Rabbit Snares

[3jackwhite3 2]

hi everyone, ive bought 500g of brass wire and 100 eyelets and i seen some where on the forum were the snares are 22 1/2" long and to make them you cut three lenghs of 45" brass wire and fold it in half put an eyelet in and spin it, but my snares are about 5" short of 22 1/2" and they are wound a bit tighter than the shop bought snares. please could somebody give me some advice and also how do i attach them to fences without that crappy green twine ive tryed wrapping the snares tight on the fence but they make a mess of the snares. many thanks nathan

[gnipper 6,892]

Buy Woodgas DVD mate and all your questions will be answered. Good pointers on there for making and setting fence and peg wires.

[snareman 3]

hi everyone, ive bought 500g of brass wire and 100 eyelets and i seen some where on the forum were the snares are 22 1/2" long and to make them you cut three lenghs of 45" brass wire and fold it in half put an eyelet in and spin it, but my snares are about 5" short of 22 1/2" and they are wound a bit tighter than the shop bought snares. please could somebody give me some advice and also how do i attach them to fences without that crappy green twine ive tryed wrapping the snares tight on the fence but they make a mess of the snares. many thanks nathan

you don,t seem to have expressed yourself very clearly on the post , first , have you made your own 221/2 snare nooses ,and spun them up more firmly , is it these snares that have turned out 5 inches short. or is it the usual shop bought snares that you have purchased which are very short compared to the professional sized noose , if you are using the shop bought snares , then remove the cheap crap green twine , and add your own stronger twine , tie a knot in the end , then loop twine around fenceline and slip the snare noose through the twine loop, and pull it taught, then select your loop size to corelate with the rabbit run, you then just wind the end of the snare wire around fencewire , job done , this is the only way you are going to get length for loop size from a shop bought snare , as they are made for maximum profit not maximum catching efficiency , infact the best thing that they catch are the people who buy them .