Broken/failed Snare Advice Please

[ollieollie 766]

Hello All,

I am new to snaring rabbits, i have been using the woodga snares i bought from fourteen acre. When checking my snares this morning two of them were broken, the wire was broken right at the brass eyelet(or very near to it). I am presuming either another rabbit has chewed through somehow?? or more likely i have served up a couple of bunnys to the fox. Can you offer any advice or insight to this??

 

Cheers lads

 

Ollie

[micky 3,325]

Hello All,

I am new to snaring rabbits, i have been using the woodga snares i bought from fourteen acre. When checking my snares this morning two of them were broken, the wire was broken right at the brass eyelet(or very near to it). I am presuming either another rabbit has chewed through somehow?? or more likely i have served up a couple of bunnys to the fox. Can you offer any advice or insight to this??

 

Cheers lads

 

Ollie

Most likely a Fox but you will never know for certain . Do you have a picture?

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

Snare both ends of the run for fox

[The one 8,479]

As said put a fox snare each end of your snare line or lift your snares a fox has found them and emptying them for you

[MR TEA POT 1,287]

Sounds like a fox as been caught round its foot while walking about,and it's just bit the wire to get out.

[ollieollie 766]

Pictures attached I think, never considered it could have been the fox that got caught

[ollieollie 766]

Edited June 17, 2017 by ollieollie

[ollieollie 766]

thats 2 different snares

[MR TEA POT 1,287]

Fox caught round foot and bit through wire,it happens lol

[ollieollie 766]

The long road of learning

[ollieollie 766]

Same again on one snare this morning, but the bushes surrounding the snare were flattened in a neat radius the same size as the snare cord radius

[MR TEA POT 1,287]

Same again on one snare this morning, but the bushes surrounding the snare were flattened in a neat radius the same size as the snare cord radius

You got a pic?

 

It sounds like you have had a rabbit,it's created a catch circle..and the rabbits got out.how long have you had the snares? How high you setting them?

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

Still say Charlie is robbing you

[ollieollie 766]

 

Same again on one snare this morning, but the bushes surrounding the snare were flattened in a neat radius the same size as the snare cord radius

You got a pic?

It sounds like you have had a rabbit,it's created a catch circle..and the rabbits got out.how long have you had the snares? How high you setting them?

Had them about 3 months now, I'm still catching on some each time I set just losing some too. 6 1\2 inch from the ground

 

Cheers

[micky 3,325]

 

The snare on the right is a mystery ? in the season i feed Foxes on a daily basis but i don't recall seeing a wire like that,if it was a fox there would be a few hairs on those twisted strands of wire.