PROFESSIONAL RABBIT SNARING: A COMPLETE BOOK ON RABBIT SNARING FOR GAMEKEEPERS, PROFESSIONAL AND AMATEUR TRAPPERS, AND FIELD SPORTSMEN. HOW TO CATCH RABBITS BY THE THOUSAND. By G.S. Waters. (Snareman).

Waters (Glenn S.). "Snareman."

ISBN 10: 0955853532 / ISBN 13: 9780955853531

Published by Fourteen Acre. Dorridge, Warwickshire. 2016, 2016

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Paperback, 2016). 2016 1st edition. Large 4to paperback (208 x 297mm). Pp325+blanks. B/w photographs and pencil drawings. Fine new paperback. This is possibly the largest and most comprehensive book ever written on the subject, by an author who patently knows what he is doing. The book includes an enormous amount of useful information and instruction, including useful new methods invented by Glenn Waters himself. His analysis of how and why rabbits fall into snares, how to take full advantage of this, and how to rig your snares as humanely and selectively as possible is second to none. Chapters include: Why so many people struggle with snaring rabbits; The professional pegged rabbit snare; The teeler; The peg; Setting the pegged snare; The peg snaring sequence; Peg snare variations; Advanced tips; Fences and boundaries; Fenceline rabbit snaring; Snaring drystone walls; Snaring hedges; Snaring field edges; Other snaring methods; The hoop-snare or bender; Hazel teeler for woodland and soft ground; Old-style snare system with heeling peg; Problems on the snareline; Environmental factors; Livestock; Avian predators on the snare line; Ground predators on the snare line; Accidental catches; Other problems; Making pegged snares; Making a figure-4 teeler; Making alternative teelers; Making the loops; Putting it all together; The snarer's life; Tools for snaring; The rabbit snarer at work; The life of a professional snarer. .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: PROFESSIONAL RABBIT SNARING: A COMPLETE BOOK ON RABBIT SNARING FOR GAMEKEEPERS, PROFESSIONAL AND AMATEUR TRAPPERS, AND FIELD SPORTSMEN. HOW TO CATCH RABBITS BY THE THOUSAND. By G.S. Waters. (Snareman).
• Publisher: Fourteen Acre. Dorridge, Warwickshire. 2016
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0955853532
• ISBN 13: 9780955853531
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Glenn Waters has been snaring rabbits in his native Scotland since he was 5 or 6 years old. He was lucky enough to work with some of the snaring greats of the day who shared their snaring wisdom with a keen and enthusiastic young man. This book is compiled from a large box of Glenn's original articles,hand drawn illustrations and photographs and is probably the largest concentration of rabbit snaring advice ever to be put into print. It contains information about the types of snares to use, how to use them,things to be avoided as well as the problems that you can encounter on the snare line and how to overcome them. Very much in Glenn's voice, this book is the distilled wisdom of almost 65 years experience of snaring the humble rabbit. Whether you are new to snaring, an accomplished practitioner or a frustrated amateur there is sure to be information here that will help you achieve better catches.