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Knocked snares
Topic Started: 25th December 2008 - 06:05 PM (344 Views)
badgeroy
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Been out the last 3 days mixed snaring and ferreting, i snare round an oil field that has chain link fence and the rabbits have dug under the fence just enough to get through, i have had a certain amount if sucess wiring the snares to the fence but i'm getteing a few knocked wires . How would you set the snares ? with the bottom of the wire touching the ground or off the ground bearing in mind the gap is only big enough for the rabbit to get through.
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Roy
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slimwilly
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Hi boy,,i would suggest trying as big as the hole ,make sure they get their head through,not massive but quite big. -Ham-
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The best place to set a snare is at a point where the rabbit is forced to jump. This can be a rail at the bottom of a fence or a fallen branch. You can sometimes see the take off and landing point if it's a well used track. If the snare is set above the obstacle it will invariabley catch but try and imagine the path od the rabbit's head as it would jump.

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Netter
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There has to be room for the rabbit to get its feet under the snare, or you risk body snaring him, and this is bad snaring.
Without seeing the place its hard to advise, but most definatly up off the ground a bit.

What sort of fence is it?
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badgeroy
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Chain link Netter, the problem being the holes in the fence are just big enough for the rabbit so they cannot jump through, so wondering would the rabbit put its head through first, i've had some sucess over the last 5 years on this permission but this prob still bugs (no pun intended) me.
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Roy
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islayhawk
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Hi

Is it at all possible to place your snares on the track leading to the wire fence. It can be a problem placing them on the wire. If you place them on the track and they are strong snares' properly stretched and worked into the shape and have good tealers they will bounce back if hit.

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