What length beaver snare are most of you preferring?

3-4 ft, with an extension cable to secure

I've found if the swivel is too far from the critter it gets inoperative.

This way the swivel is at the extension connection close to the catch.

Yep, i like 4-5 feet with swivel close to loop as possible. 3/32 7x7 with a large washer lock.

7-10 ft extension swivel and 8-9 in loop

Seems I like longer than most. I trap lots of flooded timber and the extra length allows me to reach tree to go around AT GROUND LEVEL or below water. A body snared bvr can chew off your anchor tree. I can also add a standard disposable and then shove it in as far as necessary 3 feet or more and still have lots of usable extension. I run 3/32 in the extension and 38 inches of 5/64" 7x7 which makes my loop a piece of windshield washer tubing for support collar and a barrel swivel completes the rig.

my favorite is heavy wall 1/2" coduit and a piece of 1/2" rebar with a # nine wire attached to the top 2" every beaver ive ever caught was doa even hip caught ones

I pound in the conduit a 40" long one to the water surface then run the rebar thru the cable swivel then into the conduit locking it all together my first attempt was over killed dramatically my conduit was 5' long and my rebar was 3' long I have down sized dramatically now my conduit is 30-24" long and rebar is 12-16" the main objective is to keep them in the water a beaver can't pump a vertical pipe if its swimming they will get the #9 wire tangled in the cable and drown quickly! I found this system by complete accident. My plans were to just hold them in water but they seam to take care of themselves trying to escape. Aix if this system interests you talk with electrical contractors for there old replaced heavy wall galvanized conduit. It works well for numerous things. I might add the hollow shaft has tremendous suction in mud. If you want I can get a close up of the things needed.Beavers are plum dumb when it comes to cables here! lol I don't even try to camo mine any more

^^^ Please do

ok it will be this evening

The snares I build for myself are made of Stainless Steel Cable 5/64" 40" of 1x19. Stainless Steel lock NEWT'S MASTER LOCK.Copper furrles.6/0 swivel. 78" of Stainless Steel 3/32" 7x7 on the other side of the swivel.The tag end has a loop on it.

Don't mind them tangling on the bank. If they tangle under water as in not retrievable that sucks as I try salvage everything off all bvr I catch as much as possible

here you go sorry it took me so long to get back with you all

I place them in crawl outs, or any kind of paths they take in all honesty its more or less a blind trail set.If I camo them at all its a bushy weed wedged in between the 9 wire and rebar but I have found its not needed

Tony F., how deep is the water where you put the conduit rig itself and could you post a closeup of this rig waiting on a beaver?

Ttt

Please post a pic completed of completed rig ready to put in place. State land in Illinois we can't use a leg hold with a jaw spread over 4-1/2". We can snare here. In water of course. Some places for body grippers are a chore to setup. This would be the cats meow.