Rabbit Snares
01-05-2002, 12:02 AM
Hi I have no idea on how to make a rabbit snare and what bait to use. It's in a marshie area with really thick trees and lots of rabbit trails. So if anyone could give me any help on.
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Arctic600
01-05-2002, 02:34 PM
You don't use bait. You find a heavily used trail (by rabbits), find a spot where it narrows between two trees and set your snare there. Your snare should be wire. Snare wire can be picked up at Canadian tire or most other hunting stores. Just twist a small 1/4'' loop in one end and pull the other end through until you have a loop about 5". Set snare so that the bottom is about 3" off of the ground. Make sure that the end of your wire is tied securely to a tree or something.
snares
09-24-2002, 06:20 AM
1 - Box Traps
Box traps are a relatively easy design that are easy to set up and if triggered are nearly 100% reliable. These traps can be made to any size for any animal that will take bait. The disadvantage is that some wild animals are very hesitant to walk into a cage, also box traps need to be heavily constructed therefor can be quite expensive.
Parts Needed for the basic box and locking rod -
NOTE - these parts will make a fox sized trap, upsize or downsize for other game.
4 - pieces 1"x2" welded steel mesh cut to 120 x 55cm
2 - pieces 1"x2" welded steel mesh cut to 55 x 55cm
10 - lengths 3 x 25mm angle steel cut to 55cm
2 - lengths 3 x 25mm angle steel cut to 52.5cm
4 - lengths 3 x 25mm angle steel cut to 120cm
2 - 25" pieces of 8mm steel rod
1 - 20" piece of 8mm steel rod
2 - hinges
tie wire
To construct the basic cage, first you must decide how strong the cage will have to be. If you intent to catch anything larger than a cat i would suggest using a full frame of angle steel. The above diagram uses square tube steel to only reinforce the opening and the swinging door.
Start by tieing the box together, this is easily done by using nylon cable ties join the 4 large pieces of steel mesh together then tie on one end, again with cable ties, it should be rigid enough to hold its shape enough to fabricate the rest of the trap.
Now take 2 pieces of 14" square tube steel and 2 13" pieces. weld (or bracket) these tubes together to form a perfect square. do the same with the other pieces of square tube, so you have two identical squares. One is welded to the inside of the opening to the cage and the other is used to reinforce the edge of the door by welding the mesh to one side of the square.
The door can now be hinged to the opening with small hinges available at any hardware store.
All thats left to do is make a locking rod that will slide down and lock the box when the trap is triggered. Look at the diagram above, The two "guide rods" hold the "locking rod" in position, when the trap is triggered the locking rod slides down the guide rods and locks to door shut behind the animal.
Finish the basic box by tieing the wire mesh (or welding it) together with tie wire making sure there are no gaps and it is strongly constructed as wild animals go crazy when trapped..
Triggers
Theres a large variety of triggers for these traps, they all do pretty much the same thing and are mostly variations on the same few types.
Sliding wire release - This design is used on many of the commercially available box traps, theres good reason for this as it is one of the best, this design works best for the smaller traps as the heavy gauge wire needed for the larger ones is hard to bend without the right machines. Also the heavy doors of the large traps decrease sensitivity with this design.
Look at the diagram to the right. The black lines are heavy gauge steel rod suspended to the top of the cage with wire loops, a square of the same wire is welded to the top of the door as shown to catch around the bait rod.
The trap is triggered when the animal takes the bait, which slides the wire back releasing the door.
string loop release - This trigger is simple to make and very sensitive. It is also very easy to make work with any sized trap. A major problem is actually setting it, in its basic form it takes two people, one to guide the wire through the hole and the other to loop the string over the protruding wire.
Look at the diagram to the left, To set the trap a string is tied to the door, the string then runs over the centre back of the trap and a loop in the string is placed over the bit of protruding wire, as the bait pole is pulled, the hinge bends sliding the wire out of the hole letting go of the wire.
pivoting wire release - This is the trigger i used on my box trap, made with 6mm rod sliding/pivoting around nuts welded to the frame. This trigger gives great sensitivity compared to the "sliding wire release" due to the added leverage. This design works great for larger heavier traps, or traps using springs on the door.
Things to consider
- Smell is the major problem for every trapper, while this isnt so important for catching your neighbours cat, it is very important if you intend to target wild game. To avoid unnatural smell dont use solvents, glue or paint. If you would like to colour the trap which can yeild better results there are metal stains available or although somewhat expensive powdercoating the trap. Keep the trap away from oil and petrol in the back of your ute and where gloves when handling the trap and bait in its later stages.
- sensitivity, how sensitive a trap is relies on many factors although the major contributer is leverage, if your trap doesnt seem sensitive enough experiment with leverage, examples of this are moving the pin down further on the "string loop release" trap, or instead of using the strait pull wire in the "sliding wire release" experiment with using a pivoting wire that uses leverage to pull the wire across the top back instead of forward.
- baiting the trap will be much easier if you add a rear sliding door the the trap, also note the direction of the hook on the bait rod, If i had a second go i would bend it back the other way to prevent animals from sliding the bait off the rod.
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2 - Mouse Trap Variants
The mouse snap trap is a prime example of leverage used to sensitise a trap that has to hold back a large amount of force, The trap gains this sensitivity by using a long locking pin with all the force being held at the back where it hinges onto the floor plate, furthur leverage is gained by using a long bait plate.
Using this basic design, it can be mobified to produce many other traps for all sorts of game.
Falling cage trap -
In this trap a mesh cage, hinged at one end is suspended by a string which passes over a fixed steel rod, down through the mesh and looped around the locking pin. When the trap is triggered by pressure on the bait plate, it releases the locking pin which flies up and the string loop slides off the pin letting the cage fall over the target animal.
Sensitivity can be altered with this trap quite easily. This can be done by sliding the loop up and down the locking pin, the closer the loop is to the hinge the more sensitive it will be. If that technique isnt feasable the other option is to fix the string to the cage at different places this will work in the opposite fashion, the further from the hinge joining the cage to floor plate the string is tied, the more sensitive.
Enlarged snap trap -
Another effective trap is nothing more than an over sized mouse snap trap. But instead of killing the animal wire mesh is strung between the loop to trap and hold the animal.
The wire is 8 gauge fencing wire that is bent into a circle (circle is vital). The back half of the circle is pinned down to a large flat board with the excess ends of wire bent in such a way as to put tension on the loop as its brought back. This is locked back by a strait piece of 8 gauge fencing wire, and the trigger is made in the shape of a standard mouse trap. Fine wire mesh is than tied around the loop to trap and hold the cat.
Below shows the method used to bend the high tensile fencing wire, first it is bent into a circle and where it touches itself is pined to the floor plate with "U" nails, the excess wire overhang is than bent forward with pliars, this now is twisted back around to face the other way and pinned down with "U" nails.
To lock the wire loop down two nails are hammered into the board. To find where these nails should be lay the wire flat onto the board than hammer the nails just inside the the inner edge of the wire on the furthest side. now bend the nails to a 30 degree angle away from the trigger.
To the left is a trap set and ready to be triggered, Now when the trap is sprung the inertia will bend the wire into an oval shape where it will go over the nails and hit the board where it regains its circular shape and locks down infront of the nail.
Spinning bird trap -
This is a multiple capture trap that spings and resets itself whenever the trap is triggered, its quite complicated as there are a lot of factors that influence its sensitivity. This trap differs from the others by not using the locking pin for leverage to gain sensitivity, rather the pin is fixed to the bait plate. In this case all the leverage has to be contained within the bait plate.
Look at the diagram above, the two outer pieces of brass tube is glued both to the wire rod and the base plate, the centre piece of tube moves freely over the rod but is glued to the bait plate therefor allowing the bait plait to pivot on the wire rod.
The wire rod freely turns within the plastic brackets, the pulley is glued to one end of the rod and string is wrapped around it, onto this string is tied a heavy weight.
Now i'll explain what happens, The trap is triggered by pressure on the bait plate, this pulls the wire back releasing it from behind the metal plate, because of the weight tied to the string on the pulley the whole base plate swings around 360 degrees dropping the bird into the cage, the weight of the locking pin combined with the inertia of the bait plate push the pin back out and it catches on the metal plate ready to be triggered again.
Sensitivity has many variables, one is the length of the bait plate, the longer the more sensitive, but there is a limit to this as the longer it is the more weight it will have therefor because it is spinning the inertia of a heavy bait plate is enough to trigger the trap, what this means is that once triggered the first time it will spin around but when the locking pin hits the metal plate the bait plate will keep moving continually springing the trap.
Other factors effecting sensitivity are the diametre of the pulley, the larger it is the more leverage it will have therefor it will put more tension on the base plate and spin it faster. Also what i done was weight the side of the locking pin about twice that of the other side, this lessens the pressure pressing on the locking pin and makes it more sensitive.
To the right is a photo of the working parts, the brass "stops" that you see along the locking pin are adjustable so that you can gain max sensitivity. These can be bought at hobby shops that deal in parts for model radio controlled planes and cars.
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3 - Snares
All snares use a wire or string noose that tightens around the animal, either in its struggle or by outside tension applied to the noose. Snares are easy to make with a minimum of materials available.
basic snare - The basic snare is simply a wire noose suspended in the path of an animal such as a rabbit run or a hole in a fence, as the animal tries to push its way through the noose tightens and as it struggles it tightens more strangling or smothering the animal, a large fishing swivel is placed within the snare line so that the wire will not twist off.
lifting snares - an improvement on the basic snare as it hoists the animal up off the ground out of the reach of predators and helps prevent the wire from twisting and breaking, made by using a forked stick holding up a strait stick as in the picture, as the animal catches in the snare the stick slides off the peg and lifts the animal up.
Baited whip snares - the classic whip snares use a bent down sappling to whip the animal into the air out of reach of predators and away from the ground so it cant pull itself free. This baited snare is activated when the animal attempts to take the bait, this pulls the bait rod off the toggle which releases the tension from a pulled down sapling, the cats foot is caught in the string noose & is pulled into the air. Be sure to use a good strong sappling that has ben stripped of all leaves/branches, these will create drag and slow the trap down.
Bird foot snare - This snare is made to trap the birds feet as it perches on the stake to take the bait. The nooses are made out of fine fishing line which is threaded through the stake and tied to a rod that runs beneath. nails are hammered along the sides of the horizontal stake to hold the bait.
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4 - Restricted Exit Traps
restricted exit traps use an opening that is easy to pass through one way but not pass back through.
baited tin trap - useful for soft skinned animals that rely on their nose and not vision, the prime target of traps like this is the water rat (now protected in all states of Australia), where the trap can be hidden under water where the animal wont see that there is no exit.
To make this trap take a tin can slightly larger than the target animal and cut a cross in the sealed end, bend the 4 flaps into the trap. unscrew the other end and tie some meat to the lid and screw back on. when the animal located the meat they attempt to get it out but the 4 sharp bits of tin dig in and wont let it out, the animal soon drowns.
pig trap - This ultimately simple design is made out of thick steel mesh bent into a circle, star posts are hammered in around the perimetre and the mesh is tied down securely. The mesh must slightly overlap and be tensile enough to spring back once the pig passes through.
The bait is then laid in the centre of the circle.
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5 - Stakes, Drags and Anchors
Stakes - Stakes are obviously used to pin the end of the trap chain down preventing the animal from running off with the trap.
6 - Miscellaneous Tricks
predator calls - Predator calls work by imitating an animal in distress therefor are an effective way of luring animals into rifle range or to a waiting trap. The most common of these lures is the commercial button whistle which imitates a squeeling rabbit. these work very well during the early months of the year.
bent tin whistle - An improvised whistle is easily fashioned out of a piece of sheet metal, bent in half with a hole in one side. This ones good enough to now be available commercially.
improvised button whistle - equally as easy is a whistle made by sticky taping two beer bottle caps together, now punch a hole in each side with a nail. This whistle is easier to use than the bent tin.
grass reed squealer - I remember playing with this as a kid, But it seems those bloody Americans have given it a fancy name and decided to call up animals with it, ive never called up anything with it, but pretators are naturally curious and im quite sure it would work. Done by finding a piece of flat grass around 1cm thick, clasp your hands in the praying positon with the grass held between your two thumbs, cup your lips onto your thumbs and blow over the grass. The grass will act as a "reed" and vibrate making a squeaking squealing noise.
Box traps are a relatively easy design that are easy to set up and if triggered are nearly 100% reliable. These traps can be made to any size for any animal that will take bait. The disadvantage is that some wild animals are very hesitant to walk into a cage, also box traps need to be heavily constructed therefor can be quite expensive.
Parts Needed for the basic box and locking rod -
NOTE - these parts will make a fox sized trap, upsize or downsize for other game.
4 - pieces 1"x2" welded steel mesh cut to 120 x 55cm
2 - pieces 1"x2" welded steel mesh cut to 55 x 55cm
10 - lengths 3 x 25mm angle steel cut to 55cm
2 - lengths 3 x 25mm angle steel cut to 52.5cm
4 - lengths 3 x 25mm angle steel cut to 120cm
2 - 25" pieces of 8mm steel rod
1 - 20" piece of 8mm steel rod
2 - hinges
tie wire
To construct the basic cage, first you must decide how strong the cage will have to be. If you intent to catch anything larger than a cat i would suggest using a full frame of angle steel. The above diagram uses square tube steel to only reinforce the opening and the swinging door.
Start by tieing the box together, this is easily done by using nylon cable ties join the 4 large pieces of steel mesh together then tie on one end, again with cable ties, it should be rigid enough to hold its shape enough to fabricate the rest of the trap.
Now take 2 pieces of 14" square tube steel and 2 13" pieces. weld (or bracket) these tubes together to form a perfect square. do the same with the other pieces of square tube, so you have two identical squares. One is welded to the inside of the opening to the cage and the other is used to reinforce the edge of the door by welding the mesh to one side of the square.
The door can now be hinged to the opening with small hinges available at any hardware store.
All thats left to do is make a locking rod that will slide down and lock the box when the trap is triggered. Look at the diagram above, The two "guide rods" hold the "locking rod" in position, when the trap is triggered the locking rod slides down the guide rods and locks to door shut behind the animal.
Finish the basic box by tieing the wire mesh (or welding it) together with tie wire making sure there are no gaps and it is strongly constructed as wild animals go crazy when trapped..
Triggers
Theres a large variety of triggers for these traps, they all do pretty much the same thing and are mostly variations on the same few types.
Sliding wire release - This design is used on many of the commercially available box traps, theres good reason for this as it is one of the best, this design works best for the smaller traps as the heavy gauge wire needed for the larger ones is hard to bend without the right machines. Also the heavy doors of the large traps decrease sensitivity with this design.
Look at the diagram to the right. The black lines are heavy gauge steel rod suspended to the top of the cage with wire loops, a square of the same wire is welded to the top of the door as shown to catch around the bait rod.
The trap is triggered when the animal takes the bait, which slides the wire back releasing the door.
string loop release - This trigger is simple to make and very sensitive. It is also very easy to make work with any sized trap. A major problem is actually setting it, in its basic form it takes two people, one to guide the wire through the hole and the other to loop the string over the protruding wire.
Look at the diagram to the left, To set the trap a string is tied to the door, the string then runs over the centre back of the trap and a loop in the string is placed over the bit of protruding wire, as the bait pole is pulled, the hinge bends sliding the wire out of the hole letting go of the wire.
pivoting wire release - This is the trigger i used on my box trap, made with 6mm rod sliding/pivoting around nuts welded to the frame. This trigger gives great sensitivity compared to the "sliding wire release" due to the added leverage. This design works great for larger heavier traps, or traps using springs on the door.
Things to consider
- Smell is the major problem for every trapper, while this isnt so important for catching your neighbours cat, it is very important if you intend to target wild game. To avoid unnatural smell dont use solvents, glue or paint. If you would like to colour the trap which can yeild better results there are metal stains available or although somewhat expensive powdercoating the trap. Keep the trap away from oil and petrol in the back of your ute and where gloves when handling the trap and bait in its later stages.
- sensitivity, how sensitive a trap is relies on many factors although the major contributer is leverage, if your trap doesnt seem sensitive enough experiment with leverage, examples of this are moving the pin down further on the "string loop release" trap, or instead of using the strait pull wire in the "sliding wire release" experiment with using a pivoting wire that uses leverage to pull the wire across the top back instead of forward.
- baiting the trap will be much easier if you add a rear sliding door the the trap, also note the direction of the hook on the bait rod, If i had a second go i would bend it back the other way to prevent animals from sliding the bait off the rod.
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2 - Mouse Trap Variants
The mouse snap trap is a prime example of leverage used to sensitise a trap that has to hold back a large amount of force, The trap gains this sensitivity by using a long locking pin with all the force being held at the back where it hinges onto the floor plate, furthur leverage is gained by using a long bait plate.
Using this basic design, it can be mobified to produce many other traps for all sorts of game.
Falling cage trap -
In this trap a mesh cage, hinged at one end is suspended by a string which passes over a fixed steel rod, down through the mesh and looped around the locking pin. When the trap is triggered by pressure on the bait plate, it releases the locking pin which flies up and the string loop slides off the pin letting the cage fall over the target animal.
Sensitivity can be altered with this trap quite easily. This can be done by sliding the loop up and down the locking pin, the closer the loop is to the hinge the more sensitive it will be. If that technique isnt feasable the other option is to fix the string to the cage at different places this will work in the opposite fashion, the further from the hinge joining the cage to floor plate the string is tied, the more sensitive.
Enlarged snap trap -
Another effective trap is nothing more than an over sized mouse snap trap. But instead of killing the animal wire mesh is strung between the loop to trap and hold the animal.
The wire is 8 gauge fencing wire that is bent into a circle (circle is vital). The back half of the circle is pinned down to a large flat board with the excess ends of wire bent in such a way as to put tension on the loop as its brought back. This is locked back by a strait piece of 8 gauge fencing wire, and the trigger is made in the shape of a standard mouse trap. Fine wire mesh is than tied around the loop to trap and hold the cat.
Below shows the method used to bend the high tensile fencing wire, first it is bent into a circle and where it touches itself is pined to the floor plate with "U" nails, the excess wire overhang is than bent forward with pliars, this now is twisted back around to face the other way and pinned down with "U" nails.
To lock the wire loop down two nails are hammered into the board. To find where these nails should be lay the wire flat onto the board than hammer the nails just inside the the inner edge of the wire on the furthest side. now bend the nails to a 30 degree angle away from the trigger.
To the left is a trap set and ready to be triggered, Now when the trap is sprung the inertia will bend the wire into an oval shape where it will go over the nails and hit the board where it regains its circular shape and locks down infront of the nail.
Spinning bird trap -
This is a multiple capture trap that spings and resets itself whenever the trap is triggered, its quite complicated as there are a lot of factors that influence its sensitivity. This trap differs from the others by not using the locking pin for leverage to gain sensitivity, rather the pin is fixed to the bait plate. In this case all the leverage has to be contained within the bait plate.
Look at the diagram above, the two outer pieces of brass tube is glued both to the wire rod and the base plate, the centre piece of tube moves freely over the rod but is glued to the bait plate therefor allowing the bait plait to pivot on the wire rod.
The wire rod freely turns within the plastic brackets, the pulley is glued to one end of the rod and string is wrapped around it, onto this string is tied a heavy weight.
Now i'll explain what happens, The trap is triggered by pressure on the bait plate, this pulls the wire back releasing it from behind the metal plate, because of the weight tied to the string on the pulley the whole base plate swings around 360 degrees dropping the bird into the cage, the weight of the locking pin combined with the inertia of the bait plate push the pin back out and it catches on the metal plate ready to be triggered again.
Sensitivity has many variables, one is the length of the bait plate, the longer the more sensitive, but there is a limit to this as the longer it is the more weight it will have therefor because it is spinning the inertia of a heavy bait plate is enough to trigger the trap, what this means is that once triggered the first time it will spin around but when the locking pin hits the metal plate the bait plate will keep moving continually springing the trap.
Other factors effecting sensitivity are the diametre of the pulley, the larger it is the more leverage it will have therefor it will put more tension on the base plate and spin it faster. Also what i done was weight the side of the locking pin about twice that of the other side, this lessens the pressure pressing on the locking pin and makes it more sensitive.
To the right is a photo of the working parts, the brass "stops" that you see along the locking pin are adjustable so that you can gain max sensitivity. These can be bought at hobby shops that deal in parts for model radio controlled planes and cars.
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3 - Snares
All snares use a wire or string noose that tightens around the animal, either in its struggle or by outside tension applied to the noose. Snares are easy to make with a minimum of materials available.
basic snare - The basic snare is simply a wire noose suspended in the path of an animal such as a rabbit run or a hole in a fence, as the animal tries to push its way through the noose tightens and as it struggles it tightens more strangling or smothering the animal, a large fishing swivel is placed within the snare line so that the wire will not twist off.
lifting snares - an improvement on the basic snare as it hoists the animal up off the ground out of the reach of predators and helps prevent the wire from twisting and breaking, made by using a forked stick holding up a strait stick as in the picture, as the animal catches in the snare the stick slides off the peg and lifts the animal up.
Baited whip snares - the classic whip snares use a bent down sappling to whip the animal into the air out of reach of predators and away from the ground so it cant pull itself free. This baited snare is activated when the animal attempts to take the bait, this pulls the bait rod off the toggle which releases the tension from a pulled down sapling, the cats foot is caught in the string noose & is pulled into the air. Be sure to use a good strong sappling that has ben stripped of all leaves/branches, these will create drag and slow the trap down.
Bird foot snare - This snare is made to trap the birds feet as it perches on the stake to take the bait. The nooses are made out of fine fishing line which is threaded through the stake and tied to a rod that runs beneath. nails are hammered along the sides of the horizontal stake to hold the bait.
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4 - Restricted Exit Traps
restricted exit traps use an opening that is easy to pass through one way but not pass back through.
baited tin trap - useful for soft skinned animals that rely on their nose and not vision, the prime target of traps like this is the water rat (now protected in all states of Australia), where the trap can be hidden under water where the animal wont see that there is no exit.
To make this trap take a tin can slightly larger than the target animal and cut a cross in the sealed end, bend the 4 flaps into the trap. unscrew the other end and tie some meat to the lid and screw back on. when the animal located the meat they attempt to get it out but the 4 sharp bits of tin dig in and wont let it out, the animal soon drowns.
pig trap - This ultimately simple design is made out of thick steel mesh bent into a circle, star posts are hammered in around the perimetre and the mesh is tied down securely. The mesh must slightly overlap and be tensile enough to spring back once the pig passes through.
The bait is then laid in the centre of the circle.
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5 - Stakes, Drags and Anchors
Stakes - Stakes are obviously used to pin the end of the trap chain down preventing the animal from running off with the trap.
6 - Miscellaneous Tricks
predator calls - Predator calls work by imitating an animal in distress therefor are an effective way of luring animals into rifle range or to a waiting trap. The most common of these lures is the commercial button whistle which imitates a squeeling rabbit. these work very well during the early months of the year.
bent tin whistle - An improvised whistle is easily fashioned out of a piece of sheet metal, bent in half with a hole in one side. This ones good enough to now be available commercially.
improvised button whistle - equally as easy is a whistle made by sticky taping two beer bottle caps together, now punch a hole in each side with a nail. This whistle is easier to use than the bent tin.
grass reed squealer - I remember playing with this as a kid, But it seems those bloody Americans have given it a fancy name and decided to call up animals with it, ive never called up anything with it, but pretators are naturally curious and im quite sure it would work. Done by finding a piece of flat grass around 1cm thick, clasp your hands in the praying positon with the grass held between your two thumbs, cup your lips onto your thumbs and blow over the grass. The grass will act as a "reed" and vibrate making a squeaking squealing noise.
winged1
09-24-2002, 09:50 AM
Shawner, do just what Artic explained. What I used to do is find a bush with typical rabbit type thicket around its edges. You know, where you can walk around the entire bush and the little bunnies just keep going around and around. As you make your first round, set your snares on the popular runways. By the time you make it around the bush back to the beginning, you should have maybe 6 snares set, and a catch in your first snare. Walk the circle once or twice with a little force (noisey) and collect the little guys as the are snared. My father used to release them, but the little buggers bite, so I snare for meat. On your last round collect your snares. Don't leave them out. Couple of hours on a good bunny year should snare you 3 or 4.
ur welcome
02-04-2003, 04:27 PM
:hat u don't use bait and you don't need any trees as long as you have wire and a pretty long peg:rolleyes
Snaring Diagrams
02-04-2003, 04:47 PM
Yea i Have jut recently stared to look up on snares
i have a bush about 10 minutes from my house and it is filled with rabbits
since im only 13 i don't have a hunting license yet and my shot with my pellet gun isn't good enough to get a rabbit
i would just like some information on how to set up a snare and where. i searched all over the web and people are just telling stories
it would really help if i got some diagrams
Thanks
i have a bush about 10 minutes from my house and it is filled with rabbits
since im only 13 i don't have a hunting license yet and my shot with my pellet gun isn't good enough to get a rabbit
i would just like some information on how to set up a snare and where. i searched all over the web and people are just telling stories
it would really help if i got some diagrams
Thanks
hmm
02-05-2003, 04:54 PM
ask the pros
how to make a s01-30-2004, 08:16 PM
dont walk on any of the trails walk beside them first of all. take two stakes and pound one in on each side of the rabbit trail stretch arope tight between them then make a lasso out of wire on one end the. loop should be as big as your palm. twist the other end around the rope until tis about a foot off the ground
Shawners
02-14-2004, 02:25 AM
Thanks for all the information I'm definitely ready to get out there and test it out.
scooterj2
02-14-2004, 02:01 PM
One point though, be careful where you set up your snares, if you are too close to any residential areas, you might get little
"whiskers" from down the street, not a nice thing to have happen, also dont forget about them and leave them there,and check once a day.
"whiskers" from down the street, not a nice thing to have happen, also dont forget about them and leave them there,and check once a day.
rabbit snare04-09-2004, 09:56 AM
can you make a rabbit snare with fishing line
Fickell
04-09-2004, 08:25 PM
yes you can the best squirrel snares are made from steel
line and it works great on rabbits also.
Then get the soup pot boiling
line and it works great on rabbits also.
Then get the soup pot boiling
snaring09-17-2005, 06:51 PM
It's finally good to see people talking about snaring rabbits. Back home I learned to snare and clean rabbits when I was old enough to keep up with my dad. Now I'm in to using dogs witch is a real trip if you you train your dog right and there are plenty of rabbits it makes out for an awsome day.
Re- Rabbit snar11-23-2005, 04:02 AM
All you need to know about the art of Snaring can be found here.
www.fieldsport.biz
Go to DVD sales page there is a superb DVD there for sale.
These guys also have a forum.
www.fieldsport.biz
Go to DVD sales page there is a superb DVD there for sale.
These guys also have a forum.
Snare11-23-2005, 11:01 AM
Don't forget < it is ILLEGAL to snare rabbit without a trapping licence in Alberta
Snaring11-28-2005, 02:58 AM
Forgot to say.
The guys who made it are from UK, England.
They are pro's at the job,
Just looked they also have a chat room on there.
www.fieldsport.biz/forum
Thanks
The guys who made it are from UK, England.
They are pro's at the job,
Just looked they also have a chat room on there.
www.fieldsport.biz/forum
Thanks
chef
11-28-2005, 02:01 PM
By residents for rabbit or hare on lands to which they have right-of-access (provided the snare wire is not larger than 20-gauge and the snare loop is not more than 13 cm (5 in.) in diameter).
there is no license requirement for rabbits
a good snare is with brass wire from crappy tire as long as you tarnish it to take the glare off the wire
using a nail and pliers make a small noose on the end of a 14 inch piece of wire ,
run the wire around a tree and straiten the wire back and forth around the tree it will naturally want to curve and this gives your noose a smooth round dimension.
the noose is around the size of a loose fist 5 inch .
tie the end to you anchor point ( tree or whatever as long as it is secure ) the noose should be about three fingers high from the ground .
make a path or tunnel into the snare from both directions and put a stick over the top of the snare and even along the ground below the snare this will force the rabbit to stretch his neck forcing him into the snare .and your eating bunny for dinner .
there is no license requirement for rabbits
a good snare is with brass wire from crappy tire as long as you tarnish it to take the glare off the wire
using a nail and pliers make a small noose on the end of a 14 inch piece of wire ,
run the wire around a tree and straiten the wire back and forth around the tree it will naturally want to curve and this gives your noose a smooth round dimension.
the noose is around the size of a loose fist 5 inch .
tie the end to you anchor point ( tree or whatever as long as it is secure ) the noose should be about three fingers high from the ground .
make a path or tunnel into the snare from both directions and put a stick over the top of the snare and even along the ground below the snare this will force the rabbit to stretch his neck forcing him into the snare .and your eating bunny for dinner .
Alberta Record Holder
12-11-2005, 04:02 PM
Chef : REad the regulation again, the only time you can snare rabbit if you are a holder of a trapping licence, otherwise you can only shoot them at any time of the year as long as you have permission from the land ownner,
Snares and Rabb12-12-2005, 02:23 PM
Chef is correct copied from the trapping guide-
Snares* for taking fur-bearing animals may only be set by holders of Registered Fur Management Licences or
- by holders of Resident Fur Management Licences for bobcat, coyote, fox, squirrel or wolf (provided they meet the requirements listed in this section) and for beaver (provided the snare loop is completely under water).
- By residents for rabbit or hare on lands to which they have right-of-access (provided the snare wire is not larger than 20-gauge and the snare loop is not more than 13 cm (5 in.) in diameter).
* Snare devices include neck snares, power-neck snares and foot snares.
:rolleyes
Snares* for taking fur-bearing animals may only be set by holders of Registered Fur Management Licences or
- by holders of Resident Fur Management Licences for bobcat, coyote, fox, squirrel or wolf (provided they meet the requirements listed in this section) and for beaver (provided the snare loop is completely under water).
- By residents for rabbit or hare on lands to which they have right-of-access (provided the snare wire is not larger than 20-gauge and the snare loop is not more than 13 cm (5 in.) in diameter).
* Snare devices include neck snares, power-neck snares and foot snares.
:rolleyes
chef
12-19-2005, 10:12 PM
the regs can sometimes be tricky to understand i know but when you take the time to read them you can find out alot of correct info ///
like rabbits and squirrel crow etc may be hunted at all times of the year but how about on sunday if its not a sunday huntin zone ...
cause you can skeet shoot or target on sunday so why is it unlawful to kill a rodent or pest on this day
does anyone have an answer to this .
i have been told different stories on this topic.
like rabbits and squirrel crow etc may be hunted at all times of the year but how about on sunday if its not a sunday huntin zone ...
cause you can skeet shoot or target on sunday so why is it unlawful to kill a rodent or pest on this day
does anyone have an answer to this .
i have been told different stories on this topic.
Asmodeus
01-06-2006, 06:36 AM
Rabbit may be hunted at all time of the year.
this includes Sundays in non sunday hunting zones, at liest that is what the co said when I asked.
In an email when I posted the question, they just quoated back the reg. so I called to get a positive yes.
Asmodeus
this includes Sundays in non sunday hunting zones, at liest that is what the co said when I asked.
In an email when I posted the question, they just quoated back the reg. so I called to get a positive yes.
Asmodeus
chef
01-07-2006, 10:33 PM
the way i had read the regs i assumed sunday to be legal so i have hunted for years on a sunday until someone i ran into in the bush one day told me otherwise so i had called the calgary office last year and a chick at the f&w office told me that only in a sunday zone was i allowed to hunt so this is why i have stopped my sunday hunts in a non sunday zone and i have been given conflicting stories .
i wish the regs were a little more understandable in this area /
i wish the regs were a little more understandable in this area /
rabbit snaring01-14-2006, 01:37 PM
how do u make a snare i would be very grateful if someone could send me sum pictures and instructions to Shipley123_96@hotmail.com cheers...:D
rabbit snaring02-22-2006, 11:18 AM
slantedi dont think so. cause they could chew it off
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coyotekiller202
02-02-2009, 07:38 PM
Hey Guys,
I know that here in Newfoundland all that is needed is a small game license and the willingness to get out there and set the snares. Here (Newfoundland) there is no limit on snares set and usually the rabbits are plentiful. The longest that I leave my snares unchecked in the warmer months is about 2 days, haven't had any spoiling problems other then the crows and other animals picking at it.And of course you could leave your snares unchecked for several days in winter, but the coyotes usually get there before you. As for the setting of the snare I usually just find an unused trail somewhere not to far from home and walk it looking for places where the rabbits cross then placing my snares accordingly, I just make a small doorway using spruce branches and other sticks and set my snare hand height from the ground.
Another thing that will help with getting more rabbits is to take a birch branch and place it on both sides of the snare, the rabbits will see it and start eating it and then go through your snared doorway to get to the other branch and get caught
I know that here in Newfoundland all that is needed is a small game license and the willingness to get out there and set the snares. Here (Newfoundland) there is no limit on snares set and usually the rabbits are plentiful. The longest that I leave my snares unchecked in the warmer months is about 2 days, haven't had any spoiling problems other then the crows and other animals picking at it.And of course you could leave your snares unchecked for several days in winter, but the coyotes usually get there before you. As for the setting of the snare I usually just find an unused trail somewhere not to far from home and walk it looking for places where the rabbits cross then placing my snares accordingly, I just make a small doorway using spruce branches and other sticks and set my snare hand height from the ground.
Another thing that will help with getting more rabbits is to take a birch branch and place it on both sides of the snare, the rabbits will see it and start eating it and then go through your snared doorway to get to the other branch and get caught
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