Rabbit Snaring....Use the Snow to your Advantage.

[Rolfe 2]

This is aimed at the younger members of the forum or beginners at rabbit snaring that sometimes have trouble in identifying the runs rabbits are most frequently using. So any old hands out there please forgive me for stating "The bleeding Obvious"

 

In snowy conditions.......walking a fence line will instantly show you which runs are seeing the most rabbit traffic on. This can save a lot of time and effort in setting wires on runs with little or no rabbit activity. On a fence line, it is easy to see where the rabbits are jumping through the fence in the snow and these can be remembered or marked in some way for future snaring visits (a wire tie from a freezer bag twisted on to the top of the fence is a good marker if you can't remember) Have a look at the pictures and you will see a well used run through a fence and also a well used run going along the length of the fence. Look at the single set of rabbit tracks in the snow....which way is the rabbit travelling? you'd be amazed how many people get it wrong.

[pinicale 0]

Good post Rolfe, this is definatly the time to be out and about and see what is active on your land and mark the runs etc. Tracks in the snow tell you a lot more than books can, get out there and enjoy.

[borntoshoot 1]

on the last photo the rabbot was trabeling towards where you stood to take the picture?

[watchman 256]

good post mate,even as old hands we might not think of everything,

[woodga 170]

away from him mate the feet marks which are larger are the rabbits back feet which he places in front as he bounds along these always come and land in front of the front feet

[Rolfe 2]

on the last photo the rabbot was trabeling towards where you stood to take the picture?

 

Thats what everyone thinks.......but actually it is heading towards the Top of the picture. It puts its front two feet down first (the small prints) then brings its rear legs through and past its front feet as it bounds along. Good on you for having a guess though.......and to be fair......most people would assume it was the other way round.

[JackWard 0]

Great post,

 

If only it would snow where i am. I would be out first thing!

[Teesdale-rabbiter 15]

I'm going to put a few fence wires out i think, finished school for Christmas so i might pop one or two out

Edited December 20, 2009 by Teesdale-rabbiter

[tomburras 2,730]

superb! i used to do the same thing with freezer bag ties too, my mum got them in foodbag packs for my sandwiches at school when i was younger and they stayed put on the fence for months. had loads of rabbits snaring the "one gap" with no evidence of runs in the grazed fields. i wasnt allowed a gun on there and the farmer thaught i was a wiredo until i showed him and then he trusted me to shoot with an air rifle (i was 14 then) it started from there! (until he sold up!)

[120-2 8]

Rabbits are running the drop boxes as well.

 

 

[Bootsha 1,306]

Bloody good thread mister, amazing how many experienced men drop a clanger on the tracking lark. I was always told as a pup, and its exactly how i remember it today, if you want the hare, follow the pair ( of feet that is). Nice to see a good thread with some good advice for a change, all credit to you.

 

Regards

 

B

[Rolfe 2]

Bloody good thread mister, amazing how many experienced men drop a clanger on the tracking lark. I was always told as a pup, and its exactly how i remember it today, if you want the hare, follow the pair ( of feet that is). Nice to see a good thread with some good advice for a change, all credit to you.

 

Regards

 

B

Thanks for the nice comments.......Yes I always remember that we all had to start out somewhere......and there is No substitute for experience, so a few helpful tips and ideas never go amiss....there is always something new we can learn, in fact we never stop learning in this game

 

Rolfe.

[charlie b 0]

wish the internet had been around 40 year ago iwas asked by one of my farmers to do some rabbits on a small hay field so i decieded to have ago at snarering it iused to poach the same place as aboy with very little luck then idid abit of reading ie glen waters articles and bingo got 29 in acrack

[peeps_76 17]

hi its great to see a bit of good sound advice from people. this kind of thread is the stuff folk are looking for. i love snaring in the snow but its almost 3 feet deep here so i am going to wait till it falls back a bit (walking and working in it is a nightmare). kind regards P