Gday all I'm currently possuming on some farms with quite a lot of rabbits and was thinking of giving snares a whirl does any one have any tips? I'd hit up YouTube and watch some how to videos but it's to hard on my internet haha cheers team !
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Gday all I'm currently possuming on some farms with quite a lot of rabbits and was thinking of giving snares a whirl does any one have any tips? I'd hit up YouTube and watch some how to videos but it's to hard on my internet haha cheers team !
no tips here but i'm interested in how you get on :)
Shoot em if you can, snares can be cruel bloody things if they dont work as planned.
Agree with Cam.
Guitar strings make good snares. They have a loop in one end all ready to go just need to secure loose end to something reasonably solid, don't want them to run off with it and suffer even worse. Decent peg works.
But yeah shooting them is more humane if done correctly :D
You mean it can be done incorrectly? Its all in the calibre:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
I set snares all around our place as a kid and after two months or so there were no rabbits left, the population never really recovered either since the odd one that came in got shot at or scared by dogs. Hawks used to eat the rabbits before I could get to them most of the time lol.
I did this last summer and killed a fair few. I would set the snares at night after shooting then check in the morning. I seemed to only catch little ones.
I used a thin black cord for mine. Tied a bite in the end, then looped back over itself. Tied other end to a fence post for the ones under the fences and tied to a sturdy tent peg for the ones over holes.
The shorter the tail end the better really and they are pretty cruel. I often caught mine by the back leg so you arrive in the morning to a frantic rabbit, trying to pull to get out.
Is just recommend shooting really eh. Kinda cool in theory but it just didn't sit well with me.
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I have done bit on rabbits years ago, and used snares very effectively on possums when running a trap line,
been in Canada the last 15 years and have a couple mates, who run trap line for a living, beaver, muskrat, mink, fisher, fox etc.
correct snare, set correctly, are very effective and quick clean killing, done wrong, they are a cruel, ugly way to die.
flexible wire works very well, small size, you can buy little lock tabs, from places like cabelas or other trapping suppliers in Canada, and USA that keep the tension on, so snare cant back off, (loosen) important to get the rabbit, to keeps its head up, and snare loop small enough, that shoulders cant pass threw,
a small stick, lump of dirt 50-75mm high, will keep head in right place.
good luck,
A link, to a locking snare, trapping supplier source.
3/32 Snare Locks (362) Northern Sport Co.
Have a goggle on uk snares they have some good advise that will point you in the right direction for humane kills
Yikes, looks like I was doing it wrong!! [emoji53][emoji16]
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How to Rabbit Snare .The Methods to Build, Use and Set Snare traps
This sight has some good info also a few picks so snares that are easy to make.
Let us know how you get on :D
Ahhh crap, just Googled to see if this was legal in nz.... Looks like it is, got a temporary worker at the ski field that wants to do it, don't like the idea with my dogs running around.
Mpi says you need permission to put out leg hold traps withen 150m of a welling, presume this would apply to snares?
That information is incorrect you can place traps around any wellings you like ...even snaresQuote:
Originally Posted by 223nut
Crap so that just applies to leg holds?Quote:
Originally Posted by Boaraxa
So ... snaring seems to be big in Nth America ... and it is seen as humane (if done properly).
And well ... it can't be any worse than bailing a pig up with dogs. Or the bycatch with nets.
It seems it is best to do it with light wire - the dogs/cats are more likely to bust through it and it will rust out sooner .. than using cable or heavy wire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1JcaubRZoo
I was a gamekeeper in the uk a long time age, i snared many a rabbit , fox, even rats on a suspender snare ( that’s good fun ) but be careful if their are other species around esp deer or dogs, a snare can be a lethal devise
In the early 70's I used to use Gin traps covered in soil outside a burrow sprinkled with droppings from another burrow. Had an enormous amount of success. Did this on a cockys farm.
leg holds would be better i reckon, theres alot of info out of the states on how to do it properly and somewhat humanely
connibear traps are awesome and humaine and very fast death...but for crying out loud dont put anywhere a child or pet can get to...the ytake time and technique to get them off something not wanted dead.
anyone heard from or still in touch with @Dougie
This is an interesting discussion. I definitely see the appeal of snaring, very grassroots... I spent some time in Africa many years ago, and the young boys in the village had a great technique for snaring rats. The rats would make these tunnels through the long grass by the river along their most travelled routes. The boys would set up a snare with a stick and some string and put the loop so it was sitting vertically in the tunnel. Then they would start 30m up river and walk in a line down toward the snare whacking the grass with sticks and chasing the rats through their tunnels and into the snare. Really good fun, the only downside of participation was having to try the rat once caught and cooked....