Setting A Snare

A set of 11 photographs of Calvin McKenzie setting a snare. Snaring animals, fish, and birds has been a way of securing food for thousands of years in northern Saskatchewan. Even today many people use snares to catch food when living in the bush. -p01: Calvin McKenzie goes into the bush and chooses a location to snare a rabbit. -p02: He peels a small branch that he has cut with his hatchet. -p03: He bends it a bit. -p04: Then he sticks one end into the ground at an angle. -p05: He pushes little sticks into the ground vertically on either side to direct the rabbit into the snare. -p06: He ties the string onto the branch. -p07: He makes a loop for the snare. -p08: Then he loops the string over the branch. -p09 to -p10: He gets the string just right. -p11: The loop of the snare is opened to wait for the rabbit.

Historical note:

Photographs of Calvin McKenzie setting a snare on the family trapline near Stanley Mission, taken in 1977 by Lois Dalby of the Academic Education Branch of the Department of Northern Saskatchewan.
Author/Creator
Lois Dalby (photographer)
Open Access
Yes
Primary Source
Yes
Publication Date
1977
Credit
Northern Saskatchewan Archives, DNS Academic Education Branch, Binder #16SettingASnare 1 - 11 (Shelf A3); records from Our Legacy site, http://scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy
Resource Type
Images -- Photographs
Format
Image
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