At Deak's FurCompany we carry a complete line of Traps and Snares for all trapping needs. We carry Thompson Snares and Gregerson brand snares. For Fox snaring the prefered size is the 1/16" 1x19size cable. We have in stock both 24" and 30" size.
The places to use fox snares are on logs which cross streams too wide for a fox to jump, on game trails where foxes travel, or artificial trails leading to a large bait and prepared early in the year, on stock paths, and at openings in fences where foxes pass. Almost any place where a trap can be set "blind" a snare may be used equally well. On logs which span streams the most popular method is to drive a large nail or a staple into the side of the log and tie the snare to it, then make an ax cut in the top of the log and a little to one side, into which a small stick about ten inches long is driven, the top split, and the snare fastened in the split. The noose, which should be eight or nine inches in diameter is held firmly above the log with its lower edge raised about seven inches, so that it will be directly in way of the animals head. When caught, the fox struggles violently, but soon falls off the log and dies. If there is standing brush by the side of the log the snare may be tied to a stout brush. There are other ways of snaring foxes on logs, but this way will answer satisfactorily in most cases.