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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The hazel tealer has now been largely superseded by the introduction of the ‘large loop & wire tealer’ system of snaring, an approach championed by Glenn Waters and demonstrated in Woodga’s DVD.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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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.

Please Note:

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

Also available as part of a Bundle

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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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