Tora wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2019 11:33 pm
What is involved with getting a trapper’s license?
First, I went to my city office forestry and agricultural division and told them I wanted to get a trappers licence. They gave me some forms to fill out and submit to the prefectural office with a five thousand yen stamp. I could mail it in, or go in person. I went in person.
One of the forms was a doctor's letter that said I didn't have any needle tracks and seemed to be sane.
At the pref. office, they gave me the information about where and when the test was to be held, and recommended that I take the one day class offered the week before the test. That was a good (8000 yen) idea. It was an hour and a half drive to the shooting range, but the class did give me useful information, such as what the questions on the test would probably be. They gave us about 50 questions to study, and strongly hinted that the 30 questions on the test would be among them. Also, they gave us a practical where we got to set traps and ID animals. It was fun.
The next week it was an hour and a half again to the testing center/shooting range, and the paper test. All the Japanese people around me finished in about 10 minutes, I took about 45. But I passed. Then it was on to the physical fitness exam, eye exam, and the practical- Identify the animals you are allowed to trap, and three kinds of traps you can legally use. Then we had to set one of the traps.
Finally they posted our results.
some photos in my google photo album
here
and a video about it
here.
Tora wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2019 11:33 pm
Why do you need the tree trunk?
To subdue the trapped boars... Apparently too long a club will get caught in the bushes, and too short is dangerous and not powerful enough. The old guy I talked to said 1.5m is the perfect length.
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