prepping snares. Paint?

[Bushmonkey]

I'll be doing some snare making and snare prepping in the next week or so.

I'd really like to try painting my snares this year. But I worry the coyotes will smell the paint.

If I paint them in the next week and let them hang outside until trapping season would they be scent free?

Also, what paint do people use for them? I'm thinking trimclad. That stuff sticks to everything.

[nube]

Don't paint.
Boil in Baking soda for 25 min and good to go. Use a good shot of baking soda though.

[moose maniac]

Originally Posted by nube

Don't paint.
Boil in Baking soda for 25 min and good to go. Use a good shot of baking soda though.

Yup don't paint them I tried it once it made for slow snares and sticky camlocks.

[Bushmonkey]

I've always just boiled in baking soda... I wanted to try something different and have seen lots of video's of guys painting.

Someone here has to paint their snares..

[209x50]

I never have painted but Gordy said he sometimes does. He likes flat powder blue paint as it is a color canines don't see. He said that he rolls his snares and puts 10 in a bundle. Then he paints but a very quick fogging across front and back of the bundle. He doesn't try to paint the snare just get some paint splatter on it to help break the outline up.

[H380]

Originally Posted by 209x50

I never have painted but Gordy said he sometimes does. He likes flat powder blue paint as it is a color canines don't see. He said that he rolls his snares and puts 10 in a bundle. Then he paints but a very quick fogging across front and back of the bundle. He doesn't try to paint the snare just get some paint splatter on it to help break the outline up.

Ive painted mine in the past and will again this year .. Blue color is new to me , but Gord should know . I always just do a light dust of tan but tried some white and they really disappear when there is snow . Secret is to just dust em and not fill up the locks or you are whooped . Got my curiousity piqued now , I may have to try a few blue ..Key is do em well ahead of season and let em air out .. good to go .

[HunterDave]

There was a pretty good thread complete with pictures about this a year or two ago. I think that it was TOMCAT that posted a lot of info about it. Try searching his posts in his user profile.

[Powder monkey]

I almost always paint a light coat of tan on them. In the grass or cat tails they pretty much disappear.

[tomcat]

I have never tried painting snare as I believe it will slow there closing action as will waxing, which I have done, unless done under extreme temperature conditions.

To obtain a neutral bush colouring, and snare which closes as well or better than untreated cable, I just do a quick boil with baking soda to remove excessive lubricant and shine. Then a quick boil and overnight soak in a light logwood crystal solution to obtain the twig/bark colouring look of the upper snare in the picture below versus the soda treatment only of the lower snare. By quick boil I mean about 4-5 minutes. I believe many tree bark solutions would probably work as well as the logwood.

[nube]

I have done some the same as Tomcat and really like the logwood as well. The thing I have found though is if I use too little logwood it turns it slightly purple

[Bushmonkey]

I was also looking at the logwood dye. I think one time I went to try it but halfords was sold out of it.

I'll do a couple batches, one of logwood and the other a dusting of paint

[Brian Bildson]

teabags Put them in hot and then turn off and soak the snares over night

[Bushmonkey]

Originally Posted by Brian Bildson

teabags Put them in hot and then turn off and soak the snares over night

Your saying put the snares in with teabags in hot water and soak over night? How many tea bags?

[ROAD HAMMER]

I paint all my wolf snares white and I use Kryola spray paint and they are odour free in a couple of days . I have never had a problem with the paint in anyway negatively affecting the snare function. I probably have over 600 painted and have been using them for the last three years like that

[tomcat]

IMO anything other than an extremely light dusting of paint or coat of wax to your snares will slow the closing of them somewhat, however slight. I want my closings to be extremely fast to obtain a good high neck catch for a quick dispatch= no jug heads.

[Whitetail200]

Boil in baking soda like people are saying & I give mine a light dusting of flat transformer grey from cloverdale , never had a problem with locks . Leave them outside for a couple of weeks at least , but again personnel preference for the individual . Some very good ideas regarding this subject

[Shane s]

I always paint mine. But like as stated above just a light coating. I open them up to the approximate size I will be using them and then paint the bottom edge white and a couple of spots of green and black up the edges with spaces between the colours just like camouflage works good for me on the wolves. I get them all done in the summer and then hang on the fence for a couple of months but I've done some and only waited a week and they worked also.