Any snare guys on here?

[UPbowhunter]

Any snare guys on here? If we move off of the water line we must use snares here in Jersey. No foot holds at all, anyone else snare critters?

[BackWoodsHunter]

I've trapped with a few buddies who just got into trying to use snares. Don't think they've caught anything yet. They've been trained in the ways of foot hold traps and there seems to be a tough learning curve in switching over to snares. I've done a lot of reading on trapperman.com on their forums and snares seem to work best around bait piles. A guy is supposed to block off access routes to the bait except for a few narrow run ways in which the snares are set. It's a lot like funneling deer with hinged trees...except on the available trails to the bait there are snares hung at the right height to catch a varmint

[UPbowhunter]

I have never set on bait but that would work I guess. We set trails and any bottleneck that you can find in the woods. Tommorow morning I check my sets I will take good pics.

[muddy]

When I added snares to my I quadrupled my coon take. I set trails only, under fences, along creeks, anywhere I saw a critter trail. Negatives for snares is I got docked $ for snare marks in the hide/hair. Positives were I could carry 100 snares a lot easier so I was able to trap 100s more acres/miles compared to long lineing steel.

[BackWoodsHunter]

how much money did you generally lose?

I really want to start getting into trapping I have a large order of traps in the mail on their way to me directly from Duke Traps. Bunch of good ole southern boys they don't seem to put much hussle into getting their orders out.


I should look into snaring more, seems to be a lot of guys doing it and switching over to them. Can't wait to see the pictures UPbowhunter!

[muddy]

Depends on how long the animal was in the trap. Sometimes a few bucks, sometimes more. I'd say on average a snare mark knocked $3-5 off the worth of the hide if the mark really buggered the hide up. Was worth it because I went from catching a couple dozen to a truck load.

[BackWoodsHunter]

Hmmm Good to know...did you skin all those yourself or just sell them whole?

I have taken a strong interest in trapping if you have any old pics and some free time it would be really cool to see them on here Muddy!
Thanks!

[muddy]

It would take some work to get my trapping pics out and scanned. Bit I will see what I can do. They were from the early 90s back before digital. Amything

[UPbowhunter]

Snapped a bunch of pics this morning, no catches check again and post them tomorrow. No photobucket at work now.

[BackWoodsHunter]

No pressure Muddy just think those old pics are cool!

Good luck UP Hope you get them.

Did some reading but forgot to copy the link. The guys using bait piles are putting them inside a circle and blocking off all the access to the bait except a few small gaps. They place leg holds up around the bait and after a few days of critter trails building they go back and set snares on them. I know being new to trapping if I start snaring I will snare on that, and would do coons going into the base of hollow den trees. Simply because that is pretty straightforward trapping to me! Good luck keep us posted!

[BackWoodsHunter]

Been looking at snares a little harder lately any good reports UPbowhunter? How's the trapline been treating ya?

[Little Hunt]

Use cable restraints here in WI, 2011 was the first season I used them, had some luck

[dan]

I have used snares for coyotes, they seem to work a lot better than foot hold...

[Badger]

I've used them beaver trapping

[JoeRE]

I prefer using snares over footholds on land. A lot easier to cart around and I can hang them twice as fast as putting in a dirthole. As Muddy said the downside is you will get a little docked for snare marks on animals, particularly anything caught around the body instead of the neck. I have snared coon, coyote, beaver. Gang setting coon runs with snares is money in the bank.

If you are where pets can be caught make sure you do not set thick cover where the animal will get tangled up and choke down. I have released a couple dogs and cats unharmed from snares but they can die if they get wrapped up in a fence or around trees. From what I have seen coyotes tend to panic and die in snares, coon and beaver tend to be still alive.