Snare colour?

[TOMO 26,208]

micky i was at peg and guns a few year back and can verify what ian is saying ,, i have seen that film where the rabbits go up to the snares on the fence and turn away,, this is daylight, so maybee its the sight of them they dont like,, or maybe some human smell,, to be honest i dont know....

 

what i did find intresting was,, once a good few rabbits had come through the fence via other holes,,, peg let a shot off,, and the then panicked rabbits, flew home on there runs getting cought,, obviously panic made them forget the snares.

 

tell ye what ,, peg has loads of film of stuff,, took off an excelent video camera,, he should knock some out

[IanB 0]

I have a lot of footage Tomo, and I had a lot of footage from pegandgun but the hard drive died with it all on, we were going to make a video from it.

 

You are right, a rabbit on the run, does not take much notice of its surroundings, when flighted back home, or when at speed..

 

Anyway I better get sorted, off out in half hour to do some lamping with a farmer, whilst its nice and dry...

[Rolfe 2]

I entirely agree with the point Ian is trying to make, rabbits DO shy away from snares at times be they weathered or shiny new ones. The easiest place in the world to trap ANY animal is the ONLY entrance or exit to its feeding area (like a hole in "Rabbit Proof" netting for instance) or where a rat exits a hole in a wall..........the animal simply HAS to pass through whatever is there be it a BG or snare. As already pointed out it is a different ball game where there are numerous alternative entry points IE square sheep netting, here the rabbit, rat, fox or whatever, has a multiple choice, to go under or through, and the skill of the trapper is of paramount importance in selecting the likely entrance or exit place. Anything that gives the trapper an edge over his quarry is to be welcomed and if that means weathering snares then so be it..........as already stated it costs nothing and you have nothing to lose by doing so.