Hunters looking for masked civets, monkeys, and squirrels have long put their traps near fruit trees to capture animals which come to forage for food.
果子狸、獼猴、松鼠以山棕、山枇杷、大葉楠、黃果豬母乳、台灣芭蕉果實裹腹，山雞不時也撿拾落果。當這些果實成熟，獵人就在樹幹附近放置獸夾捕捉前來覓食的動物。