Rabbit Trapp'n Tip!!

[Deer-Downer]

Well last year I started to get into Rabbit Trapp'n and relized that a Rabbit will often head under snares when they are setup a little bit to high. :oSo what I suggest is to put a stick under the snare so when he comes he has to go through it not under it.

[MASTERGUIDE]

Thats right, you can even put one on top of the snare, or even make it springloaded, so when the rabbit gets in it, if he moves it even a little bit, it will spring up and tighten up on him real fast.  just make a trigger mechanism, out of wood, stake one end in the snow/ground and take a tree branch and latch it up on a trigger stake, its hard to explain maybe a picture will be better, but I haven't gotten that good with scanning, there are many ways to do it, so make up a way. Tom brown wilderness survival books are good for learning this, and snare books out of Fur Fish & Game are excellent as well. 

MASTERGUIDE

[Deer-Downer]

Ya I going to be doing some serious Rabbit Trapping this winter so I should have quite a few post about my Trapping adventures.

[trapperdirk]

You will find putting a chinner under a snare is required for any animal you snare including fox and wolves if your going to have good success .

                                                   TD

[MASTERGUIDE]

elaborate please about using the chinner, thanks

[trapperdirk]

elaborate please about using the chinner, thanks

It's basically just a thin stick or twig you put underneath your snare to make the animal lift his head up . I personally use twigs that are forked . If you don't do this,,, often animals will duck underneath a snare but with it in place,,,, since they don't wish to get poked in the snout or eye,,, they lift their heads up and push into the snare opening .

                 TD

[barleydog]

TrapperDirk,  You still using beaver castors for colone?  Good to hear your advise!  I use a "chinner" for fox, lynx, and yotes, but for wolves?  What's your distance above ground?  Just curious???  Do you make your own snares or purchase premade models? -Barleydog

[trapperdirk]

I build all my own snares BD and for wolves my snares are about 16 inches from the groud but occassionally that varies . All my snares are built to loop size without any extra wire and these are attached to doubled up tie wire which I attach to drag pole or tree . This way I can raise or lower them without much fuss .
  For Marten , and fisher and coon I use box cubbies with conibears but I do catch the occassional fisher in a fox or wolf snare . Dirt holing has its merits but is too much work for me mostly, and my snares never stop working under any conditions and I can put them in fast and efficient .

                                   TD

[OleSlewFoot]

   Maybe this can help you out.  It is a good illustration of the type of snare that Masterguide is describing.

just make a trigger mechanism, out of wood, stake one end in the snow/ground and take a tree branch and latch it up on a trigger stake, its hard to explain maybe a picture will be better, but I haven't gotten that good with scanning, there are many ways to do it, so make up a way.

MASTERGUIDE

I have a picture of the type of snare you are talking about.  I found in it in the October 2003 issue of FIELD & STREAM.  I have not asked them if I could use it so don't send them after me.  However, the source has been cited so they should be happy.



Hope this is helpful.

OleSlewFoot

[MASTERGUIDE]

Thats very good ole slew foot, I have a few variations also, but someday maybe I will post them, that one looks really good though.  Happy Snaring.

MASTERGUIDE