6 Deadly Survival Hunting Traps With Instructions!

 

4.  Peg Snare

This is an easy snare to set and you can have it as a bait activated trap or just with motion.

You’ll need a spring pole, a peg driven into the ground, a snare line with noose, a peg to act as a trigger, and maybe some bait.

Carve a hook near the top of your peg and drive it deep into the ground. If you had a saw of some kind, you could also saw off the top of a standing bush or sapling. This woody plant and its extensive root system will provide an exceptional anchor for your trap, which is especially valuable in sandy soils where pegs and stakes are often yanked out of the ground by the spring pole. After you set your ground peg, carve a matching hook in your trigger peg, which will grab onto the hook in your ground peg. Tie your snare line to the spring pole and tie the trigger peg into the line. Make sure you tie the knot on the trigger peg on the side of the peg you have cut the hook into. Tying the line elsewhere on the peg will pull the trigger at an odd angle and you’ll never set the trap. You can attach bait to the trigger peg with the noose hanging around the baited part. Or you can set the noose in a trail near the peg trigger.

 

 

5.  Drowning Snare:

This is an incredibly easy snare to put together and means that the animal dies pretty quickly.  In cold weather this is a great trap as it means the animal is preserved longer with the chill.  Also other animals wont be getting it for their dinner.  You need a heavy rock, a float stick, the snare line which has a noose, and a stick to prop the rock up.

To make this trap, simply tie the snare line to the rock, leaving a length of line free to tie the float. Set the noose in a run or slide that is heading straight into the water. Prop up the rock so that it will fall if the noose is tugged. You can also tie the prop stick in line on the snare line. The animal pulls the rock in after them, drowning. The float lets you see where the rock and animal are located underwater.

 

6.  Squirrel Pole Snare

If you have been into catching squirrels you will know that they love short cuts so this trap is built for that quirk.  You will need a 4-6 foot pole about as big as your arm and it needs to look natural so dont carve it all up.  If it has a fork at one end that will make it easier when you pin it against a tree or in the ground.  It just makes it not move or twist.  Cover this pole with small wire snare loops.

Begin making wire snare loops from 2-foot lengths of 22- or 24-gauge wire. Make the noose loops just under three inches in diameter, and zig-zag the wire between the pole and the loop to give you some slack. Twist these snares around the pole, and place them all over the squirrel pole. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket by just using two or three snare loops. Put a dozen or more on the pole, with some on the top and some on the sides. Now, pin the squirrel pole against a tree that has squirrel sign around it, or especially one with a squirrel nest in its branches.

 

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