Breakaway snares

[Holdaway 2]

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[IanB 0]

At the minute I don't use them, but I can see them being a permanent requirement of the future with government constantly tightening legislation... Thanks to snareman taking the time to design them and show how easy they are to make, we should all be well prepared..

[OldTrapCollector 377]

I use them when the situation warrants it - near stock or deer etc but prefer conventional eyes for the most part

 

OTC

[woodga 170]

I use them when the situation warrants it - near stock or deer etc but prefer conventional eyes for the most part

 

i do exactly the same when the sitiuation warrants there use

[Rolfe 2]

I use them anywhere there is a high risk of catching non-target species. Other than that i use traditional wires, but as Ian B alluded too..........I can see the day coming when it will become a legal requirement.

 

Rolfe

[ianrob 2]

I post this question to see how many people actually use breakaway snares on a regular basis. Snareman has several pinned topics at the top of this forum including how to make your own and I would be interested to see how many follow his example.

 

All the best

 

H

 

Following such folks as have already posted I am pleased and relieved to say I agree with all previous posts. I might add, that with breakaway fox snares "courtesy of snaremans great mind" with added deer stops, I sleep better when they're out, as opposed to the days when I used the shop bought ones with the flat sliders. I can see the day approaching fast when fox snares will have to be registered.

[ianrob 2]

I post this question to see how many people actually use breakaway snares on a regular basis. Snareman has several pinned topics at the top of this forum including how to make your own and I would be interested to see how many follow his example.

 

All the best

 

H

As an added reply, I had some copper, which was just by a couple of thou, thinner than snareman recommended for the breakaway rabbit snare, but it was annealed soft copper, and some rabbits were escaping, in fact some escaped as a last ditch effort as you approached, so I stopped using that, but will keep looking for stronger stuff, as one cat, is one cat too many. I've a limited amount of blood in me at any one time.

[Holdaway 2]

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[snareman 3]

I post this question to see how many people actually use breakaway snares on a regular basis. Snareman has several pinned topics at the top of this forum including how to make your own and I would be interested to see how many follow his example.

 

All the best

 

H

As an added reply, I had some copper, which was just by a couple of thou, thinner than snareman recommended for the breakaway rabbit snare, but it was annealed soft copper, and some rabbits were escaping, in fact some escaped as a last ditch effort as you approached, so I stopped using that, but will keep looking for stronger stuff, as one cat, is one cat too many. I've a limited amount of blood in me at any one time.

 

I too am looking into the copper wire thing, I was wondering about the single strand copper you get in cooker wire, you know the heavy duty stuff? From the top of my head I think snareman says around 1.7 mil? I could be wrong on that of course...

 

For the breakaway fox snares I am using the wire from sheep netting, it is 2mm and hard galv, not like the fence wire which is soft annealed.

 

Thanks to all those that have so far answered the poll, one of the reasons for it was to discover how many have read Glenns articles, I know there are still a lot of people who come on here and ask questions without reading the pinned section, but that is human nature....

 

 

I have caught two cats only in my time snaring (I don't snare on a large scale at all), both were caught on the fence and although a breakaway might have worked to save them, I dont think the deer stops would as they had both thrown themselves over the strands above. Not a great thing to find, but my dad was happy as one was quite close to the release pen!

 

All the best

 

H

the diameter of the copper wire used in rabbit breakaway snares is 1.75 mil. in the test done by woodga, and nick, almost 800 rabbits were snared , the problem arose with the large rabbits snared by nick, thhey were weighing from 5 to 6 lbs. in weight , their necks were so thick that the end and stop eyelet could not meet together, they were being checked three times a day , so the copper S link was taking a bit of a beating, thats why i strengthened it , by making it shorter from 3/4 of an inch to 1/2 an inch , if setting on a fence i would probably use the 3/4 link , as there is not the same purchase on the wire , like there is with a longer pegged snare . a cat having a thicker and stronger neck , would open the 3/4 inch link far easier on a fenceline. make no mistake the breakaway fox and rabbit snare with the added deer stop is going to become the legal snare of the future , the way things are going, so you better get used to using them.

[Holdaway 2]

Thanks for the info Snareman, I have ordered some copper wire now to test.

 

H