with cable snares you are only going to be able to use them once with predators , but they are light and easy to carry and make and very cost effective , i showed trappers out in canada in the 90,s the old scottish fox snaring system that was taught to me 40 years ago by sandy livingston, its ideal for snaring bobcats and lynx , very fast and efficient to set , the canadians who tried it were very impressed by it , and sometimes they caught up to 3 cats with one snare loop before needing replaced , due to a cats hyper make up they were dead so fast , they told me , that there was not even a ma