I'm not sure what Bee mans wire is, but remember, you want to catch and hold the animal, not amputate. That's the problem with foot-hold traps, many times the animal will chew it's foot off to escape. This is one of many reasons that a trap line needs to be checked often.

Troy

Oh, I know, I own several of them *blush* But I will say that if you buy DMSO, there is going to be questions asked, for example. In fact, most of the stuff in the vet meds for people booklet is out of date. And "jack the jaint killer" is way to specialized in terms of set up to have much real worl application. That kind of thing.

I think if he updated and released new editions, I would think higher of his work.

Bunnies are STUPID. Almost as bad as wild turkeys.

But if you want to catch birds, better is to use fish hooks in berries. Brutal, but if you need food that badly...

A quick google search came up with these links on making and using snares. There were many more as well.

http://www.sullivansline.com/sline/bkvd/snar.asp

http://www.survival.com/suburban.htm

http://www.wilderness-survival.net/food-2.php

Doug has provided a copy of the US Military manual on this site in pdf format. It has a section on food gathering, including snares. I found it very useful. Here's the link: Survival Manual

Regards, Vince

Excellent advice. Make it a point to practice the "locking loop" (detailed in the multiservice SERE manual as well as other places), practice wildlife observation, and if having set a series of snares check them frequently - other critters want to eat your bunnies too.

An interesting online source of info is here:

http://www.us-rsog.org/USRSOG-Trapping.htm

Cheers!

What about aluminum welding wire about 0.030 in size?

where can you get 24 ga. brass wire?

Check with a company called "Tractor Supply" They are a supplier to the "hobby" farmer. They have a large selection of wire. Saw some different size brass wire. Some a fine as heary sewing thread.

One other option I would consider would be using some of the "braided" fishing lines in the 50lb test range. The braided line could be used as snare material, fishing line, thread to repair clothing, possible suture materail. I try to make things in my survival kit multi functional. Helps to cut down on weight or gives the option of carrying something else.

Fishing line's a "second best" choice, at best. You want to use a metal wire (if at all possible) to avoid your catch chewing/clawing/breaking out of the snare. Before Primitives using field spun cordage is brought up, yes, something is better than nothing, but if we're talking survival, I want to improve my odds as much as possible, but that's why my B.O.B. includes a dozen 110 Conibears (for those that don't know, a Conibear is an extremely effective body-grip animal trap).

Troy