How to build a snare trap

Learning to build a snare trap is a basic survival skill. You can never predict what circumstances can leave you in the desert with nothing more than your ingenuity and survival skills . Knowing how to make a trap will allow you to capture food in situations where you do not have a hunting weapon, or in situations where a firearm is not desirable. A series of well placed traps can produce more food than a hunter can get by shooting by traditional means. If you're the type that likes to be prepared, you should know how to create a snare trap .

• Wood sticks
• Wire
• Mud
• Loose sticks

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Analyze your environment Carefully, walk around, looking for signs of animals in the area. Look for clues, footprints or animal droppings. Do not leave any sign that you are in the area. Digging holes, breaking green branches or disturbing the vegetation will signal to the animals that you are in the area. you want them to be confident, not on alert.

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Identify what kind of animals you can hunt . You can know what types of animals are found in the area based on their tracks, excrement and visual cues. It is important to know what kind of animal is going to fall into your trap, so that you can adjust the size of the trap. A trap designed to capture rabbits, for example, will have to be a bit larger than one designed to catch squirrels.

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Identify the key areas where the animals are active. The animals usually have three main areas where they return often - a watering hole, a place to eat and a place to sleep, with clear clues to connect all three. These are the places where the snare traps are going to be built .

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Stick a stake into the ground . Any big club will make a good participation, as long as it is strong enough to stand being hit on the ground. Use a large, flat stone like a hammer. The stake should be driven far enough so that the fighting animal can not pull it up.

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Tie one end of a wire around. Any material with cable will work, even the cords. The packing wire is preferred, however, because it will remain firm if the animal stops fighting.

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Make a loop with the other end of the wire, so now you have a big circle, almost like a wire loop, tied to the stake. Turn the bottom of this loop to form a smaller circle, big enough for the head of your prey to pass through. Next, fold the smaller circle until it fits into the smaller loop. Place the trap on the track or path that the animal is expected to follow.

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Make the barriers to lead the animal directly to the trap. Collect sticks and loose branches, and stick them on the ground so that they rise on both sides of the road, forming a temporary fence. Place them in a cone or formation funnel - wider at one end, but closer and closer, just as you approach the trap, until the path is large enough for the animal to fit. Avoid breaking fresh, green trees in the trap area, as the smell of the sap puts the animals on alert.

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Animals have a strong sense of smell and detect human presence easily. Try to find a bit of mud from an area with a lot of decaying vegetation, and rub it over the trap. Once you have captured and killed your first animal, you can use urine from the bladder to mask the smell of the trap and even to attract your prey.

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Check your traps often . Traps usually put a hold over animals without killing them. While this means fresh meat for you, it also means that your traps should be checked frequently to avoid unnecessary suffering from the animal being caught. It is a delicate balance, because you also have to leave the area long enough for the animals to return to their normal routine. Check your traps every couple of hours to see if anything has been captured.

• Build your ties in advance and take them to the area where you are going to settle. This allows you to set the trap quickly, while disturbing the area as little as possible.