Whether you are lost in the wild and need food, want to capture the pests in your garden, or just learn trapping, rabbit snares are an essential wilderness skill.All snares work by creating a rope that tightens under the weight of a hopping rabbit.
Step 1: Attach your snare with a piece of wire.
You need 2.5 feet of wire to make your snare.Steel or aluminum wire works best for long, bendable string.
Step 2: At the end of the wire, make a small loop.
A small loop is created when you bend one end of the wire around your finger.There are extra wires at the bottom of the loop because the wire will bend back on itself.This is you.
Step 3: If you want to hold it in place, twist the end of the wire.
Wrap the excess wire around the loop and secure it together.Imagine braiding two pieces of rope.The loop needs to be strong in this part of the trap.It will look like a balloon on a string or the head of a needle.Try to pull the pencil apart by putting it into the loop.Under a fair amount of pressure, it should hold firm.For added stability, you can use pliers.
Step 4: Push the opposite end of the wire through your loop.
Feed the opposite end of your wire into the small loop you just made.The wire will now look like a large circle with both ends close together.
Step 5: Pull the end of the wire through the loop.
Pull until the wire circle is roughly the size of your fist.Your wire will look like a yo-yo on the end of a string, with the wire on one end and the small rope on another.At the slip-knot loop, the bottom wire should meet the noose.
Step 6: A small hole can be drilled through a wooden post.
Once a rabbit runs through it, this will keep your trap in place.Once you secure the post in the ground, the hole should be roughly 8–10 inches (20–25 cm).
Step 7: Put the wire in the stake.
Wrap wire around the hole in the post so that it meets the rest of the wire.The slip-knot loop was made by braiding the end of the wire to the rest.You can use a staple gun or tie the wire to the post.A foot of wire between the post and snare is what you want.To make sure the wire is attached to the post, tug on it.
Step 8: The post should be driven into the ground.
Put the post into the ground by finding a small path where you have seen rabbits before.To stick the trap in place, use a hammer.At the edge of high grass, or in the underbrush, you can play your trap.If the rabbit can pull the post out of the ground, they will escape.
Step 9: The noose should be 6–8 inches above the ground.
You want the rabbit to hit the target mid-jump.The rabbit will kill itself when it hops through the loop.
Step 10: A piece of wire, rope, or cord is 2.5 feet long.
The wire that will kill the rabbit in your snare needs to be strong enough to hold the animal.A thin metal wire is the best for long and bendable wire.The best option is metal because rabbits can chew many thin ropes and cords.
Step 11: A small loop at the end of a wire.
To make a simple loop, bend one end of the wire back on itself.The wire can be wrapped around your finger to get the right shape.Extra wire should be at the bottom of the loop.This is you.
Step 12: To hold it in place, twist the end of the wire.
Wrap the excess wire around the loop and secure it together.The loop needs to be strong in this part of the trap.It will look like a balloon on a string.If you want to test the strength of your loop, put a pencil in it and pull it apart.Retwist the wire if the loop comes undone.If you need it, use pliers to fit the wires together.
Step 13: Push the opposite end of the wire through your loop.
You just made a small loop with the opposite end of your wire.Your wire will now look like a circle.
Step 14: Pull the end through the slip-knot loop.
If you want your circle to be the size of your fist, you have to pull the end of the wire through the loop.The end of the string will look like a yo-yo.
Step 15: A branch, felled tree or bar can be placed over the ground.
It should be elevated off the dirt and placed in a narrow corridor, such as a small footpath or a trampled trail.The rabbit will be trapped by your snare.Iron bars, fallen trees, and low hanging branches will all work.Make sure your bar is strong enough to prevent a small rabbit from pulling it away.
Step 16: Attach your snare to the bar.
The loop should hang from the trap so that it is 7 inches off the ground.A hang from a rafter or bar is what your trap will look like.The weight of the rabbit will pull the loop tightly shut and kill the animal.
Step 17: Barriers should be created to force rabbits towards your trap.
To force them to jump through your loop, block off the space underneath and to the sides of your snare with large branches.The one in your snare is where you want to block off all the space.
Step 18: The traps should be near the fence holes.
The holes rabbits use to enter your property are one of the best places to put a trap.If your fence has openings that rabbits use frequently, you can fit a loop of your snare in the hole and wait for them to come back.
Step 19: The traps should be placed near small paths.
There are little tracks in the dirt and patches of mud on the rabbit trails.rabbits will likely use it at some point to navigate the forest if you could walk through it.There are openings in tall grass, muddy paths, or rabbit holes.
Step 20: For the best results, set multiple traps.
The more snares you set, the more rabbits you will get.To increase your chances of success, separate them by a few hundred yards.
Step 21: Make sure your snares are not too high.
The snare catches the rabbit mid-hop so that it pulls the snare tight as it returns to the ground.You want your snare to be off the ground.A rabbit needs to fit into a trap.rabbits are big from nose to ear tips.
Step 22: Return to your traps after a day or two.
Be patient as you constantly check on your trap.Return to the trap after a day to see if it caught anything.Leave and come back the next day.The height of the snare should be adjusted if you haven't caught anything.