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GlisGlis:
Knowing that trapping is highly regulated and in many cases forbidden let's examine the topic from a theoretical and historical prospective
How to make snares in a primitive situation (no modern tool including wire or paracord)?
Every string I'm able to make is pretty coarse.
the eyelet of the snare must be pretty big to slid easily but that also make easy for the game to open the snare
I cant come up with a practical locking system
A spring system to lift the animal is enough to prevent it from getting untied?
Do you know of method actually used in the past?

Russ:
I would think trapping was mostly paiute deadfalls and deadfalls. Some deadfalls got so big they could take a deer.

dylanholderman:
There was a ray mears episode where he talked about a Native American snare meant for rabbits and other small game that would lift there front end off of the ground preventing the critter from chewing through the cord.

Marc St Louis:
Possibly using a slip knot for the loop might work when using a natural fiber snare.  That way once the animal gets in and sets the snare then it will not slip loose

I've found that snaring Hares in the Winter up here with spring-pole snares doesn't work very well as the pole freeze in its bent shape so I would think that some type of pivoting pole using a weight would probably be what natives used, that's if they used them

GlisGlis:

--- Quote ---Possibly using a slip knot for the loop might work when using a natural fiber snare
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I also thought that but it seems that the knot tighten often too early preventing complete grab around the neck
it could be my bad setup. Have to try again


--- Quote --- I would think that some type of pivoting pole using a weight would probably be what natives used
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Yes. even in non freezing habitats a sapling bent for long time would eventually loose alot of springback


--- Quote ---There was a ray mears episode where he talked about a Native American snare
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Definitly good documentaries. I like alot Ray Mears. Will try to find this specific one

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