Here is the way a trail snare should look in this type of enviroment.

Can you find the snare?

If not...and you're looking for it...then that would be my point!
A snare should blend in with it's enviroment.
This snare is off a kill pole , which is hidden in the cedar off to the right of the trail.
Snare is dead center. 14" loop set for coyotes.
Bottom of the loop is 12-14" off the ground.

My trappers I meet do not know how to blend a snare properly...or they just don't take the time!

How long does it take you to set a snare like this?
What kind of anchor are you using?

Nice blending LT!

A 5 ft. 5/8 rerod kill pole.
Snare is "wammy-ed" on No# 9 wire.
The cedar tree is an implant.
My personal trick for hiding 5/8 killpoles.

Here is a 1/16th 1x19 in snow...even painted white, it still will stand out some, unless tightly blocked.
Not enough to matter though..

Do you have any pics of snares in the snow which aren't painted white?

...how many hundred do you want?

This is a 1/8th 7x7 cable!

..something I never use, however just thought I would try it to see how well it would blend with the snow cover.

An experiment, really. 1/8th" cable is like rope to me, as I never even use 3/32nd.

Although it looks like it is right in the middle of the vines, it is not. Just the amgle of the camara.

This is Honeysuckle vine...I use it on many of my snare locations. It stays green all year and the leaves and vines do wonders for hiding a snare..even this large ropey 1/8th, which is really a wolf snare that I set for coyotes.

That blends well. How about without any cover?

This a photo that took almost a year,(to the day) to make.
I had a 1/16th 1x19 snare set in a crawl under.
Came back one day and had...(You guessed it) the tip of a coyote's tail.
It appeared to have made it all the way through and the snare lock closed around the tip of the tail.
Obviously, the coyote got free.

I kept the tip, vowing to catch that coyote. It was a black one, so not hard to recognise, as black coyotes are rare in these parts.

Almost a year to the day, I came up to the same location and there was the black coyote...this time, choked up.
Persistance pays off, I guess!

Photo: (Of both) enclosed!

I need to read before I type

Read above.

Thats a nicer then the way i would have put it.

Not all Livetraps fault...I'm having some problems posting pictures but think I got it sorted out now.

Hey Livetrap,
I heard you'd been under the weather...Hope you're feeling better.

Picture of an old "trap shy" dog coyote taken in 1/16th cable with a Cam lock.
Notice the hind leg.
Although the coyote wasn't using it, it had completely healed over. Hair had grown over the pads on the coyotes foot.

Went from good news, to bad news, to possibly even more bad news. Must be karma.

That's a different post...


Hope you're feeling better soon.

Sorry. I'll let ya know if you want through PM's.

I know. That's probably why I only try and address a handful of members here.

Another late winter coyote in 1x19 1/16th.
Vertical entangement is the key to putting coyotes down quick where you can't use a choke spring.