Snares.

Halfneck

Halfneck

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Or as my 1 snare attempt should be titled: "Squirrel's Away!"

Looking for a good source for making snares. Need something along the lines of "Snares for Dummies.", well thought out descriptions, pictures etc.

My one attempt involved bending a small sapling down to a loop type snare with a trigger that had peanut butter & granola on it. Got bored while hunting and just whittled it out with a Case Trapper, paracord, and some MRE peanut butter with granola crumbs on it. Area was amid a bunch of white oaks crawling with squirrels.

Honestly did not expect it to do crap, was just bored and had given up on seeing deer after 4-5 hours of nothing.

Next thing I know I heard the snare go off. Looked over to see a squirrel slung into the air like a catapult upon which the paracord came loose and became entangled in a overhead tree limb. Basically it looked like a squirrel had hung himself.

While the mechanics worked, I know there were several mistakes. Honestly I could probably not even duplicate what I did as I was just winging it.

Any suggestions?
 
Oh God, can you just imagine what went through that squirrels head, I mean, he really has a freakin story to tell.
 
Hi I hope this isnt hi-jacking but how do you make those tree snares? where you bend the tree over and hook up a trigger and a loop?. Any help or pictures would be nice.
 
You use a piece of wood to serve as a support/anchor which is released when an animal passes through the snare. There are many ways to do it, but the principle is the same.

-Cliff
 
That site, the stuff within and the writing style reminds me of a book I read in the library when I was a kid. The american boys handbook of somethng and something. Taught you how to make bows, snares, all kinds of stuff I thought was so cool.
 
Thanks for the links. Need to practice a lot of these when I go camping come the fall. Perfect thing to do during downtime.
 
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