I’m new at snaring so you’ll have to forgive me if my observations don’t mimic yours. After seeing Newt’s in-line swiveled snares, I bought some of his 5/64 1x19 stainless steel Double loaded variety. Coon twisted them up but they held. I also had some Mark Steck snares with camlocks. They were set up for coyotes (72-inches long) so I cut them down, installed inline swivels and caught coon with them also. These were 3/32 7x7 galvanized aircraft cable. Again, they got kinked but held up well.

All of these were January thaw coon. At one point they’d probably have been 25-plus pounds but after sleeping a bit due to deep snow and temps from -10 to a high of 10, they burned off a lot of the fat. A couple were one leg and shoulder caught. The others were lower body caught. Upon skinning, I found a mark similar to that of a 220 conibear.

Again, based on limited catches, I think an in-line swivel, close to the loop, does more good than a terminal swivel. That being said, all the cable was twisted pretty significantly even with a 24-hour check. I didn’t see signs of chewing. All coon were alive when I got there.

Newt has small coon. Sniper’s coon are middlin’ and Jabne’s coon are flat out big. Beav has a cable restraint law that keeps him from really snugging them down and that might allow the cable to be pushed further down the body. I suspect a lot depends on size of animal, snare loading, height off the trail, and the lock used. It sure is an interesting topic.

My trouble is the 1 piece snare lock Arkansas has. I can only use a 2 piece lock in water. Cant touch the land. So I stay with the 1 piece lock that sucks big time. I am a big fan of inline barrel swivels. I use mini pro lock and slim locks mostly on coons

Dead coons don't chew

100 percent agree on inline swivels. I run a barrel swivel as close to the loop as possible

Can't really buy tha as entanglement neutralizes the swivel. Swivel Iid for the ones that refuse to follow directions.

Even on a short snare, you'll still have around 12"+ of free snare when jmts cinched down. A 2.5 inch deer stop is roughly 9" of cable and , you need at least 24 to make a very minimal snare before the swivel.

Even on a short snare, you'll still have around 12"+ of free snare when jmts cinched down. A 2.5 inch deer stop is roughly 9" of cable and , you need at least 24 to make a very minimal snare before the swivel.

No such thing as relaxing locks as you know other than a nonsensical definition. Plus we don't have to use deer stops with a breakaway. That was just to illustrate the closed loop size. I don't rely on twisting to tighten up the cable. If you're doing so, you're risking a twist out if things don't work out.