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Tracking: Urban v. Wilderness; Thursday, Period Three [ 11/18 ].
"I'd like to apologize for the canceled class last week," Angua said, with a faint, slightly on edge smile, because, of course, these things couldn't conveniently coincide with the phases of the moon for her. "But I'm sure if my suspicions about last week were correct, you didn't mind too much. But it's back to work today and we've talked a lot about tracking, but now it's time to consider ways of trapping what you track. I'm sure many of us in this class might already have some effective methods that we already use, but today, we'll go over some classic wilderness snares and traps, and then work on adapting them to an urban environment."
"Now, usually, snares a made for the intention of catching food. In the wilderness, that makes sense. In the city, that's probably considered an elevated form of stealing. However, at least in my line of work and in others, they can be helpful for incapacitating someone you're either chasing or trying to catch. It usually consists of a loop or a noose and a trigger mechanism that will go off when the target crosses its path, snagging it up and being potentially comedic if you're into that sort of thing, but, really, the only things as unfunny as snare gags are probably mimes and clowns."
Excuse Angua a moment; she had to shudder. But she moved on bravely to go over different types of snares and how they should be as camouflaged and de-scented as much as possible, and then she moved onto a variety of different traps, which were also not as funny as some might try to fool you into thinking. "The nice thing about traps is that you can prepare them, leave them, and come back to them later easily enough. They're fairly easy to come up with, and are a little less...mechanical than snares. And, remember, traps can come in many forms."
"So you guys probably know the drill by now. We'll spend the first part of class here in the woods working on the different snares and traps, and then we'll head into the city and see how we might be able to make some adaptations. Any questions?"
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"Now, usually, snares a made for the intention of catching food. In the wilderness, that makes sense. In the city, that's probably considered an elevated form of stealing. However, at least in my line of work and in others, they can be helpful for incapacitating someone you're either chasing or trying to catch. It usually consists of a loop or a noose and a trigger mechanism that will go off when the target crosses its path, snagging it up and being potentially comedic if you're into that sort of thing, but, really, the only things as unfunny as snare gags are probably mimes and clowns."
Excuse Angua a moment; she had to shudder. But she moved on bravely to go over different types of snares and how they should be as camouflaged and de-scented as much as possible, and then she moved onto a variety of different traps, which were also not as funny as some might try to fool you into thinking. "The nice thing about traps is that you can prepare them, leave them, and come back to them later easily enough. They're fairly easy to come up with, and are a little less...mechanical than snares. And, remember, traps can come in many forms."
"So you guys probably know the drill by now. We'll spend the first part of class here in the woods working on the different snares and traps, and then we'll head into the city and see how we might be able to make some adaptations. Any questions?"
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