Re: Snaring Questions
#23506
12/03/2013 03:18 PM
12/03/2013 03:18 PM
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Yaz
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Buckwheat, I'll share what I have learned. I can snare better than I can trap. However, I snare mostly fences, and "crawl unders". Parker bow, ,Horn Harvester, Sticksender and a few others can snare em in the woods. Question #1, What gauge steel leader do you use connect the snare to the fence / tree? I currently am using 16 gauge annealed wire. Seems to work fine unless I get a deer in it (assuming). Then I loose a snare. First of all, I like using these a LOT. They save a lot of in spots where I can put a fresh snare back in. I use mostly baling wire. It is easy to work with, and when doubled, is really strong enough to hold a coyotes. Trick is to have a good pair of pliers, and twist the wire tight to what ever your anchor is. I usually double up a piece, and put a second piece around it too. Basically 4 wraps. Baling wire is cheap, so i use a lot of it. I learned the hard way DO NOT wire off a snare to a woven wire fence! A big coyote will shipwreck a good fence, and pull the staples right out of two or three posts! Done that once. If I cannot wire off the snare to a post, I use an earth anchor right there. Thats where the quick connect links come in handy. As far as an anchor in the woods, I wouldn't go with a live sapling no less that 3" in diameter. They'll chew through one small than that in short order. Question #2, Today I checked a site and found that the limb I tide off on was not green. Coyote fur allover & tore up the ground. Should I still set a snare in this location or did I just educate coyotes to the set? You educated that one! I'm surprised it did not get caught up in some brush or a fence where you could find it!! Set it again if its not too tore up right there. Another one will come through eventually. Question #3, In a set that I had previous success in the day before, should I reset another snare or move on to another location. Move up or down the trail a short distance to where ever you can get them pinched down into a fresh snare. If its not tore up too bad, build it back up with the available branches, or what ever, and set it again right there. Not hard and fast rules, just go with your gut on it, and you'll learn pretty quick. A good snow is a GREAT teacher in coyote snaring!!!!
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Re: Snaring Questions
#23507
12/04/2013 04:12 AM
12/04/2013 04:12 AM
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hornharvester
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I set mowed trails and small game paths.
On mowed trails I brush in a section, then lay or wire a jump stick and make a hole in the high end so the yotes can duck and go threw. I hang the snare off the duck stick.
Deer jump over the low end and the yotes go under the high end. I try to find a bush right beside the trail or drive a steel post in for this set up.
I use a 5' 1/8 anchor cable looped around a tree then a 3/32" cable micro lock snare with a swiveled end. You can lay the cable on the jump stick and duck stick so the yotes don't see it.
All the yotes Ive caught using this set always hang them selves. h.h.
If you're not a hemorrhoid, get off my butt.
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Re: Snaring Questions
#23510
12/04/2013 03:03 PM
12/04/2013 03:03 PM
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hornharvester
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Bean, I bought that exact same kit to make my own. I use a Dremel with a cut off blade to cut the cable into 5' lengths. A vice and ball pen hammer to crimp the stops.
Since the snare is usually junk after a catch I cut the cable and use the parts to make another snare. h.h.
If you're not a hemorrhoid, get off my butt.
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Re: Snaring Questions
#23514
12/05/2013 04:35 PM
12/05/2013 04:35 PM
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bean
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What size cable do you guys use? Looking to buy the kit and make my own. need something for coyote AND beaver. Thanks
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Re: Snaring Questions
#23517
12/05/2013 05:51 PM
12/05/2013 05:51 PM
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hornharvester
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3/32 is what i use. 1/8 for my anchor cables. If you snare in a woods make sure the anchor tree is large enough the yote cant chew threw it. h.h.
If you're not a hemorrhoid, get off my butt.
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Re: Snaring Questions
#23518
12/06/2013 09:15 AM
12/06/2013 09:15 AM
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Jeff Valovich
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Are deer stops required here in Indiana and does it have to be a relax type ??
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Re: Snaring Questions
#23522
12/06/2013 04:14 PM
12/06/2013 04:14 PM
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76chevy
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+1 another tip is to put bait ON trails in thickets, a snare or two on each side. Spread it out and put a carcass or two in multiple spots with snares between and in the in/out trails. They get greedy go check out the other pile thinking it might be better stuff then bang, game over. Originally posted by ParkerBow: Tip on bait piles. One would think it would be a no brainer to dump some bait out in a pile and then hang snares all around the bait pile but this normally is not productive. The yotes usually will slow down once they get to the pile and cautiously approach and don't commit to the snares. What a guy should do is set snares on trails leading to the bait pile quit some distance away. Sounds good anyway.
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