How to Make Survival Traps

Rabbit Snare

• 1). Locate an area where rabbits are active. Look for game trails that show signs of recent use by rabbits moving between a burrow, water and food source.
  
  
• 2). Cut a 3-foot length of small-diameter snare wire with the wire cutters on a multitool. Form a 1/2-inch diameter loop in one end of the wire. Wrap the wire around a stick or finger to form the loop. Secure the loop by wrapping the free end of the wire around the main wire length three times.
  
  
• 3). Feed the opposite end of the wire through the small loop to form a snare loop.
  
  
• 4). Tie the free end of the snare wire to a limb or branch above a game trail; suspend the loop 3 to 4 inches above the trail. Adjust the size of the loop to 4 inches in diameter.
  
  

Squirrel Snare

• 1). Locate an area with squirrel activity. Look for squirrels in trees, signs of eaten acorns or beechnuts on the ground and squirrel nests in limbs.
  
  
• 2). Locate a fallen limb that is 6-feet long and 3 to 4 inches in diameter. Prop the limb against a tree in the area of squirrel activity. Place one end on the ground, and the other end at least 4 feet off the ground.
  
  
• 3). Form a small loop in the end of a 2-foot length of snare wire. Feed the other end of the wire through the small loop to form a 3- to 4-inch snare loop.
  
  
• 4). Wrap the free end of the wire around the limb that is propped against a tree. Bend the wire so that the snare loop is positioned on top of the limb.
  
  
• 5). Form several more snares and position them along the length of the limb. Space the snares 8 to 12 inches apart.