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  1. snareman
    instead of playing around at snaring use proper snares , and get to it , and do it properly , to many on this site are kid on merchants , always wanting to know where to get the stuff , and when told where to get proper snares , they don,t want tp pay for them, then they go and buy cheap sh#te and wonder how they can,t get big kills of rabbits , remember we are dealing with animals here therefore the humane factor should always come first . I prefer use rig material for pike fishing 40lb or cable from bike gears so it isn't shity crap but always not as good as your snares. Gerjan
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    Knife

    snareman replied to johnnyboy28's topic in General Talk

    why do you need to rust a blade , i use openals of different sizes , and they are a great allround knife, good for skinning, gutting, cutting and pearing, hold a good edge and are cheap and reliable , saves paying a fortune for a fancy name , they do the same job,
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    there is no problem about asking for wire , but for the humane factor use the proper rabbit snare wire , good snaremen on this site have repeatedly told certain individuals where to purchase quality rabbit snarewire , these individuals phone up and waste time asking knowing fullwell that they do not want to pay for good snares or wire , they would rather spend money other ways , but continually ask again and again where to get rabbit snarewire , once again for the thousands time don,t purchase picture wire , and some of these other thin cheap wire,s to try and snare with , use the proper stuf
  4. snareman
    instead of playing around at snaring use proper snares , and get to it , and do it properly , to many on this site are kid on merchants , always wanting to know where to get the stuff , and when told where to get proper snares , they don,t want tp pay for them, then they go and buy cheap sh#te and wonder how they can,t get big kills of rabbits , remember we are dealing with animals here therefore the humane factor should always come first .
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    Timeout, You know how well a brand new snare sits up, perfect in every way. That's because the wire is straight. start at one end of the snare and with your first two fingers inside the loop and the thumb on the outside, gently go round the snare trying to remove the curve from it, one end to the other. Don't dent it just enough pressure to straighten it out. It works, good luck. timeout, look at the drawing i,ve put up and the instructions are there also, its really a very simple process and only takes a few seconds to complete , hold the snare as its shown between the hands , sqeeze t
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    steady, stick to the snaring lads
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    the real old scottish ruby snares were four strands of brass and two of bronze , copper is softer than bronze. i use a special kind of copper slightly thicker than the brass and stronger , i make a four strand snare using two of brass and two of copper , its as thick as a 6 strand brass wire very pliable , and strong, fast running and good for fencelines , and pegged snares , woodga and i have been using them for a few years , infact i have 6 drums lying here for woodga to collect on saturday when he comes up and 6 for geordie also. i might just have to pay woodga a visit after saturday
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    ian b, four strand wires are okay throughout the summer not for heavy winter rabbits, yes rabbits do chew through baling twine on occasions , there is a way to help stop them doing it though , i have came across them sitting chewing the snare wire also , these things do happen on the snareline now and again, and foxes do pull the rabbits clean out of the snares when using breakaways , the breakaway snares also allow house cats to escape easily if accidently caught .
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    i have snared coyotes out in canada, in some states , and provinces , they can weigh over 70 lbs. and can do some serious damage , to sheep and cattle , also house pets , they are also a danger to children playing outside, infaact one grabbed a small child a few days ago in america in the back garden , and the house maid had a tug of war with the bast#rd before it would let go . my mate and i snared 6 in two days at one farm as they were killing the ducks and hens through the day.
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    had squirrels a few times while snaring along woodland , fields , and had hundreds in my mink snares over the years , caught a large dog mink in a pegged rabbit snare set at 6 1/2 inches high , the squirrels were caught at the same height in the pegged rabbit snares also.
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    that will do you peg and gun , less of the old, crack, you will fit over my knee a lot easier and quicker now lad, that your in training . big simon and wullie said hello.
  12. snareman
    the real old scottish ruby snares were four strands of brass and two of bronze , copper is softer than bronze. i use a special kind of copper slightly thicker than the brass and stronger , i make a four strand snare using two of brass and two of copper , its as thick as a 6 strand brass wire very pliable , and strong, fast running and good for fencelines , and pegged snares , woodga and i have been using them for a few years , infact i have 6 drums lying here for woodga to collect on saturday when he comes up and 6 for geordie also.
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    you are getting there son, put 5 turns around the tealer shaftat the grip. then lay tealer flat and bevel grip or handle with a tap from the hammer , also tap the base of your tealer in so that it will enter into the ground easier , and never ever use high tensil wire , or you will be there for a week trying to make one. shape your loop better with the striking curve in the middle of the bottom of the loop , by the way i,m talking about your double tealers , not the single ones .forgot to say make tealer eyehole small so that the double knot can,t be pulled through , and the snare wire only ne
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    you are getting there son, put 5 turns around the tealer shaftat the grip. then lay tealer flat and bevel grip or handle with a tap from the hammer , also tap the base of your tealer in so that it will enter into the ground easier , and never ever use high tensil wire , or you will be there for a week trying to make one. shape your loop better with the striking curve in the middle of the bottom of the loop , by the way i,m talking about your double tealers , not the single ones .
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    rolfe is that the field you are going to set with rabbit wires , you will have to set them up , and catch that rascal first
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    rolfe is there no lugs on the back of these kanias now , as the very first ones that i was sent from calvin kania in canada have the lugs at the back , you just turn them up and put a nail through them , thats how they are used in canada , this holds them to the tree and eliminates any additions , another good point about the lugs are when trapping mink , if you bend a wire hoop and push the legs through the lugs this stabilizes the trap to the ground and stops foxes rolling the trap around with the dead mink , this is why i used the wire hoop as i nearly lost a trap in deep water due to a fox
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    Here you go mate some pics, you take the spool off and bolt in a block of wood with a hook on, this reel is 1 turn of the handle equals 6 rotations of the spool, i find 10 turns of the handle makes me a decent wire. thats a quality reel lad, ive got the old metal mitchel 300 that i brought back from canada in 1968, and its still as good as the day i bought it.
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    these small winders have been around for a lot of years , i gave one to woodga and peg and gun, infact you will see woodga making snares with it on his dvd. these are better than a cordless drill as there is no waste .also you can control the firmness of the wire better.
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    well, the new permission I have is a football pitch, so yup, the grass is kept short stubby, is it me or is it the way that the photo has been taken , it looks as if you have set the snare in between the beats, also there is a bad fault the way that the snare is set , pm, me and i,ll explain it to you ,
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    yep great help thanks very much.. remember and not buy that picture wire sh#t , why don,t you just buy 20 pro. snares from geordie , and a hundred eyelets . if you buy brass wire now it will cost a fortune , plus vat plus postage .
  21. snareman
    It is very effective and very easy - use the snare conventionally set at about 12" high as he will have his head up and anchor using the earth anchors (pinned post at the top of this forum) OTC MAKE SURE THAT YOU USE A GOOD NOOSE SIZE TEN INCHES , AS A SMALL NOOSE CAUSES AVOIDANCE.
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    ditchy, did you not ask for your expenses, for your consultation in his yard .
  23. snareman
    woodga, his phone must be broken.
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    a pegged rabbit snare is a quick set snare it only takes seconds , the ones i saw are the usual type shop bought crap , that are always advertised for sale telling every one that they are professional snares , why do you think t.hat all the pro. trappers wouldn,t give them a second glance , the people who say that these type of snares are professional are the type who have never set a rabbit snare or has ever seen a big mornings kill of snared rabbits in their life . these short twined snares are made for maximum profit and to catch the amateurs and school boys who don,t know any better . and
  25. snareman
    why don,t you purchase some large bodygrip traps such as 280,s or 330,s from usa, the snare shop. bait the traps and put salt on the bait as porky,s love it , because they chew the handles on shovels spades etc, to get at the salt from your sweat , also set their runs , these large traps will kill quickly.
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