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Not really concerns, just fleshing out reality. If we are talking about a 8 foot tall primate? The hole would have to be at least double the height. So 16 foot deep? And the hole has to be wide enough that it cannot parkor up the side by pushing against it. If the Bigfoot is squared? That’s 8 feet wide. So let’s say 10 foot wide? 10x16 foot pit? *** (Maybe even deeper) 12x20 foot pit? If a 8 foot tall Bigfoot raises its arms and jumps or uses a step on the wall? How high can it reach? https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2013/03/06/here-are-16-things-you-probably-dont-know-about-shaq-who-turns-41-today A Tiger pit is usually a thin lattice of bamboo for the entrance. What about the lattice sections at Home Depot? And some fake duck hunter grass? Tranquilzing it is fine. But how to get a person into the hole and then the Bigfoot back out of the hole? A crane? A tripod, block and a bumper winch? Would need easy access up to the pit. Unless our benefactor owns a helo….. A bilge pump makes too much noise. I’m thinking like for people in the SE or the coast of the NW. If the pit was constructed on a slope, you could push pipe into the hill side and drain the pit. Just don’t want Bigfoot to float out of the pit or drown. The lights would need to be able to shine into the pit. Pulling headlights up to a 16 ft pit will not be helpful. I would want bright lights to help blind it while someone is lining up the tranq gun. Not a job for a Walmart headlamp. Winter makes me worry about access, and getting the animal out of the hole. It may be best to just shut down for the season. Your not going to use a snowmobile to do it. 4 feet is the rule for caging protection in construction. 16 feet? Your dead. It might be wise to put some cribbing in but do not wanna a Bigfoot ladder. 🤔 Cave ins are no joke, especially if the substrate is not stable. Would have cable going into the hole and a large animal coming out of the hole disturbing the sides and the lip. I won’t lie it’s daunting. But we build skyscrapers it could be done. Also not mentioned but you would need some sort of alarm. If something falls into the pit you would want notification. A trail camera that notifies you through cell service, or it needs to be manned with a blind close by and watched 24/7.

I’d have to question the legality of a pit like that even on private property, I imagine most state game departments would have an issue with it if they found out about it. I guess you could always try to get permitting for one, you can imagine the looks you’d get when you started asking about it. 😄

Honestly the biggest concern is you are going to have other animals fall into the pit unless you can build and lure in a bigfoot in a couple of days max. You try and lure it with food every bear in the area will fall in . Build it near Near a game trail ? Every elk deer will fall in . You need to actually have to know where it or they are and multiple hounds and people do a push and funnel them to a the trap. Doesn't sound easy if they decide not to cooperate with the plan

10-4. Reality does always seem to rear its ugly head. Again, great 'fleshing out' and nothing that can't be accommodated, imo. A suitable pit can be constructed, of that I have no doubt. Getting a Bigfoot in there is obviously the hardest problem to solve. Asking Schwarzenegger to help is probably a long shot. However, just looking into it, I found a way to not hurt the animal too much. It's simple really: significant water at the bottom for a 'soft' landing. That would also make it more difficult to jump out of. Climbing out is another issue of course, probably need Kevlar sides or something so the Bigfoot can't dig its fingers into the walls. I never said it would be easy..