put your hand side ways on the floor, you want the bottom of the snare nearly touching the top of your hand, do you have tealers ? is the loop wide enough for the rabbits head to go through, and is it free running easily,... proper snares are only 30-40 pence each to buy, or the snare/tealer and peg for £1.20 there maybe somthing on you tube which may help, ATB let us know how you get on with it, and some pictures would help, foxtails