Snare Help!!

[pinheadill 0]

Im new to snaring and iv caught 2 rabbits so far but every time i check the snares there seems to 1 chewed to bits. Can anyone tell me what is doing this and how i can stop it. Thanks

[The one 8,533]

Hello and welcome mate ,you tried reading the pinned snaring features ?.

[04fox8 168]

Hello,

Chewed to bits ??

Any Photos?

Wouldn't think they'd be 'chewed', at least not regularly!

[dymented 2,220]

i think it might be a

[IanB 0]

Im new to snaring and iv caught 2 rabbits so far but every time i check the snares there seems to 1 chewed to bits. Can anyone tell me what is doing this and how i can stop it. Thanks

 

Where they on fence snares or peg snares?

 

They will sometimes fray and the strands will snap on fences, if they rub on the fencing.

 

Peg snares its more likely to be the twine that gets snapped and chewed by the rabbit. A straight snapped snare is normally the work of a dog or fox taking the rabbit or you get the head left in the snare. In all cases the snares will kink and twist with movement, these can be straightened once you remove the rabbit, you normally get a few catches from them before the strands start snapping, this could also be down to if they have too much or too little twist in the snare.

 

How many catches have you had using the same snares?

[pinheadill 0]

They're peg snares. They aren't straight snapped, their frayed with a few broken strands in them. Im trying to upload a picture but it wont work, Sorry.I'll go have a look in the snares section my friend reckons the cattle are chewing them trying to get grass from the other side of the fence.

[Matt 160]

You shouldn't be snaring any where near cattle - they have a nasty habbit of chewing snares, and snares kill them.

[salclalin 240]

You shouldn't be snaring any where near cattle - they have a nasty habbit of chewing snares, and snares kill them.

I Remember quite a few years ago a bloke was snaring in fields where Cattle were kept and a cow got her tongue caught in a snare.Not a pretty sight and the Farmer wasn't to happy either.Since then no one has been allowed to hunt his land.Who could blame him.

[pinheadill 0]

Alright thanks lads, ill go find a new place to put them. Im fairly sure its the cattle now. thanks again

[The one 8,533]

i do a small holding and every year they bring a few cows in from next door the old farmer said keep your snares a yard away from the fence and you wont bother my cows , and it doesn't

[toby63 1,236]

you shouldnt be realy setting then near sheep or cattle or any where near public footpaths .gives the game a bad name.

[Lab 10,979]

you shouldnt be realy setting then near sheep or cattle or any where near public footpaths .gives the game a bad name.

Depends on where the rabbits are though eh?

[toby63 1,236]

you shouldnt be realy setting then near sheep or cattle or any where near public footpaths .gives the game a bad name.

Depends on where the rabbits are though eh?

[toby63 1,236]

doesnt matter where the rabbits are livestock comes first .there are other method for dealing wi rabbits