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).

2016 1st edition. Large 4to paperback (208 x 297mm). Pp325+blanks. B/w photographs and pencil drawings.

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.