Can't say as I ever snared a woof or a 'yote. But, I have snared a fair share of rabbits, esp. when I was a kid.
I used the slick, poly line mason's normally use for level lines. It's STRONG, slick (which helps it slip fast), and if it's green, it's danged near invisible. It also doesn't rot, which is important (or was) when snares were set in the winter and rain/snow set in.
I used apples, cut into slices, for bait, as they have a very strong smell and rabbit love 'm. Possums, too, and a good number of those greasy bastids got snatched, too.
Set up right, the snare, with the apple slice on the trigger stick, would snap their necks every time. Set wrong, and they still died, just not as fast...
Hmmm... might need to set one or two again, just for old times sake... And, a fried rabbit dinner (GOOOOD eatin'!).
