rat snaring question

[Guest craftycarper]

I've just started snaring rats in and around the chooks coop of a night and have been using fishing line for the snare itself 60lb clear shockleader from my tackle box, the loop in the end i don't tie in but use a crimp which so far has worked great as you can make as small a running loop at the end as you like without distorting or kinking the line when stretching to tighten knots, but what i was wondering is has anyone used steelon nylon coated trace wire to 30lb for this in the past or is it not up to the job?

[woodga 170]

steel trace wire will work brilliantly especially if you load the snare to make it fire off fast im using similar wire at the moment for squirrils and they work really well

[OldTrapCollector 377]

That sounds like a good idea, I might give that a try myself next time I set a few 'benders', I usually use a couple of strands of brass wire on mine.

 

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[snareman1234 0]

im using similar wire at the moment for squirrils and they work really well

 

how many squirrels have you got so far??

how do you set your snares and where?

[woodga 170]

hello snareman those steel wires have accounted for over thirty all very dead snareman was just commenting on how effective they were as they closed so quick when i was speaking to hm last weekend we have a golf course to do ratcherman and myself and ill be putting a 100 or so out in bait stations when we get the time and if this poxy weather ever lets us set your snares as discribed in snaremans post a bout squirril snaring and you wont go wrong