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Nail a hair-snare onto the tree with the center of the hair-snare about 18 in
from the ground. Your drywall hatchet is about 15 in long and can be used
to make quick measurements in the field. Use 4 shingle nails – one at each
corner of the pad. Hang a small carpet pad from a nearby tree branch (5 ft
from the ground). The best placement is within sight of and at about 9 ft
from the hair-snare – no more than 15 ft. First, select a tree branch that is at least 6 ft from the trunk of
the tree, as high as you can reach and with few obstructions below the branch. You will probably need
to cut brush and other branches that might tangle the pie-plate. Then, cut off the amount of wire that is
needed. Push the wire through the center of the small carpet pad (2.5 X 2.5 in) provided in your kit
using a twisting motion. Gently putting pressure on the wire is better than brute force here because the
wire can easily buckle. Twist the end of the wire in a single loop below the pad to hold the pad on the
wire.
Figure 3. Example showing a transect crossing an open area. One hundred meters were measured
between 1
st
and 2
nd
station; then 80 m was measured from 2
nd
station and edge of an open area. The open
area was crossed without measuring distance and 20 m was measured on the far side to get to the 3
rd
station.
