Use of Snares for Capturing Coyotes Click on the image above to download a complete copy of this publication in PDF format. Download a free copy of the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Snaring is an effective technique for capturing animals that cause economic damage and for harvesting furbearers.
Snares placed in trails or under fences can successfully capture coyotes.
Sites where snares are set should be carefully selected to avoid capturing non-target animals such as livestock, deer, and dogs. Snaring is a useful technique for capturing animals that cause economic loss, such as coyotes that kill livestock and beaver that cut trees or plug irrigation ditches. Snaring also is becoming popular for harvesting surplus furbearers, which are one of our renewable natural resources. Snares are highly effective for capturing target animals, but when used improperly may capture non-target animals such as deer and dogs. Snaring is the technique of setting a steel cable loop in an animal's movement path and capturing the animal by the neck or leg.