>>1727041So long as the rabbit is killed by the trap there shouldn't be any problems. So, no cage traps or they will just chew/dig through things. Unless of course you fire up your wilderness forge and bang out some steel leg traps. lol
Typical bushcraft snares should work. That means learning how to make some pretty nice thin cordage. First you need to learn what plants are best for that and what season they are best harvested for that. While dogbane maybe the go-to plant, in my area in winter and early spring, it isn't during summer/early fall and certainly not for people not living where it grows. However, most places do have some form of trees and they can make cordage from a great range of tree species. The working of the fibers to make flexible cordage is where the true art and skill come. For instance, once you have coils of tree splints (like for basketry) you soak them in lye water (campfire ash + water) until the lignin in the wood is removed to the point where it softens enough for your to mechanically work the wood into cordage. It is a fairly long process and takes lots of practice to get right and even longer to use correctly well enough to kill rabbits that get snared so they don't chew through it.
Also, like deadfall traps, check if certain types of snares are legal or not. Most snares that use springs like a lever with a weight or a bent stick/sapling are illegal in many places.
If you are lucky and live in an area where there's a good amount of large flat stone, you can construct a rabbit hole trap. Basically, you build a box using the stone with a stone floor down in the ground. You top if with a tunnel that has a hole in the middle. The rabbits enter the tunnel and fall into the stone box below then you lift the lid, catch them, & snap their necks.. When placed on a rabbit game trail you can get quite a few in a day with that. It is a lot of work(calories) to setup and you may never get the chance to make one. These are normally made of metal
