My snare

I found some 12-gauge, copper wire around my house, so I decided to use it for something. I stripped the insulation off and separated 4 individual strands. After coiling all but 6" of each strand, I took all 4 and tied an overhand knot at one end. I then clamped the knot to a bookcase and proceeded to braid it. Every little while I would uncoil a little bit each time. If it is hard to picture, just think about a really tall "P" that is upside down. The circular part is my coil, and the stick is the part that gets shorter as the braid gets longer. When the loose ends got short, I made a loop out of them by twisting the end until there was about an inch of wire left. I looped the twisted part and used the ends to tie it off.

Whew!(wipes brow)

That's alot in one breath! Very Happy

The completed snare is over a yard long and very tightly braided. Smile

No pics.

I learned how to do a four-strand braid in my Handbook of Knots. It even shows how to do a five or six strand braid! Cool

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Sounds cool flash Very Happy

I tried to braid four strands once but had no luck at all Confused

eric

It's not as hard as it looks. That's easy for me to say because I know what I'm doing. Razz

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The only thing about braiding that I don't like is if the snare is too rigid it may be less likely to "trip" or close, and may also be more likely to loosen up. I just use "snare wire", I am unsure of the guage, but it sells for a doller a roll (about 10 feet of wire). The upside down P sounds the same as the snares I make, only instead of tie'n a knot in one end of the wire I merely fold one end back on itself make'n a loup approx 1/2" big which I then spin to make the loup much smaller and super strong. I have had rabbits tear a snare off a tree (I attach the snares to stocks about 3 feet long and an inch thick and then that stick to the trees) but found the rabbit maby 10 feet away. It had dragg'd the stick (with the snare around it's neck) as far as it could untill the stick became wedged between two more trees. Needless to say, the loup was strong enough to keep the snare closed. Your method would defonatly work too (tie'n a knot), however in the cold (which is when I snare, winter time) it may be harder to tie a knot rather then spin a loup. To each their own, just givin an alternitive.

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Good info. Daffy Very Happy

I think I'm going to try snaring some rabbits this winter Very Happy

eric

If you do, prepair y ourself for a reallly smelly skinning procedure. If they spend the night out in the cold they freeze and are very stiff and smell very VERY bad lol.

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	Daffy wrote:
	The upside down P sounds the same as the snares I make, only instead of tie'n a knot in one end of the wire I merely fold one end back on itself make'n a loup approx 1/2" big which I then spin to make the loup much smaller and super strong.

Well, I didn't exactly tie it. Smile

It's more of a push through-twist around kind of scenario. Surprised

When there is a few inches left, I twist all the strands together until it is as long as I want my loop to be round. Then I take what's left and stick it through a gap in the braid. The twisted part is in a loop, and the other part is sticking out the other side of the braid. Now I bring two wires on this side of the braid and two on the other side. Like this : ll l ll. I bring them together, twist a few times, then bend to the other side and do the same.

Get it? Very Happy

Sorry if I deceived you by saying "tie it off". Smile

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Ok, thanks Very Happy

Say it was -25C (-13F), how many hour do you have before it would freeze?

eric