witch runs are used

[aaronpigeonplucker 32]

got 3 brass snares and set the in the mibble of the beat just big enough so rabbits head can go through without touching top of the sanre about 6 inch off the ground. first time snaring but have been airgun hunting them for a month. thought i had put them in well used runs. grass worn, fresh droppings on the ground set them at 8.00AM came back at 4.00pm. nothing . i've now got 13 snares and am ready to go snaring nxt weekend. how do i identify well used runs from old runs?

pigeon plucker

 

 

 

guns

bsa lightning XL beech stock SMK 4x60 scope

 

equipement

13 brass snares

7 of them peg snares 5 of them fence snares.

[Holdaway 2]

Aaron have you read the pinned topics at the top of this section by snareman?

 

Well worth a read, it will help you to identify which beats to snare on and which to avoid. Also you made it sound as though the snare noose was quite small, I might be wrong of course. The noose should be a pear shape of 5 1/2 inches high and 7 1/2 inches wide.

 

Good hunting.

 

H

[IanB 0]

I've snared land during various weather conditions, and as always the dark windy nights are the best... Weather, Terrain, Vegetation(crop) all play part in it.... You can snare at one time and not catch for days, then you could try in a week and catch... Its not all solely down to snare placement. Snare a wood boundry, the rabbits pass through mesh to feed, but sometimes they remain in the wood and eat vegetation, nothings set in stone...so its best to use a varied method, be it fence snares/hoops in wood then choose the best conditions... Also look for clear signs, fur, runs (beats), scrapes, etc

[snareman 3]

  IanB said:

I've snared land during various weather conditions, and as always the dark windy nights are the best... Weather, Terrain, Vegetation(crop) all play part in it.... You can snare at one time and not catch for days, then you could try in a week and catch... Its not all solely down to snare placement. Snare a wood boundry, the rabbits pass through mesh to feed, but sometimes they remain in the wood and eat vegetation, nothings set in stone...so its best to use a varied method, be it fence snares/hoops in wood then choose the best conditions... Also look for clear signs, fur, runs (beats), scrapes, etc

do you think you could help me write my book , as you seem a very knowledgeable fellow on rabbit snaring . awaiting your pm.

[IanB 0]

If your a good boy, I could share a few tips

[steveescott 0]

check the run is well used set snare 4 fingers high loop directly over the run you should get a result 6 inches is a bit too high

[Netter 0]

  steveescott said:

check the run is well used set snare 4 fingers high loop directly over the run you should get a result 6 inches is a bit too high

 

[woodga 170]

  steveescott said:

check the run is well used set snare 4 fingers high loop directly over the run you should get a result 6 inches is a bit too high

crack on boy , id like to see a snare set four fingers high in grass standing above your wellie tops catch a rabbit ??

you must know something we dont

[IanB 0]

  woodga said:

  steveescott said:

check the run is well used set snare 4 fingers high loop directly over the run you should get a result 6 inches is a bit too high

crack on boy , id like to see a snare set four fingers high in grass standing above your wellie tops catch a rabbit ??

you must know something we dont

 

Me too

[aaronpigeonplucker 32]

thanks for all the help. slight mistake, meant to say the top of the sanre is 6 inches off the groung not the bottom! everybody on this site seemes so knowledgable

thanks again

pigeon plucker

p.s nickname given to me by my dad. after a day out shooting, 100 odd pigeons or so guess who plucked them all!

[moley 115]

  steveescott said:

check the run is well used set snare 4 fingers high loop directly over the run you should get a result 6 inches is a bit too high

 

give the lad a chance to explain why he sets his snare that way, well steve , i for one am interested where you get your info or is it from hands on experience and why would 6 inch be too high ?

[MR TEA POT 1,287]

  steveescott said:

check the run is well used set snare 4 fingers high loop directly over the run you should get a result 6 inches is a bit too high

 

Thanks for that advice mate i wondered what i was doing wrong

 

If we had set them your way 4 fingers high and not 6 1/2 inches high we would have caught more then this.

 

Seriously mate read the pinned section at top and ask questions on here.I used to set mine how you are till i was shown the proper way as practiced by a few people on here.

[Ratcherman 0]

  steveescott said:

check the run is well used set snare 4 fingers high loop directly over the run you should get a result 6 inches is a bit too high

Its amazing how many people still believe 4 finger's high is high enough to snare rabbits they obviously have a lot of bumped snares and not many rabbits set your wires at 6 1/2 inches and see the difference for yourself

Edited January 17, 2009 by Ratcherman

[moley 115]

  Ratcherman said:

  steveescott said:

check the run is well used set snare 4 fingers high loop directly over the run you should get a result 6 inches is a bit too high

Its amazing how many people still believe 4 finger's high is high enough to snare rabbits they obviously have a lot of bumped snares and not many rabbits set your wires at 6 1/2 inches and see the difference for yourself

 

i would struggle to set a snare at 4 fingers , cos when i offered you them traps last night , you almost snapped the buggers off

[snareman 3]

  Ratcherman said:

  steveescott said:

check the run is well used set snare 4 fingers high loop directly over the run you should get a result 6 inches is a bit too high

Its amazing how many people still believe 4 finger's high is high enough to snare rabbits they obviously have a lot of bumped snares and not many rabbits set your wires at 6 1/2 inches and see the difference for yourself

you forgot to tell him to snare with a 7 1/2 x5 1/2 inch noose , 6 1/2 inches high to the bottom of the noose, thats why 90 percent of the rabbit snarers in the country , in fact in the world can,t make big catches of rabbits with snares , because they have been indoctrinated by authors and fieldsports writers for over the last hundred years , who couldn,t snare themselves, so the small loop and set low mentality materialised , and it has just been taken for granted so thats the way its to be done . i have just shown a young man who is attending a game keepers course at a college, 50 miles north of me , how to snare rabbits properly , as his instructor is still teaching this nonsense about setting with a 4 inch noose 4 fingers high , well what do you really expect , when kids are still being taught this rubbish at colleges , and amateur experts are still spouting the same drivel about best practises on snaring foxes at 3 to five fingers high , when the hell are we going to get someone with real practical experience who really knows how to snare , to advise the government also . don,t these amateurs realise that you will catch every badger , that runs a trail and a lot of domestic cats also , the exact opposite of what the hunting life strives for , on this site you are taught to snare rabbits and foxes properly with new breakaway snares and how to help avoid non target species being snared , this crap thats recentlly been put forward on best practises on snaring , will certainly help to get snaring banned , without any help from the fieldsport lads themselves, its most obvious in my opinion that these fieldsports organisations who are coming up with this snaring nonsense , really don,t have a clue about snares or snaring at all , and that is the whole truth. probably by the time they really wake up to the true facts it will be to late , so remember don,t say that you have not been warned .