How to Make a Fisherman's Rabbit Snare, 4th Check of Snares

[@anthonypretty2877]

I always found that finding a natural occurring tree on a rabbits run was the best place to set my slips. I also put my snares in burning birch bark before I head out to the trails to eradicate any human scent and color from my slips for those smart bunnies. Great channel

[@NLGhostWolf]

Thanks, and yes natural funnels or bottle necks are the best places to set your snares.

[@thegoatstore7814]

Its funny at the :29 you said "I'm shooting 410" And then you started talking about subscribers lol...I was thinking about my 410 by then. Haha.....I continue to watch video.

[@NLGhostWolf]

haha, I can see that happening

[@terryw.milburn8565]

Thanks For Sharing Your How - 2 On The New Snares, Charlie, Lets Hope For Lots Of Fur ! ATB T God Bless

[@NLGhostWolf]

Thanks for watching

[@kevinricketts5310]

Great teacher love how you decribe it for us brings my memories back of when I learned how to rabbit catch

[@NLGhostWolf]

thanks Kevin

[@kevinricketts5310]

Our parents were very resourceful for sure

[@NLGhostWolf]

they had to be

[@Hick-A-BillyLLC]

I am learning to use snares for rabbits this year 2024 & have been bing watching videos. I really like your snare setup & will be trying a few tomorrow. I caught my first rabbit on my sets but a coyote got it before I did. 😢 Thank you for sharing!💞

[@NLGhostWolf]

That's outstanding, yes I had many rabbits eaten over the years, but I will be following your snaring progress, best of luck with your snaring this season.

[@FoodForThought.]

Very well explained video. Thank you. My videos are all about breeding rabbits but I wanted to learn tapping and snaring. I'm a new subscriber.

[@NLGhostWolf]

Glad it was helpful!

[@kevinricketts5310]

Excellent

[@kevinricketts5310]

Great

[@hunt4fish]

Hey Charlie. Not a fisherman but I've been making and using 2 eye brass snares tied to a really small green loose stick with twine as the main hitch around the stick into top eye of snare for as long as I can remember( not on the s/s or the picture cord) as you have seen on some of my videos. One thing about brass is u shouldn't make any scratches with little pliers like you just did on the wire inside of the two eyes that's where it will break almost every time! Thousands of rabbits over my lifetime and the amount of snares you have out in dark places with good browse always keeps the rabbits coming and they don't jump around as much when they are out of sight; natural for them to stay still from predators when they are hidden so that's where I concentrate on setting snares. They are pretty docile animals and usually make only couple big jumps to try get out unless something scares them like hawk, fox or us. Bet you saw lots leave you standing eh? If I had to do all that stuff to catch a rabbit afraid I would starve in the woods not to mention the time it takes to do all that stuff! Just my 2 cents from a long time trapper with lots of experience hunting and trapping and now passing it on to anyone who wants to learn! Hope you don't mind the critic in me every now and then bud. Happy New Year and take care.

[@NLGhostWolf]

Hey Mac I never scratch the eyes with those pliers and never get breakages around the eyes. I make sure that I don't scratch the brass wire. String tied to snares seems to be the way to go with the 22 gauge brass wire

[@MarkJLarsonOutdoors]

Thank you for sharing buddy!! What a great system!!

[@NLGhostWolf]

Thanks for watching!

[@Mr1978Dan]

Been enjoying the daily uploads.

[@NLGhostWolf]

thanks, been slow the last 3 years, making up for lost time

[@michaelsheppard147]

Thank you for the breakdown on the snare, it was hugely helpful, i cant wait to try it!

[@NLGhostWolf]

Glad it was helpful!

[@kevinricketts5310]

Excellent

[@bradsaunders3471]

That is awesome. I can’t wait to try it out. Thanks for the video!

[@NLGhostWolf]

You bet! and best of luck. Let me know how you make out.

[@bradsaunders3471]

@@NLGhostWolf yes I’ll let you know how it turns out

[@HuntingandStuffwithJandJ]

Good to see ya

[@NLGhostWolf]

thanks

[@barrylangdonoutdoors]

Going to make a few of these this year. Looks good.

[@NLGhostWolf]

Let me know how they work out for you

[@georgeburton3139]

Great rig

[@NLGhostWolf]

thanks

[@chartlook1]

Great video.. I see you're gone from fishermen to campers but hey as long as you catch a wabbit.

[@NLGhostWolf]

You got that right!

[@n85-s5n]

back in a day, i used fishing swivels for that purpose, with little sealant injected into it to increase it's stiffness

[@NLGhostWolf]

wonderful Idea

[@linklesstennessee2078]

Good demo

[@NLGhostWolf]

thanks

[@kevinricketts5310]

Yes

[@DarrellWellsDifferentStuff]

Another modification to try this weekend. I will update you on the outcome. Take care.

[@NLGhostWolf]

Looking forward to seeing the results

[@jaredjerabek9312]

Finally got one today Charlie, looks like rabbit stew tonight. Just curious, have you ever tried to make an 'Alberta Eye' in your brass wire? It's just an overhand knot in the end of the wire, and pulled down till it's a neat, strong little eye. it's pretty fast for me to tie them and since there's no hard kinks it doesn't seem to weaken the wire.. And here's another suggestion you might want to look into: for those times when there's not a handy anchor within reach of your string, maybe carry a half dozen extra loops of the same string of roughly the same length to act as extension loops. Could even be attached in series to make as long an anchor line as you might need. Good snaring to you buddy 🐇

[@NLGhostWolf]

Congrats Jared and no I have never tied an Alberta Eye in my brass wire before. I might have to look into it, thanks

[@maritimegardening4887]

Why not use a larkshead to attach to to the tree - no toggle needed and it will come apart easily. The loop is big enough to pass the snare right through it.

[@NLGhostWolf]

All my new snares are toggle less

[@kevinricketts5310]

👍👍👍

[@cooperbee408]

Awesome 👍

[@NLGhostWolf]

Thanks 🤗

[@larryhawkes1347]

Great snaring tips, appreciate the education. If you have a minute what brand and model of boots are you wearing in this video and do you recommend them. Thanks a bunch.

[@NLGhostWolf]

Those are HuntShield and yes they are working out great for me. But I did do a review of their earlier model where the lining wore out and caused me to blister

[@larryhawkes1347]

@@NLGhostWolf very good, thanks.

[@jackvoss5841]

Instead of a loop of twine to tie the snare to, have a single strand line with a bowline knot in the end. Run the twine once, or several times around the anchor tree, and then snare end and standing part of twine through the bowline. Courtesy of Half Vast Flying

[@NLGhostWolf]

Loop much faster and way easier to pull up after rain and freeze...

[@brendanb1541]

I appreciate you teaching your methods. Would you please tell me the gauge and type of wire and string? Also have you ever tried annealing the brass wire where you made the loops and where it gets kinked? With bottleneck brass ammunition cases, after a few reloadings, i anneal the case neck to return the brass to its original state. Heat to around 700 degrees fahrenheit for just a moment. This might work to save your wire for more use.

[@NLGhostWolf]

22 gauge brass wire or 6 strand picture cord wire is the only wire we can legally use here because the pine Martens are protected here on the island portion of Newfoundland and Labrador. I have never tried annealing brass.

[@mayamachine]

wliwni wji yo, thank you for this BTW, I would never call hunting tools like bows and guns knives weapons, that's how our tools become weapons in the eyes of the public and law

[@NLGhostWolf]

Yes very good point, being ex-military is a force of habit. I'll chose my words more carefully in the future.

[@kevinricketts5310]

Awesome

[@stormyweather717]

Nice

[@NLGhostWolf]

thanks

[@ryankullar9754]

That was a great info video u made on the new design on the snare but what size string r u using for the loop

[@NLGhostWolf]

it's about 1/16 in diameter

[@ryankullar9754]

@@NLGhostWolf thxs

[@kevinricketts5310]

Always good info

[@matthewtoeneboehn7784]

What type and what gauge wire are you using? I’d like to get some but im in the U.S. and not sure what to try. Looks like you’re using brass wire perhaps?

[@NLGhostWolf]

Here in Newfoundland and Labrador on the island portion of the province, we are mandated to use 22 gauge brass wire or 6 strand picture cord wire. I would check the regulations of the state where you plan on setting snaring to see if they have any regulations on type of wire you can use, or whether or not it is legal to set snares in the first place. From the comments I received over the years from different US citizens, laws and regulations differ from state to state.

[@matthewtoeneboehn7784]

@@NLGhostWolf great. Thank you!

[@michaelballett417]

I wonder if you will have any rabbits bite through the string?

[@NLGhostWolf]

I'm guessing it's only a matter of time before that happens.

[@michaelballett417]

I've had 6-strand picture cord snares cleanly broken off about an inch from the stick they were tied to and often wondered if they were bitten off, because they didn't seem to be twisted up at all next to the break.

[@metalmeddling]

What kind of string did you use? I used bank line and almost every time the rabbit bit through. Sometimes they would just chew on the line and not even go through the snare, it's like they are attracted to the type of line I'm using.

[@kevinricketts5310]

Good questoin

[@jasonhilliker6974]

What kind rope are u using?

[@NLGhostWolf]

it was rope I got at a hardware store for running line-levels on.

[@kevinricketts5310]

Your zoning in on a good system bye

[@NLGhostWolf]

yes I think so

[@kevinricketts5310]

Great

[@HobbiesHobo]

🙂👍

[@NLGhostWolf]

thanks Mike

[@kevinricketts5310]

Are u going 2 dance again?

[@NLGhostWolf]

haha, not for a while, the 10K dance

[@LeviBeishline]

Guitar strings man

[@NLGhostWolf]

not legal here

[@gregoryluc2876]

Nice video mate!! Showing how to put food on the table always bodes well with me! I can tell your not from South Georgia.

[@NLGhostWolf]

thank-you

[@kevinricketts5310]

❤❤