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#557343 - 02/02/08 08:32 PM Questions on snare building?
Great Big Online   content
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Registered: 09/04/07
Posts: 209
Loc: Athens, Ohio
Started snaring recently and would like to try and make some. How much savings is there?

What kind of lock do you like and why. In Ohio we have to have a relaxing lock. What styles are considered relaxing?

Do the small S-hooks really work to prevent harm to deer?

Do you always swivel the end or is a loop enough??

What locks would you stay away from>

Thank you.
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#557571 - 02/02/08 09:49 PM Re: Questions on snare building? [Re: Great Big]
dbljaw Offline
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Registered: 01/20/07
Posts: 737
Loc: Ole Ms....41 yr old


for a relaxing lock this is what I use,homemade.




this is a 1/16th loaded snare for fox showing how cable is threaded through the existing hole in the washer, I set for entanglement,but my "locks" are legal.
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#557585 - 02/02/08 09:52 PM Re: Questions on snare building? [Re: dbljaw]
dbljaw Offline
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Registered: 01/20/07
Posts: 737
Loc: Ole Ms....41 yr old
Cmon Jayme,post some links for this new to snaring feller. Been so long I dont recall how to post links.LOL
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#557597 - 02/02/08 09:56 PM Re: Questions on snare building? [Re: dbljaw]
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Registered: 12/25/06
Posts: 4445
Loc: Iowa
Started snaring recently and would like to try and make some. How much savings is there? Lots if you are using reused parts, not so much if you buy all your components new. I recommend buying pre-made then after a year or two of saving the parts, build your own.

What kind of lock do you like and why. In Ohio we have to have a relaxing lock. What styles are considered relaxing? Any washer lock will be OK I'm sure. Probably slim locks and any non-mechanical locks but I'm NOT sure.

Do the small S-hooks really work to prevent harm to deer? Yes they will release leg caught deer, probably most bigger neck caught ones as well.

Do you always swivel the end or is a loop enough? I always swivel all my snares except ones set in fences and on killpoles.

What locks would you stay away from? Snare shops Penny Locks

Thank you. You're welcome.

Cmon Jayme,post some links for this new to snaring feller. Been so long I dont recall how to post links.LOL Here you go... http://jayme220.proboards53.com/index.cgi?board=archive7&action=display&thread=1187482627


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Edited by ADC (02/02/08 09:59 PM)
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#557607 - 02/02/08 09:59 PM Re: Questions on snare building? [Re: Great Big]
woodsmoke Offline
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Registered: 10/07/07
Posts: 155
Loc: eastern N,C.
FOR 3/64 7x7 mink/rat and cat snares i like the BMI mini& have just made up some with the micro lock and like the results thus far.next the 1X19 1/16 loaded with a slim lock with an in line swivel and an extn.cable,I also use 3/32 7x7 with a Richart loc with a inline swvl. for beaver at times.If not on a drowning rig i like to have a 10'rig(min.)
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Edited by woodsmoke (02/02/08 10:06 PM)

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#557675 - 02/02/08 10:16 PM Re: Questions on snare building? [Re: ADC]
dbljaw Offline
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Registered: 01/20/07
Posts: 737
Loc: Ole Ms....41 yr old
Thank you sir,for all the information you have shared freely with everyone.
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#557702 - 02/02/08 10:32 PM Re: Questions on snare building? [Re: dbljaw]
possum skinner Offline
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Registered: 12/25/06
Posts: 2393
Loc: Virginia 38 - act 10 - feel 68
the slim lock aint a relaxing lock ... it locks and doesn't back off ... unless it's been used numerous times or the lil tab has been pryed open ever so slightly

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#557966 - 02/03/08 06:14 AM Re: Questions on snare building? [Re: possum skinner]
Newt Offline
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Registered: 12/26/06
Posts: 1179
Loc: Port Republic NJ/ ChocowinityN...
Possum Skinner, The Political Correct turm "Relaxing Lock" DOES NOT mean that they back up.
A "RELAXING LOCK" Stops closing when the animal stops pulling
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#557979 - 02/03/08 06:39 AM Re: Questions on snare building? [Re: Newt]
MJM Offline
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Registered: 12/25/06
Posts: 813
Loc: ND
Newt
Don't all locks stop closing when the animal stops pulling? How can a snare keep closing if nothng is pulling to tighten it? A lock may drop on a loaded snare but will stop when it comes in contact with hair. When the animal pulls it tightens up in my mind.
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#558459 - 02/03/08 12:10 PM Re: Questions on snare building? [Re: Newt]
possum skinner Offline
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Registered: 12/25/06
Posts: 2393
Loc: Virginia 38 - act 10 - feel 68
 Originally Posted By: Newt
Possum Skinner, The Politcal Crect turm "Relaxing Lock" DOES NOT mean that they back up.
A "RELAXING LOCK" Stops closing when the animal stops pulling


well there ya go ... you know better than to even assume i got a mere ounce of political correctness in me ... you been drinkin that carolina water aint ya ... i know ya got a swallow one day ... straight out of chocowinity creek wont it??? ... lol \:D
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#559763 - 02/03/08 11:57 PM Re: Questions on snare building? [Re: possum skinner]
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Registered: 12/25/06
Posts: 4445
Loc: Iowa
ha ha, Newt took my side. \:D

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#559812 - 02/04/08 03:37 AM Re: Questions on snare building? [Re: ADC]
possum skinner Offline
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Registered: 12/25/06
Posts: 2393
Loc: Virginia 38 - act 10 - feel 68
Oh well, I kinda like defining it by "what it does" ... but that's just me ;\)

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ha ha, Newt took my side


"SIDES" ... sheeeeeesh ... it's a school night ... get your homework done then you can come back and play on the computer ... lol ;\)
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#559820 - 02/04/08 05:39 AM Re: Questions on snare building? [Re: possum skinner]
Newt Offline
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Registered: 12/26/06
Posts: 1179
Loc: Port Republic NJ/ ChocowinityN...
MJM, Yep!!!!! Your right as I said "Political Correct"
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#559875 - 02/04/08 07:14 AM Re: Questions on snare building? [Re: Newt]
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Registered: 02/05/07
Posts: 517
Loc: Canada
We use killikg snares here and I make my own . I buy the 1/16 snare wire and buy the lead wire to attach to the snare . The rest I make . I make the furrels out of 14 ga. electric fenceing wire . I bought 1/4 mile for less than 20 bucks .I use a bicycle spoke about 4 or 5 inckes long in the drill and slowly wrap the wire on the spoke I put the end of the spoke in a snall hole in a peice of 2 x 4 held in the vice .This holds the spoke stable so the wire will wrap around it . .This makes a long strip of furrels . Then I just cut the disired length with my pliers .That makes the furrel for the end of the snare at the lock .I use an 8 inc peice of 5/16 rod to make the furrel to join the snare to the lead . I make my locks fron a nickle . The 90 degree locks are $.25 ea. so I save $.20 there . Snare furrels are $.15 I have a 1/4 mile of them . In this neck of the woods the premade snares will cost #18.00 A doz . I get 3 doz for 20 bucks . I would say it is definately cheaper to make my own . That's the cat snares . The coyot snares I'll get 2 1/2 doz . The snares are a bit larger . I made my own snares for years . Part of the enjoyment of trapping .
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#559877 - 02/04/08 07:16 AM Re: Questions on snare building? [Re: Newt]
TexA Offline
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Registered: 12/24/06
Posts: 2079
Loc: Estherville, IA
When using just about any kind/brand of lock that is made by bending some sort of metal into a "L" or similar configuration, they all pretty much operate on the same principal. One part of the lock grips onto the cable when pressure is put onto the cable in the other direction, especially after that particular lock had been used before.

They all tighten when something pulls on them.

They all loosen a little bit (most of the time) when the pulling stops.

IF... a snare tightens down because of a good hard JERK on the non-anchored end and the cable is long enough to allow the animal to jerk hard enough, USUALLY, the cable will kink at or near that spot where minimum loop diameter happened to be. THAT will keep the lock from sliding back down the cable, even if the critter stops pulling on it.

The only snare-type that won't relax is the SNARE THAT HAS A DISPATCH SPRING ON IT & A CAM-TYPE LOCK. The spring is pushing the other direction and the cam-lock will not (should not) move back up the snares' cable. Quick Dispatch is the end result. AND if there was enough initial energy exerted on the closing end of the cable, neither type of lock should RELAX very much.

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I Agree with Possum Skinner! ha! ha! It MUST be in the water!
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