Any advice would be great. I bought the ones with the deer stop or something like that. I am only setting these at holes under the fences. Thx
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You want about a 10" loop. Use a whammy and secure it well, so that the loop doesn't fall. I keep about 2" between the bottom of the loop and the ground. Also, make sure that the loop is perfectly perpendicular to the travel route of the animal, and that it is perfectly vertical. Don't touch anything with your bare hands. Coyotes will stay away if there is human odor on anything nearby.
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my rule of thumb for snares has been
For a fox or coon i set a 6" loop 6" off of the ground
Coyote 10" loop 10" off the ground
I always put up guide sticks and deer sticks.
A really good trick to snaring yotes in an open field is to take a push mower and mow a path at a 90 degree angle from the fence line, keep the path as narrow as the lawnmower will allow. The more narrow the better . Start out going straight and then make several hard turns, everywhere you make a hard turn hang some snares right at the edge of the high grass and the cut grass.
Yotes will travel that new path for some reason, an old man taught me that when i was a kid and it worked like a champ.
Snares are a numbers game, the more you hang and the more different kind of setups you use the better you will do.
i always boiled my snares with baking soda to take the glare off of them, it really improves them blending in with the grass.
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in for info. I have a few gathering dust in the garage
Originally posted by fox1 View Postmy rule of thumb for snares has been
For a fox or coon i set a 6" loop 6" off of the ground
Coyote 10" loop 10" off the ground
I always put up guide sticks and deer sticks.
A really good trick to snaring yotes in an open field is to take a push mower and mow a path at a 90 degree angle from the fence line, keep the path as narrow as the lawnmower will allow. The more narrow the better . Start out going straight and then make several hard turns, everywhere you make a hard turn hang some snares right at the edge of the high grass and the cut grass.
Yotes will travel that new path for some reason, an old man taught me that when i was a kid and it worked like a champ.
Snares are a numbers game, the more you hang and the more different kind of setups you use the better you will do.
i always boiled my snares with baking soda to take the glare off of them, it really improves them blending in with the grass.
Ive set many and never had much luck unless you count coons and skunks. Explain the 'guide' and 'deer' stick.
I assume it something that sort of funnels the critter toward the snare?Last edited by Quackerbox; 10-27-2017, 09:57 AM.
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use bobby pins to hold the snare in place above the crawl. you can also make a version on this out of lite wire. i personally don't worry to much with scent, but its fine if you want to. if the snares are shiny, spray them lightly with spray paint and let them dry then rub excess off . speed dip trap dye works ok as well.be careful of boiliing them, this takes away the oil coating on them and makes em rust. i actually make my own slides under a fence with a ditching shovel and have had good luck. Avoid large crawls and holes in fence where deer are using it, or you WILL catch a deer
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