Great job Sir, it's really great that a Skilled professional is willing to help out ppl. Like me!!! And aren't out to make money off folks that are going to need to feed their families, WHEN They finally destroy our economy. Many Thanks to you!!!
I trap in northwest Missouri and we have to use cable restraints. I use the ADC relaxing locks and ice doesn't stop them. When they hit them ,the ice just flews off. I trap in some pretty ruff weather. With frost over a feet or more , temperatures down to -10 degrees and 35 to 40 miles an hour. And i never have a problem with cables not firing.
Enjoyed you video. I snare fox coming up to lambing time . I position snares where I see fox runs going through sheep wire fences , or runs going through ditches , often within 24 hours I snare one . Much more efficient than shooting even as I sleep snares are working .Thank you for your tips .
I like the wire method because my wife's uniform hangers have a dark tone to them and they are free! Thanks again meat trapper for life. Hope those beavers end up in my snares soon. Delicious meat.
SUCCESS😀I finally got one of two pesky little ground hogs that have been devastating my vegetable garden. It took some adjustments because I hadn't followed your instructions properly ie.,tear drop instead of circular loop, no weathering of the cable, height of loop off the ground,and way too large a circumference. I've seen your videos so many times that I could see my mistakes and therefore figure out the corrections.The plan is to feed it some corn, water it, and do the rest so it can be fricased properly😋Thanks again for all you do. Success is a glorious thing😊
@@Meattrapper beavers are only $11.50 in alberta. Im not a trapper..i hunt though, and always have year round meat. Also garden and chickens and such other self reliance. Im investing in a trapping kit for grandson👍. Hes seven. Hes gonna need it and other survival gear when wshtf. You know it. Learned a ton, many hours ive studied your videos. Well done clear method of teaching. Thanks. I would subscribe..theres lots of political and social peeked interest, but online exposure to cyber banking data is always unnerving and i avoid, as i have set up under my business. Would enjoy to hear your thoughts though im sure. From canada.
Bought a 10 pack of these off amazon and this is the best video i've seen on how to set them up properly. I lost one of my geese to coyote last night here in central New york and i want to put a hurting on them! Thanks.
You have been a really big help. Thank you for all the free information. I didn't want to lose the 4 episodes so I recorded all of them. Much appreciated.
I would like to see you sand and paint/camo those support poles. Then track totals over time. Also dipping your earth anchors in brown Hammerite paint will keep them good for decades. Keep these coming. Thanks for your time and effort.
Great info. I wouldn't have thought the wood stake was secure, but what you said makes sense. (and you know what you are talking about, more importanly). Thanks
Constant 10* Luvving it! egads! So much details and knowledge here. Need to rewind and rewatch and take notes nearly 6x! Excellent teacher and great vid views.
A thousand thanks for the excellent 4 parts video. I have learned so much and so detailed in such a short time with all the facts and information inclusive, once again a big thanks to u!
Your videos have been incredibly helpful to me. I have made a few starter beaver snares I wine trying out this season. If those prove to be successful then I will start looking for better quality things. I have a washer lock and 7*7 3/32 cable
had to order some of those parts, gonna build them with the kiddos this weekend. I think going out and actually catching the animal is gonna be the hard part....
Add a hair trap that's a little piece of wire sticking down from your slip ring with a little crook in the end of that wire. It's meant to catch the hair of your targeted species, and will increase your success rates sometimes by 200%. Best of luck, and remember to be as ethical and kind to the animals who are giving their lives for your food/comfort. Thanks.
will there be any discussions on how to recognize the trails, of s particular game? seems to be almost as important as building and placing the snare. i will keep watching! what a Great Series!
Best instructional videos i have watched. I find myself watching them over and over. One question. Have you ever noticed critters shying away from the white fiberglass support poles?
Michael Seger That's hard to say, animals can definitely tell that a snare is present and will sometimes refuse to enter. Whether or not it's because of the cable or because of the color of the support I cannot know. I do know that my catch rate us high enough that I do not consider it a problem that needs solving. Good question and thanks for watching.
I'll be putting all this to the test on some tasty looking local kangaroos, should work a treat on those big feet of theirs, mate cheers for the lessons!
I heard you mention in one of your videos a certain dvd that dealt with animal sign and behavior, do you remember what the name of that was? Thank you for all of your great instruction.
I have a question concerning Trapping wire. I just bought a spool and it comes wrapped in what looks like oily paper. Do I need to clean or degrease it before I use it? Does it matter if it rust? Our trapping season opens at the end of the month and can't wait to try the snares I've made. I really enjoyed this series. It should enable me to cover a lot more ground a lot cheaper than steel traps. Thanks!
+Jeffrich308 Great question. Some folks just use the wire as is, but I don't like the smell of the grease or it getting all over me. What I usually do is toss the roll of wire in the boiling pot when I'm boiling traps clean. This will remove the grease. You can also take it to the car wash and pressure wash the grease off - or just toss it into the grass and let it sit for 2 weeks until it starts to rust. I like my wire to be mostly free of grease and to have a light coat of rust on it. If you are dipping traps toss the roll into the dip. In short, I try to get the grease off - but I'm not paranoid about it. Hope that helps. Let me know if you have questions and good luck!
+James Reynolds I've had several people mention that. I have painted them a light brown this season to see if it makes a difference. I've always had good luck with them as is. Another worry is that after a catch the rods are usually scattered about - so a green or brown color will make them a lot harder to find. But we'll see. One thing I have started doing is pushing the rod all the way under water and just have the support wire sticking up. Good comment! Thanks for watching!
I noticed that the lock is behind the loop,- shouldn't it be at the top - so that it will fall down on the animal ? ( loaded) I would think the animal will feel the pressure from the wire ? or does it only to be loaded on smaller animals ?
tinkergene I can tell you are watching! I load my snares so they will fire hard when pressure is applied by the animal. If I placed the lock at the top the snare would fire from the wind blowing or a casual side touch. As you can see everything depends. A non loaded snare in a non windy location could be set at the top position. hope this makes sense. If not you can email me at meattrapper@gmail.com for a better explanation.
Hello, I'm also from Alabama. My dad and I were talking the other day. We are both wanting to get back into trapping, we haven't since I was a kid. He thought snares were illegal on land here in Alabama and I said they weren't but I haven't found any proof to show him yet?
jerome pace Snares are illegal on land in Alabama. They are legal in water. I trap in several States, so I show methods that may not be legal in every State. Your Dad is right.
If the ground is soft, yes. In soft mud I pull and reuse them all the time. Sometimes, if the ground is solid I cannot pull them and just have to cut the cable and abandon them.
The Meat Trapper Sounds good, last week was scary and folks need to study up on this sort of thing, and you're the teacher to learn from. Very good tutorials, unbeatable!
I have the same fiberglass rod inside the top of my 35 foot whippy fiberglass tubing ham radio antenna, stiffening it up. I have mentioned to others about a bamboo dowel rod (bendable, springy, and tension resistant tough) fire bow and drill set. This might provide you some springiness (with the various dimensions sold below), for spring traps. www.mastergardenproducts.com/bamboodowel.htm Rot resistant, bamboo is hard (Janka wood hardness) only surpassed by hickory/pecan. You mention the wood stake and moisture expansion securing the stake into the ground This can be the same for bamboo dowels. Can also have wood notches for wrapping snare wire around the shaft vs smooth fiberglass dowel shaft. Potentially lighter carrry weight as well. Just a thought.
+david gillenwater You know - you are right! Funny how I can do a whole series and forget to cover that. I need to do an extra episode to talk about that. Thanks for pointing that out.
i can't say for each state about law. so that isn't what this is about. with that said, do you think it ethical to snare deer. whether you do or not, how would you go about doing it. specifically in a emergency life and death status. big game snaring.
dale myers Personally I do believe it is ethical to snare a deer. Here in Alabama the DNR will issue depredation permits to farmers who are suffering crop losses and deer can be killed at any time by almost any method. Of course in a survival situation anything goes. I am thinking about doing a series on "poaching" or survival trapping (including snaring deer). What do you think? Do you think people would realize it's for educational purposes or do you think they would be outraged at me? I value your opinion and appreciate your thoughts.
blatantly post, this is a simulation for emergency use or under certain circumstances on private property. as for the reaction of viewers. i don't scroll thru you comments. so i don't know about trolls jumping up and down about trapping videos. but in a perfect world they wouldn't exist. lol... i can only think of some of the content that could be in it. like cable sizing for big game, heights, loop sizing, hiding the cable if necessary, loop sizing for taking a big rack buck; having a trail cam would offer info on how big a loop it would take. if the loop is to small you would end up with a misfire or having a hangup in the bucks rack. i've thought about setting up a trigger to spook the deer once they began eating a bait. then figure a funnel director guiding the deer into the snare like a coral and shoot at a stock yard. maybe i'm taking this to far. but i was thinking of contingencies. like that of a special forces tactics in directing the reactions of the deer. to gain an advantage. because i see the deer stepping over a vine to gain access to a bait. the trigger being a deer sucker or something comparable tied to a spring/tree and a stump. when the sucker breaks the tree whips upward and startles the deer. so when the trigger is set off. natural fight or flight kicks in and what's in the way would be forgotten and not step over the bottom of the loop. taring thru and snaring the deer's neck. this is probably me over thinking things again.
dale myers Excellent thoughts and I appreciate them. I ban users daily on this channel. It's amazing how the anti's threaten to kill me and my family, hope that I burn in hell , etc. I never try to argue with them - I just delete the comments and ban them. Interesting idea about provoking a reaction in the animal to guide them into a specific direction. I've never considered that. I'm also thinking about a "trapping as booby traps" series in a grid down/guerrilla warfare situation. I have to walk a fine line given the nature of our country these days. I may have to make the series available for download on my website for a small fee and just post trailers and previews on TH-cam, as it's pretty easy to get your channel deleted for politically incorrect subjects. Take care buddy and stay tuned.
well thanks for listening. and as for them talking about physically harming you and yours. they might want to think better. being you trap things. tatter on.
Faut avoir du temps à perdre et en plus une crampe de métal clouer à l' arbre sa aurais été plus simple de percer seullement un trouve à l arbre et rentrer ta broche c est simple et rapide et sa ne va pas affecté l'arbre si tu fait sa a tout les endroit sa sera pas long que les arbres vont subir une mortalité.
Great job Sir, it's really great that a Skilled professional is willing to help out ppl. Like me!!! And aren't out to make money off folks that are going to need to feed their families, WHEN They finally destroy our economy.
Many Thanks to you!!!
Absolutely valuable information for a first time snare trapper like me. Thank you so much.
hi friend, I'm from Russia, I catch beaver constantly, I love your videos, thank you, you're my teacher, I respect you. more videos about the snare
I trap in northwest Missouri and we have to use cable restraints. I use the ADC relaxing locks and ice doesn't stop them. When they hit them ,the ice just flews off. I trap in some pretty ruff weather. With frost over a feet or more , temperatures down to -10 degrees and 35 to 40 miles an hour. And i never have a problem with cables not firing.
Enjoyed you video. I snare fox coming up to lambing time . I position snares where I see fox runs going through sheep wire fences , or runs going through ditches , often within 24 hours I snare one . Much more efficient than shooting even as I sleep snares are working .Thank you for your tips .
I like the wire method because my wife's uniform hangers have a dark tone to them and they are free! Thanks again meat trapper for life. Hope those beavers end up in my snares soon. Delicious meat.
Excellent tips thanks for sharing
Thanks for this video and all the past videos that I have failed to comment on. You are a great teacher.
***** Thank you very much for the kind words. And thanks for watching!
SUCCESS😀I finally got one of two pesky little ground hogs that have been devastating my vegetable garden. It took some adjustments because I hadn't followed your instructions properly ie.,tear drop instead of circular loop, no weathering of the cable, height of loop off the ground,and way too large a circumference. I've seen your videos so many times that I could see my mistakes and therefore figure out the corrections.The plan is to feed it some corn, water it, and do the rest so it can be fricased properly😋Thanks again for all you do. Success is a glorious thing😊
Lawrence Robinson Great job!! And they are very good eating!
@@Meattrapper beavers are only $11.50 in alberta.
Im not a trapper..i hunt though, and always have year round meat. Also garden and chickens and such other self reliance.
Im investing in a trapping kit for grandson👍. Hes seven. Hes gonna need it and other survival gear when wshtf. You know it. Learned a ton, many hours ive studied your videos. Well done clear method of teaching. Thanks. I would subscribe..theres lots of political and social peeked interest, but online exposure to cyber banking data is always unnerving and i avoid, as i have set up under my business.
Would enjoy to hear your thoughts though im sure.
From canada.
you and wolfernation are doing a great service to the community.
John River Thank you sir, that really means a lot to me.
that twisted wire thing is very cool. Good video
What a teacher!
You are a natural born trapper.
Bought a 10 pack of these off amazon and this is the best video i've seen on how to set them up properly. I lost one of my geese to coyote last night here in central New york and i want to put a hurting on them! Thanks.
Awesome man, thanks so much for putting this together!
You have been a really big help. Thank you for all the free information. I didn't want to lose the 4 episodes so I recorded all of them. Much appreciated.
You're an excellent teacher.
chip bryant Thank you sir.
great demos,thanks for taking the time to share it with us.
very useful for my challenges. You have saved me a huge amount of time and for free! thanks so much for taking the time to create this.
Thanks for your help with this. Im new to trapping and you have helped me enormously. Keep up the good work
Love this video series! Thanks so much! I’m already changing my current set up so hoping to catch something soon.
Set my 1st snare today 20 june '18. I'm pretty confident in a catch. Thanks man for all you do.😎
Awesome! Keep me posted on how it goes!
How's the trappin' goin' ?
I would like to see you sand and paint/camo those support poles. Then track totals over time. Also dipping your earth anchors in brown Hammerite paint will keep them good for decades. Keep these coming. Thanks for your time and effort.
I use Coat hangers for support. Works Great
Most useful andWELL worth my time, started me thinking different.
I'VE LEARNED MORE IN THE PAST 20 MINUTES THAN I HAVE IN THE LAST 6 MONTH. THANK YOU. GONNA STEAL AND USE THESE. GOD BLESS
contreeman Go right ahead my friend!
Great info. I wouldn't have thought the wood stake was secure, but what you said makes sense. (and you know what you are talking about, more importanly). Thanks
Brilliant video, I have been sharing your Snare School videos with everyone I know. Thanks for putting these out there for others to learn.
Constant 10* Luvving it! egads! So much details and knowledge here. Need to rewind and rewatch and take notes nearly 6x! Excellent teacher and great vid views.
A thousand thanks for the excellent 4 parts video. I have learned so much and so detailed in such a short time with all the facts and information inclusive, once again a big thanks to u!
Thank you very much for watching! I'm glad it was useful!
New to trapping and I do have someone helping me out, but this video I found very informative. Thanks
Just the help I need. Subscribed and many thanks.
Great video series. Keep them coming
This is brilliant. I'm hooked
Love your videos! Very informative especially for a new trapper like myself!
I really enjoyed your snare series
Very good information sir, I'm new to this
EXCELLENT VIDEO! It was very clear and concise and chock full of GREAT information! Thanks for sharing my friend. :-)
Great series and great for survival mode
Your videos have been incredibly helpful to me. I have made a few starter beaver snares I wine trying out this season. If those prove to be successful then I will start looking for better quality things. I have a washer lock and 7*7 3/32 cable
had to order some of those parts, gonna build them with the kiddos this weekend. I think going out and actually catching the animal is gonna be the hard part....
thanks, this helped me with my english project,
Great series 👍
Add a hair trap that's a little piece of wire sticking down from your slip ring with a little crook in the end of that wire. It's meant to catch the hair of your targeted species, and will increase your success rates sometimes by 200%.
Best of luck, and remember to be as ethical and kind to the animals who are giving their lives for your food/comfort. Thanks.
Thank you very much Sir. Excellent educational videos.
Thank you for watching!
will there be any discussions on how to recognize the trails, of s particular game?
seems to be almost as important as building and placing the snare.
i will keep watching!
what a Great Series!
Best instructional videos i have watched. I find myself watching them over and over. One question. Have you ever noticed critters shying away from the white fiberglass support poles?
Michael Seger That's hard to say, animals can definitely tell that a snare is present and will sometimes refuse to enter. Whether or not it's because of the cable or because of the color of the support I cannot know. I do know that my catch rate us high enough that I do not consider it a problem that needs solving. Good question and thanks for watching.
Think i will camo a couple up and see if its any difference. Once again great informative videos you put up. Thanks a bunch
Great job and thanks for sharing.
0 dislikes, gotta love that. Thanks for the vid.
yearginclarke lol Gotta be first!
I'll be putting all this to the test on some tasty looking local kangaroos, should work a treat on those big feet of theirs, mate cheers for the lessons!
I heard you mention in one of your videos a certain dvd that dealt with animal sign and behavior, do you remember what the name of that was? Thank you for all of your great instruction.
I have a question concerning Trapping wire. I just bought a spool and it comes wrapped in what looks like oily paper. Do I need to clean or degrease it before I use it? Does it matter if it rust? Our trapping season opens at the end of the month and can't wait to try the snares I've made. I really enjoyed this series. It should enable me to cover a lot more ground a lot cheaper than steel traps. Thanks!
+Jeffrich308 Great question. Some folks just use the wire as is, but I don't like the smell of the grease or it getting all over me. What I usually do is toss the roll of wire in the boiling pot when I'm boiling traps clean. This will remove the grease. You can also take it to the car wash and pressure wash the grease off - or just toss it into the grass and let it sit for 2 weeks until it starts to rust. I like my wire to be mostly free of grease and to have a light coat of rust on it. If you are dipping traps toss the roll into the dip. In short, I try to get the grease off - but I'm not paranoid about it. Hope that helps. Let me know if you have questions and good luck!
Thanks!
Great practical show...but where are results? Theory only?
Jerry SEER You might to check out some of the other 200 plus videos to see some results.
Oh yeah used a coat hanger a few times i called it MacGyver snare
What would keep him from just walking around it ?
The wire is pretty thin and usually covered with dirt to make it less visible. If they don't see it, they get caught.
Greetings once again. I was wondering the same thing as Mr. Gillenwater. Also, do you ever need to paint the white support rod?
+James Reynolds I've had several people mention that. I have painted them a light brown this season to see if it makes a difference. I've always had good luck with them as is. Another worry is that after a catch the rods are usually scattered about - so a green or brown color will make them a lot harder to find. But we'll see. One thing I have started doing is pushing the rod all the way under water and just have the support wire sticking up. Good comment! Thanks for watching!
I noticed that the lock is behind the loop,- shouldn't it be at the top - so that it will fall down on the animal ? ( loaded) I would think the animal will feel the pressure from the wire ? or does it only to be loaded on smaller animals ?
tinkergene I can tell you are watching! I load my snares so they will fire hard when pressure is applied by the animal. If I placed the lock at the top the snare would fire from the wind blowing or a casual side touch. As you can see everything depends. A non loaded snare in a non windy location could be set at the top position. hope this makes sense. If not you can email me at meattrapper@gmail.com for a better explanation.
Hello, I'm also from Alabama. My dad and I were talking the other day. We are both wanting to get back into trapping, we haven't since I was a kid. He thought snares were illegal on land here in Alabama and I said they weren't but I haven't found any proof to show him yet?
jerome pace Snares are illegal on land in Alabama. They are legal in water. I trap in several States, so I show methods that may not be legal in every State. Your Dad is right.
The Meat Trapper thank you very much!! I really enjoy your videos!! Keep up the great work!!!
Very nice sir
very darned good liked!
Very good and snaire
Can I pull a earth anchor out of the ground without breaking it?
If the ground is soft, yes. In soft mud I pull and reuse them all the time. Sometimes, if the ground is solid I cannot pull them and just have to cut the cable and abandon them.
The Meat Trapper I'm only 13 and I was wondering what should I do to get started snaring?
Watch this: th-cam.com/video/hQ5t2eSJdKU/w-d-xo.html
Good Info, Thanks!
By the way, are there anymore videos coming in this series?
+Parrot Bill I haven't decided yet Bill - thinking about doing one more talking about deer stops, breakaway devices, etc.
The Meat Trapper
Sounds good, last week was scary and folks need to study up on this sort of thing, and you're the teacher to learn from. Very good tutorials, unbeatable!
I have the same fiberglass rod inside the top of my 35 foot whippy fiberglass tubing ham radio antenna, stiffening it up. I have mentioned to others about a bamboo dowel rod (bendable, springy, and tension resistant tough) fire bow and drill set. This might provide you some springiness (with the various dimensions sold below), for spring traps.
www.mastergardenproducts.com/bamboodowel.htm
Rot resistant, bamboo is hard (Janka wood hardness) only surpassed by hickory/pecan. You mention the wood stake and moisture expansion securing the stake into the ground This can be the same for bamboo dowels. Can also have wood notches for wrapping snare wire around the shaft vs smooth fiberglass dowel shaft. Potentially lighter carrry weight as well.
Just a thought.
John Lord Man, you are smarter than me! Making the twisted wire, using the electric drill was total genius.
Bend that up just a hare 15:14
Some wear gloves when setting up and do you believe it really matters ?
No.
One thing you have not cover is how high off the ground for each snare be. TKS.
+david gillenwater You know - you are right! Funny how I can do a whole series and forget to cover that. I need to do an extra episode to talk about that. Thanks for pointing that out.
we all get old. I enjoy them all
+The Meat Trapper hurry up lol
i can't say for each state about law. so that isn't what this is about. with that said, do you think it ethical to snare deer. whether you do or not, how would you go about doing it. specifically in a emergency life and death status. big game snaring.
dale myers Personally I do believe it is ethical to snare a deer. Here in Alabama the DNR will issue depredation permits to farmers who are suffering crop losses and deer can be killed at any time by almost any method. Of course in a survival situation anything goes.
I am thinking about doing a series on "poaching" or survival trapping (including snaring deer). What do you think? Do you think people would realize it's for educational purposes or do you think they would be outraged at me?
I value your opinion and appreciate your thoughts.
blatantly post, this is a simulation for emergency use or under certain circumstances on private property. as for the reaction of viewers. i don't scroll thru you comments. so i don't know about trolls jumping up and down about trapping videos. but in a perfect world they wouldn't exist. lol...
i can only think of some of the content that could be in it. like cable sizing for big game, heights, loop sizing, hiding the cable if necessary, loop sizing for taking a big rack buck; having a trail cam would offer info on how big a loop it would take. if the loop is to small you would end up with a misfire or having a hangup in the bucks rack.
i've thought about setting up a trigger to spook the deer once they began eating a bait. then figure a funnel director guiding the deer into the snare like a coral and shoot at a stock yard.
maybe i'm taking this to far. but i was thinking of contingencies. like that of a special forces tactics in directing the reactions of the deer. to gain an advantage. because i see the deer stepping over a vine to gain access to a bait. the trigger being a deer sucker or something comparable tied to a spring/tree and a stump. when the sucker breaks the tree whips upward and startles the deer. so when the trigger is set off. natural fight or flight kicks in and what's in the way would be forgotten and not step over the bottom of the loop. taring thru and snaring the deer's neck. this is probably me over thinking things again.
dale myers Excellent thoughts and I appreciate them.
I ban users daily on this channel. It's amazing how the anti's threaten to kill me and my family, hope that I burn in hell , etc. I never try to argue with them - I just delete the comments and ban them.
Interesting idea about provoking a reaction in the animal to guide them into a specific direction. I've never considered that.
I'm also thinking about a "trapping as booby traps" series in a grid down/guerrilla warfare situation. I have to walk a fine line given the nature of our country these days. I may have to make the series available for download on my website for a small fee and just post trailers and previews on TH-cam, as it's pretty easy to get your channel deleted for politically incorrect subjects.
Take care buddy and stay tuned.
well thanks for listening. and as for them talking about physically harming you and yours. they might want to think better. being you trap things. tatter on.
Faut avoir du temps à perdre et en plus une crampe de métal clouer à l' arbre sa aurais été plus simple de percer seullement un trouve à l arbre et rentrer ta broche c est simple et rapide et sa ne va pas affecté l'arbre si tu fait sa a tout les endroit sa sera pas long que les arbres vont subir une mortalité.