Airborne9 4 Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 Pretty much as the title say's. Only been snaring for a few months, did the research on dimensions, tensioning etc,bought the kit and made the snares, however every morning that i check them they've been knocked so i reset them and so on. Turn up this morning to find Rabbit fur around the spot that i set the snare but no Rabbit, only to find the snare wire chewed thro,and remains close by. Sods law the first one that i get a fox has nailed it !! Is this common ?? if so what can i do to prevent it from happening again ?? Very frustrating... thanks in advance for any replys. Quote Link to post
John Keswick 119 Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 The only thing you can do, move on! Once your trapline has been detected, its time to move to another patch or kill the thief! You mention that your snare had been chewed through? No head left in the snare? Prob caught the thief by the foot... Quote Link to post
Airborne9 4 Posted March 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 The only thing you can do, move on! Once your trapline has been detected, its time to move to another patch or kill the thief! You mention that your snare had been chewed through? No head left in the snare? Prob caught the thief by the foot... Cheers John, havn't quite weighed up placing the snares out on beats yet, so i placed them at the entrance to the burrows, on a fairly steep embankment, so no chance of anything but Rabbit getting caught in them, also theres a lot of fox activety in the area, which i trap and lamp also. Quote Link to post
MR TEA POT 1,287 Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 so i placed them at the entrance to the burrows, on a fairly steep embankment, I suggest you read the pinned sections at the top Quote Link to post
micky 3,325 Posted March 6, 2010 Report Share Posted March 6, 2010 Pretty much as the title say's. Only been snaring for a few months, did the research on dimensions, tensioning etc,bought the kit and made the snares, however every morning that i check them they've been knocked so i reset them and so on. Turn up this morning to find Rabbit fur around the spot that i set the snare but no Rabbit, only to find the snare wire chewed thro,and remains close by. Sods law the first one that i get a fox has nailed it !! Is this common ?? if so what can i do to prevent it from happening again ?? Very frustrating... thanks in advance for any replys. theres not a lot you can do about it other than kill the fox ,most of my rabbiting is in hunting country so the foxs have to be left be,you wont do any good setting snares in the mouths of holes ,you have to set them out on there runs ,or on a fence line,read Glen Waters articles on rabbit snaring ,its all there,he makes it easy.Ihad a visit from a Quorn fox last night ,he usally leaves me the head ,but he must have been hungry ,he just left me a scrap of fur Quote Link to post
The one 8,579 Posted March 6, 2010 Report Share Posted March 6, 2010 Try a fox snare each end of your rabbit snare line Quote Link to post
Bobba_fett 117 Posted March 6, 2010 Report Share Posted March 6, 2010 yeh just catch the fox...more fun anyway than rabbits Quote Link to post
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