snares

[fieldwanderer]

Are many people using rabbit snares nowerdays?

 

I do, especially in the summer (when the long grass makes shooting difficult)- though I haven't so far this year and didn't last year, seems to be a dieing art, hence the question. It's always been a very effective method and I've had some great results but you don't hear it mentioned very often now.

[lurcherboy]

Regular user here but it is heart breaking to have the captures being raided by Badgers.

 

There is a quite a few people who do not approve of snares because of the indiscriminate capture (dogs/cats) and a cruelty aspect.

 

If your laying them, and I am sure you are aware of this, you must check them at the first opportunity.

 

I still have people telling me it is wrong to lay snares and not going back to check them for a few days

 

Your right about it being a dying art though

 

 

 

 

LB

[pavman]

Regular user here but it is heart breaking to have the captures being raided by Badgers.

 

There is a quite a few people who do not approve of snares because of the indiscrimate capture (dogs/cats) and a cruelty aspect.

LB

 

Bang on LB,

 

if the LACS want any ammo Snares will keep them busy! not nice and belong in the dark ages with the rack and hangmans noose

[fieldwanderer]

yeah, all fair comment mate, I check them at least once a day. The land I use them on is well out of the way so dogs and cats are very unlikely though I did have a hedgehog once! but that went away unscathed

 

You're right about losing those that you catch, though I think it's foxes round here. But at the end of the day I'm there to keep the numbers down so I'm not too bothered

[Bigbob]

I use snares regularly as well its the only way to control rabbits 24/7 in some situations ,but more and more folk seem to be taking heed of the bad press and want catch alive traps used .I used to snare in the summertime a lot for ferret grub but with the grass growing up to a inch a day you can have problems so i bought 40 kilos of mince for the ferrets and to see if i can cut down on the flys this summer . And if your not checking your snares at first light which can be 4 am just now , by the time you get the rabbits out the wires there all fly eggs underneath .The only good thing is if somebody lifts your snares there a lot cheaper than traps to replace

[fieldwanderer]

Regular user here but it is heart breaking to have the captures being raided by Badgers.

 

There is a quite a few people who do not approve of snares because of the indiscrimate capture (dogs/cats) and a cruelty aspect.

LB

 

Bang on LB,

 

if the LACS want any ammo Snares will keep them busy! not nice and belong in the dark ages with the rack and hangmans noose

 

Missed this one - As has been said, some people don't like it but it's a valid way of doing the job and if it was cruel, it would be banned already! I think it's wrong to criticise what you don't understand, if done properly it's no worse than those shots where a wounded rabbit crawls away (lets face it, it happens to us all occasionally) or even ferreting or long netting.

[lurcherboy]

Regular user here but it is heart breaking to have the captures being raided by Badgers.

 

There is a quite a few people who do not approve of snares because of the indiscrimate capture (dogs/cats) and a cruelty aspect.

LB

 

Bang on LB,

 

if the LACS want any ammo Snares will keep them busy! not nice and belong in the dark ages with the rack and hangmans noose

 

 

I will have to pull you up on that one Pavman, besides, they have enough ammo in us sportsmen killing anything.

 

Snares are often the ONLY way other than gassing in some situations and yes the may belong in the dark ages but sometimes conditions dictate that gun's, ferrets etc. cannot be used safely.

 

It is down to the individual to ensure regular checking of all placings as he/she has a responsability to make sure animal suffering is kept to a absolute minimum.

 

 

 

 

LB

[Bigbob]

How would you guys deal with a load of rabbits coming from land you dont have access to and eating all your farmers crops

[henry d]

Snares are often the ONLY way other than gassing in some situations

 

 

....and gassing is on it`s way out too. Both cymag and phostoxin have been removed from use as they require to be tested and licensed and as that was too costly they are no longer produced, phostox was pretty useless IMHO.

[Cranfield]

How would you guys deal with a load of rabbits coming from land you dont have access to and eating all your farmers crops ???

 

The Farmer should contact the Landowner and make a formal complaint, at which time he also suggests that you are the best rabbit catcher he knows.

 

There is a legal obligation for a Landowner to control vermin on their land, if it affecting a neighbour, they can also be liable for compensation.

I cannot remember the specific Act, but I do remember it was often used by Farmers to extract money from British Railway, when the rabbits came in from the railway embankments.

I can't imagine how much BR spent a year in rabbit fencing and gassing operations.