What makes snares so effective?.......

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I'm almost ready to order a book and some snares so I can get started, but I'm wondering what exactly happens when a critter gets in a snare?
Also, should I get the locking snares or does it matter which ones I get?
And, last but not least, has anyone read the book "Snaring 2000" by Hal Sullivan? Looking for a good book to get some help with my new hobby.
Thanks for the info
 
put a slipknot around your arm and pull REAL hard. The harder you pull, the tighter it gets. The same thing happens with a snare. Coyotes will kill themselves because they never stop fighting. A beaver will get caught and put up very little resistance after a while. Never caught a cat, but I don't believe they will fight hard enough to die. I have always used locks. my 2 cents worth.
snoman
 
Hal's book is a very good 'general' book on snaring. Great for a beginner, I'm looking for more advanced ones to read b4 next year.

As for the locking device, I simply use a slide washer and it took care of everything that I had this year. k-9s will be dead upon arrival, even in a non-entangling situation. Racoon are best to not have an entanglement situation....let them move around as it will cause less damage to the pelt.

always think of what may be using that trail or crawl-under. you don't want to nail the farmer's pets.

Good luck.
 
WNC Gun-

Before you order any snares, you might want to look at the regulations. They are only legal for underwater sets for beavers. This is another tool that could be used to control coyotes that the wildlife won't let us use.
 
Boomer
Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe snares are legal on dry land ONLY for beaver.

I make my own snares and I can cut my costs by reusing the hardware (just remove the old hardware from a used snare).
 
CScott, seeing as you're looking for another snare book, would you let the snaring 2000 go? I'm interested if you think you might sell.

Thanks
GW
 
cscott, What do your mean by slide washers for snare locks?this is a rookie question but, I have just bought me a roll of 1/16 cabel and some crimpers and am interested in makeing my own locks. Any other suggestions on making my own snares will be appreciated.
Thanks Outlaw
 
Any thing bigger than squirrells i like to use locking snares, in my area its the law anyways and never buy pre fab snares, buy some good aircraft cable, some slides and ferreuls, make your own, you can costomize them toy our needs and they are cheaper, especially when snaring K-9's double ferreal your snare and make them looong, 15-20 ft, when the dog (especially when trapping wolves) feels the snare start to tighten around their necks its instict is to start running and a big animal like a wolf will take big gaping lunges putting its weight into it and when they hit the end of the snare it flips them over catching them right on the corrodid artery, killing them in a matter of minutes (usually 1.5-2)

Just my $0.02
ScottFisher
 
Well, 99% of my snaring is limited to fence snares (setting under woven net wire in "slides" where the animal has been crawling under the fence. I like it because it causes quick entaglement and therefore a quick kill. I also use cam-locks with killer springs added (Amberg snares) and it will kill any animal, even if caught around the hips. If I run out of the killer locks and I'm going after 'yotes. I'll simply use a regular locking snare (any type will do) and make the cable long enough that when the coyote attempts to jump back over the fence, it ends up hanging itself and dying very quickly. Just my $0.02 worth.

Take care and God Bless,

Rusty
 
I am a control agent and our legholds were taken away by the voters, so snares are now our main tool.Please be extra conscience in your new "hobby" snares are a great tool if used properly but alot goes into that.You need to set them at certain heights and loop sizes to "target" what your after(Dont just throw them out and catch whatever comes along)I also choose to keep mine as short as possible .If you have an animal fighting around(and they dont always get caught perfectly to kill immediatly)it will draw attention be it from a road or a hiker(you would be amazed where people show up!!)if they have 20'to run around you really increase the chances of this,the next thing you know their is a picture of an animal in your snare on the front page of the local paper or worse yet a national publication.I could go on and on but the bottom line is we must all be really careful in what we do we are always being looked at and snares are a one way deal not much is still alive to release.
 
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