[KEVIN]

Just a final note in regards to my snaring adventure. I had set 8 snares a couple days ago which I check every morning. Nothing Friday morning.....yesterday day one in a snare, one stretched snare(a miss) and one caught but gone: broken off or taken by an owl perhaps...but no sign of yote or other track so I figure just broke off.....lost either way. So 7 snares left set. Out today...got two so time to pull remaining snares as I only wanted a couple tp see if I could still snare.

Stepped on the woods road today carrying the 2 bunnies jusr=t as an 'older' couple were going by in their pick up. They rolled down the window and they knew me. Apparently I taught their son years ago...I didn't remember them but I rarely do. After a short talk the gentlemen asked how long the bunnies had been in the snare and I told him I check them daily. He then asked if I wanted to sell them as he hadn't had a good stew in years. I smiled as I suspected hthey wanted them. I tossed them in the back of the truck and told them to enjoy....no money needed as myself and the crew I also hunt with enjoy sharing the bounty. Well folks....the appreciation these two displayed could not be matched with dollars.

I came home empty handed and happy as heck. I only wish I could have cleaned them for them but they were frozen. The old guy said not to worry as "the wife always cleans mine and I bet she still knows how!" She laughed and nodded yes as they drove away.

Just another reason why we hunt, fish, trap and enjoy the beautiful bounties of our woodland!

Butch

Mannnn....your SOOOOOOO hard to get along with !!

Awesome gesture Butch !! Well done! It's nice to see a few gentlemen still around.

 

[KEVIN]

Well after reading this thread last week I got inspired to snare a rabbit this weekend for a lille nostalgia . As it turned out I couldn't get any wire near home but my wife handed me an old snare she found in a coat I haven't worn for at least twenty years maybe more. So late Friday afternoon armed with my one snare I scouted around my backyard thickets for a decent trail. As cold as it has been they were running all over the place with only one decent trail in the open between two little thickets. I decided to make this my spot. One place they were running between two small trees right in the open. We had been trimming some pine around there so I set my snare and used some pine bows to make a barrier on either side of the set and some over the top so it looked like a bit of a hiding place. Checked it Saturday morning no luck. Sunday morning I told the wife I thought I would take up the snare as the likely hood of catching a rabbit with one snare on 86 acres is pretty slim, considering there are not many anyway. So my pointer and I went back to remove it. Guess what? I had a rabbit and couldn't believe it. Parmesan chicken with rabbit tonight for my supper. Thanks for the inspiration gentleman.

Hard to beat THAT kinda track record 6pt.......now you can tell everyone that when you went out snaring rabbits.....you had a rabbit in every one of them