Survival Hunting: 3 Simple Trapsand SnaresPosted on JANUARY 24, 2014 Written by SASI

Using traps and snares is one of the most effective and earliest forms of hunting and getting food.

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Depending on the environment you are surviving on and the availability of your resources you can createsurvival snares and traps to get a steady supply of food to ensure you and your familys survival. Makeshifttraps and snares are also very easy to create and set up making it a very effective source of food supply whensurvival hunting. Here are some important points to note to be effective with any types of traps and snares.

Be familiar with the species of animal you intend to catch.

Do not alarm the prey by leaving signs of your presence.

Be capable of constructing a proper trap.

In order to know what type of trap and snare to create, you have to determine which type of animal is livingin the area you are surviving. These can be done by looking for the following:

Runs and trails.

Tracks.

Droppings.

Chewed or rubbed vegetation.

Nesting or roosting sites.

Feeding and watering areas.

How to Set up Traps and SnaresIt is important to understand that proper positioning of your trap and snare is important to be successful.You have to position your traps and snares where animals pass through. Determining an animal trail or runis also very important so you will know what type of trap or snare to set up. An animal trail will show signs ofuse by different kind of species while an animal run would be smaller and more distinct trail of a singlespecies. Building a perfect snare is only the beginning; you need to know where to properly place them tocatch anything. Keep in mind that animals have feeding areas, breeding areas, and water holes with trails thatwill surely lead to one another. These are the areas where it is best to put traps and to successfully catch ananimal.

To be successful always keep in mind to mask or remove any human scent around and on the trap or snareyou set. This can be done by using the fluid from the gall and urine bladders of previous kills. Never usehuman urine as it will surely alarm the animals. Mud, particularly from an area with plenty of rottingvegetation, is also good. Use it to coat your hands when handling the trap and to coat the trap when setting it.

How to Construct Traps and SnaresIt is important to keep in mind the basic mechanisms of a trap or snare and how it works. What providespower to the trap would be the struggling victim, the force of the gravity and tension from the bent saplingyou used. The main principle of a trap or snare would be to choke, crush, entangle, or hang a prey.

Trigger is the main heart of any trap or snare. Knowing how your trap would affect the prey and your sourceof power will give you an idea of the most efficient trigger for your trap. By studying this you will know whatspecific trap or snare you need to build for each species. Traps are for catching and holding or catching andkilling while snares are a kind of trap that has a noose for either function. Check this video to know the basictechniques in making survival traps:

Types of SnaresSimple Snare

Place a noose over an animal trail or den hole and attach it to a firmly planted stake. Using small twigs andblades of grass hold up the noose if it is some type of cordage and place it upright on a game trail. You canalso use spider web filaments for holding nooses open.

The noose should be large enough for the animal to pass freely with the noose over its head. The noosetightens around the animals neck as the animal continues to move and struggle. Wire is the best choice for asimple snare as cordage usually slips off the animals neck. Heres a quick video tutorial on how to make asimple trap:

Drag Noose

Use a drag noose on an animal run . Place forked sticks on either side of the run and lay a sturdy crossmember across them. Tie the noose to the cross member and hang it at a height above the animals head.(Nooses designed to catch by the head should never be low enough for the prey to step into with a foot.) Asthe noose tightens around the animals neck, the animal pulls the cross member from the forked sticks anddrags it along. The surrounding vegetation quickly catches the cross member and the animal becomesentangled. Watch these video for more information on how to set up a drag snare:

Twitch Up

A twitch-up is a supple sapling, which, when bent over and secured with a triggering device, will providepower to a variety of snares. Select a hardwood sapling along the trail. A twitch-up will work much faster andwith more force if you remove all the branches and foliage.

Twitch-Up Snare

A simple twitch-up snare uses two forked sticks, each with a long and short leg . Bend the twitch-up andmark the trail below it. Drive the long leg of one forked stick firmly into the ground at that point. Ensure thecut on the short leg of this stick is parallel to the ground. Tie the long leg of the remaining forked stick to apiece of cordage secured to the twitch-up. Cut the short leg so that it catches on the short leg of the otherforked stick. Extend a noose over the trail. Set the trap by bending the twitch-up and engaging the short legsof the forked sticks. When an animal catches its head in the noose, it pulls the forked sticks apart, allowingthe twitch-up to spring up and hang the prey. Checkout this video for more details on how to make a twitchup snare:

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