Time for the silver necklace!

Eddie B

This is perfect weather for snaring foxes so i headed out yesterday morning and set two not far from home!
Went out this morning and no sucess in the first spot even though the pass was being well used!



Moved onto the next spot and had this lad!



Caught perfectly around the head, and quickley dispatched with the shotgun!



Its much easier to find fox passes when theirs snow on the ground!

johngalway

Well done Eddie I was hoping for snow here for that exact reason, but no luck!

steyrman2

fair play nice bit of work on them

daithi55

thats the job where did ya get them do most gun shops stock them never bothered before snaring but i see a lot of tracks with the snow well worth doing

jap gt

daithi55 wrote: »

thats the job where did ya get them do most gun shops stock them never bothered before snaring but i see a lot of tracks with the snow well worth doing

its very easy make them, but mac eoin sell them online

daithi55

jap gt wrote: »

its very easy make them, but mac eoin sell them online

any idea how ya go about making them its not the cost factor its just the joys of been able to make your own and see sucess from it

declan1980

daithi55 wrote: »

any idea how ya go about making them its not the cost factor its just the joys of been able to make your own and see sucess from it

i make them with a few feet of thin twisted steel wire and a couple of steel nuts. bend back about 2" of wire and shove it through the nut so you have a loop, then hit the nut a belt of a lump hammer to flatten it and squeeze the wire in the middle of the nut. do the same at the other end. pull one end through the other and you have your snare.

RICKYD

Fair play eddie.nice to see snaring isnt a dying art.

blackstairsboy

Where do you get your thin steel wire? I have often tried to make them with fencing wire but thats not really suitable. I would be interested in making them as 7 euro each is a bit pricey on my pocket.

Birdnuts

Nice work Ed - I've had some success in recent months with rabbit equivalents:)

johngalway

blackstairsboy wrote: »

Where do you get your thin steel wire? I have often tried to make them with fencing wire but thats not really suitable. I would be interested in making them as 7 euro each is a bit pricey on my pocket.

http://www.snareshop.com/

If you can identify the correct wire to use, then you can use Google to search for handier or cheaper places (if they indeed exist).

The Hunting Life has articles on snares, though leave it a couple of days as it's been attacked recently.

declan1980

blackstairsboy wrote: »

Where do you get your thin steel wire? I have often tried to make them with fencing wire but thats not really suitable. I would be interested in making them as 7 euro each is a bit pricey on my pocket.

the gun club bought it, who ever wants to make a few snares just gets a bit when they need it.
the wire itself is like wire rope but really thin stuff and really flexible too. i'd say you could get a roll of it in a hardware shop.
but you only get one use out each snare as the fox usually twists the crap out of the snare when he's caught

Eddie B

We used to take the brake cable out of crashed cars years ago to make snares!
Pretty much the same as snare wire!

johngalway

Eddie B wrote: »

We used to take the brake cable out of crashed cars years ago to make snares!
Pretty much the same as snare wire!

Before or after? :pac:

Eddie B

daithi55 wrote: »

thats the job where did ya get them do most gun shops stock them never bothered before snaring but i see a lot of tracks with the snow well worth doing

I got my snares of Ebay from the USA!
I think they only cost around 28 euro for 2 dozen fox snares which is dirt cheap!
They are good snares but usually are fect after one use, but that can happen with most snares!
They will fit swivells for ya if ya ask but they'll cost a little extra!