meal comes out from between the stones, but I can't find that hand-turned original 2-stone model being sold anywhere. PS: I have meat rabbits and they like whole-grain oats a lot more than apples.

[@metcalfmills5679]

I do not, I would have to make them. Thank you for sharing

[@markburrell2778]

I was always told the box had to be at least a year old before a rabbit would go in it and if you ever caught a possum in it a rabbit would never go in it for a long time.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you for sharing this with us Mark.

[@billybradyjr6008]

I’ve always been told you must season the box with a rabbit before another rabbit would enter it.

[@flanneryfarmandgenealogy]

That is neat. I heard my papaw talk about one of them. If a person put a pin through the post of the seesaw part, would it do better ya think or does it need to be off balance to work and set? I would like to build a wolf pen. I’ve heard they are like a Minner trap kind of. Ya ever saw or heard of one.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you for sharing this with us Brian. Yes I sure have. I have heard the old people talk about the wolf pits. I was told they would hang meat in or over the hole and when the wolf tried to get it they fell in..

[@charl.4407]

I wonder if this would work for squirrels as well?

[@metcalfmills5679]

I would say yes… maybe just different bait but would definitely work

[@brokenwolf67]

I can't remember how many of them things i made since I was a kid

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you for sharing this with us

[@mariaguadagno9483]

Cool!

[@metcalfmills5679]

🙂

[@bobkernahan6340]

thanks for your videos do you think a small one of these would work on voles, i am having a problem with them eating my sweet potato leaves or do you have any ideas to get rid of them i dont want to poison them because they are in my garden area

[@metcalfmills5679]

I don’t know. Deers have been our problem with sweet potato leaves. I think the mole beans will work, I will have some seed available later on..

[@bobkernahan6340]

@@metcalfmills5679 thank you and so glad you are doing videos, i have been meaning to tell you that you are the perfect example or what a christian should be i dont think you ever mentioned it in any video that i have watched yet but it shines thru and we could all take a lesson from you thanks and God bless

[@thenewyorkredneck4735]

Bear 😅

[@metcalfmills5679]

Yes but the box is a lot bigger

[@thenewyorkredneck4735]

@@metcalfmills5679 haaaa. Thats a good one

[@Fi0434]

Got some good ideas for moles?! I just all of a sudden have an issue

[@metcalfmills5679]

I will have some castor (mole) beans available for next year. We have them in our garden and never have moles

[@lisamcfall1210]

If I take the time to build me a trap, I’m not gonna pet the rabbit and let him go 😂I’m eating him. Rabbits are tasty. I raised them for meat when I had my farm.

[@metcalfmills5679]

😆 I don’t blame you Lisa!

[@Carolynfoodforest355]

When you need food for your family they taste good.

[@lisamcfall1210]

@@Carolynfoodforest355 yes, exactly. The rabbits, and fish we caught, were the main source of protein for me and my son. I had a hard time killing them at first, until I realized how much my son liked the meat. Then it was a little easier lol

[@tinagasson3796]

❤❤❤

[@metcalfmills5679]

❤️

[@MichaelEReed-fb2po]

True story: I was raised by my grandparents on a rural farm. The happiest times of my entire life. As a young lad I would use a box trap to trap rabbits & I would pet them for awhile & let them go. What I am about to say someone may say is child abuse, but it wasn't my grandma was teaching me a life lesson. But one morning I caught a rabbit & my grandma told me to bang that rabbit against that tree over there & we would have it for supper. I don't know how many times I told her "No I couldn't do it" while crying my eyes out. So my grandma cut a switch off of a tree & every time I said "no" she would swat me with that switch until finally I dispatched the rabbit. She fried that rabbit & simmered it in gravy that night for supper. It was some of the best eaten I've ever ate. She told me that there may come a time when the family was short on food & I would have to do what was necessary to feed my family. ❤🙏🙏🙏🙏❤

[@metcalfmills5679]

What a story. I understand. The old people had their own way. Paw would hold them up by the back legs and judo them behind the ears. Thank you for sharing this with us. ❤️🙏🏻

[@MichaelEReed-fb2po]

@@metcalfmills5679 🤣🤣🤣

[@angelacross2216]

My father would catch rabbits with a ferret and a terrier. The ferret would chase them out of the tunnel and the terrier would dispatch them lickety-split as they came out of their warrens.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you for sharing this with us!

[@lenoracook2096]

I ost my original long winded reply so I’ll try again!! Mom and I were having a pretty hard time after daddy passed in 1955. I was 11 yrs old and she made a rabbit gum to supply a meat source. I was just thinking a few weeks ago about the one she built, I was so amazed by all she knew. Sge had a way of skinning a rabbit or a squirrel without getting hair all over the meat. I remember because I had to hold their legs while she worked!!!

[@ku4ap]

@@lenoracook2096 the way my grandfather kept the hair off is after dispatched he tied the hind legs to the clothesline and used his knife to ring around the legs to separate the fur from meat a quick downward thrust would remove the fur down to the neck where the, uh waste, could be removed.

[@HeatherNaturaly]

My glory boy! You gonna get sued for damages if someone 'pets' a WILD rabbit on your advice. 🤣😂 I got nasty scratches all over my arms from handling my 'tame' Meat Rabbits!!!

[@metcalfmills5679]

I said pet I didn’t say handle 😆

[@walterperry4565]

Omg Buggs Bunny gonna give you thumbs down. Our rabbit boxes were made to set in mouth of rabbit hole found after tracking rabbit in snow. More than likely to catch a possum in your box that set in open. 🙈😁😁😁

[@metcalfmills5679]

Them rabbits you got around there ain’t too smart Walt..