In Ohio snare locks that are not assisted by springs are, by definition, relaxing locks.

That's news to me. Where's that in the regs? I've just never seen it.

If you look at Ohio's definition of what a relaxing lock is, it is a lock that stops moving when the animal stops pulling. There's not a lock out there that can move after the animal stops pulling.

We can use kill springs for groundhog snaring if you're a licensed nuisance trapper.

Everybody needs to calm down about relaxing or not and who did what. The regulations work. Snares are legal and that’s all that matters. Anti’s love this kind of discussion.:(

Unfortunately there is a lot of misunderstanding on the relaxing lock thing. What the industry calls a relaxing lock and what the rules say a relaxing lock is are two separate things. I think some states define this differently. That's why I always ask how does your state define a relaxing lock when they ask if a certain lock is relaxing or not.

Only thing we cant do with snares in Ohio other than the springs is use a drag on a snare, cant use them on pubic ground unless you're beaver trapping, and cant set them on a livestock trail or two track road.

I am PO'ed over Trappers Post "Ohio Snares article#8628725Yesterday at 01:37 PM
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The writer of this article makes it sound like he was the sole reason there is snaring in states east of the Mississippi. The last sentence says it all: " But the impetus for this really started in Ohio, shortly before the turn of the century." ( my note: he is talking about 2000.)
New Jersey always had snaring. In 1984 we lost the use of the foothold trap and introduced regulations as to loop size, locks (no locks with springs, any other lock was considered non-fatal), deer stops and breakaways (all regulations the article's author takes credit for creating). The NJTA promoted snaring to other states. We had a committee that would attend other states conventions or DNR meetings to promote snaring. Art Monto, Emil Kwasnik, Jimmy D., Marty Scanlon, Jim P., and myself were some of the committee members.
I started selling snares commercially in 1990. By 1995 I was attending many of the state and national conventions in the east including the Ohio State Convention. In states where snaring was not legal sales were few but all the trappers I talked to were very interested about the prospects of using snares. In many states I did demos even if they could not snare. Newt Sterling was doing the same as me. Our demos were always standing room only as trappers were eager for snaring knowledge. I believe Ohio's first year of legal snaring was 1999. That's good for Ohio but hardly the bellwether for eastern snaring.



Like my daddy always said. " Get over it or die mad. The world won't care either way."

Hal left out the person who was instrumental in convincing the Fur Council to agree to snares in Ohio. Doug Haubert took Jeff Robinson of JR and Sons to Columbus to give a presentation to the Fur Council. After over an hour and honestly answering questions. There was a little bit of a compromise with snares only used on private land, not on public land.