***If you do decide to try this, please make sure...

***If you do decide to try this, please make sure that you check the traps often and if you do catch something, and decide not to eat it, you cut every piece of rope off of the animal. If you do decide to dine, then do it humanely and use every piece of the animal for something. Nature thanks you***

A few months ago a close friend and myself Decided not to eat any meat unless we catch, kill, skin, and clean the animal ourselves…

The first step is finding the right sapling to use. I would choose one already growing from the ground about 1 inch thick. You might have to trim it down a bit. Bend it down after trimming and let it snap back just to see if it will work. The top of your sapling should have a small Y so that the 550 cord does not slip off.

Secondly you need the right pieces to make the actual snare. I used 550 cord and pieces that i trimmed from the sapling. You will need two strong sticks in the shape of an A to stick in the ground as you can see in the pictures, One longer but sturdy stick to use for the middle, one shorter yet sturdy stick to use underneath the hooks that the A sticks create, Another to hold the middle piece in position, and one more to tie onto the 550 cord and use as the trigger. The trigger should be about halfway in between the sappling and the noose, it should be no bigger than 3 or 4 inches long, this is was will set the whole snare off.

Tie a noose at the end of your cord and set it ontop of the middle stick. When setting the noose down make sure it is in an oval shape and not a circle. This ensures the animal is not caught around the neck but instead on one of the limbs where it wont suffer. Again please check these traps often.

Bait: You can use anything as bait. we found out that Opossums enjoy peanut butter and pumpkin seeds, and raccoons enjoy peanut butter pretzels, but i think they were just the first animals to stumble upon the treats.

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