Catching Wild Rabbits Using Snakes

Wild man Andrew Ucles teaches you how to perform rabbit catching using his unique understanding of animal predator-prey relationships.

Watch as Andrew collects 4 of Australia's most venomous snakes and uses them to his advantage versus the wild European rabbit to capture one of the world's hardest to catch vermin.

This type of rabbit snare is unique as it requires patience to trap and catch small game, but nonetheless an effective method to capture small animals.

The rabbit was released safely and unharmed :)

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How to Catch a Wild Rabbit

Wild rabbits are a bit of a pest in many places and thinning out the population does the environment — and indeed the rabbit population — good. The European rabbit originated in southern mainland Europe and was exported as a food source, first by the Romans who took them to Britain. The British unfortunately then exported them to Australia, amongst other places, where they wreaked ecological havoc. The Americas have their own genus, the cottontail.

1. Find a natural opening on a rabbit trail for best results. You're going to want to place your snare along a path that rabbits use, or else you're hoping that a rabbit will magically appear in your trap. A natural rabbit trail will ensure that rabbits pass through the general area that your snare is in. Finding a natural opening of a rabbit trail is easier to do during winter. Look for telltale rabbit tracks in the snow when determining what parts of the forest rabbits go through.

2. Cut down a large tree branch or a small tree to further funnel any rabbits into your snare. Any type of tree will do, as long as it has branches. After cutting down the tree or tree branch, chop off any limbs around a foot-long (.3 m) strip in the middle of the branch. Make sure the tree or tree branch is large enough to hold onto the rabbit. While rabbits are neither strong nor big, they can make away with a tree branch that is too small, making tracking more difficult.

3. Place the tree branch over the rabbit trail, making sure that the bare strip of branch is centered over the trail. The limbs and branches you cut off will lead the rabbit away from the sides and into the center of the snare.

4. Drive small stakes of wood into the ground at both the sides of the snare. Do this at points where the rabbit is likely to slip underneath the branch, away from the center of the snare.