How to Build a Bobcat Trap

Find bobcats across the United States and in some parts of Canada and Mexico. Two scenarios exist for snaring bobcats: finding yourself in a survival situation or living in a state where you can legally snare bobcats. To snare a bobcat, you must first learn bobcat behavior. Find bobcats most active a few hours before sunset and through the night until dawn breaks. Set up your snare trap for the bobcat's resting period in the late morning or mid-afternoon hours.

Things You'll Need

  • 550-pound strength parachute cord
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Instructions

    • 1

      Locate a bobcat trail or den. Find bobcat dens in rock cracks or thorny thickets. Bobcat sign consists of paw prints approximately 2-inches wide, with four toe prints and the paw pad in the rough shape of an "M." Since bobcats have retractable claws, unlike canine species, don't look for claw marks.

    • 2

      Look around for a strong anchor, anything from a strong tree trunk, heavy rock, or heavy fallen log to anchor your snare cord, near the den or game trail the bobcat is using.

    • 3

      Make a slip knot in one end of your parachute cord 8 inches wide in diameter. Hang the snare 2 feet away from the den or directly over the game trail 12 inches off the ground. If you cannot hang your snare loop off a bush or tree branch naturally, break off a tree branch with a "V" on one end. Drive it into the ground and hang your noose loop off of it.

    • 4

      Tie the other end of your parachute cord to the heavy anchor. Check your trap once a day and be ready to kill the bobcat if necessary with your gun or, in a survival situation, a heavy rock.