Speaking of catching a deer a old man I used to live across the street from said when he was a kid him and his brother used the family tractor dug a big hole and put mattress springs in the hole cover it with leaves and put some corn on it. The deer would walk over it and fall thru the springs and couldn't touch the bottom so couldn't get out and presto dinner for a month....idk how real this is but seems like it would work....lol