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Title: Bear Snare?
Post by: Roslyn Rambler on October 10, 2025, 09:28:54 PM

Collected some trail-cams that have been soaking for a bit. Wife posted this series on her social media

Question to trapping pros. Is this a attempt to snare? Appears to be cable or cord. Bear is dragging about 6 feet of line.

A snare is pretty basic, so, maybe you pros can explain how a bear slips his head, front legs and mid section through the hoop before it cinches up at its hips?

Also, the daylight video, the line appears somewhat rigid ( like wire cable, not paracord )
 
Thoughts?

https://www.instagram.com/dinayarbrough/reel/DPp7xAaDqF9/

Title: Re: Bear Snare?
Post by: Humptulips on October 11, 2025, 12:05:25 AM

There are two types of bear snares used. Most common is a foot snare. The other is a neck snare used in a bucket with a thrower. Those have the diameter of a 5-gallon bucket. The foot snares also use a thrower, about the same diameter, maybe a little smaller. Neither of them could possibly get past the shoulders of a bear.
Probably the bear was tangled up in some wire.
Largest snare loops you will find are wolf snares but they would at the most be only slightly bigger than the bear snares I described. I can't see them getting past the bears shoulders either.

Title: Re: Bear Snare?
Post by: Wendego716 on October 11, 2025, 08:37:51 AM

Quote from: Humptulips on October 11, 2025, 12:05:25 AM

The other is a neck snare used in a bucket with a thrower.

Bucket sets for bears are not intended to catch them around the neck. The bear reaches a front paw into the bucket and pulls on the bait attached to the throw arm, which tightens the snare around its leg. Some very small bears can fit their heads in the bucket and may inadvertently get snared around the neck, but that is rare and not the goal of that type of set.

Title: Re: Bear Snare?
Post by: danderson on October 11, 2025, 01:42:34 PM

Looks like it just got tangled up in a clothesline, snares are illegal