Snares

[Paul]

I love them and much prefer them to trapping.
Easy to make, efficient, and cheap yet a lot of preppers and survivalists shy away from them. Why is this?

I used them a lot when I was a pest controller for rabbit control mainly but also on squirrel and other bird egg eaters.

I occasionly get an invasion of rats from our neighbour. She owns aviaries and exotic birds which she feeds by chucking in a handful of bird seed everyday. Really good management that and free food for ratty.

I used to rat bait BUT it became so expensive that I resorted back to traps. One shot devices, and sometimes even the trusty fenn trap wouldn't kill out right leaving you with an decidingly unfriendly rat to dispatch.
Problem is even multicatch traps eventually need tipping out and there is nought so aggressive as a trapped rat.

So I reverted to my youth and "dangle and strangle" snares. Now when I check, I often find a cold rat! Nice safe way to 'fish' so to speak.

So how many of you use the 'umble snare still (if at all)?