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Snaremen question #7447796
01/01/22 02:17 PM
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I have about 1.25 miles of trails like this on my property and would like to set it up with snares for coyotes. They mainly run the tracks so would I need to funnel them or just set the snares in the tracks? Any advice would be helpful and pictures would be awesome.

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Re: Snaremen question [Re: Ranger109] #7447810
01/01/22 02:27 PM
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Why do you want to set them on your track? Pain in the harse moving them and resetting every time you use the trail.
Very simple to find a suitble spot off the trail where you can easily attract them over and ideal for multiple catches and dispatch.


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Re: Snaremen question [Re: Ranger109] #7447816
01/01/22 02:33 PM
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If it were me, I'd drive those two tracks and set all the trails that cross it with snares instead of setting the two track itself. It'll be a lot easier to find natural pinch points that way. You wouldn't have much luck guiding coyotes into snares on that two track. Fox and cats may be different, you could just hang the snare without any guiding over each tire track and catch them. They walk right through the snares like they were weeds or something. I would not attempt to block down the two track at all.

The snow pictures I have show the locations and snares better. You can see the second snare in the opposite tire track here, fox are just that dumb....

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The two snares in these two tracks only had a few weed stems by them, nothing much really...

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Re: Snaremen question [Re: Ranger109] #7447821
01/01/22 02:36 PM
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On tracks a bit tighter than that I put a small pine tree or some such in the center, standing up, and let it lean on a tree on one side or the other.
Scraggly 12-15 footer. For cats just trim enough lower branches for a clear track walk on each side, snares put there.
For coyotes same deal only I trim all lower branches up better than waist hi only leaving a scraggly branch or two on each side to hid the snare stands, but not sticking out far enough to impede the clear track.
Cats don’t mind going thru a bushed down opening, coyotes need to see clearly thru.
Another for coyotes find a spot where those side standing trees are thick, lay a bushy tree perpendicular to the trail, trees to trees. Then on each side of the trail off each end of the obstruction, set snares in the first couple openings between trees standing perpendicular to the trail.
Coyotes will see the obstruction and go left or right around it thru the first opening, nail them there.

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Re: Snaremen question [Re: Ranger109] #7447896
01/01/22 03:56 PM
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Snarin the side trails is a good option so you can drive the 2 tracks.

As far as further funneling there is no need. Big Shane got me to just hanging snares over a worn trail and it works. On an open trail loop size gets less and less important because all you have to do is get the height right. The coyotes are moving much quicker and with a loaded snare it has them long before they know what hit them.


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Re: Snaremen question [Re: Ranger109] #7447907
01/01/22 04:15 PM
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A small tree branch in good shape could block it down, I do it a lot on open farm ground

Re: Snaremen question [Re: Tactical.20] #7447932
01/01/22 04:55 PM
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I’d put a small tree across the road at an angle then set a snare where the opening is at the end of tree.

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Re: Snaremen question [Re: Ranger109] #7448159
01/01/22 07:37 PM
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I set tire tracks alot. I stagger multiple snares down the road . If you set them up correctly, you should be able to travel down the trail without bothering the snares.


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Re: Snaremen question [Re: Ranger109] #7448164
01/01/22 07:41 PM
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I’d look at setting the cross trails more into the woods more, snaring in the open would be forced.


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