Stop Snare

ivanthehunter

Does anybody know what a STOP SNARE is? I was reading up on hunting law ie. in the Irish Statute Book and found this referance to snares

J.R.

This is usually a device incorporated in the snare that stops it closing completely. This means that if a deer / sheep / goat etc. step into it and it closes it wil not completely tighten. The 'stop' will ensure that the snare can only close so far.....allowing the animal to slide their leg out and escape. it wil not allow a fox, snared around the neck / torso to wriggle free.

A snare purchased for trapping fox will usually have a 'stop' incorporated in its design - home made one will need to to include a 'stop' when assemblying.

Check diagram in links below:

http://www.snareshop.com/cgi-bin/snareshop/basics.html

http://savvysurvivor.com/survival_snaring.htm

How to make 'stop' snares:

http://www.trapperman.com/trapperman/Making_snare.html

ivanthehunter

Thanks for the info.. explains a lot but i.m still confused i've been reading the irish statute book in relation to the wildlife act 1976 section 34(4) rev 2003


http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2003/en/si/0620.html


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but in another section you can find: refer to section 34
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http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2000/en/act/pub/0038/sec0042.html#partiv-chapii-sec42

Wildlife (Amendment) Act, 2000

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so what do you think-- is snaring legal. It seems to be that there are a lot of web site out there claiming that snaring is illegal but this set of regs from 2003 seems to say otherwise.. can you or any one else spread an light on the issue. The other day i went tallaght gun shop and the man there seemed to think that snares were illegal but yet he knew that fenn traps were still allowed but alas they dont stock them.. watch out for the small print on the top left corner of page the first pages says ( approved traps and snares) and the second page says prohibited traps and snares )

Mellor

Section 4 of S.I. No. 620 of 2003 .
Wildlife Act 1976 (Approved Traps, Snares and Nets) Regulations 2003 says that:

Section 4 wrote:

4. Any trap, snare or net, other than a trap, snare or net specified in Regulation 3 of these Regulations, is declared to be a trap, snare or net to which section 34(6) of the Act of 1976, as amended by section 42(f) of the Act of 2000, applies.

So, the first link you posted only refers to traps and snares that are not covered by the parameters of the 2003 reg. So stop snares and the rest were legal when the 2003 reg was written. They are still legal as long as the 2003 reg hasn't been superseded or ammended to alter it.

ivanthehunter

Thats great thanks for the advise... but if anybody else would like to add to this I'll keep this in my favorites in order to keep a reg eye on law.. well it seems that after all snaring is still legal... I'd urge all to keep active in the roll of promoting hunting etc through good and proper behavior and avoidance of illegal methods as these skills (our rights, skills passed on from father to son or mother to daughter) are under constant attack...