Hello, can anyone point me in the right direction of an online totorial about snaring rabbits?
thanks John
thanks John
snaring rabbits
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How long you got? LOL Yeah so hunter, i recieved some snares today and was wondering; they are a shiney gold colour, will this put the rabbits off? If so how can i make them more comfortable around the snares.
Could you draw a simple diagram of how the snare should be set up?
Also, would it be best if i put them in the middle of runs or on the edge?
How far off the ground should it be?
How far away should the peg be?
I am going to make my own pegs from branches, will they be strong enough?
Last but not least, if i come across one with mixi's, is it a danger to my health to go handle it? IE pick it up and dispose of it.
Could you draw a simple diagram of how the snare should be set up?
Also, would it be best if i put them in the middle of runs or on the edge?
How far off the ground should it be?
How far away should the peg be?
I am going to make my own pegs from branches, will they be strong enough?
Last but not least, if i come across one with mixi's, is it a danger to my health to go handle it? IE pick it up and dispose of it.
scouser4life said:
Don't know where my last post ended up?
1) Put them in some horse dung for a day or two, wash and leave in garage.
2) nope, but I can tell you how to set them
It's most important that you set them in the right place on the run. Take a close look and you'll see 'high' and 'low' patches where the rabbit stops, where the rabbits feet and belly rest. You need to set the snare on a "high" patch, about four fingers high and a fist or so wide. Like everything else luck does play a part, you'll get to know what the rabbits are doing, they might push under the snare or bush it aside, you'll need to be flexible. Anyone who tells you there is a hard and fast rule, hasn't done much snaring.Some people like to set the snares next to the bury entrance or in front of a run through a hedge, this is because _they_ know the rabbit uses that 'hole', however it is better to set your snare away from these places, on well used runs, may be fifty yards in to the field. In the long run, you'll catch more rabbits.
3) Matters little but if it's too far you'll need "Y" shape twigs to prop the snare up, there are a few names for these and they can be purchased in stainless steel but ash is just as good
4) How do I know? Some use Alder, some Ash, some Hazel. You can use logs, bricks or anything that will hold the rabbit. Foxes and Hares are better if you use a heavy log.
5) NONE at all!! you could eat the rabbit if you wanted too. You can not catch it! It will only effect rabbits and is transmitted by the rabbit fleas.
HTH
John
Hi John,
I was on a BushCraft course a couple of weeks ago in Preston where we were shown how to make the Dangle, Strangle, Mangle and Tangle traps. (never can remember which way round the list should be ).
The following day we had to actually make them from scratch.... but only allowed to test settting them off with twigs etc.........except for one stupid, pea brained, imbecile who decided to use their fingers......luckily I didn't lose any!!!
As I'm still a bit of a novice at this myself then any drawing would probably be meaningless to anyone but me.....but once you have the info just keep on practising matey as it ain't half fun to do :You_Rock_
I was on a BushCraft course a couple of weeks ago in Preston where we were shown how to make the Dangle, Strangle, Mangle and Tangle traps. (never can remember which way round the list should be
).The following day we had to actually make them from scratch.... but only allowed to test settting them off with twigs etc.........except for one stupid, pea brained, imbecile who decided to use their fingers......luckily I didn't lose any!!!
As I'm still a bit of a novice at this myself then any drawing would probably be meaningless to anyone but me.....but once you have the info just keep on practising matey as it ain't half fun to do :You_Rock_
Hi John,
I have a pdf camplifeinthewoods.pdf - too large to mail from work - but if you could find out from someone here where to doanload it from ???
i can find text only version here
http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/7/0/9/17093/
or html here
http://www.pjbsware.demon.co.uk/gutenberg/gtnletG.htm
but cannot for the life of me find where i got the whole pdf from
I have a pdf camplifeinthewoods.pdf - too large to mail from work - but if you could find out from someone here where to doanload it from ???
i can find text only version here
http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/7/0/9/17093/
or html here
http://www.pjbsware.demon.co.uk/gutenberg/gtnletG.htm
but cannot for the life of me find where i got the whole pdf from
Would it be this: http://www.bushcraftuk.com/downloads/pdf/camplifeinthewoods.pdf
Always in the last place you look etc...
Always in the last place you look etc...
scanker said:Would it be this: http://www.bushcraftuk.com/downloads/pdf/camplifeinthewoods.pdf
Always in the last place you look etc...
DOH !!!! - gosh im sooooo stupid
A word of caution when skinning myxi rabbits - be careful when cutting off the feet as one of the lesser known hideous effects of the wicked disease is its debilatating effect on the joints which swell and are often filled with pus. I separate the feet by dislocating and cutting through the joint which will guarantee you a rather unpleasant facial if you are not careful. A rabbit in advanced stages of myxi will very often be poorly nourished and has a rather pale colour to its flesh lacking meat on its thighs. I personally would avoid them but as Hunter_zero says they wont do you any harm if eaten. One point though if when gutting you observe white spotting on the liver discard the animal. This applies to any rabbit Myxi or otherwise and is evidence of a disease called Tularemia which is carried and spread by ticks also known as 'rabbit fever'. This is another reason why rabbit is generally considered a winter food as theoretically the winters of old would kill off ticks leaving the rabbits largely disease free and therefore worth the effort required to catch them!Hunter_zero said:
