Post by Snareman on Feb 11, 2005 16:54:56 GMT -5
The otter and beaver had a crossing point between two bodies of water. Since I like to use snares, that's often my tool of choice. This spot would have been excellent for a 220 bodygrip trap blended for otter, but the larger beaver sometimes have a habit of trying to crawl over them on land.
I broke one of my own rules here as I often like to set a snare for a specific target and when I hang a snare for a beaver or otter, the snare dimensions are different. In the pic below, I made it for otter, but had the loop a little larger than I like for otter at almost 7". Snare loop was about 4 1/4" high here. I set snare a little larger in case a beaver got there before the otter. If you have an otter snare too large and it's too low, you'll body catch... which is NOT good for snaring them as they could twist out easier. For otter snaring, I target the neck only. I was going to use a different snare as something got into it briefly and pulled it shut. I had to rework the snare on the spot and just reset it.
If you notice the photo above, look to the upper left corner and you will see where I pounded a long trap stake into the ground and it's sticking up. This is a tangle stake. The plan was to catch an otter and have him wrap on that stake to asphyxiate. The thicker stick besides that was the pole I attached the support wire to which also acted as a guide. The trail was too wide so I added some grass in to narrow the spot and to blend snare. The grass sticking up on the right was not there before I set snare.
Snareman
I broke one of my own rules here as I often like to set a snare for a specific target and when I hang a snare for a beaver or otter, the snare dimensions are different. In the pic below, I made it for otter, but had the loop a little larger than I like for otter at almost 7". Snare loop was about 4 1/4" high here. I set snare a little larger in case a beaver got there before the otter. If you have an otter snare too large and it's too low, you'll body catch... which is NOT good for snaring them as they could twist out easier. For otter snaring, I target the neck only. I was going to use a different snare as something got into it briefly and pulled it shut. I had to rework the snare on the spot and just reset it.
If you notice the photo above, look to the upper left corner and you will see where I pounded a long trap stake into the ground and it's sticking up. This is a tangle stake. The plan was to catch an otter and have him wrap on that stake to asphyxiate. The thicker stick besides that was the pole I attached the support wire to which also acted as a guide. The trail was too wide so I added some grass in to narrow the spot and to blend snare. The grass sticking up on the right was not there before I set snare.
Snareman
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