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I like to scatter out a bag of sweet feed, deer go crazy over it.

You ever eat any of those Aoudad? I have no desire to kill a ram but would like try a fryer.

I guess i started walking fences looking for crossings when i started bow hunting in the mid 60s.

We tried a young one I killed with a bow. Bbqed him, he was still tough. I hear they make good tamales.

GW, where do you get your hog snares?

I've snared hogs before, with snares about like on the back legs of the one you have pictured.

But every one I caught, I caught on the snout...

P.S. We know this ain't sportsmanlike...

All is fair in the war on hogs. Have you ever caught a deer with a snare??

I did once, and sure regretted it.

I was snaring coyotes and double damned checked tracks all over to make sure deer weren't using that slide. Slide was only about 6" deep under a net wire fence. Ran the traps and snares and sure enough there was a yearling dead in the snare.

Started using deer proof snares in slides where deer could get in them after that.

you can get them on ebay

I thought maybe GW was using those spring loaded leg snares on hogs...

Knowing my luck, I'd probably catch a deer with those too. That'd be fun to turn loose...

we never caught a deer, the ones we had a stop on for deer.

I had those too, but when I was working as a wildlife specialist, I made my own coyote snares. Made a bunch of those...

Most areas I trapped, using those was never an issue.

Enjoyed gunning out of a chopper too.

But that's REALLY unethical. Not hunting! WOS!

I'm cheap. Never used the spring loaded snares.

I have used snares from Minnesota Trap Line Products

https://www.minntrapprod.com/MBS-17-Cam-Lock-Wolf-Hog-Per-Dozen/productinfo/MBS17/

and snares from Boarmasters

http://boarmasters.com/shop/hogs/boarmasters-hog-neck-snare/


I tend to set larger loops than is necessary. Typically I catch hogs around the neck or body, much more than the back legs.









now and then I'll get one by the snout!

Good job on those porcine!

I had tp start carrying a decent sized roll of old rolled up net wire to tie the hog snares to. Anchored a couple close to fences before that, and they'd tear the heck out of the fence.

When I went to securing it to the roll of net wire, I'd just throw the net wire down by the fence, and when snared the hog would drag that net wire away from the fence. They usually didn't get far before the wire hang up...

Thanks for the links, GW! I'm probably gonna order some from Boarmasters.

we would connect the snares to a 3ft piece of 3/4 rebar drove into the ground with only 2-3 inches sticking out.

As mentioned earlier, we set up spin cast feeders. The big boars are almost always solitary and move only at night. I do not bait my snares. I also only set them at holes in the game proof fence. That way I don't catch cows or deer. I want the hogs to be on a run or trot when they go though the fence. If you bait the snares, you attract cows and deer, plus the hogs slow down, and you miss more.






I will set a dozen or so snares. I'll sit out in the blind till about 10 AM, come back and have some breakfast, then go run the snares. Something to do before nap time.



ya!

GWB

That would hold a hog down here in our area.

Where I used the net wire trick, you couldn't drive rebar in the rock.

You about ready to get some catfish?

How is next week looking?

next week should be good, work is a little slow right now.

Good deal!

I'll give you a call when get a bit closer.

Snaring pigs looks like fun!

Don't know if I have any here at the house made up. However what I do is go to Harbor Freight and buy a 100 ft. roll of 1/8" aircraft cable, as it is cheap there. E-Rigging on the net that sells wire rope clips for
$0.15 +/- each. I think the same clips are $0.78 at Lowes or Home Depot.

https://www.e-rigging.com/malleable-wire-rope-clips


I make a 10 foot leader and make a loop at each end with about a 6" opening secured by two wire rope clips per loop. I then use a quick link to connect the leader and the snare. Most times with big boars they booger up the snare to the point it can only be used once, or sometimes you have to cut the snare cable if you can't get to the cam lock. It is much quicker changing out the snare/leader combo with the quick links.

https://www.e-rigging.com/Zinc-Plated-Quick-Links_c_3862.html

I don't connect to fence posts. Typically there is a juniper or live oak of sufficient diameter to attach the snare to. By making your loop with a 6" opening you can wrap the loop around your point of attachment and then run the snare and leader through the loop, then set. I do keep small diameter stainless wire or twist ties to secure the snare. The snares from boarmasters have a plastic sleeve about the diameter of a soda straw. Take tie wire and wrap it around your fence wire and poke the end of the wire though this plastic sleeve and bend it accordingly to position your snare. There are any number of vids on YouTube in regards to setting snares for hogs.

ya!


GWB

Thanks GW!