well what do ya know

[Guest hyperion]

there i was about to put a post up saying ive ordered some snares from trapworks when the dogs started barking and the letter box goes and there they are!

wish i had orderd the fox snares at the same time now but i really wasnt expecting the rabbit snares till new year so i thought id wait!

any way big thank you to trapworks/holdaway, im hoping to get some pegs nocked up this afternoon and some snares out either tonight or tomorrow!

 

now heres the question i was going to post about snare pegs and the making there of!

 

whats best to make the pegs out of?, ive got some 2x2 pine that could be usefull or am i better off nipping up the farm to cut some hazel rods?

also what sort of length should i make the pegs and what shape should i make them? (old fashion tent peg stylie or just a steak with a hole drilled through?)

cheers

hyperion

[Guest ferret feller]

i use hazel

[The one 8,585]

About 7 inches but if your going to use a hardwood oak,ash ect they will need time to dry and season themselves

[redeye jedi 39]

i use well seasoned oak for all my pegs, hard work knocking up 50 at a time but they're worth it! do it right do it once!

[Axholme Ferreter 0]

i use well seasoned oak for all my pegs, hard work knocking up 50 at a time but they're worth it! do it right do it once!

 

If you can make them out of green wood and then let it season. The green wood is like butter to work. I have used whatever I can get. Ash is good, chestnut, oak, whatever. I have made mine 7 to 9 inches depending on the ground intended to use them on.

 

All the best

AF

[IanB 0]

Ash is the best, its hard and has more give than the likes of oak, etc..

[Guest hyperion]

i set five of my snares late yesterday, checked them this morning but no luck!, though ive probably made as many mistakes as i could! lol!

i had real trouble finding the beats i could see the runs but the grass is so short i couldnt make head nor tail of them, so i just went for the small patches where the grass was worn through!

any way here are so pics, hopefully some one might be able to point me in the right direction!

cheers

right? wrong? or totally rubbish?

this is the fence line up the side of the field

some close ups

one of the runs out into the field

the padock where ive set my wires

cheers

hyperion

Edited December 24, 2008 by hyperion

[IanB 0]

this is the fence line up the side of the field

 

 

Ditch the peg snares for now... You have a travel area from hedgeline/cover to field.

 

Get some fencing wire 2.5 mm and staple it 6" off the floor along the fencline of the posts to use as an attchment/anchor point, then attach some PROPER fence snares non of the losely spun added twine garbage.... Allow enough clearance for feet to pass under, set too low and you could body snare around chest/waist or leg.

[Guest hyperion]

Ditch the peg snares for now... You have a travel area from hedgeline/cover to field.

 

Get some fencing wire 2.5 mm and staple it 6" off the floor along the fencline of the posts to use as an attchment/anchor point, then attach some PROPER fence snares non of the losely spun added twine garbage.... Allow enough clearance for feet to pass under, set too low and you could body snare around chest/waist or leg.

 

er now im confused! do you mean a strand of wire all the way along the line of posts? and how do i go about attaching the snares to the wire?

 

i got my snares from trapworks so im hoping there good stuff, they certainly seem better made than the green wool things ive seen in gunshops!

cheers

hyperion

[IanB 0]

er now im confused! do you mean a strand of wire all the way along the line of posts? and how do i go about attaching the snares to the wire?

cheers

hyperion

 

Yes all the way along staple on using U nails, around 6" high.

 

Attach the fence snare using a sinple hitch like this although there is quicker methods, this is easy to explain and most people know how to tie a hitch.

 

i got my snares from trapworks so im hoping there good stuff, they certainly seem better made than the green wool things ive seen in gunshops

 

Can't comment on his snares hyperion, but stay away from the shop bought, they are poor compared to a full brass snare thats tighter spun...

[Guest hyperion]

ok so next question! lol

how do i attach the snare to the line and to the wire? i.e how do i get the snare to stay where i want it?

sorry for all the daft questions but if i dont ask i wont know!

the snares from trapworks are very tightly spun and a damn sight stiffer from the shop snares and they are just snipped off at the end, no eyelet or loop to tie to!

cheers

hyperion

[IanB 0]

You use the brass snare itself to form the hitch..

 

Example

 

[Guest hyperion]

You use the brass snare itself to form the hitch..

 

now i feel clever!

cheers