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    i want to know how to make one, i have tried ( and failed) before, and think i have set it out wrong, could someone please just go through some basic steps


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    I make mine roughly the diameter of my fist. I set the bottom of the snare roughly three fingers from the ground. A duck stick is angled across the top of the snare at a 45 degree angle, then a couple sticks are pushed into the ground along the sides of the snare. Sometimes sticks aren't needed because there is already a natural bottleneck. I set my snares as blind sets along trails.

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    Randyt - good description but needs a photo - just saying.
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    I like using rolling snares for rabbits. They are more time consuming than a "drag noose" or something of that style, but I've had better luck with them personally. Trails are relatively easy to find in thick brush or high grass. I use a green sapling for the spring, or if in an open field I'll cut the sapling and drive it into the ground like a bank pole. I've experimented with hanging a rock or log over a stationary branch as a drop weight as opposed to using a spring, and I don't think it's as effective, but will work in a pinch. I hang the snare noose about like Randy described, approximately fist sized (unless there are jack rabbits, then I set them higher with a slightly larger noose), an inch or two above the ground. I try to avoid having to pound stakes into the ground for a funnel if possible, but sometimes it's unavoidable. The trigger set up I use it usually a stick with a notch cut into it driven into the ground at an angle, and a Y-stick with one side cut short and sharpened in a flat square fir into the notch so that pressure from either side will spring it. I realize that's not the best description but I don't have any pictures on hand. There are many different ways to set a trigger that work. I'll try to gets some photos net time I'm out. With a little practice you should be able to find one that works well for you.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wise Old Owl View Post
    Randyt - good description but needs a photo - just saying.
    Tomorrow I'll set one and take a picture.

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    Here's a tutorial I made some time back on how to make a snare.

    http://www.wilderness-survival.net/f...ght=make+snare

    But there is a lot more to snaring than just the configuration of the wire. So read through this as well:

    http://www.wilderness-survival.net/food-2.php
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    There are a lot of different snares you can use. From a drag snare to an anchored or staked snare to a twitch up.
    Check out
    www.esseknives.com
    once you get on the site the bar across the top has a selection for survival tips. click on it then scroll down to snares. They have several good diagrams of snares.
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    here's a photo of my snare making method. The wire is wrapped around a twig two times.
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    then the twig is turned like a propeller to twist the wire together. Sorry about the fuzzy photo.
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    the twig is snapped at the double wrap and this is what we have. I like to leave a tail on it. The tail tangles in the fur and helps keep the snare from opening up.
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    here is a mock snare set up. this is for a blind set on a trail. This is my preferred method for all snares. A log crossing is a favourite of mine, mainly for coyotes, bobcats and such. For those I prefer thompson snares. I may even look into thompson small games snares and go that route rather than wire.
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    somebody asked about what tools I use to make my snares. I use a gerber multi-tool. although I have cut snare wire by giving it a whack with a rock at the point I wanted to cut the wire. Another rock is needed as a backer.

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    Randy, if you use my method in the link above you will accomplish the same thing and you won't have to mess with the twig. It's just a figure 8 rolled over to form the double loop. Unless you want to use the twig, of course. Sometimes we do things just cause that's what we're comfortable doing.
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    I like the twig method, it seems quicker and I can get a good twist especially with the stiff s.s. wire.

    As with all things though, different strokes for different folks.

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    Thanks for the post randyt, I missed it the first time around.
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