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hi. i am going to snare a rat i am wondering what wire i will use i have used copper wire but the we skitters chewd out of it . so i was wonddering could i use a pyke wire trace to snare it but what size? if you can help all comments appreciated thanks.

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I use a 65lb sea fishing trace in the set up used in the article and it works fine, although one of them chewed through this when it was caught around the body so if the are chewing out of it i'd suggest that you're setting the loop too low and getting them around the body

Hope this helps

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