It's said that humans spend 1/4 - 1/3 of our lives sleeping. I see thousands of people every day, yet almost none of them are sleeping. I don't think this disproves that humans sleep that much. Perhaps I'm just not looking in the right places for humans at sleep. Perhaps these trappers are not looking in the right places for hiding BPs.
I have no idea what % of their lives BPs spend in termite mounds or holes. And I very much doubt that these trappers do either.
the numbers you present add up to 100%. Are we to believe that BPs only exist in the bush, under trees, under rocks and under trash pile and can never be found elsewhere? I would suggest that your friends anecdotal evidence adds nothing to our knowledge of BP natural behavior.