What Does This Mean Exactly? Rabbit Snare

[Sarci sparki 16]

Hi All, always been interested in snaring from a kid when we used to find them when ferreting, so simple. Recently on a relatives horse grazing field a horse has sprained or somert its ankle in a rabbit hole so she wants their numbers dropping and everytime ive been able toget there with the guns, not one in sight and I havent time to stalk them all day as I give it an hour and go to work. So after reading some articles on here I bought some made up ready to go snares from fourteenacre and planted about 6 down, come this morning I had one snare that was pulled to a hoop about 2 inches in diameter from the 6/7" by 5/6" hoop, does this mean one has escaped? Bear in mind this is my second time I put snares out. Still learning to identify the beats properly, and that its definately a rabbit run not a human one lol.

 

That leads on to my next question, how do you tell its definately a rabbit run? I cant find rabbit droppings anywhere in conjunction with I'm never there when the rabbits are out. And I'm seeing runs on the field but also rat holes in the grass etc

 

Cheers lads.

[shropshire mole 190]

Cant help with the snaring questions, but what diameter are the "rat burrows " you have found in the ground?? and are there well formed runs from these "rat burrows"

[bunny tickler 876]

i hope your not putting snares in the same fields as horses ? is the run a series of hops(beats) more than a straight runline ? make sure they are rabbit holes (rats also use them too ) i would take a look at night with torch/lamp too

[Sarci sparki 16]

The rat holes are about 3 inches maybe slightly smaller, and go in and out of the clumps of grass and you can follow the definitive run for a good few meters, My guess most definately rats but maybe wrong?

 

I can notice something that looks like beats in the grass, flat or flatter patches of ground maybe 2-3" round with the odd one being noticeably bigger maybe 6-8".. these are positioned in a noticeable line through the pasture with forks etc coming off.

 

I knew someone was going to pull me up on that one lol, no there is definately no horses in the field with any traps as the fields are rotated for grazing and I will be working behind the horses if that makes sense? Pretty clueless when it comes to trapping and sign but not stupid

Edited March 1, 2015 by Sarci sparki

[bunny tickler 876]

no probs then you know what you are doing thats fine ,im thinking rats ,but just to be sure have a mooch with the torch/lamp just to check rabbit numbers

[Sarci sparki 16]

no probs then you know what you are doing thats fine ,im thinking rats ,but just to be sure have a mooch with the torch/lamp just to check rabbit numbers

Wouldnt go as far as to say I know what im doing, by the sounds of it im trying to snare thin air lol

 

Thanks for your advice mate, by the sounds of it im going to have to brave the scariest lane in the northwest in the pitch black haha