Re: Snaring tips
[Re: MHK]
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11/23/14 03:19 PM
11/23/14 03:19 PM
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Posts: 11,165 Central NC
traprjohn
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Snaring rabbits isn't legal in many states...so check your regs. On snare height, it too, can have legal limits,,,I know in VA the law makes it difficult to snare a yote unless its at a fence crawl under site. I see this is your first post,,,Welcome. You could probably get more hits if you posted this in the Strictly Trapping forum, also. It's a rule to put your location in your Profile, it helps us help you better for your area. The Archives are a great source of info too, so don't forget to look there.
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Re: Snaring tips
[Re: MHK]
#4762528
11/25/14 09:30 PM
11/25/14 09:30 PM
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Posts: 12 Western Montana
ADCofWMt
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My experience here. I am not nearly as knowledgeable as many on here. I know all the survival experts talk about wire. Two things about wire. (1. It breaks (2. it breaks, especially in cold weather. Yes it will work in an emergency, and quite well on a neck catch. But if you don't do that they will twist it and break it. I know some people have had good luck. Just not me. The rabbit snares I use when trying to get a couple for the freezer are made with 1/16 7x7 cable. And a home made breakaway lock. (required BAD in Mt) As for use just find a good run and put a couple snares on it. I really love to find a willow bottom. Try not to trample on or disturb the run if you can avoid it.
Just because something is legal doesn't make it smart.
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Re: Snaring tips
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#4762561
11/25/14 09:41 PM
11/25/14 09:41 PM
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LT GREY
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4-5 inches is far too large for an American cottontail. That size and most will be neck caught or with both front feet through.
You want to 'pin' the ears against the head, NOT catch it behind the head on the neck, like one does a coyote or fox...
This breaks the neck on the 1st lunge.
If you catch the rabbit on the neck, it will fight, often squealing, attracting predators...and you know everything eats a rabbit !
If it last,(and some will) it will have a swollen 'bloodshot' head like a softball.
To 'pin' a rabbit in a snare, you need it loaded faster than normal.
Single stand wire works, if legal, but most states will want multi-strand cable.
In that case, 1/16th aircraft.
LT
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Re: Snaring tips
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#4762668
11/25/14 10:21 PM
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Posts: 47,371 james bay frontierOnt.
Boco
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22 or 24ga brass wire,3in loop,2 fingers off the ground or packed run,for varying hare.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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Re: Snaring tips
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11/26/14 01:52 PM
11/26/14 01:52 PM
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coney catcher
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This is how i set my snares for Bunnies over here, 6to7 inch loop,6 inch or depth of hand above ground.I make all my own snares 6 strand spun from single stand brass wire,fixed to fig 4 tealers and fastened to 7or 8 inch hazel pegs. Snares here are supposed to hold not kill,[ Code of good practice ] i do lose a lot at times to foxes and badgers, but catch a lot of rabbits. this year has been a excellent year for rabbits [coneys] around were i live
Brian
A mans heart hardens and grows cold when away from nature
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Re: Snaring tips
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#4763730
11/26/14 03:08 PM
11/26/14 03:08 PM
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BigBob
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FWIW: Old music wire Guitar strings, in the smaller sizes make good snares. And yes, I know that's not legal on dry land in Mo.
Every kid needs a Dog and a Curmudgeon.
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Re: Snaring tips
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11/27/14 08:41 AM
11/27/14 08:41 AM
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Posts: 17,420 Central Ohio
LT GREY
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This is how i set my snares for Bunnies over here, 6to7 inch loop,6 inch or depth of hand above ground.I make all my own snares 6 strand spun from single stand brass wire,fixed to fig 4 tealers and fastened to 7or 8 inch hazel pegs. Snares here are supposed to hold not kill,[ Code of good practice ] i do lose a lot at times to foxes and badgers, but catch a lot of rabbits. this year has been a excellent year for rabbits [coneys] around were i live
Brian Coney, can you show that system to the T-Man viewers ? I've seen that sysytem on Patrick Carey's video,(English) ...it sounds very similar. You have a larger hare than we have here in the eastern U.S., called a Cottontail rabbit, which is not a hare of course. We do have the Snowshoe hare, but it is protected in many places and Jack Rabbits, which are actually hares.
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Re: Snaring tips
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#4765253
11/27/14 10:16 AM
11/27/14 10:16 AM
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Posts: 39 Cumbria England
coney catcher
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LT, very similar, i will take some photoes and get them up ,but i need one of my offspring here to show me what to do, not very good on these one fingered typing whatsits,
We have Blue hares [that turn white in winter] but they are up in scotland,i have ran them with the Lurchers. Around home we have Brown Hares, they can grow up to 11lb, used to run a few with the lurchers, but now i leave them alone as i like to see them , i class them as the ultimate athlete in the animals we have in this country.
I have eaten snowshoe hares, we went on a fishing trip up near northbay ontario, took a 22 with us, lived on Walleye, spruce grouse, and snowshoes for 6 days.
Brian
A mans heart hardens and grows cold when away from nature
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