willbur 3 Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 (edited) What is the best way of setting snares for squirrels as in the height ,where and what bait ? cheers for any info Edited June 21, 2011 by willbur Quote Link to post
winchester 23 0 Posted June 24, 2011 Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 hi i have never snared squirrels before but have seen it done on one of the warrerners dvds he rests a straight branch or lenght of wood at an angle from the floor to about 8 to 10 foot up the tree he baits it with peanut butter in about 3 places and sets 3 small snares close to the bait when the squirrel is snared it strugggles and then loses grip and hands itself... hope this helps.... regards mark Quote Link to post
fcuktheban 140 Posted June 24, 2011 Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 make sure there is enough space at the top and bottom of the branch that the squirrel can't get free. What are you going to do with the squirrel? I might be interested if you don't want it. Quote Link to post
IanB 0 Posted June 24, 2011 Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 Theres numerous ways, but see this article from Glenn http://www.thehuntinglife.com/squirel-snaring/ Quote Link to post
Millet 4,497 Posted June 24, 2011 Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 Why snare them when they is a far more humane and easier method of getting rid of them.. Quote Link to post
IanB 0 Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 Why snare them when they is a far more humane and easier method of getting rid of them.. Why snare anything, its deadly when done properly and costs pennies to cover a big area, some people don't have access to a lot of traps, and just like snaring, its a personal thing.. Quote Link to post
fcuktheban 140 Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 Why snare them when they is a far more humane and easier method of getting rid of them.. It depends on what your planning on doing with the squirrel. If you want to eat it then snaring it is a good way of going about it. Like Ian said a snare is pence compared to a trap £7-£25. Once you have a trapped squirrel it still needs to be dispatched. Quote Link to post
willbur 3 Posted June 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 make sure there is enough space at the top and bottom of the branch that the squirrel can't get free. What are you going to do with the squirrel? I might be interested if you don't want it. hi mate going to eat them (if i can get any lol) never tried them so thought it would be cool to try as its a free meal! what would you do with them ? Quote Link to post
willbur 3 Posted June 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 cheers for the help peeps i want to eat them and i like to try most methods (depending on price) as its another string to my bow :thumbs: Quote Link to post
worthy130 21 Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 Why turn a perfectly legal method of trapping things into an illegal one? You should never let things 'hang' themselves as it is illegal, snares are legaly only allowed to 'hold' things these days!! ATB Quote Link to post
fcuktheban 140 Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 Why turn a perfectly legal method of trapping things into an illegal one? You should never let things 'hang' themselves as it is illegal, snares are legaly only allowed to 'hold' things these days!! ATB I don't know where you heard that but I've just read the rules and regulations on it. My link Grey squirrels are a pest with very limited protection. I eat them and they taste great. My sons always ask for more. Quote Link to post
worthy130 21 Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 I don't know where you heard that but I've just read the rules and regulations on it. My link Grey squirrels are a pest with very limited protection. I eat them and they taste great. My sons always ask for more. LOL yes grey squirrels are pests but in your link to the basc website (which is explaning ways to control them) i couldn't see anything about snares....????? Anyway snares have to be free running so that the animals caught in it dont strangle themselves!! thats the law, so how would setting a snare so they strangle themselves be legal??? Being a Gamekeeper you learn to watch your back and comming on here saying let them hang themselves is NOT a good idea. if you get caught you will be done for cruelty to animals. Quote Link to post
fcuktheban 140 Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 As far as I can tell it looks like the law is broken if your intent is to make the animal suffer. Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996 1996 Chapter 3 An Act to make provision for the protection of wild mammals from certain cruel acts; and for connected purposes. [29th February 1996] BE IT ENACTED by the Queens' most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- Offences. 1. If, save as permitted by this Act, any person mutilates, kicks, beats, nails or otherwise impales, stabs, burns, stones, crushes, drowns, drags or asphyxiates any wild mammal with intent to inflict unnecessary suffering he shall be guilty of an offence. Exceptions from offence under the Act. 2. A person shall not be guilty of an offence under this Act by reason of- (a) the attempted killing of any such wild mammal as an act of mercy if he shows that the mammal had been so seriously disabled otherwise than by his unlawful act that there was no reasonable chance of its recovering; (b)the killing in a reasonably swift and humane manner of any such wild mammal if he shows that the wild mammal had been injured or taken in the course of either lawful shooting, hunting, coursing or pest control activity; © doing anything which is authorised by or under any enactment; (d) any act made unlawful by section 1 if the act was done by means of any snare, trap, dog, or bird lawfully used for the purpose of killing or taking any wild mammal; or (e) the lawful use of any poisonous or noxious substance on any wild mammal.source: http://www.opsi.gov.uk/ACTS/acts1996/1996003.htm Quote Link to post
worthy130 21 Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 1. If, save as permitted by this Act, any person mutilates, kicks, beats, nails or otherwise impales, stabs, burns, stones, crushes, drowns, drags or asphyxiates any wild mammal with intent to inflict unnecessary suffering he shall be guilty of an offence. ASPHYXIATES is the same as hanging, and the advice was to set the snare so it hangs itself...........so it would be ILLEGAL Quote Link to post
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