Snares for Hogs

watergator · February 4

Are snares legal for trapping hogs in Florida? I have a small plot that hogs tend to use as a travel corridor and I am thinking of setting a snare on their trails to get one occasionally to fill the freezer. There isn't really a good place to hunt them where a bullet wouldn't carry off the property and retrieving one shot with a bow has been very difficult because once they get into the pepper trees they're all but impossible to find or get to.

Assuming a snare is legal, is there a good way to neck snare them without strangling them? I wouldn't want to get one after I check it in the evening and for it to die and spoil before I got to it in the morning.

Reel Teal · February 4

Live traps and snares (including power snares) can be used to take furbearers and wild hogs, but must be checked every 24 hours. The use of steel leg-hold traps, dog-proof raccoon traps and body-grip (conibear) traps is prohibited, except when permitted by the FWC.

Per myfwc.com

watergator · February 4

Reel Teal said:

Live traps and snares (including power snares) can be used to take furbearers and wild hogs, but must be checked every 24 hours. The use of steel leg-hold traps, dog-proof raccoon traps and body-grip (conibear) traps is prohibited, except when permitted by the FWC.

Per myfwc.com

Thanks! The page I found only listed furbearers. I assumed it was fine for hogs but wanted to double check.

Now hoping someone has some info on keeping them in the snare but alive until I come back.

Reel Teal · February 4

watergator said:

Reel Teal said:

Live traps and snares (including power snares) can be used to take furbearers and wild hogs, but must be checked every 24 hours. The use of steel leg-hold traps, dog-proof raccoon traps and body-grip (conibear) traps is prohibited, except when permitted by the FWC.

Per myfwc.com

Thanks! The page I found only listed furbearers. I assumed it was fine for hogs but wanted to double check.

Now hoping someone has some info on keeping them in the snare but alive until I come back.

that's the hard part. I gonna bet that you find a busted snare lol unless you get a piglet

saltysenior · February 4

Reel Teal said:

watergator said:

Reel Teal said:

Live traps and snares (including power snares) can be used to take furbearers and wild hogs, but must be checked every 24 hours. The use of steel leg-hold traps, dog-proof raccoon traps and body-grip (conibear) traps is prohibited, except when permitted by the FWC.

Per myfwc.com

Thanks! The page I found only listed furbearers. I assumed it was fine for hogs but wanted to double check.

Now hoping someone has some info on keeping them in the snare but alive until I come back.

that's the hard part. I gonna bet that you find a busted snare lol unless you get a piglet

or some ones dog......then you'll be on T V......

Reel Teal · February 4

saltysenior said:

Reel Teal said:

watergator said:

Reel Teal said:

Live traps and snares (including power snares) can be used to take furbearers and wild hogs, but must be checked every 24 hours. The use of steel leg-hold traps, dog-proof raccoon traps and body-grip (conibear) traps is prohibited, except when permitted by the FWC.

Per myfwc.com

Thanks! The page I found only listed furbearers. I assumed it was fine for hogs but wanted to double check.

Now hoping someone has some info on keeping them in the snare but alive until I come back.

that's the hard part. I gonna bet that you find a busted snare lol unless you get a piglet

or some ones dog......then you'll be on T V......

You mean a stray?

Walker Dog · February 5

If you find a busted snare then your cable isn't heavy enough for catching hogs. I've known a few people who do it fairly regularly when they are having problems with them rooting. It is legal and there is a 24 hour check. I also know of some people who got themselves into a lot of trouble using them because they allegedly didn't use any common sense in where they put them and they didn't check them frequently enough.

watergator · February 5

The snare is 1/8" cable, so Im not too concerned with one breaking it. If they do then Ill be impressed

nofishtoday · February 5

Why not trap them?

binellishtr · February 5

I hear they catch cougars quite well.. but if you want to try one try using mule tape soaked in sour orange(hint).

bswiv · February 5

Set what is called a deer stop on the snare cable. Whatever you snare will be alive.

bswiv · February 5

Another option......lay a large cast net upside down with the tucks pulled up to a rope that goes through a Lilly and across to your tree stand. Have a weight attached to the rope that you can drop. You can't pull fast enough probably....... And yes......it works. Best if you can find a old school nylon twine net to use.

binellishtr · February 5

Brings back a memory.. We were struggling to catch bait one morning off Redfish Pass, so my buddy was on the trolling motor and I had the net. We saw what appeared to be a flash of bait so I popped the net directly over it, then all hell broke loose. In the end I lost a really nice Frank the Net to a manatee. It was a good fight until he blew thru the mono..

watergator · February 5

Ill go ahead and set it and see what happens. Hopefully Ill find them relatively quick and alive.

The deer stop is interesting. I may try that if the strangling is a problem.

bswiv · February 5

watergator said:

Ill go ahead and set it and see what happens. Hopefully Ill find them relatively quick and alive.

The deer stop is interesting. I may try that if the strangling is a problem.

Better to try it before the neighbors dog ends up in there................

Florida Bullfrog · February 5

I dont think you can count on catching one anywhere around the head or torso and not expect to kill one.

You’ll want to look into leg snares. They work a bit like steel leg hold traps except with snare wire instead of a steel jaw. But beware, anything that will snare a hog above the hoof will also catch a deer, and deer have a tendency to thrash themselves hard.

A coyote can break thick snare cable. If a coyote can, so can a hog. It may kill them in the process though.

Pinman · February 6

You need Catch Monkeys Watergator

Turner River Terror · February 6

YUP , That is one funny video..;)

nofishtoday · February 6

Talk about a monkey on your back

watergator · February 6

Pinman said:

You need Catch Monkeys Watergator

I would definitely put in an application if they ever opened a season at Silver Springs.

redredred · February 12

Pinman said:

You need Catch Monkeys Watergator

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Snares for Hogs

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