Okay, I stand corrected: While there is no legal snaring in California for commercial or recreational purposes, I am told some snare for pest control purposes on their own land and I do not know whether that is legal or not.

However, becuase I do not own any land with a pest control problem I am not able to snare even pests, much less the range of critters (rabbit, squirrel, etcetera) that I would like to try.