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Post by huntingman on Feb 15, 2010 16:02:39 GMT -5
what is the best way to make snares for rabbits with what material see alot of tracks but dont see them to much
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Post by vectrix on Feb 15, 2010 16:26:04 GMT -5
What you need is a cardboard box a stick a string and some bait, first you prop the box on the stick then..........................seriously I don't know how to trap them.
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Post by old3arrows on Feb 15, 2010 16:42:08 GMT -5
Oh we could tell you the easiest way, but then Buster may come and pay us all a visit!!!!!!! ;D LOL After a snow like this, you can catch more rabbits in one night than you could shoot in a whole weeks worth of hunting.
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Post by throbak on Feb 15, 2010 17:00:57 GMT -5
I just follow my dog and take em away from her shes pretty good In this snow just cant let her out unattended
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Post by old3arrows on Feb 15, 2010 19:31:54 GMT -5
OK so who gets the ticket you or the dog?  Technically she's the one hunting right? |
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Post by throbak on Feb 15, 2010 20:55:41 GMT -5
i.m just keeping here from the crime of wanton waste ;D
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Post by huntingman on Feb 16, 2010 21:20:54 GMT -5
yeah i dont know about snares but i see tons of rabbbit tracks but cant get them to jump up
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Post by ridgerunner on Feb 17, 2010 18:06:42 GMT -5
I know I once used salt on my coyote traps to keep them from freezing...rabbits love salt and will find it no matter what, that's when I switched to peat moss to prevent trap freeze up...couldn;t keep the rabbit's from setting my traps off with salt...if there's salt a rabbit WILL find it...That's all I gotta say bout that..
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Post by Hoosier Hunter on Feb 17, 2010 20:06:33 GMT -5
When we lived back east my dad used to box trap them all the time. He was mainly after the Snowshoe Hares but caught many Cottontails too. He tried many baits but always found a 1/2 apple to work the best.
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Post by huntingman on Feb 17, 2010 20:29:27 GMT -5
how does a box trap work?
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Post by Hoosier Hunter on Feb 18, 2010 18:55:43 GMT -5
how does a box trap work? Like the Havahart traps |
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Post by huntingman on Feb 18, 2010 20:49:27 GMT -5
i dont have any idea about traps i know nothin it was something my dad said idk how they work if your asking a question?
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Post by vectrix on Feb 19, 2010 7:22:37 GMT -5
A box trap is basically a wire cage that has a door that drops down on one or sometimes both ends of the cage when an animal steps on the trigger inside. Once caught inside it will be up to you to finish them off. The one I have only has one door, you put bait in the back and set the door trigger. Tractor supply, Big R or possibly Rural King carries them.
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Post by Woody Williams on Feb 19, 2010 8:17:14 GMT -5
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Post by huntingman on Feb 19, 2010 16:23:00 GMT -5
Hmm thanks has anyone one ever used snares?
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Post by lonniephillips on Feb 20, 2010 6:30:02 GMT -5
Rabbits are not as easy to trap as you might think.
If you want to snare them you will need very thin cable an small loop
Box traps will work but not great , they shey from going into them
you might catch a few with fresh greens as bait but it won't be like catching blue gills on a nice spring day
a bodygrip trap will be your best bet , it will kill them , you can use them in the trails
the problem you will have is these traps have no way of know if the animal is a domestic animal or wild animal an it will kill either one
so my advice is , unless you are 100% certain there are no domestic animlas running around the area you will be trapping than DO NOT use the bodygrip traps
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Post by huntingman on Feb 21, 2010 14:34:11 GMT -5
Where would put the snare and how big the loop
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Post by Decatur on Feb 21, 2010 14:56:17 GMT -5
About an inch from the ground, in a funnel in a well used trail, with a loop about the size of a softball.
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Post by huntingman on Feb 22, 2010 6:36:05 GMT -5
k thanks how often would i check them
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Post by Decatur on Feb 22, 2010 8:16:10 GMT -5
At LEAST once a day! You need written permission to use snares from the landowner btw. And I assume you know season went out last Monday?
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Technically she's the one hunting right?
