Originally Posted by Pwyse
Originally Posted by walt4dun
Years ago i met an old man that had a hawk trap on his property. Think 4x4x4' box with two 2x4' spring hinged one way doors on the top. All wrapped in chicken wire. He would catch a live squirrel or rabbit in a box trap and put it in there. Bird dive bombs threw the top, gets the bait and is stuck in there.


So the doors swung one way into the trap and the bird just tried to dive bomb in the doors?


Correct. The bird dive bombs the live squirrel and goes “thru” the wood framed chicken wire doors and they snap back behind him.