How to Snare a Rabbit

Knowing how to snare a rabbit can be useful for pest control or for ensuring that you have a tastey meal waiting for you at home once you’ve finished work. It is a fairly simple procedure, however snares need to be checked twice a day in order to claim your catch before any other predator does- you have a responsibility to do this to prevent unnecessary suffering.

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Steps

1- Find a rabbit trail or rabbit track and locate the narrowest point on the trail. If there isn’t a particularly narrow point, artificially create one with branches etc.

2- Set a sturdy branch. Perhaps cut a sharpened branch off of the foliage and drive in into the ground so that it crosses over the narrow part of the trail.

3- Set a loop. With a strong piece of string, or better still, wire, create a small loop at one end with a regular knot, then pull the centre of the rest of the string through the loop enough that you have a larger 4 inch diameter loop (wire will hold its shape better).

4- Tie the other end of the string to the sturdy branch so that the large loop is about 3-4 inches off of the ground.

5- Should you be using flimsier string, hold the loop open with very thin twigs that will come loose and/or snap should the snare be triggered.

6- Block the rest of the path off to better funnel the rabbit towards the snare.

7- Check the snare twice a day and be sure to kill the rabbit as quickly and humanely as possible by snapping its neck.

Tips

Prepare the snare to be effective from both sides of the path- rabbits don’t just go one way around a track!

Check the legislation on trapping and killing rabbits for your local area before setting any snares- ignorance does not qualify as a legal defence.