Guitar string snares?

[mcantar18c]

I was restringing my guitar and it occurred to me that with the little bead on the end they might make good material for snares.
Anybody ever tried this?

For those that don't know, you string it up through holes at the bottom of the guitar and tie/tension them at the head. The bottom of the strings have beads on them to keep them from going completely through the holes that look like this:

[Irving]

If you have a camera, you should make a video of you making some. It's a good idea. Very compact and light to carry/store.

[mcantar18c]

I'll try it out on a rabbit or something and let yall know how it works... there's a perfect bottleneck in the brush by my house.
It it works well, it'd be great cause you can buy packs of strings for pretty cheap and its basically pre-made for you.

[theskalickys]

I have tried this out before.. you just have to watch which size strings you get. With electric strings they have the super light packs, which the smallest gauge ones a large rabbit I would assume could snap..
As with tying snares its all about where you put it and making sure it is stable.

[mcantar18c]

I figure the D string would probably work best for rabbits

[Irving]

No, I meant making of video of how to make a snare. I don't know how.

It's been a while since I've strung a guitar, but I don't see a rabbit breaking through any of the steal strings. Nylon, sure.

[mcantar18c]

How to make the snare or how to set the trap?
The rabbits around here are pretty big... I could see them snapping an e or possibly a B string.

[Irving]

Both. Zero outdoors experience.

Seems like both would be easy enough though, especially with that loop already being built into the string.

[mcantar18c]

A snare is basically a slipknot. The goal is for the animal to walk through the loop, and as they walk through it it tightens around them (usually their neck, sometimes their abdomen depending on the animal, sometimes the feet depending on the trap), and then by struggling to get out of it they make it even tighter.
For a basic snare trap, simply anchor the other end of the snare wire to something strong enough to hold a struggling target animal and suspend the loop where you want it. Height, size of the loop, and placement all depend on the target animal.
In this case (when I test the guitar string in the next couple days), the target animal is rabbit and so I want the loop to be about 6" in diameter, the bottom of the loop about one hand's length from the ground, and the sides to be a fist's distance from any obstructions (like bushes). Because this is a bottleneck with thick brush and a sapling around it, I can anchor the snare to the sapling and hang it in the opening between the brush, suspended by some twigs or something.

I have a PDF about traps in my big file directory of everything survival-related if you want it... covers everything from basic snares, to deadfalls, to fish traps.

[theskalickys]

For a basic snare trap, simply anchor the other end of the snare wire to something strong enough to hold a struggling target animal

This is where most people fail.. I did when I learned at age 12. When any animal is trapped most will try its hardest to get out. Especially a rabbit (in Wisconsin) that is big, when you get it around the neck will charge as fast as it can. My first one was not tied strong enough to the branch I had it on.. Luckily my dad killed it before it ran back in the woods with the snare attached.
I have had friends trap them and they dont move at all, but back at my parents they all fight for their life, and usually break there own necks if that is what gets caught..
I really want to eat some rabbit now.. must wait until thanksgiving..