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National Trappers Association Convention is in Lima Ohio July 28-30

jagermeister

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Which is pretty easy to avoid. Mostly by not putting them under fences. Eliminates 99.99998% chance of catching deer
I agree… a lot are avoidable. There are also a lot of cases where deer simply do things that they aren’t supposed to do, and get caught. Run snares long enough and it happens.
 

xbowguy

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The old wives tale of coyotes duck a branch and deer jump over...... This needs to be avoided because deer duck branches often. Once I started just open trails and small holes underneath a fence I've never snared a deer.
 
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Jackalope

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It's all balance. While everyone should try to avoid accidentally snaring a deer, it happens. The way I see it, a breeding pair of coyotes supposedly kills 7 fawns a season. If I accidentally snare a deer I still saved 6. I used the deer as bait and would snare even more coyotes from around the carcass.