best way to trap rabbits?

[huntingman]

what is the best way to make snares for rabbits with what material see alot of tracks but dont see them to much

[vectrix]

What you need is a cardboard box a stick a string and some bait, first you prop the box on the stick then..........................seriously I don't know how to trap them.

[old3arrows]

Oh we could tell you the easiest way, but then Buster may come and pay us all a visit!!!!!!! ;D LOL After a snow like this, you can catch more rabbits in one night than you could shoot in a whole weeks worth of hunting.

[throbak]

I just follow my dog and take em away from her shes pretty good In this snow just cant let her out unattended

[old3arrows]

OK so who gets the ticket you or the dog? Technically she's the one hunting right?

[throbak]

i.m just keeping here from the crime of wanton waste ;D

[huntingman]

yeah i dont know about snares but i see tons of rabbbit tracks but cant get them to jump up

[ridgerunner]

I know I once used salt on my coyote traps to keep them from freezing...rabbits love salt and will find it no matter what, that's when I switched to peat moss to prevent trap freeze up...couldn;t keep the rabbit's from setting my traps off with salt...if there's salt a rabbit WILL find it...That's all I gotta say bout that..

[Hoosier Hunter]

When we lived back east my dad used to box trap them all the time. He was mainly after the Snowshoe Hares but caught many Cottontails too. He tried many baits but always found a 1/2 apple to work the best.

[huntingman]

how does a box trap work?

[Hoosier Hunter]

Feb 17, 2010 20:29:27 GMT -5 huntingman said:

how does a box trap work?

Like the Havahart traps

[huntingman]

i dont have any idea about traps i know nothin it was something my dad said idk how they work if your asking a question?

[vectrix]

A box trap is basically a wire cage that has a door that drops down on one or sometimes both ends of the cage when an animal steps on the trigger inside. Once caught inside it will be up to you to finish them off. The one I have only has one door, you put bait in the back and set the door trigger. Tractor supply, Big R or possibly Rural King carries them.

[Woody Williams]

You can bulild you own box trap..

mdc.mo.gov/nathis/woodwork/ww10/

Blueprint at..

mdc.mo.gov/148

[huntingman]

Hmm thanks has anyone one ever used snares?

[lonniephillips]

Rabbits are not as easy to trap as you might think.

If you want to snare them you will need very thin cable an small loop

Box traps will work but not great , they shey from going into them
you might catch a few with fresh greens as bait but it won't be like catching blue gills on a nice spring day


a bodygrip trap will be your best bet , it will kill them , you can use them in the trails
the problem you will have is these traps have no way of know if the animal is a domestic animal or wild animal an it will kill either one

so my advice is , unless you are 100% certain there are no domestic animlas running around the area you will be trapping than DO NOT use the bodygrip traps

[huntingman]

Where would put the snare and how big the loop
?

[Decatur]

About an inch from the ground, in a funnel in a well used trail, with a loop about the size of a softball.

[huntingman]

k thanks how often would i check them

[Decatur]

At LEAST once a day! You need written permission to use snares from the landowner btw. And I assume you know season went out last Monday?