Spent a day with a trapper in Northern BC a few years ago. We used a dead cow as bait, set 8 or 10 snares on entry/exit paths. He was careful not to touch the snares with his bare hands, some were close, 10 yards, and as far out as 30 or 40 yards. He had good success, usually 3 or 4 on each set. He said you needed large baits to be consistently successful.
He dragged brush and trees into places he didn’t want them to walk to force them toward the snares.
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