In conversation recently, I used the term leg hold. It got me some looks.

When, exactly, did we go from leg hold to foot hold? Who made that change?

Thanks.

went to it years ago-- fighting antis made rhe change-----------------------------

Say what you will but it doesn't matter what term you use to appease the anits. You're not going to appease them no matter what term you use. Technically animals don't have feet, they have paws. So maybe call it a paw hold.

Mark June addressed this very thing on Facebook when someone called him out about using the term leghold. I thought he handled it quite well. He said something fairly close as what to I stated above.

Antis kept alluding to broken legs...that is what caused the change. Took me time to get used to it, but I'm there now.

PC, BS.

I remember a few different trappers that wrote articles and or book authors too back in the 1980's that made the suggestion of using foothold because of what Bogmaster mentioned about antis. I was just in my teens back then but it made sense to me back then and I just started saying/writing foothold and it became habit.

We should call them, Fingerhold
Or, Thumbhold.

SEMANTICS..........

Handcuffs or wristcuffs?

Should have just punched them in the mouth.

Made the switch back in the 80s. Easier to roll off the tongue once you make the change, especially when confronting antis and/or explaining trapping to politicians who will decide whether or not we continue with all the tools we have in the pack basket.

I wouldn't lose any sleep over it.

Paw hold.