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Post by redeagle on Mar 30, 2008 19:22:54 GMT -6
Here in Missouri the snare has to be completely under water. And, it has to have a deer stop on it. (Like a deer is going to be wading and sticking its foot through it.) So, I use a dive stick to get them to go down and through it.
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Post by marbleyez2001 on Mar 30, 2008 20:17:22 GMT -6
If its completly underwater, I would probably prefer the 330 to a snare. Not many refusals on a 330 under a dive log.
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Post by robertw on Mar 30, 2008 20:54:54 GMT -6
I have forced myself to use more underwater snares the last couple of years and...I still preferr a 330 in chanell sets because I don't have to mess with getting the loop just right.
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Post by marbleyez2001 on Mar 30, 2008 21:35:12 GMT -6
Whats the advantage to a snare in that situation Robert?
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Post by robertw on Mar 30, 2008 21:51:51 GMT -6
Not much actually. The only advantage, I tangle with a few beaver in clean clear water "AFTER" the land owner has been trying to trap them all summer with brand new conibears they purchased at the local hardware store. Underwater snares are very hard for a beaver to avoid.
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Post by trappnman on Mar 31, 2008 7:40:12 GMT -6
so on underwater snares- do you use a thicker snare so it holds the shape better?
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Post by robertw on Mar 31, 2008 7:48:40 GMT -6
"do you use a thicker snare so it holds the shape better?"
No, I do use stiffer cable than most though. Nearly all of my beaver snares are 1x19 any more, most 5/64", the same above or below water.
I do tend to prefer smaller locks underwater though versus the 1 1/4" diameter washers like I use above the water line.
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