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One of the searches that often brings visitors to our site is the question ‘what are rabbit tealers?’   so we thought it deserved an explanatory post.

A tealer is a very important element of an effective snare set, whether that’s a snare for a rabbit, fox or any other legal quarry.   As a minimum it’s job is to do two things :

• to hold the snare loop at the right height so that it catches the animals head correctly
• to hold the snare loop correctly across the run so that it is square to the direction of travel.

Traditionally rabbit tealers were made from hazel twigs, sharpened at one end to be pushed into the ground and with a shallow split at the other end to hold the wire noose.  Sometimes used in pairs, one either side of the noose.   When the snare caught, the tealer would fall away  leaving the noose attached directly to the securing peg.

The hazel tealer has now been largely superseded by the introduction of the ‘large loop & wire tealer’ system of snaring, an approach championed by Glenn Waters and demonstrated in Woodga’s DVD.  In this method the a large loop is held much higher and placed on the run to catch the rabbit as it leaps forward.

These wire tealers have a number of advantages over their hazel preprocessors:

• they are thinner so less visible even though they are longer.
• they are stronger and more firmly fixed in the ground, keep the snare in position more consistently.
• They form an integral part of the snare – being anchored to the peg at one end and the snare at the other.  The way in which the snare is attached to the tealer forms a natural swivel and reduces the chances of a rabbit becoming tangled.
• They are available in two designs; the classic ‘figure 4′ and the ‘single’ which is easier to insert in hard ground.

Figure 4 Rabbit Tealer

Single Rabbit Tealer

For a first hand explanation of the Glenn Waters method, read his articles on The Hunting Life forum.

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All the items needed to get started in rabbit snaring in a great value bundle. This bundle includes:

• the Woodga DVD,
• a 500g spool of brass wire,
• 200 eyelets and
• 25 tealers.

We’ll normally send you ‘Figure 4′ tealers but if you’d prefer single type or a mixture, please let us know.

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Ideal for anyone new to the Bodygrip style of traps, a combined bundle of trap and cubby tunnel together.

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These purpose designed tunnels fulfill the two essential requirements for use with bodygrip traps; they support the trap and hold it in the correct position and also exclude any not target animals from the trapping area.

Coated with a brown plastic finish these tunnels are discreet and durable.  The swing door at one end allows them be used a run through or as a baited set.

Available as a bundle supplied with a trap.

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A pack of three aluminium blanks for making Net Gauges; 2″, 2 1/8″  and 2 ¼” ready for you to shape your own gauges.

The steps are very easy and are explained in a brief  How To.

A finished mesh gauge and a blank ready to begin the process

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We’re not really net makers here at Fourteenacre, although we do recognise the skill and craftsmanship that goes into a hand made net.

We’ve had a few requests for net gauges, the spacers that are used when tying a net, so I thought I’d have a go at making one from a rectangular aluminium blank. It turned out to be a lot easier than I thought.

Here are the tools and equipment that you need:  A suitable blank of aluminium or other material, a flat file, a nail file or emery board,  a sponge kitchen scourer, an egg cup, a five pence piece and a pencil.

Everything you need to make your own net gauge

A finished mesh gauge and a blank ready to begin the process

Step 1: Mark the lines for the curved corners of the gauge. Use a a five pence piece to as a template for the three small curves and the eggcup for the larger curve on the remaining corner.

Corners marked

Step 2: Using the flat file carefully file down the corners of the blank along the lines you've drawn. The aluminium is soft and works easily.

Corners filed

Step 3: Use the emery board to complete the filing and smoothing of the corners. Also work along all the edges to remove any sharp corners.

Step 4: Use the rough side of the kitchen scourer to polish the edges and both faces of the gauge.

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Specially made to cover “BodyGrip” trapping in the UK, for UK species.  This is essential viewing for pest controllers, trappers, keepers and anyone serious about using these versatile little traps.

The DVD features live footage of Phil Lloyd and Glenn Waters on their traplines, demonstrating their proven successful sets and methods for ‘BodyGrips’ and actual catches of Stoat, Squirrel, Mink and Rabbit.

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Also named in the Spring Trap Approval Order, these highly efficient  traps are the bigger brother of the 110; approved for use on grey squirrels, stoats, weasels, rats and mice, plus rabbit and mink.   As with all Spring Traps these must be used in a tunnel in order to prevent harm to any non-target animals, however for these traps the tunnel usually supports the trap as well.

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This combined starter pack is designed to let you try out the more powerful traps, suitable for mink and rabbits as well.   This bundle contains 3 each of the BMI Bodygrip 116 and the Fenn MK6 traps.

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We’ve been able to get our hands on a small number of very nice rabbit tealers of two types; the single tealer and the ‘Figure 4′ style, sort featured in the Woodga DVD.

These are precision made giving straight tealers, of consistent size and with tight, regular bends.

What are tealers ?

Single Rabbit Tealer

Figure 4 Rabbit Tealer

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Buy the wire and eyelets together in this easy to order starter kit – half the size of our original kit for those who want to spend a little less.

A 500g reel of soft brass rabbit snare wire, manufactured in the UK to BS2873 and factory loaded onto reels.  Suitable for making rabbit snares as demonstrated in Woodga’s Professional Rabbit Snaring DVD.  Enough wire for approximately 75 x 6 strand snares.

Plus 200 snare eyelets.

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• This kit is for just the snares and not the tealers.

Also available as part of a Bundle

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FENNs are one of the three manufacturers of the ‘FENN type’ spring trap named in the Approval Order.  Size 6 are approved for use on grey squirrels, stoats, weasels, rats, mice, rabbit and mink.

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The rabbit drop box is a large scale, permanent set, multi-catch trap.  It consists of a fairly deep pit with a pivoted trapdoor above it and a tunnel to channel the rabbits over the trapdoor. The trapdoor falls away under the weight of a passing rabbit, dropping it into the pit or ‘box’.

Placed across a fence line this trap creates an artificial route that rabbits will begin to use regularly—at which point the trap can be ’switched on’ and will take a large number of rabbits very quickly. It takes a bit of setting up but once in place will work reliably over a long period.

For best results the trap should be installed at the same time that rabbit proof fencing is erected. If added to an existing fence line, allow the trap to settle in and then slowly block off all the other gaps that the rabbits use.

I thought it worth including a few pictures of the project Steve in Yorkshire has been working on. He built several traps which are now catching well. It’s worth pointing out that Steve has sited these tunnels in a quite unusual way—normally the tunnel goes through the fence.

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Top quality brass eyelets sold in a range of quantities.  Other quantities available on request.

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Buy the wire and eyelets together in this easy to order starter kit.

A 950g reel of soft brass wire, manufactured in the UK to BS2873 and factory loaded onto reels.  Suitable for making rabbit snares as demonstrated in Woodga’s Professional Rabbit Snaring DVD.  Enough wire for approximately 150 x 6 strand snares.

Plus 200 snare eyelets.

Please Note:

• This kit is for just the snares and not the tealers.

Also available as part of a Bundle including Woodga’s DVD

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Snare Making Starter Kit PLUS the WOODGA instructional DVD

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• This kit is for just the snares and not the tealers, although the DVD covers both.

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We are delighted to be able to sell this DVD – an absolute classic that should be in any field sports library.

In this DVD Woodga takes you through the whole process of making and setting rabbit snares using the wire tealer and large loop method championed by Glenn Waters.  A long time friend of Glenn, Woodga has regularly collaborated on the development and testing of the rabbit snare.

With this DVD you can literally start with a spool of wire and end with simple, light weight and highly effective snares.  Also covers the use of hoop and fence snares.

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In this classic DVD full time Pest Controller Steve ‘Countryman’ Caple provides the perfect introduction to effective pest control.

This is not the usual grandstanding DVD, but a practical guide full of instruction, demonstration and advice.  An ideal guide for the rural householder and for the ‘River Cottage’ generation of new small holders and allotmenteers. Quarry covered include moles, squirrel, rabbits and mink.

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This book isn’t about Trap Making but apart from that it’s a perfect fit for what Fourteenacre is all about.  This is a practical book, written by a man who’s been using the Long Net for 25 years.  Packed with photographs and explanatory text it takes you right from the basics, through to the tips and skills of a professional netsman.

• Paperback: 144 pages,
• Published by Quiller Publishing Ltd (24 April 2009)
• ISBN-13: 978-1846890581
• Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 15 x 1.2 cm

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