How to Make a Snare With a Paracord
- 1). Find a natural bottleneck along a game trail. This bottleneck could be where rocks or steep hills limit the game’s movement or when the track passes under a fallen tree.
- 2). Carve two, 1-foot-long stakes using the hatchet. On each stake carve with the knife a half-circle indention about 1 inch from the nonpointed end. The indentation should go a little less than halfway into the stake. Hammer the stakes into the ground with the blunt side of the hatchet on either side of the run, with the indentations facing the same way along the trail.
- 3). Carve a pole long enough to travel over the run and fit into the indentations carved into the stakes.
- 4). Cut 25 inches of parachute cord to use as the snare. Use one end of the cord to tie a loose sliding knot onto the other end and slide it down the cord to make a 6-inch-diameter circle. Tie the remaining length of cord to the middle of the center of the pole.
- 5). Tie one end of the remaining paracord onto the center of the pole next to the snare. This line will be used as the switch, or trigger, line and will be tied to an overhanging branch or tree later.
- 6). Place the pole into the notches carved into the stakes. The pole should be parallel to the ground and the noose should hang freely from the pole, almost touching the ground.
- 7). Tie off the trigger line by attaching it to an overhanging branch or nearby tree so the pressure from the trigger line holds the pole in place on the stakes. The trigger line holds the snare in place on the stakes until it catches a rabbit or fox, and then holds the caught game in place until you empty the snare.
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