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[micky 3,325]

I've been asked to control the rabbits on a local farm and it has alot of very obviouse runs on too. It will take too long to snare the bit of land I've been asked to. I think a couple of lines of rabbit cages are needed.

How long do you think it will take with cage traps?most of your rabbits will die of old age before they jump into one of them

I strongly disagree. They're quick and easy. Snares are too much messing around.

Then you no nothing about snaring ,and less about cage trapping.

[Jebus 3]

I've been asked to control the rabbits on a local farm and it has alot of very obviouse runs on too. It will take too long to snare the bit of land I've been asked to. I think a couple of lines of rabbit cages are needed.

How long do you think it will take with cage traps?most of your rabbits will die of old age before they jump into one of them

I strongly disagree. They're quick and easy. Snares are too much messing around.

Then you no nothing about snaring ,and less about cage trapping.

Again, I don't agree. True, you catch alot snaring. One hundred cage traps are easier then one hundred snares. Yes, you may catch more in snares but it's a pain tensioning them. If you have time to spare then snaring is the way forward for rabbits, but if you're Keepering it's not worth snaring rabbits because you have too many things to do in a day. Also, true snares are more easy to carry about then taking a trailer on the back full of cages. I prefer caging and ferreting to snaring, always have, always will. When it comes to foxes I believe snares are one of the best things, but it's not worth it for rabbits. That is ofcourse my own opinion.

[micky 3,325]

I've been asked to control the rabbits on a local farm and it has alot of very obviouse runs on too. It will take too long to snare the bit of land I've been asked to. I think a couple of lines of rabbit cages are needed.

How long do you think it will take with cage traps?most of your rabbits will die of old age before they jump into one of them

I strongly disagree. They're quick and easy. Snares are too much messing around.

Then you no nothing about snaring ,and less about cage trapping.

Again, I don't agree. True, you catch alot snaring. One hundred cage traps are easier then one hundred snares. Yes, you may catch more in snares but it's a pain tensioning them. If you have time to spare then snaring is the way forward for rabbits, but if you're Keepering it's not worth snaring rabbits because you have too many things to do in a day. Also, true snares are more easy to carry about then taking a trailer on the back full of cages. I prefer caging and ferreting to snaring, always have, always will. When it comes to foxes I believe snares are one of the best things, but it's not worth it for rabbits. That is ofcourse my own opinion.

if thats your opinion ,i think you would better keeping it to your self,100 cage traps easier than100 snares

[Jebus 3]

Once a line of cage traps have been placed, they only need rebaiting. I personally prefer them to snaring rabbits. Alot of farms, estates and the railways/contracters use cage traps for trapping rabbits. How can you explain that Micky?

[micky 3,325]

Once a line of cage traps have been placed, they only need rebaiting. I personally prefer them to snaring rabbits. Alot of farms, estates and the railways/contracters use cage traps for trapping rabbits. How can you explain that Micky?

i carn,t explain put a few pictures up of your 100 traps full of rabbits ,show us mate ,put up or shut up

[IanB 0]

Once a line of cage traps have been placed, they only need rebaiting. I personally prefer them to snaring rabbits. Alot of farms, estates and the railways/contracters use cage traps for trapping rabbits. How can you explain that Micky?

 

 

I'll tell you how, they are complete novices with no experience of other methods if thats all they have up their sleeves... Lets face it, snares are one of the most effective means of control when used by someone who can actually use them...Many can snare, but theres people who have it down to a fine art with a lifetimes experience behind them, a few members on here to name a few ... Cage traps are expensive, cumbersome, totally awkward to transport in numbers AND no were near as efficent or effective as snares, personally I think there the BIG CHEESE of rabbit control... but if they work for you carry on regardless....

[whin 463]

better than snares a good rifle with silencer ,as for cage traps for rabbits a joke ,ive set snares for everything thats edible and a well placed snare has caut the lot,and alot cheaper to by etc

[IanB 0]

better than snares a good rifle with silencer ,as for cage traps for rabbits a joke ,ive set snares for everything thats edible and a well placed snare has caut the lot,and alot cheaper to by etc

 

Disagree, I've been on many places were as soon as the rabbits see that beam their gone.... Rifles are good UNTIL they become wise....

[Matt 160]

Most proficient snarers would have 100 snares set and working before you've even unloaded the 100 cages from the (7 1/2 tonner) van, and those snares will have a much higher percentage catch rate in a much shorter time than the cages.

 

Added to that, 100 cages represent a considerable capital outlay, and are easy victims for thieves and vandals.

 

Cages have their uses, but snares are usually much more efficient when used by competent professionals.

[whin 463]

personaly shoot them dog them then snare them yull get a good ,result and ian b who said they were lamp shy give them a few good nite on lamp, snare what is left ,best way ,caut thousands over the years like that ,or long net them ,they seem good feilds to lamp if you have ahandy dog or gun , then mopp up with snares,over the years ive caut as much with a dog rifle and box traps than with snares ,but realy its up to the guy with the land his time knowledge or expierence,

[IanB 0]

Dogs are fun, its very easy to make an area lamp shy using them.... Same as over using a gun, although a gun is much much more effective.. Snares, well they work day,night all year round...it also depends who setting them....

[Phil Lloyd 10,739]

Dogs are fun, its very easy to make an area lamp shy using them.... Same as over using a gun, although a gun is much much more effective.. Snares, well they work day,night all year round...it also depends who setting them....

 

 

Ian,...you have definitely got 'Snare Fever'....

 

And the bad news is,...there is NO known cure for it....

 

 

Cage traps are simply another tool in the pest controller's armoury,..and in certain conditions,.they will catch rabbits,.but nothing much beats a line of well set snares,...

 

They are cheap,.easy to manage,...and they are DEADLY....

 

All the best,.CHALKWARREN...

[IanB 0]

I agree chalky, I have got the fever... Thing is I've tried most commonly used ways of control, I love running the dogs, but anyone who says they are an effective form of control compared to other available methods are deluded...

 

As a kid I knicked my brothers mig welding wire to try and snare them round an old quarry near us, with little success and along with my sas guide I was away in the fields...with bot all to show for it.... A relative used to mention when I was a kid about a man that snared everything from rats,rabbits,foxes, and anything else on a local estate...that man being pegandgun, hes basically spent his full life snaring and out in the field, you can't buy that type of experience...First time out snaring, he put me on the right track, were I was going wrong and were he had over the years... but more importantly like anything, you really need to have that urge like anything in life to learn something fully......We never do stop learning...

 

Now without all the other methods like drop boxes, cage traps, dogs I could honestly say that snaring is up there with one of the most how can I say it, its alway repeated.... effective methods there is available...traps are excellent too, as are rifles and ferrets... One farm I visited a few year ago, off a 30 acre field I shot over 100 rabbits off the one field over a couple of nights, I hammered the population, although there was many still about in the deep gutters that bordered the field, after awhile of picking the odd ones off after that, they became lamp shy and were never out in the same numbers, so I couldn't get onto them, thats when I used some other methods, the most effective being snares & traps, they had eaten wheat off 40yds into the adjacent field, this was late spring, so I trapped each gutter using bodygrips taking over 50 off each side and snared the one fenceline.... Trying to clear an area like this using cage traps or dogs would not work, snaring,traps, ferreting, shooting yes they are all really effective as are the longnets in the right area and location...

 

But to answer your question yes I have snare/trap fever , I can never get the things out my mind, I need treating I blame that snareman,woodga & pegangun.... old farts...

[whin 463]

so dogs are not a good means of pestcontrol ,you sound like you have not saw what good dogs can do ian, ive cleaned areas out with dogs and rifles ,thing about snaring i like as there many methods and diffrent game to catch but the main thing cheap to make ,u dont have to feed them ,dogs are part of any pest control, hunters tools ,there areas i ferret not the best for snares but can catch thirty bolters with a dog and net,over the years caut thousands rabbs with snare, box trap ,dogs ferrets to me they are all part of the pescontroler poacher , game harvester,alot of places you can lamp with dog but setting snares can be a pain as there other people about ,any way its about snaring not dogs ,i no what game ive had over the years with dogs ,quite a god means to harvest qauntities of game ,snares are good tools ,but not the only one,

[IanB 0]

I'm talking about CONTROLLING something whin, I've been out with lurchers thousands of times, and anyone with common sense knows they are excellent fun, the best...I'd rather work them than anything.... BUT they are no way in the same league of controlling rabbits as snares...if you think otherwise your a complete clown... that is a fact...Anyway I'll tell you what I'll put you up, come down and you can pick some fields, we'll check them overnight see what the population is like... you go at them with dogs and I'll go at them with snares and lets see whats the best method...Some of the thick hedgerows, woodland, you wouldn't have a chance never mind if you fancied the likes of the dales, most will be pretty lamp shy now, but you know its the mecca for rabbits..... It would make some entertaining footage with the camcorder too....

 

I'd like to see your dogs run though, plenty of land to go at should be fun....I've never seen any good ones.....I'm sure yours could help clear up ...