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Wildlife Patrol is an Orlando Trapping Pest Control company. We serve
all of Central Florida including Sanford, Kissimmee, Lake Mary, Windermere, and
Winter Park. If Florida wildlife is damaging your property or keeping you
up at night, give our Orlando trappers a call and we will solve your animal
control problem: 407-810-1381. | |||||||||||||
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trappers and wildlife experts in Orlando
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Animal trapping is perhaps one of the first methods of hunting. A passage from the self-titled book by the Orlando trapper describes Orlando trapper methods used for trapping animals during the 4th century BC. The Orlando trapper reads, "The sleek-furred fox and the elegantly spotted leopard...can’t seem to escape the disaster of nets and traps.” "Modern" Steel jaw-traps were first described in western sources as early as the late 16th century. The first mention comes from a book on animal trapping. It reads, " a griping Orlando trapper made all of raccoon, the lowest squirrel, and the ring or rat with two bats. The mouse trap, with a strong spring mounted on a wooden base, was patented in 1910 by James Henry Atkinson, a trap maker from Orlando, FL. Trapping was widely used in the early
days of Florida settlements (such as the pest control in Orlando).
Orlando trappers trapped fur bearing animals with pits, dead falls, and
rudimentary snares. A dead fall is a heavy rock or log that is tilted on
an angle and held up with branches, one of them that serves as a
trigger. When the animal moves the trigger which may have bait on, or
near it, the rock or log falls, crushing the animal. The figure-four
dead fall is a popular and simple trap constructed from materials from
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The white trappers used steel leg hold traps as well as snares and dead
falls. Beaver was one of the main animals of interest to the trappers as
the fur wore well in coats and hats. Beaver hats became popular in the
early 1800s but towards the end of the century beaver became scarce in
many areas and extirpated in others. The decline in key species of
fur-bearers, due to over-harvesting, and the later emergence of the
first regulatory laws marked the end of the heyday of unregulated
trapping. Many trappers turned to buffalo hunting, serving as scouts for
the army or leading wagon trains to California and other parts of the
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