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Post by Sunshine on Feb 1, 2007 12:48:42 GMT -5
i have heard some people say that snare rub detracts from the value of a fur...is this true? and is there anyway to minimize fur damage if they do indeed cause some?
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Post by woody on Feb 1, 2007 12:56:57 GMT -5
Cath, if your snare is set right, you wont have a rub, you will have a snare make on the leather side of the pelt, on coon if it mark is around the neck or hip area, you should be ok, as long as the lock or deer stop didn't put a hole in the pelt. now a tip, to help minimize the snare mark, once you get the animal out of the snare, like a coon, take your hands and rub/massage the area where the snare was, that will help make the snare mark go away. it's basicly a bruise on the animal and by massaging the area, you are displacing the blood from the bruise. on critters like fox and yotes, I don't worry about. but i do massage coons and possums, it helps Hope this helps ya out
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Post by Earl8656 on Feb 1, 2007 12:58:43 GMT -5
on an animal that has been dead for at least a couple hours in the snare there isn't much u can do. On one that is still living and you dispatch then, you can rub where the snare mark is and it will help some. detracting from the value is a question of where the animal was caught and which animal it is. A coon behind the front legs, I would say yes, probably; versus a red fox not unless the hair had been rubbed offf by the snare.
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Post by cajunbill2 on Feb 1, 2007 13:12:37 GMT -5
yes .it affects some fur....i used to get some but since i went to kill poles and dead locks,i have a lot less.snare rubs i beleave it is how hard the animal fights a snare...i seen more when i used relaxing locks because it could not dispatch the animal quickly .the size of cable , to big of snare locks.relaxing locks and how hard the animal fight all play a role on damaged fur.no matter what you do you will have some but since i drive a 4 ft rebar a few feet my snare it has lowered my burns a lot .the quicker the animal is dispatched the less chance of a snare burn.i went from 25% to 2% with this set up
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ADC
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Post by ADC on Feb 1, 2007 13:25:12 GMT -5
*Bigger cable and bigger locks set in non-entanglement = less fur damage in live snared (body caught) critters
*Smaller cable and smaller locks set in entanglement = less damage and quicker dispatch
As a rule of thumb.
~JPJ~
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Post by cajunbill2 on Feb 1, 2007 15:40:52 GMT -5
jp thanks dead on the money
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Post by shilo on Feb 13, 2007 13:52:21 GMT -5
First off there's a big difference between a snare nark and a snare rub. A snare rub is usually caused by the snarelock and jpj nailed that one. Nothing can be done about a snare rub and it will detract from the value of the fur. A snare mark can be dang near eliminated. When you catch the critter stretch the snared area after dispatching. When you get home wash the critter and really blast the snared area with water and stretch again as your blasting it, you can watch the snared mark disappear. Comb, dry, comb again. Skin and snap the pelt. Your good to go.
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Post by stinkey on Feb 13, 2007 15:42:12 GMT -5
this year i used 5' of 3/32cabel with micro locks from the snare shop. i found no damage done to any of the reds or grays. some were neck caught some were body catches some dead some alive. give a few a try next year i think you will like them. tim
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