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snares
Topic Started: 15th September 2007 - 05:52 PM (280 Views)
fergie
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Is it too late in the year i want to be able to shoot these rabbits aswell there are loads of them
is it best to do it in summer dure in breeding?
do i have to weather the snares in??
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Snares are always better "weathered in" if they are too bright the rabbits will be suspicious and to a certain extent also about your scent. They aren't as sensitive to human scent though as moles. Rub the snares in some earth, do this with your hands also first or use old gloves. Store the snares outside if you can, hanging on a nail is ideal - stored in a garage next to an oil can - not so good.

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Sep 15 2007, 11:06 PM
Snares are always better "weathered in" if they are too bright the rabbits will be suspicious and to a certain extent also about your scent. They aren't as sensitive to human scent though as moles. Rub the snares in some earth, do this with your hands also first or use old GLOVES. Store the snares outside if you can, hanging on a nail is ideal - stored in a garage next to an oil can  - not so good.

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'Pro - by 'earth' do you really mean rabbit droppings? In an area populated by the big eared ones, they
will obviously be used to the smell/odour from themselves and will expect it to be around; also as you
said rub some on your hands too.

For the squeamish amongst you - use GLOVES, or some of the local vegetation :)
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In my own opinion, "weathering" snares is not as important as people may think, I have often spun up new wires and taken them straight out of my shed, set them in the field and caught rabbits in them, set them early morning to let the smell of your hands wear off during the day, set them high on good runs and you should catch rabbits.

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You and your gloves WIMP     


The gloves are to keep your scent off the snares - some people understand some don't !!

The reference to earth wasn't a veiled way of saying rabbit crap, it was any old earth to take away the oil, handling smells etc. I agree new snares will work but if you are positioning a snare on a run it will alway work better if it blends in to the surrounding colour.

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Sep 16 2007, 09:28 PM
I agree new snares will work but if you are positioning a snare on a run it will alway work better if it blends in to the surrounding colour.

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I agree that to us a weathered snare is less visible than a brand new one, but to a rabbit that is usually traveling at speed, during a dark windy night, the snare could be bright pink, at night everythings black and white, as long as its set in the right place, the first thing the rabbit will know about it is when its round his neck.
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